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When John 13:35 pricks a Dub's conscience...
by Inquisitor in(1)how many of you out there, back when you were still a jw, heard the bros say "yeah the cong is a little cold cos of <insert scapegoat here>, but there is genuine love among the country congs/ the foreign lang congs etc??
(2)how did you respond to that remark?
did you accept that concession or did the absence of unpretentious love in your cong continue to bother you?
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Do we have non-Biblical evidence that Jesus Christ existed?
by Inquisitor inwhat non-biblical, historical evidence proves or supports the notion that jesus once existed as a living, breathing jewish man?
i'll start with the one that i used to swear by back when i was a good jw.
the roman historian suetonius (c. 69-140 c.e.
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"Emission", "Issue" or "Genital organ"? - Ezekiel 23:20
by Inquisitor inhere's how ezekiel 23:20 reads in various translations: .
and she kept lusting in the style of concubines belonging to those whose fleshly member is as the fleshly member of male asses and whose genital organ is as the genital organ of male horses.
" - new world translation by wts .
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And this was how it was a little ok to go to college...
by Inquisitor ini don't know how the situation sits with the congregations these days in light of certain overt anti-education directives.. see seeker4's thread fallout from gb anti-college.... but where i grew up as a witness... there was an unwritten loophole (among the r&f) that made going to university "palatable" to the witnesses.. if you were going to uni to be trained it certain professions it was deemed worth the sacrifice made.
it was believed that:.
lawyers could defend the wts from the menace of government oppression, aiding in the release of incarcerated bros and sis.. lawyers would have sharp oratory skills.
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Gay Marriage - The War for Equality
by Inquisitor ini've just read lola28's thread "for those against gay marriage".
i thought i should present a clear message on what i think the gay marriage issue is all about.
the trouble with most discussions on this issue is that it gets clouded by a plethora of side-issues, non-issues, cave-men chest-thumping and medieval puritanism.
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"Knocking" documentary to air in Australia this weekend
by Inquisitor inabctv to air "knocking" doco on compass this sunday 18 may 08 at 9.05pm.
we may have an objection (or several) to the contents of this documentary, but at least it's a starting point to get people talking about jws.
they rarely get media coverage.
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Pre-Flood ages based upon different calendar?
by Inquisitor inthere is almost a whisper somewhere on the net that the reason ancient patriach's like noah, enoch, methuselah lived so long is because of a gross miscalculation.
their ages were based upon a calendar that was a lot shorter than ours, hence their years could be twice as long.
i've been looking up for reading material but could only come up with flared-nostril apologetics; fundies insisting on the literalism of the scriptures.. this reasoning about an alternate calendar is conceivably the work of christians who read the bible metaphorically/symbolically, not goat-sacrificing atheists.
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Graves of loved ones - JWs allowed to visit?
by Inquisitor inthis is not a question about attending funerals.
is it permissible for jws to visit the graves of their loved ones if they merely want a moment's reflection on the departed?.
is it permissible for jws to do this on the anniversary of the death?.
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JW-speak "fleshly" so-and-so
by Inquisitor ini suppose another way of telling that a person has spent some time in the halls of jehovah is the inclination to use the term "fleshly".
has it occurred to you yet that people do not generally refer to their biological siblings as a "fleshly" relative?
there is the occasional "yes, he/she is my flesh and blood".
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Melbourne Catholic priest retorts with obscene and racist remarks!!
by Inquisitor inthe age article:.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/07/28/1185339324816.html.
the youtube footage:.