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My Letter to Brooklyn about the Parousia that got me disfellowshipped
by cofty inthis is the letter i wrote back in '96 about the parousia.
following the '95 watchtower that disconnected the "generation" from 1914 i began to look carefully at end-time prophecy and soon discovered what i knew were basic errors in what i had been taught.. i was a loyal jw at the time and was still serving as an elder.
i used only watchtower publications in my research.
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NSA PRISM program spied on Americans' emails, searches
by Nathan Natas infor the last several years, the national security agency has been reportedly spying on the searches, emails, and file transfers of americans using a program called prismwhich tapped directly into the servers used by apple, google, microsoft, and others.. the program was revealed thursday in separate stories from the washington post and the guardian, which earlier revealed that the nsa had worked with verizon to monitor the metadata of millions of phone calls made by americans.. read more: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2040991/report-nsa-prism-program-spied-on-americans-emails-searches.html.
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A Rant By A Householder Upset By the JW's Constant Visiting
by Bangalore ina rant by a householder upset by the jw's constant visiting.. http://britpoptarts.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/those-darn-jehovahs-witnesses/.
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Ok. I'm confused and slightly stunned.
by Left in the Cold inon pages 54 & 55 of the "what has religion done for mankind" book the following quotes can be found.
considering adams decision to eat the fruit with eve it is written, "the woman was not to consult her husband first on the matter of eating, although god had made him first and had used him to construct the woman concerning the forbidden tree.
no, but she was to exercise woman's rights and show him she had better judgement.".
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Wack Job MIL Thinking Sandy is Another Sign of "THE END"
by LostGeneration ini live nowhere near the east coast, nor does my jw mother in law.
but according to my wife, mommy dearest thinks "sandy" is the latest sign that gawd almighty is about to bring about the end.. so i ask my lovely jw wife what she thinks, amazingly she says its probably just another storm, though it does look bad.
i tell her yes, i agree, and if there is anything we can do to help out, i am willing to help.
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Please read
by JeffT inmy father passed around 9 this morning.
he'd been in poor health for some time, but it still comes as a shock to have him gone.
we are going to miss him terribly.
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Message from Oompa's Family re Obit and Memorial!!!
by AGuest inmay you all have peace!.
i received the following via email from a family member just a moment or so ago (bold is mine, fyi).
again, peace to you all!.
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Shelby made a wonderful tribute to Eric on Memorial web site
by troubled mind inhttp://memorialwebsites.legacy.com/oompaakaericreed/homepage.aspx.
thank you shelby , eric deserves to be remembered properly !
i have posted this on my facebook account too ..
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Shunning - Irony, Hypocrisy and Tragedy - Watchtower jw.org
by wannabefree in***g7/09p.29 is it wrong to change your religion?***.
"no one should be forced to worship in a way that he finds unacceptable or be made to choose between his beliefs and his family.".
ironically, the religion and publisher of this statement is one of the biggest offenders with their shunning policy of its members who come to the conclusion that their form of worship is unacceptable.. for some, this severe shunning is too much to bear.. ...help me through this my old friends...i really did not want to be dfd!...i am fourth generation....i had already been shunned by my lifelong friends due to my outspoken words regarding my discovering we had changed the bible to make it say what jw's want it to...but now i have lost my family....oomps.