findingmyway
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Explain 1 Chronicles 16: 30; Psalms 104:5; Psalms 37: 9, 11, 22, 29, 34
by findingmyway in.
if i remember correctly, these and other scriptures like it support the belief of "paradise on earth" inhabited by righteous people forever.
sorry to make you pull out your bibles, but do these verses confirm that the earth will always exist (i.e., never totter) and that the righteous will live on it forever?
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Anyone from the Washington, DC area
by findingmyway init would be nice to correspond with someone from my area.
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Watchtower: Theocratic or corporate?
by DaCheech inthe other week we were read a letter about the upcoming elder/ms training school.
out of all the letter i discussed with my friend from another congregation the part that said "if you are unable to go to your assigned school, and you want to attend another circuit's school you can with the circuit overseer's permission.... but if you happed to attend an earlier one than the brother s you frequent, you should keep all matter confidential until they hear it themselves".
well my friend (jw) cracked up, and laughed at this "stupidity", but before the conversation was over, he added his own personal experience "stupidity".. he said: in my cong.
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Are you a creature of habit?
by findingmyway ini just realized that i am a creature of habit and routine.
i almost cannot function unless somethings in my life are consistently the same from one day to the next.
i have been known to eat the same thing for breakfast an lunch every day of the week.
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Awakenings
by prophecor inbeing infected by wtb&ts propaganda, our intire way in which we relate to the world can often be askewed, especially as it pertains to our relationships.
if we are no longer in the truth, but have yet to come to grips with the fact that there is something amiss in watchtower theology, any relative dealings with people outside of the organization can be tainted with the fears and failures, unresolved from having been in the truth.
we see things from a twisted window of perception.
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Any Ex-Bethelites Out There?
by findingmyway ini've heard some tawdry stories about the "goings on" in bethel.
wondered if any of them are true?
i don't want to repeat any of them because none of them were first hand accounts, so the stories could be extremely distorted.
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Looking for a good children's bible
by findingmyway ini've gone non-denominational, but i haven't become a member yet.
if/when i do, i'd like to begin taking my son to church with me.
before i do that, i'd like to start my own study of the bible with him.
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Overcoming Stigmas and Taboos
by findingmyway ingod bless you?.
happy birthday?.
merry christmas?.
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My grandmother's funeral is going to be in a church
by findingmyway inmy mother just called me to tell me the details of the funeral arrangements for my grandmother who passed last thursday evening... .
[a little background: i am df'd.
my parents, siblings and many extended relatives are jws.
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Is the word "church" or the term "church" in the non-JW original bible
by findingmyway inif so, then why are jws so against using the term "church"?
i found this link that explains how the word "church" came to be in the bible.
http://www.theexaminer.org/volume2/number6/editor.htm