Topics Started by zarco
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New crazy predicting the end of the world.
by maninthemiddle inmabe the ws needs to talk to him, they haven't predicted a date is a while.. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/01/ba8v1av589.dtl&tsp=1.
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Four Amish bishops charged with not reporting abuse
by zarco infour amish bishops charged with not reporting abusethe associated pressmarshfield, mo.
| four amish men described by a southwest missouri prosecutor as bishops have been charged with failing to report suspected child sexual abuse by a member of their community.the four men, from the town of seymour, were charged tuesday with one misdemeanor count apiece.
they were not arrested and will receive summonses to appear in webster county circuit court.. their attorney, will worsham of springfield, says the men are not paid clergy and its not clear missouris mandatory reporting law applies to the them.. the charges stem from last months arrest of johnny a. schwartz, also of seymour, on six felony counts of sexually abusing children.
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144,000
by zarco indo you think that jesus or one of the new testament writers would have said only 144,000 are going to heaven so hurry up not one time did anyone say this, yet it is a core truth today.
if only 144,000 where going to heaven wouldnt a first century count of believers been reported?
what a mess..
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A Witness Child
by zarco inour daughter is writing down some of her experiences growing up as a witness.
i thought i would share a sample of her writing.
it is fun for us to read, but a little sad to see the guilt she placed upon herself for doing normal kid things....... .
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Christ's Brother from a Different Mother
by zarco injesus preached to the lost.
his ministry focused on crowds that he felt pity for.
he witnessed to tax collectors, prostitutes, samaritans and the crowds.
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Why do some leave and others stay?
by zarco instartfragment.
the following is partly based on comments from the book the gnostic gospels on page 123.. why do some leave and others stay?.
some seek their own interior direction, they reject religious institutions as a hindrance to their progress.
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suggestion from a current JW
by zarco inif i may as bold as to suggest a few readings/listenings for current jws.
the "demotion" of jesus to a position far lower than what philippians 2:11 teaches is demonstrated in a talk by lt and in several "threads" by auldsoul.
links are copied below.
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JW Publisher Growth Trends
by zarco ini would like direction to past research on the publisher growth trends in the modern day organization.
the questions i am attempting to answer are:.
1- how many publishers should jws have today given new publishers (or baptisms) and average mortality rates .