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  Mormons vs. Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Downtowner in

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  forgive me if this has been covered before but i haven't seen anything about it recently.. in exploring the two faiths, mormons vs. jehovah's witnesses, which were both founded in the 1800s with the mormons being slightly a slightly older religion it seems mormons is a more attractive religion than jehovah's witnesses.

  do not get me wrong, i'm not looking at joining the mormon church.

  but i still enjoy studying other faiths and different belief systems.

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  Grieving for the Living - A new book under development

  by Elsewhere in

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  shunning, rejection and discrimination are things that many have experienced for different reasons.. sexual orientationinterracial relationshipsreligious conversion.

  these different groups think they are alone, but they are not.

  it is time for the people of these different groups to come together and recognize their shared experiences of pain due to rejection and shunning.

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  "Anonymous" featured in WT study lesson photo: deeper meaning?

  by JimmyPage in

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  if this has already been discussed i apologize.

  i'm only here sporadically anymore.

  in a recent wt study a photo was featured in the magazine that showed a "brother" ignoring the "worldly" people around him, including one who appeared to represent the group "anonymous".. i have come to learn that nothing can be taken at surface value when it comes to the borg.

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  The Anonymous hacker group has announced that they will begin infiltrating the WTS to obtain their database of pedophiles.

  by Elsewhere in

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  the anonymous hacker group has proven themselves effective in the past.

  lets wait and see if they pull it off again with the wts.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhyl4waps2o.

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  Christian Atheists, why did you throw the baby out with the bath water?

  by Elsewhere in

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  "i contend that we are both atheists.

  i just believe in one fewer god than you do.

  when you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why i dismiss yours.

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  Was Prometheus chained to a Rock or to a Mountain?

  by Elsewhere in

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  prometheus was punished by zeus after he gave humans fire and taught them the basics of civilization.

  some say prometheus was the savior of humanity and raised us above the beasts.. prometheus' punishment for helping humans was to be chained so that an eagle would fly down and eat his liver every day and then every night his liver would grow back.

  prometheus is immortal and cannot die, so he suffered like this for hundreds of years before he was released by heracles.. depending on who you talk to prometheus was chained to a mountain or a boulder... and this is the controversy that has many people divided.. i think it is vital that this controversy be resolved so people can properly recognize prometheus' sacrifice..

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  Last Known WWI Veteran Florence Green Dies at 110

  by Elsewhere in

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  http://abcnews.go.com/international/wirestory/briton-serve-wwi-dies-110-15528927#.tzfkycus1qa.

  last known wwi veteran florence green dies at 110. by danica kirka.

  london.

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  How many people on here have low self-esteem?

  by Chemical Emotions in

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  i do, so i was just curious.. i know the org tends to attract/cause/contribute to people having low self-esteem, so i figure a lot of people must have it as bad or worse than me..

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  The Specialness Of Being A Jehovah's Witness

  by minimus in

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  i figured out why many people become jws or remain in the religion.

  they actually believe that they are special!

  they look down on everyone else because they alone are god's people.

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  "Mentally Diseased", Defamation per se, and US Law

  by DT in

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  the watchtower article on "mentally diseased" apostates has caused a lot of commotion and might even be investigated as hate speech in some countries.

  the united states has a different political climate and a different approach to balancing individual freedoms against the freedoms of religious organizations.

  this makes it unlikely that charges of hate speech would get much traction in the united states, unless things escalate further or result in violence.

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