Topics Started by Cygnus
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The Rightness of Shunning Family
by Cygnus inw81 9/15 p. 30 if a relative is disfellowshiped .
a highly respected christian elder writes: .
"in our area some disfellowshiped ones with large families have been met, as they enter the lobby of the kingdom hall, with a fanfare of backslapping and handshaking (even though the disfellowshiped one was known by them to be still living immorally).
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My very good friend Joelbear
by Cygnus ini first "met" joel in the old jw-oriented aol chat room before jwd existed and when h2o was still in its infancy.
we're talking january/february of 1997. i liked him instantly and have maintained a somewhat distant friendship with the man ever since.
recently he demonstrated what sort of man he is by sharing very generously with me in a time of need i'm experiencing.
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The power of Christ must have compelled me..
by Cygnus inskally would have been proud... http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050911/1009995.asp - buffalo news front page piece "predators in our midst".
some of my email to the writer of the article:if you ever do some follow up, the scandal in the catholic religion involving priests getting away with molesting children for years is well known; there has also been a similar scandal in the jehovah's witness religion.
this one is in many persons' opinions more peculiarly interesting because according to jw rule the jw religion's judicial proceedings will not commence against a member for wrongdoing (such as sexual "sins", even predatory ones involving children) unless two persons testify to have witnessed the alleged event.
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lyman swingle... tape recording... death.... farkel
by Cygnus inresponding to an old post of mine regarding jw funerals, farkel wrote:.
"but here is the problem: i have a tape recording of governing body member lyman swingle's funeral.
it was five-odd minutes of bible discussion about the hope of the resurrection for second class wt citizens and immortality in heaven for first-class wt citizens, and a full forty minutes of eulogy and anecdotes about swingle.".
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Let's turn to song number twenty-three
by Cygnus in.
hope this works:.
http://members.aol.com/cygnus97/sounds/23.wav
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Great section/quote from Joseph Malik's book Beyond the Watctower
by Cygnus inthis was brought up briefly in another thread maybe a week ago.
here's the part of the book that i liked:.
pg.
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car accident
by Cygnus ini lost control of my 1976 buick and smashed into a guardrail.
the car is totalled, with my arms and hands as they are i shouldn't have been driving anyway.
had head injuries... yeah just add to my existing head probelms.
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Revelation 16 and John 8:58
by Cygnus inoops.... hit enter after the subject line instead of tab.
*** rbi8 revelation 16:5-7 ***
5 and i heard the angel over the waters say: "you, the one who is and who was, the loyal one, are righteous, because you have rendered these decisions, 6 because they poured out the blood of holy ones and of prophets, and you have given them blood to drink.