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2 Thess 1:9 (presence or not?)
by yaddayadda inhi, 2 thessalonians 1:9 in the new world translation reads:
"these very ones will undergo the judicial punishment of everlasting destruction from before the lord and from the glory of his strength.".
however, many other bible translations render it slightly differently by including the word 'presence' (see below).
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Some important questions re the child abuse settlement
by yaddayadda inare there more cases presently in the pipeline or has this settlement cleared them all out?
has this settlement opened the litigation floodgates to many more claims and is the society trembling in its boots over this?
or is the society safe for a few more years?
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Is a Press release being prepared re the recent child abuse settlements?
by yaddayadda injust wondering?
it may be a bit premature, depending on how done and dusted the settlement is, but presumably someone (danny haszard??
) is preparing something for reuters etc.
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Is the 2006 annual worldwide report out yet?
by yaddayadda ini would've thought the 1st feb watchtower was out by now, with the 2006 annual jw stats in it.
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ps - i have a feeling they bounced back a bit from 2005.
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Doco on Exclusive Brethren on tv tonite in NZ
by yaddayadda in(please excuse the lack of paragraphs in this post as this forum's dinosaur software does not support mozilla firefox or netscape!!
) as many know, the exclusive brethren have many similarities with the jw's, particularly their cultish black-and-white view of the world, seeing everyone else as 'worldlings' and the rest of the world as in control of the devil, believing only they have a chance at salvation, and their rigid shunning policy.
the eb are, however, more strict than the jw's, not permitting tv watching, their kids are not allowed to go to normal schools, the woman must wear something on their head, etc.
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False "Reasoning from the Scriptures" (Part 2)
by yaddayadda inthe responses suggested below by the wts in the reasoning book are misleading for a number of reasons, discussed in brackets.
(i use firefox and can't seem to bold, underline, etc for ease of reading, sorry.
*** rs 207-8 jehovah's witnesses *** .
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Annual Watchtower theme articles?
by yaddayadda inhi, apparently the society publishes every year study articles on a certain theme (eg, an annual 'donations' article, an annual 'why women are valued in the bible' article, etc).
i'm just wondering how many of these supposed theme articles are put out each year, and do they generally appear at the same time each year?
can we guess what some of these up and coming study articles might be be?
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Knaresborough congo, Yorkshire
by yaddayadda inhi, just wondering if anyone on here was in this congo around 1987-89?
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Philosophy - Alain de Botton
by yaddayadda ini must admit i enjoy reading a bit of philosophy now and then.
nothing too heavy going, mainly condensed versions of the great philosophers and lighter, modern stuff.
rousseau and schopenhauer are my favourites because their prose is so enjoy to read from a literary perspective.
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Discussion on Amazon Christianity forum re reliablity of New Testament docs
by yaddayadda inhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/discussionboard/discussion.html/ref=cm_cd_fp_tft_tp/104-4921953-6266350?ie=utf8&cdforum=fx77wqhu8ys50z&asin=0195112407&cdthread=txhhkyac07wbh0 .
p45: portions of matthew and acts as well as nearly all of mark, luke, and john .
p64: portions of matthew and luke .