ElderBarry
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A new "class" for the goobering body.
by IP_SEC inthe wts is fond of associating itself with great men of the bible claiming to be of this or that class (john class, isaiah class and so on).
they claim god given authority to keep his people clean and to make rules to cover situations not found in the bible.. pharisee rule not found in the law.. *** w96 9/1 12 the law before christ ***.
pharisee rule not found in the law.. *** w96 9/1 12 the law before christ ***.
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Watchtower Chess....My move
by Black Sheep ini asked my sil if he can help me to get copies of july 1 through to sept 1 watchtowers.
he knows that i am disillusioned with the wt and that i am born in, but never been baptised and he doesn't shun me.. here is his reply.. "yes i can help, but it would depend on why you wanted them and what you wanted to accomplish by reading those issues, :-).
i have had a few ideas on how to reply, but i would like to hear your comments before i reply.. .
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Hi! Any other Latter Day Saints here?
by ElderBarry inhi my name is lisa.
i'm not an elder of course and never have been.
i was a jw for just a few years and then relocated and left it behind.
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Use the Elder's own rules against them......
by AK - Jeff inthe elder's handbook gives specific areas in which tactics might be developed by some to avoid unwanted disfellowshippings - .
the following appears in that manual - .
baptized persons who have not associated for some time .. if you learn of serious wrongdoing on the part of such a. person, the matter should be investigated if it poses a. threat to the congregation's cleanness and welfare or causes.
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What's the oddest thing you have eaten?
by PopeOfEruke inhey i was on holiday last week and we went to a sea-side night market and there was a food stand called "roadkill restaurant".
the motto was "you kill it, we grill it".
charming place.. they had crocodile, buffalo, camel, and kangaroo and emu kebabs.
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What if we wrote letters to the Society.....
by Lady Liberty ingoodmorning all and "happy saturday"!!.
i recently had a very upsetting conversation regarding my stand with my active aunt.
for 4 hours i tried to reason with her on many issues.
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Holy Laughter Church on CNN News (no joke!)
by Gerard inlast night cnn presented a segment on a sect that calls itself the
movement.
their pastor tells jokes and claims that laughter is a trance controlled by god.
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Did you think that you knew more ?
by A Paduan in.
as a jw, were you convinced that you knew more theologically than "those in christendom", yet hadn't really even read the bible ?
more than say, a monk who over a thousand years ago hand wrote one, and read it everyday ?
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Help with info on the Greek word 'Kairos'
by drew sagan inas many of you know, the bible text at luke 21:8 has become a major issue for me.
i decided that it would be proper to do some more in depth research of the text, as well as the words contained in the text.
this is all going to be complied and put togeather in a letter that i am going to send to the society.