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"Telling the Truth Shall Set You Free"
by Farkel in", the man asked.
the man asked, "suppose i decided to become one of jehovah's witnesses.
"no, that's not a part of the vow.
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IS IT TRUE & SHOULD WE OBEY IT?
by gdt inmy mother said 'if you can't say anything good about anyone (thing), don't say anything bad'!.
true?
a lot would need to change in our comments and attitudes, surely.. false?
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Need a recommendation for a good book re: Proving the bible wrong
by indoubt ini am trying to find a good book which would explain why the bible cannot be inspired by god.. (for example, a book that would dissert the bible and illustrate its contradictions, etc.
i know there are lots of those out there, but which one did you enjoy reading?.
indoubt
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Holy Terror
by patio34 inhi, this was on the front page of the opinion section of the la times yesterday (sunday).
it's pretty interesting how religion could use some examination--even the us religions.
i highlighted parts and also put a phrase in red.
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No Bibles or Miracles for Me!
by Farkel init would be absurd for god to give mankind a book or books which explain what god expects of us.
unless god at all times remained personally responsible for making sure his "book for all mankind" remained in its pure, original form, it would end up being currupted.
as time passes, language evolves.
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Apostates and child molesters are "STRANGERS_TM" - WT Sep 1, 2004
by Pole ini've just noticed how the wts put two phoney "interpretations" of "strangers"tm derived from john 10:5 - next to each other in the same article in watchtower september 1, 2004, probably hoping that the average jw will merge them together and treat apostasy as something as disgusting as paedophilia.
image 1:.
paragraph 12"similarly today strangers try to persuade you youths that your christian parents unduly restrict your freedom.
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Breaking the habbit...
by Nightside_of_Eden ini quit jw not too long ago.
and i have a question.
what are you're xperiences with getting in the 'normal' live with doing birthday's etc?
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WT RESOLUTIONS what becomes of them??
by JT ini got an email the other day from an long time jw, in fact he was 13 at the 1958 convention in ny and polo grounds .
we were talking about the org and he posed the question to me as well- i thought about it and i could not think of anything-.
i have never heard -other than the name adoption resolution- any mention of any resolutions that we as jw adopted like in 1979, 1983 , etc.
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"We do't believe in war."
by hubert ini've heard this time and again from my j.w.
sister-in-law and daughter.
yet, when i found this hymn book, "sing praises to jehovah", i was shocked to find war songs in it, such as ... "gaining victory over the world", page 3.. "god's warriors are advancing", page 39.. "proclaiming jehovah's day of vengeance", page 189.. "see jehovah's army"!
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Was I Not Having Fun?
by Englishman inyears ago, when i was just a little lad, my dad would often quote the above passage from the scriptures to me.. "was i not having fun?".
usually, i would be about to be reprimanded for having been a little too cheeky.
i would fall back on an "i was only kidding!