Topics Started by Dawn
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The new "Generation" doctrine
by Dawn incould someone explain to me how the generation doctrine changed?
i know that originally they thought it applied to the generation of 1914 and i heard that it changed.
i asked my dad to explain it to me but his explanation didn't make any sense to me - something like "a generation can last forever" ???
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Where is the Great Crowd?
by Dawn inthis post is mainly for non_trias_theos - but any of you who are jw's feel free to respond.
i know this should probably be posted on the bible research board, but being that "non" is a newbie i wasn't sure he'd check there.. question - where is the great crowd?.
read the verses (revelation 7:9) in revelation that refer to the great crowd (or multitude) and tell me where they are in those verses.
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EEek - a demon posessed my computer
by Dawn ini thought this was so hillarious i just had to share it with you:.
reverend jim peasboro of savannah ga has written a book "the devil in the machine: is your computer possessed by a demon?
" some of the points raised in the book are: .
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Where else are you going to go?
by Dawn ini have heard that argument from the jw's since i was a child - i still hear it from my family.. now that i am out it seems like such a silly argument.
in fact, you could liken it to someone in an abusive marriage for years.
they're used to the situation and somewhat frightened at the thought of change.
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A heavenly hope
by Dawn ini have read a number of posts in the past few weeks from people who felt they had a heavenly hope and struggled with the issue "how do i handle the memorial" or "what will my friends think".. this interests me because i struggled with quite the opposite.
i always believed i was of the earthly class and that is where my hope always was.. when i started going to a new church last year and hearing about a heavenly hope i really struggled with this.
i couldn't imagine myself going to heaven - even if for a short time until the earth is made new.
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A message to JW's/x-JW's - who to trust?
by Dawn inthis post is for any of you out there who have questions but have been afriad to search for answers outside of your organization/religion (this applies to any "christian" religion - not just jw's).
as for the rest of you heathens - no response please (tee hee - just joshin' .
i have been df'd for many years but really had no desire to go back to the bible until about 2 years ago.
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One Miracle in my life
by Dawn ina while back there were some postings asking if miracles still happen today, so i thought this latest story from my life would be appropriate.. my husband's friend from work lost his father to cancer, shortly after that he lost his wife, also to cancer.
a few months ago his teenage son was diagnosed with bone cancer and not given a very good chance of survival.. i don't know this man, only met him once, and i never met his son.
but something inside me just made me so angry, and my heart so heavy -this could not happen.
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Problems in all religions
by Dawn insomething happened at my church today that i wanted to share with you all.
the church i attend now is quite large.
1800+ members, as well as hundreds of other regular attenders.
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Loans from the Society
by Dawn inwhen i was young our congregation built a new kingdom hall.. each month a brother would read the financial info from the platform, and it always consisted of the "payment" for the loan they took out from the society to build the kh, and "interest" for the loan.. did i remember this right?
does the society "loan" $$ at a profit to congregations to build kh's that belong to the society?
that makes no sense at all - i must have not remembered this correctly.
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To Lotus - What needs to change
by Dawn inhi lotus:.
you indicated in your post earlier that you wanted to know what we thought needed to be changed.
well - rather than go into a huge list that initiates a biblical interpretation debate .