whitman
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"Grace" and "post-modernity"
by Narkissos ini was thinking today (again, for i may well have already written something similar before) that if one word of christian theology has any chance to survive into (and, perhaps, past) the so-called "post-modern" era that would probably be "grace".. i wrote "word" rather than "concept" or "notion" because "grace" is not easily reduced to a single meaning.
in the bible the hebrew and greek words usually translated as "grace" ("undeserved kindness" in the nw overtranslation) happen to fall both sides of an unlikely semantic "border," between aesthetics ("grace" = "beauty") and ethics ("grace" = exception to, or excess over, "justice").
and in christian tradition too the idea of "grace" has been construed in a number of ways.
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Lets list everything that has pagan origins!!
by song19 ini have a feeling i am going to have to explain to my jw folks why i have decided to allow my children to participate in holidays at school.
theyll probably be wondering too why i will get together with our non jw family for the holidays.. .
we know jws avoid holidays because of their pagan origins.
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!!!Now I have really seen it all... Watchtower Jewelry!!!!
by Princess Daisy Boo insitting at home on a friday night - browsing through all the jw groups on facebook and this catches my eye.... we help support our full-time ministry with this website.
please have a look at the "watchtower" -style pins and pendants.
with a link to this website http://jeffreydesign.com/index.php?main_page=index&cpath=7 aside from the fact that it really ain't pretty, how pukeworthy is this??
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Aussie outback Witnessing experience! Have you done isolated territory!
by Witness 007 indriving for miles between houses...sometimes i would lose a hub-cap and have to go back "hubcap hunting.
" why bother since my car was as old as i was .....20 years.
people that live 30 miles from town would be shocked to see us!
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You might be a Jehovah's Witness if ... (according to Facebook)
by Frequent_Fader_Miles inoh man!
i almost died reading this list from the private jw group on facebook.
usually the posts there are quite nauseating, but this topic was priceless.
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parenting a transgendered teen
by chickpea indeep breath here....... my baby... nearly 15!...
has disclosed in the last several months .
that, altho born to us a girl, he needs to be a boy... we have had.
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Recent Awake! Directive
by whitman ini was informed recently by my mother about the new awake!
directive concerning having an emergency bag of some description in preparation for 'disaster'.
apparently the directive was also highlighted at some meetings.
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Watchtower images required
by jwfacts indoes anyone have any images from watchtower publications of "worldly people"?
i remember some collages of worldly people doing evil things and would like to included them in some articles..
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Have your JW Relatives Explained about Generation/Overlap Change to You ?
by flipper inafter reading on the way out's thread about his mom explaining the generation overlap to him it kicked this idea into my head to make this thread .
i thought it would be helpful to see if anybody here has had jw relatives or friends try to explain this " generation overlap " theory to you as a faded or inactive witness and what happened in the conversations.
so please feel free to post your experiences.
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if you only knew (1st Post here)
by lil.lady.03 ini've been in pain too long.
i have this whole entry i want to post but i don't know if it is too long to read.
i'll post it in parts.