neverendingjourney
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Scholar = Neil Mc Fadzen on Facebook
by neverendingjourney ina guy named neil mc fadzen from australia who identifies himself as "scholar jw" is posting on this facebook 607 bce thread:.
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=51298429787&topic=8065.
if only there was a way to find out whether neil has all the qualifications "scholar" claims to have.. .
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Is it now safe to say the pioneer hour reduction rumor was a hoax?
by neverendingjourney inas far as i know, there's been nothing new on this front.
i first heard the rumor over the summer, and most of us assumed the change would be implemented in september, the beginning of the service year, yet nothing's happened.
should we admit to being deceived, or is there some reason to believe the reduction of hours is coming soon, sort of like armageddon..
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Brother Prince at His Finest (NSFW)
by neverendingjourney inyou definitely do not want to click on this link if you are at work.. http://www.imeem.com/people/rbgwo2o/video/a0ael-23/prince_gett_off_live_mtv_awards_1991_music_video/.
this is a link to a 1991 performance of gett off at the mtv video music awards.
prince performs in ass-less pants and there's a simulated orgy onstage.
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How do mainstream Christians interpret the live-forever-on-Earth scriptures
by neverendingjourney inyou know the proof texts we used to "prove" that the "righteous would inherit the earth and reside for forever upon it?
" how do mainstream christians interpret those scriptures?
i gather that the scriptures in isaiah speak metaphorically to the return of the jews to the promised land, but what about psalms 37?
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Shouldn't JWs Ban Wedding Receptions Because of their Pagan Origins?
by neverendingjourney inwell, nah, because jesus attended a wedding reception and provided kick a$$ wine.
but, modern day jw's are all about removing anything fun from life, so they should consider it for this reason alone.
one more fun thing bites the dust.
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Does anyone remember the big 6 month Bible study push during the mid 1990s?
by neverendingjourney ini was a regular pioneer for a while during the mid 90s, about a year or two after the knowledge book replaced the live forever book as the primary bible study manual.
around that time the society began to spew a bunch of b.s.
about the end being so near (hadn't heard that one before) and how there were waiting lists for bible studies in many former soviet countries.
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Is the Patterson Elder School Info. Public Knowledge?
by neverendingjourney ini might have had my first post-fade slip up.
due to a temporary job, i've found myself back in my hometown the last few weeks.
i was pumping gas this morning when i was approached by the presiding overseer of my old congregation (technically my current congregation since i never bothered to change my publisher card).
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Twilight Zone "On Thursday We Leave For Home" Parallels
by neverendingjourney inim a fan of the original twilight zone television series.
i recently saw an episode entitled on thursday we leave for home, and it dawned on me that it had some interesting parallels regarding why a lot of witnesses never leave the religion even when it starts to become clear that its not the truth.
of course, these shows presented short moral lessons and different people can find different morals in them, but i digress.
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Wikipedia article on the GB falsely claims the GB has existed since 1884
by neverendingjourney ini'm currently in the process of reading crisis of conscience.
in it, franz meticulously goes about debunking the notion that the wtbts has always had a governing body.
in fact, through a variety of documents, and using the society's own literature, he shows that the watchtower's board of directors was powerless.
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Crisis of Conscience stolen from my local library
by neverendingjourney ini finished reading combating cult mind control a few days ago.
i went to the local library to try to get a copy of crisis of conscience.
i had the librarian search for it, and it's not available in any of the municipal library's branches (i live in a fairly large city).