Topics Started by Spook
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Links between Jesus and other ancient Man-Gods
by doogie inrecently, at the prompting of another poster, i began to look into the similarities between jesus and other man-gods of ancient cultures.
i was shocked!
not so much by the minute details shared between the gospels and the stories of krishna, osiris, zoroaster, mithras, dionysus and others, but mainly because i had never heard of this before.. things like: being born of a virgin, espousing the redeeming power of baptism, turning water into wine at a wedding, having an entourage of 12 close followers, those 12 sharing a final meal with the god, instructing his followers to eat of his body and blood to benefit from his sacrifice (the blood usually symbolized by juice or wine), sacrificing his life by crucifixion on behalf of mankind, being dead for 3 days and then resurrected, he will return at some point to cleanse the world, and much more.. now, i know this is probably nothing new to most of you, but i was amazed.
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Help me prove to my bf that defellowshipping happens
by MM090503 inhi all.. many of you have probably seen my posts on here before, but if you haven't let me reinterate my story in short for you.. i am currently dating a wonderful guy, but the problem is he has been considering becoming a jw.
he has studdied with them for about a year.
because of me has agreed to do some religion searching and figure out what he really believes.
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Practical reasoning 101 vs Theocratic Ministry School
by unclebruce inexample: jehovah?s witnesses say that we can have a free home bible study.
when the arguers conclusion rests on an alleged analogy (or similarity) that is not strong enough to support it.
watchtower bible and tract society of jehovah?s witnesses.
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For Hooberus -- Falsifiability of Creation?
by AlanF inwhat experiment or observation would falsify creation?
alanf
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Anyone been wiretapped, burglarized, otherwise spied on by elders/wbts?
by avishai ini want to know what criminal extent they have gone to to "get" you.
i know of them spying, shadowing, etc.
to get their way.
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How the US(and others) will LOSE
by ISP inhow could the us possibly lose?
well, obviously not in any outright confrontation.
iraq has no chance of waging any effective war without wmd.
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A New Book
by scholar inroutledge books have released a new sociological study of the movement, namely 'jehovah's witnesses portrait of a contemporary religious movement' by andrew holden ph.d. publication date 10 jan 2002 and its isbn: 0415266106. .
scholar ba ma (studies in religion)
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No desire to be religious
by TR inwhen people hand out religious flyers, which a young man did today, i feel annoyed, like a salesman trying to hock his wares when i don't need what he's selling.. the young man and the church he represented were a lot less intrusive with their ministry than jw's, though.
that's why it angers me to know that jw's go out of their way to disrupt peoples lives with a bogus religion at the prodding of the likes of the wts.
it's like a yugo car salesman knocking on doors telling people how good the company is.
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JW attitudes on women - why beneficial
by tergiversator inmy secret wish, when i was about 10 years old and we were going through the revelation book for the second time, was that one day we would show up at the book study and all the baptized brothers would be missing and they would let me read.
i was pretty sure that i wouldn't mangle words like thyatira and laodicea nearly as badly as some of the poor brothers they roped into reading at times, who looked like they were being tortured during particularly difficult lessons.. i liked to read, i thought.
my older brother got to read a lot, even when he wasn't baptized.