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are JWs really worse? (or: is every religion a cult?)
by inkling inmany here freely trot out words like "cult" and "indoctrination".
"group-think" and "double talk" in describing witnesses, and my .
question is, if these words are apt (and i think there is a strong .
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I am no longer a Ministerial Servant
by inkling inwell, they officially announced me no longer being a ms last night.
you know how when a televised trial ends with the verdict coming back .
from the jury and all the cameras are on the accused?
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WARNING! Cognitive Dissonance Ahead
by inkling ina few quotes from the response i got from my dad to my.
"tale of two cherry trees" email on subject of nov. awake's .
comment on the bible never being in conflict with science.... first off, he spends most all of the email talking about the mold/leprosy issue, and .
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a tale of two cherry trees
by inkling innote: this a copy of an e-mail i sent to my dad, (a non-doubting elder) on the subject of the nov. 2007 awake: "can you trust the bible".
i think the fact that this email was actually quite well received says much about my dad's maturity, and the sort of relationship i have with him.
:+:+:+: a tale of two cherry trees :+:+:+: first off, i agree that the style of the november awake!is somewhat "fresh" and updated.
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turn the page and open your eyes
by inkling inin the dispelling of the grand illusion, was there any particular book or writer .
that just made something "click" in the watchwork or your more rational self?
although i must give credit to many eye-opening books over the past year, .
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REQUEST: Letters of reply from the Watchtower?
by inkling ini have been pondering wether or not there is any value in gathering some of .
my more pointed thoughts into a letter to the governing body.
imagine these to be "questions from readers" style criticism, edited and.
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the blurry line between wolf and sheep
by inkling ini didn't intend to bring this up, but i have been thinking.
about a video a saw on youtube a few months ago.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4xykyyefpq.
it is a recording of two elders coming to an apostates door.
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feeling for the edges of apostasy
by inkling inno matter where at the end of this journey i actually end up spiritually andphilosophically, one thing i am sure is that family ties are worth fighting for.
i distinctly want to avoid being disfellowshiped for any reason, if at all possible.
and, (since i am not about to go on a hedonistic crime spree) my biggest riskof being disfellowshiped is on the grounds of "apostasy", i am assuming.
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call me inkling
by inkling ini am witness, "in good standing", and (at the.
moment) technically still a ministerial servant.. even as a child, i asked far too many questions.
for my own good, doing much to bewilder and .
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as clear as ink
by inkling infirst off, i would like to apologize for both the obtuse nature .
of my post- "the quiet sound of old dust falling from new light" .
as well as it's disturbing lack of formatting.