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How to Quit Church Without Quitting God: 7 Good Reasons to Escape the Box
by yaddayadda infound the above titled book while surfing amazon.
looks worth a read, might buy.
anyone here read it?
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What happened between Jesus death & the gospels being written?
by yaddayadda inhi, i'm interested in researching this subject.
can anyone recommend any good books that offer critical theories on the origins of early christianity, specifically the content and creation of the gospels.
for instance, how much of the gospels is underlying historical truth and how much might be exaggerations that crept in through, say 'chinese whispers' in the time between jesus death and the writing of the gospels ?
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JW's preaching a 'touchstone' for life or death
by yaddayadda inwatchtower may 1, 2006, pg 30 para 14: .
"when we preach the good news, hearers have the opportunity to become subjects of god's kingdom.
further, the way people react to that message provides a touchstone, or standard, against which christ the king can judge mankind.
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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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What has Ray Franz said about the NGO thing?
by yaddayadda ini e-d ray and asked him.
he gave a nice reply (a lengthy stock reply with brief personal comments to me cut and pasted into it) saying that he commented on the ngo thing in the latest edition of crisis of conscience.
unfortunately i have an older edition of coc so i'd be most grateful if someone could type up what he said in his latest edition...unless that is a breach of copyright?
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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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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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Puke-making article on WTS homepage
by yaddayadda in"discipline that yields peaceable fruit".
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/1988/4/15/article_01.htm.
notice the blatant abuse of context in saying that the 'no greeting' treatment to be given at 2 john 9-11 (persons bringing an anti-christ teaching to your home) should be the same as 1 cor 5 (persons who wilfully practice sins of the flesh).
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JW says he loves to see bad things happen
by yaddayadda inhere's what a jw said over on the moronic discussion board at www.jehovahsjudgment.co.uk (under a thread entitled 'speculation') .
"not me...i like to live on the edge.
the more the merrier.