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Greg Stafford's New Book
by Defender inafter reading the first of three dissertations, i felt like posting some early comments for whatever they are worth.. in greg's first dissertation, i believe he has taken a courageous step in presenting solid soul-searching questions, especially for thinking jws who are seeing inconsistencies with some of the organization's procedural and doctrinal issues.
although it took me some time to grasp greg's writing style, i thought the first dissertation started off well.
he laid down the premises and provided insightful questions.
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The WTS and Dictatorship
by Defender ina lot of comparisons have been made between the wts and political dictatorial governments.
some hope that while the political dictatorial governments tend to develop fatal flaws that eventually bring about their demise, the same may be happening in the wts.
while there may be outward similarities between wts and dictatorial regimes, but the inherent political and social power structure is different.
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WT June 1, 2001 (part II)
by Defender inthe second article of discussion in this issue is titled: "moving ahead to final victory!".
the article starts to talk about christs enthronement as king and in paragraph one, along with an illustration of crowned jesus riding on a white horse, it states: "we today, have clear evidence that this foretold enthronement took place in 1914.. since watchtower article discussions are always a one way dialogue, where the society speaks and the rank and file just listens, it is easy to make assertions.
in a normal two way dialogue, when one says "i have clear evidence" for something, the other party will not just nod his head in agreement, but would rather demand to know and see what this clear evidence is and would want to proceed and examine it thoroughly.
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Maple Leafs Win Stanley Cup!
by Defender ina bunch of canadians died and went to hell.
they were confined to a fiery damnation.
however, everytime satan raised the heat, the canadians would only rejoice and celebrate.
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Gearing Up For New Expansion
by Defender in.
the society is actively gearing up for possible new territories being opened up in the aftermath of war with
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Gearing Up For New Expansion
by Defender inthe society is actively gearing up for possible new territories being opened up in the aftermath of war with
officially, jws are banned from these countries but there are existing underground congregations and groups.. .
despite having moslem majorities, there are millions of greek orthodox, catholic, and other eastern churches christians in these countries.
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The Three Hs
by Defender inin answering the question about why do jws continue to believe whatever the society prints and postulates we must start with an inward look at ourselves.
every person had his or her own reason to become a jw.
in fact, when we were jws the first question we used to ask of those we recently meet, say in the hall or at assemblies, was how did they become a jw?
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The Three Hs...(Another Try)
by Defender ini do not know why my previous post was truncated.
here goes another try.... in answering the question about why do jws continue to believe whatever the society prints and postulates we must start with an inward look at ourselves.
every person had his or her own reason to become a jw.
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Deceptions That Do Not Lead To Everlasting Life
by Defender insatan deceived the first woman in eden by questioning the integrity and truthfulness of god with words like: is it really so that god said you must not eat from every tree of the garden?
and when eve responded in the negative and the warning of death if she eats from or touches the tree in the middle of garden, satan replied: you positively will not die.
for god knows that in the very day of your eating from it your eyes are bound to be opened and you are bound to be like god, knowing good and bad.
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More Bushisms
by Defender in"i think the american people - i hope the american - i don't think, let me - i hope the american people trust me.
"washington, d.c., dec. 18, 2002 .
"we need an energy bill that encourages consumption.