The Scotsman

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  Snowicane....snowmageddon...

  by rebel8 in

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  it's been snowing heavily since last night and i'm unable to leave my driveway.. http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/national_weather_service_upgra.html.

  roads were closed because it was so slippery.

  that never happens--this is the tundra!

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  The snow in Scotland this winter has been much worse than usual - plenty of snow everywhere.

  So much in fact they have had to close some of the ski slopes - 2 people died yesterday in Glencoe in an avalanche.

  I blame global warming myself..........
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  Memorial 2010! How many jws will partake? or SHOULD partake?

  by justmom in

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  answer..... all of them!.

  they pride themselves on being "the truth" ( which belongs only to the christ.

  they pride themselves on being part of a covenant that will destroy everyone else at armageddon and only they will "live forever" in paradise!.

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  An increase is inevitable - a huge jump would be nice.

  Out of interest - when is the memorial this year - I am totally out of touch with the whole thing.

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  Finished Ex-Jehovah's Witness Survey (Please fill out for help with project)...

  by Tuesday in

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  hey everyone!.

  ) did you feel the religion was a cult before leaving?:.

  ) do you feel the religion is a cult now after leaving?:.

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  You have a PM.

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  Question for Christians

  by FreudianSlip in

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  do i have to love god to get into the good place?

  let's assume i believe and follow all of the rules out of obligation and not love, is that enough?.

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  Jesus died for all mankind - not just for christians.
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  March WT: Dumb That Takes Your Breath Away?

  by metatron in

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  the cover article is "the bible-is it really god's inspired word?"..

  this has got to be a new low in watchtower superficiality.

  how do we know that isaiah and daniel were authentic despite the claims of critics?.

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  This is not circular reasoning - your viewing the bible as 1 book

  The 66 books of the bible are from different times, different writers and different locations - so using 1 of these to confirm another is fine by me.

  Though not to say that WT do not use circular reasoning - of course they do - just not this time, in my opinion.
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  "Does the Christian God Exist?"

  by leavingwt in

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  last night, author and ex-christian, john w. loftus debated dinesh d'souza on the topic, "does the christian god exist?".

  below is loftus' opening statement.. .

  in every single case dineshs response will be pretty much the same.

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  I believe in God - but not sure if I would describe him as only the christian God though.

  Its a good question....
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  Chalam

  by yadda yadda 2 in

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  do you ever post without quoting the bible?

  why do you feel a compulsive need to quote scriptures in all your posts?

  were you once a bible-thumping jw or are you just a born-again bible thumper who never was a jw and just happens to dislike jws?.

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  I am with wobble on this - I enjoy Chalam's scriptural comments.

  Chalam - don't you stop.........
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  A Demon Experience?......This was/is very serious to me.

  by awildflower in

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  so when we moved here from maine to okc, six years ago this coming april, my daughter was 7. the military moved us so it brings a big moving truck to your house and unloads all of your stuff etc.

  we had been settling in for a few months and my daughter starting telling me that she was hearing things in her room.

  small things at first, just enough to prick up her ears.

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  Are there demons? Is there really evil?

  No doubt demons exist - whether they would come to your house and make a child say "I want to have sex with Satan" is another thing!!!

  I used to have demonic dreams quite frequently until I stopped believing in demons.

  I do not accept that all such experiences can be catagorized as dreams - I have heard about far to many that are way way beyond the dream state.
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  Christian Arrogance

  by startingover in

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  maybe arrogance is not the right word but i can find no other that describes what i see.

  the idea expressed by some christians on this board is that somehow god specifically chose them.

  i'll quote perry as an example as his post inspired this thread.

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  A short time later,and I mean frighteningly short, a JW called on me, with the specific purpose of getting me back in it. Nobody else called,not even a still small voice inside me.

  What do all yous'e make of that. Especially you Christians.

  A test?

  Coincidence?

  Maybe being a JW would be good for you?

  Maybe its the truth? - OK - strike that one .

  I don't know - I do not fully understand prayer, the essence of God, purpose of life etc. All I know is that people, some people, seem to get very precise answers to prayers.

  Because a prayer, perhaps many prayers, do not get answered does not mean that all prayers never get answered.

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  Christian Arrogance

  by startingover in

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  maybe arrogance is not the right word but i can find no other that describes what i see.

  the idea expressed by some christians on this board is that somehow god specifically chose them.

  i'll quote perry as an example as his post inspired this thread.

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  Imagine no religion,
  i wonder if we can.....

  The absense of religion would not make it a better world - just a different one.