enlightenedcynic
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THE DECEMBER 2006 OUR KINGDOM MINISTRY QUESTION BOX
by enlightenedcynic inquestion: .
would it be appropriate to arrange yard sales or other fund raising events to help the congregation?
answer: .
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IS/ WAS YOUR CONGREGATION LIKE MY CURRENT ONE?
by enlightenedcynic inin the congregation i currently attend with my die-hard witness wife and my two kids, the p.o.
is a lame duck elder whom no one really respects or goes to for any counsel, advice, etc.
another elder(lives at bethel) has taken to flirting with a local sister who is seperated but not divorced from her husband.
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LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT...........................
by enlightenedcynic ina governing body member dies and althoughbeit several months later after his death, he gets a full page eulogy complete with brief life story and picture.
(see 9/15/06 wt pg.
31 about albert schroeder) of course the wts does this anytime a high ranking official in their org passes away.
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Gay twin brothers were raised as witnesses!!!
by enlightenedcynic insaw this article in yesterday's ny daily news.
http://www.nydailynews.com/10-16-2006/entertainment/ent_radio/story/461980p-388694c.html .
showed it to my wife and she nearly had a heart attack.
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Another WTS Contradiction!!!
by enlightenedcynic injust a thought that i had at a book study about two weeks ago when the chapter about why god permits suffering from the 'bible teach' book was being covered.
in paragraphs 12 -14 the wts lays out this ridiculous arguement likening god to a teacher and satan as a student who is disrupting a class.
the wts says that much like how a teacher might invite a rebellious and disruptive student to instruct the class so as to prove the student wrong....jehovah has allowed satan to operate for a time in order to prove that satan's way is wrong.
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Why Did Adam & Eve Need An Immune System???
by enlightenedcynic inhere is a question i would like answered intelligently if possible.
i asked my wife and another brother during an informal gathering of friends and was given the typical "wait till the new system, jehovah will answer all questions" response.
for the last year or so i began to seriously doubt the existence of a "loving, caring god".
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Asked my Book Study group a question......................
by enlightenedcynic intuesday night's book study dealt with the resurrection and why we can have confidence in it...blah, blah, blah!
so after meeting as we are sitting around and chatting i spoke up and said, "did lazurus get resurrected with his same body or with a new one?
" i asked it purposely because on page 68, par.
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Went to a witness party....oh, excuse me, "gathering" over the weekend.....
by enlightenedcynic inthe mrs. and i were invited to a "gathering" this weekend.
was just supposed to be some friends getting together for some food and fellowship.
when we arrived, there were a bunch of jw's in the back yard(50 to 100) and the music was pumping loud(not that i minded{smile}).
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Pay Up..............NOW!!!!!!!
by enlightenedcynic ini am neither shocked or suprised anymore with the actions of the wts, but i have to admit, from time to time they do some s**t that makes me say, "wish i could pull that off".
at meeting yesterday, the p.o.
makes an announcement.