civicsi00
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Strange statement in last week's study article
by civicsi00 inthere was a strange statement in last week's study article.
well, let's be honest: there were plenty of strange statements!
but one in particular bothered me.
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What I love about "worldly" Bibles
by civicsi00 inwhen i was still a witness, i used to peek into "worldly" bibles just to see if there were any differences.
what i really loved about these so-called "worldly" bibles was that some of them changed the font color of jesus' words to red.
i always wished the society would bring more emphasis to jesus' words, maybe just putting them in bold or something.. anyone else ever feel this way?.
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Luke 21:8 and the latest 2008 WT Library
by civicsi00 ini was perusing the latest 2008 wt library and i ran a search for luke 21:8 (one of the worst texts you could read to a jw).
when i first ran the search, the library only popped up with one article from 11/1/64 wt and a reference to some book called the kingdom of god is nigh (published by the wt in 1944, but is not found on the cd.
i did find it on the internet, though.).
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Wait, Wait... WHAT?! Dec 15th, WT Study - This bugs me
by civicsi00 inok so i decided to just take a quick peek at the dec 15th study edition and i couldn't even get past the very first article!
it's a "personal" story of a jw who was born in 1928 and his experiences from that era.
what is the first thing printed on this page?
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My conscience
by civicsi00 ini've only been on this forum for a short while, but i love it here!
i have a question for everyone.. first of all, about a year and a half ago, i got on the internet to search for some jw forums.
i didn't find any right away, but what i did find was information about the wt and all of its inconsistencies.
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Another GEM from the 9/15/10 WT
by civicsi00 inthis is taken word for word from the study article entitled: "unity identifies true worship", page 13, paragraph 8:.
"similarly today, a governing body composed of spirit-anointed christians contributes to the unity of the worldwide congregation.
the governing body publishes spiritually encouraging literature in many languages.
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What happened immediately after your Judicial Committee was over?
by civicsi00 inwhenever i went to my judicial committee (over 3 years ago), the elders opened with a prayer for jehbooboo's guidance.
then they followed up with their loyalty question, "do you believe in the faithful and discreet slave?".
of course i answered "no", and shortly thereafter i handed over my disassociation letter.
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My ONLY Regret about being an Ex-Jehovah's Witness...
by civicsi00 inreading the title of this thread, you may believe that perhaps there is one thing that i am discontent with in being an ex-jehovah's witness; and possibly this might mean that i would return to the watchtower.. well, it's not one of those threads.
i am quite happy and content since leaving.
i don't regret it one bit.. my only regret with being an ex-jehovah's witness is that i will never be able to confront the people behind the curtain.. i would have loved to have met fred franz... only to be able to confront him about all his false prophecies.. i would have loved to have met rutherfraud... only to be able to tell him that he wasn't just "being an ass" for the whole 1925 thing.
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Quote from 1943 Truth book...
by civicsi00 ini was perusing the 1943 "truth shall make you free" book and i found this on page 302:.
"christ's coming to the temple in 1918 was entirely unexpected, even to his devoted faithful followers.
the truth of his coming then was first discerned by the scriptures and by the fulfillments of prophecy after the event, namely, first in 1922.".
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Blood question
by civicsi00 ini just had a thought about something... does anyone remember the text where jesus cured someone on the day of the sabbath and the pharisees got mad at him for doing that, on the day that no one is supposed to do anything?
because, if i remember correctly, jesus then corrected them and stated that it was better to help save a life than to obey every letter of the law.
where i'm going with this is, can't this scripture apply to the watchtower when denying someone a blood transfusion?