jaffacake
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I'm leaving on Monday...
by jaffacake inmy wife has been off work through illness for over a year, so before she goes back, we're gonna have a short family holiday.
we got a cheap last minute holiday...to egypt, so we're quite excited.
i'm gonna take my tape-measure and double check the length of the main passageway in the great pyramid at giza.
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Test of Bible knowledge for JW lurkers
by jaffacake inno cheating!
the bible alone is allowed to be used to research answers.
whose witnesses should we be throughout the whole world?
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I felt more love tonight than at memorial service...
by jaffacake ini was brought up a catholic, then learned as a baptised adventist in my teens that the pope was the anti-christ, and that only we were the one true remnant church etc.
the adventists did have true christian love, even if they were somewhat misguided.
when i drifted away from religion, i still refused to marry in my wife's catholic church.
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I was wrong, CT Russell was something of a prophet after all...
by jaffacake ini am reading studies in the scriptures (1911) thy kingdom come..on page 145 ct russell describes what is wrong with religions of his day and their sunday schools & bible studies, ie people belong to earthly religions or organisations.
was he describing other sects of his day, or did he forsee what his bible students would eventually become?
methods hinder real growth in knowledge of truth...guarded, pointed questions, with prepared answers and no time left for the bible hungry student...bible study, skilfully directed, so that he may get no new ideas...brief sessions [one hour] more agreeable than bible study...they are led to feel they have performed a duty, and a sacrifice.
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Cities with walls
by jaffacake ini was driving to work today when i heard a thought for the day on bbc radio 4, i think by a jewish rabbi.
i can't remember the point he was making, but something in his story seemed applicable to the jw organisation.
he said jews were about to study the book of numbers, wherin 12 spies were sent out to various cities to assess their strengths.
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D/F could be days, weeks, or months away
by jaffacake ini am facing something of a dilemma.
it saddens me to say that a witness i am studying with, and whom i like a lot, is not living up to the teachings and morals of the bible.
my conscience troubles me about whether i should take action myself, or report him to other elders.
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A question for JWs only please
by jaffacake in.
this always seems to be one of those questions i've asked before but which never quite gets answered by jws.
do you believe that jws need a mediator beteen god and men?
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What is JW teaching about the kingdom?
by jaffacake inafter todays study, i'm unclear about teaching about the kingdom.
is it the same as those who expect the second coming of christ to rule for a thousand years etc.
or is it here now, since 1914. are their 2 kingdoms, or 2 phases of the kingdom?
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How could Jehovah alter his musical taste so much?
by jaffacake insomeone told me that not so long ago it was to some extent unacceptable to listen to beatles music.
but now it is rap and heavy metal that is distasteful to jehovah.
i suppose it used to be rock&roll in the 1950s, and before that were bing crosby or glen miller the ones singing and playing the devil's music?
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Had study with witness today
by jaffacake intoday was probably about our seventh meeting.
he never got a quarter way through his agenda because of my questions & digressions.
i kept an open mind on doctrines.