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What's the big deal with Jesus' "sacrifice"?
by bluesapphire inwhat was the big deal with that dam tree to begin with!
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The Silver is MINE! The Gold is MINE!
by Open mind init's mine, mine, mine!!
mine i tell you!
(that would be jehovah, in case you're interested.).
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Witnesses = Too busy preaching to care for "widows and orphans" in cong!!
by Witness 007 ingrowing up my mother always told us "jehovah will provide.
" we didn't have a car, we pioneered and did our best.
when i left school i pioneered full time with my mother and sister, we were a single parent family living on government benefits.
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Hypothetical Question
by purplesofa ini don't pretend to know why the bible has the law about homosexuality being immoral.....the only reason logically is for having babies.. so my question is.. there are two gay couples left on the planet.
will those couples go against their sexual preference to keep humankind from going extinct?.
just askin???.
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Pounding On False Prophecy Hitting Home?
by metatron init may be coincidence, but i noticed that both the annual meeting and a recently reported bethel speaker brought up the matter of the.
watchtower's false predictions, a bit more openly than usual.
a potentially dangerous perception may be emerging ( hooray!).
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Throwing the Baby out with the Bathwater Goodbye Watchtower Hello Nothing?
by Magick inas witnesses who were deeply indoctrinated.
we accepted all of jehovah's witness teachings as a total package, it was "the truth".
there were no cracks in our armor that would allow other ideas, doctrines or thoughts to seep in.
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Learning to Think in Shades of Gray and other Colors Too
by flipper init seems to be hard when getting out of the witnesses for many to realize that nobody really knows about many things in life.
good and evil, what happens when we die.
those leaving the witnesses may see it as a big loss in not knowing, and some more than others go through a whole grieving loss process with denial, bargaining, anger, etc.
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Well I finally resigned as an elder - Phew.
by The Scotsman inthats right, about 2 weeks ago i confronted the po and told him i just could not do it anymore.. i genuinely have been under alot of pressure recently with my work so i used this as the pitch.
he was not happy but i received little resistance, which suited me.
i handed him my letter last week before i went on holiday.. i have to say it is a great weight off my shoulders, no book study, meetings for ministry, talks, public talks etc etc.. i will no doubt be the subject of local congregation gossip!
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Church buys minister a Rolls Royce
by Burger Time inthis was great.
especially the quote, "without a doubt, my life is not average," he said.
"but i'd like to say, just because it is excessive doesn't necessarily mean it's wrong.".
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What do 20,000 Different Christian Faiths All Have in Common?
by new boy ineach one think their concept of jesus....is correct.