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Still a hard line on DF family members WTApr15 2012
by Gladring inthe april 2012 wt study article has some of the most strongly worded statements about contact with disfellowshipped family members.. page 12, paragraph 17: -.
good that can come when a family loyally.
upholds jehovahs decree not to associate.
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50,000 disfellowshipped, 30,000 reinstated
by Gladring inas mentioned in the thread - http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/171251/1/jws-on-bbc - on the bbc website under the beliefs section they state that "elders disfellowship 50,000 to 60,000 witnesses around the world every year.
each year, however, 30,000 to 40,000 are reinstated having "come back to their spiritual senses".".
does anyone know where they could have got those stats?.
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Life begins at conception?
by Gladring ini've been enjoying questioning long held beliefs lately.
one issue i've been pondering is the life of the unborn.
this has been brought on by a couple of things.. sam harris in end of faith and letter to a christian nation discusses the moral implications of stem cell research and this has been discussed in the media lately too.
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Does God Care About Animals? gA Dec 2011
by Gladring inaccording to the article in the dec 2011 awake although.
man was eventually permitted to use them for.
food and other practical purposes, god never.
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I cried when I watched this
by Gladring inan interesting animation about cupboards and drawers.
instruction manual for life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaiprrzvnjg.
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Urgent Help Please
by Gladring ina friend is being hassled by a body of elders to go to a judicial committee.
i have advised against going but if they go ahead.... the question is are you entitled to have a representative of your own at a judicial committee?.
a second, not quite so urgent, question is: does anyone know where to get a copy of coc in spanish.. thanks.
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Blood Quotes in Jan 2009 Awake
by Gladring inthe awake jan 2009 has a quote in it's watching the world.
"for almost 9000 patients who had heart surgery in the [united kingdom] between 1996 and 2003, receiving a red cell transfusion was associated with three times the risk of dying in the following year and an almost sixfold risk of dying within 30 days of surgery compared with not receiving one.
" - new scientist, britain.. for starters, this quote is not exactly straight from new scientist.
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Relationship Rescue (or how Dr. Phil got me out)
by Gladring ini was going to post this in the thread about what one comment helped you see the light but it became a bit too long and i thought the subject might be interesting in it's own right.
i've been hanging around for a while feeling like i should tell my story and this thread has caught me at a good time.
i was born in to the religion, baptized at 15, reproved at 17, married at 22, ministerial servant at 25. i'd had questions in my late teens and twenties but i convinced myself that i loved jehovah and wanted to stay and so i squashed those feelings.
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July 15 Awake - strange quote and i'm not sure what else...
by Gladring ini was trying to find the source of the michael j. tyler quote in the was it designed article in the jul 15 awake, when i came across this website.. was this posted before the magazine?
is the watchtower passing someone else's work off as their own, or the other way round?.
also, can anyone find the source of the quote?
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Calling on an old RV
by Gladring inmy husband and i were just talking at dinner about people we have called on or studied with.
some people i really liked, but it was clear that bringing them in the truth was like pushing a rope uphill.
we had a little chuckle that they were smarter than we were all along.