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  My issue with the Memorial.

  by Caveat in

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  2. friends

  there is something bothering me about the whole partaking thing.. .

  isnt it kind of contradictory that for a religion that doesnt promote the use and eating of blood, the most important ritual and date in their calendar involved the ceremonial drinking of blood as part of it?.

  it's like going to a rape victim support group and celebrate their anniversary by ceremoniously raping the founder.

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  Legal Question

  by Caveat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for our resident lawyers and those familiar with the law anywhere but specially on the us.

  can a parent legally forbid a son from being baptized until he becomes an adult (legal age)?.

  jws usually baptize their children when they are in their early teens, can an unbelieving parent do something legal to prevent this?.

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  Scientology??

  by Junction-Guy in

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  2. friends

  well i know very little about scientology, but from what i have seen on this board, alot of xjw's feel it is even worse than jw's.

  what is it about scientology that makes it seem worse?

  the reason i ask is i was passing through cincinnati the other day returning home from dayton and there was a scientology church in downtown cincinnati.

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  Commatology 101

  by Caveat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  commatology 101. the wt argues that the expression on luke 23:43 should be rendered: "truly i tell you today, you will be with me in paradise.".

  a great deal has been placed on this commas placement since the traditional understanding of this verse is in direct contraposition with the watchtower teachings.. since commas are not included in the original language, our understanding of this passage is conditioned to our beliefs and the subsequent implications that may arise from its interpretation.. by arguing that the correct rendering is "truly i tell you today," the wt implies that jesus used this phrase regularly and was a rutinary saying of jesus since otherwise it makes no sense adding 'today' on this particular occasion.

  since similar phrases are found all over the gospels we can verify the its usage by jesus and hopefully be able to have a pattern that help us into resolving the dilemma.. in the wts comprehensive concordance we can track the usage of the expression truly i tell you', truly i say to you and others that basically have the same structure.. jesus is quoted in the gospels 80 + times, according to the new world translation, with expressions following the same formula.. here is a list of the places in the gospels where jesus is quoted using the phrase or one of its variations: (you can verify them by using your comprehensive concordance book or look them up in your personal copy on the nwt, all are encouraged to add or substract as they do their own personal research).

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  Religious Stupor

  by Caveat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a relative of mine, a devout witness, is a very righteous person who drives carefully, lives a decent life in all respects.

  telling a lie is completely off limits.

  to my complete amazement they told her that is not the case.

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  Menial tasks and Appointments.

  by Dune in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  were you ever the witness boy/man who was always asked to do everything in the congregation.

  like every elder knew you were the "go-to" guy when something needed to be done.

  whether it was vacuming the carpet or helping some old sister move out?

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  Making the Watchtower eat their own poop Re: Quotes

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  most of us know the situation that quotes is in.

  the watchtower is suing him for using their quotes in context, and giving credit to them as a source.

  now, how does the watchtower quote other sources?

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  You know, Witnesses haven't cornered the market on being wrong.

  by free2beme in

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  i have been out of the witness religion since the 1990's and i see from reading former witness sites that it is common for people to do something i used to do.

  which was that i made a big deal out of all the wrong things the witnesses did and do.

  i thought it was some how my responsiblity to tell others when i had the chance, and even when i made the chance, about all the things i knew.

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  Albert Einstein goes to a party...

  by Caveat in

  1. social
  2. humour

  albert einstein goes to a party and he asked everyone he met their respective iq.

  to those who had above 140 he said: "we?ll talk about the great unification theory and the mysteries of the universe... we have much to discuss about!!!

  to those over 120 he said: "we?ll talk about international relations, anti semitism and the future of the world... we have much to discuss about!!!

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  Scientists: What can Exponential Growth tell us about the Bible?

  by Caveat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  need help from all the scientists, statisticians and math gurus out there?

  (perhaps sng?).

  have you researched exponential growth and bible chronology?.

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