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If Jesus Paid The Ransom Sacrifice 2000 Years Ago
by The-Borg inwhat are we waiting for now?.
why is god prolonging the suffering?.
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PBS agrees to ban new religious TV shows
by purplesofa inpbs agrees to ban new religious tv showscompromise ends threat to stations that already broadcast church servicesupdated 5:14 a.m. et, wed., june 17, 2009the public broadcasting service agreed yesterday to ban its member stations from airing new religious tv programs, but permitted the handful of stations that already carry "sectarian" shows to continue doing so.. the vote by pbs's board was a compromise from a proposed ban on all religious programming.
such a ban would have forced a few stations around the country to give up their pbs affiliation if they continued to broadcast local church services and religious lectures.. until now, pbs stations have been required to present programming that is noncommercial, nonpartisan and nonsectarian.
but the definition of "nonsectarian" programming was always loosely interpreted, and the rule had never been strictly enforced.
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[Allow for response]. Then ignore.
by AlphaOmega ini haven't read any jw stuff for some time now, but this morning i found an electronic copy of the current "our kingdom ministry" in my e-mail.
i had a quick flick through and realised how rude the "doorstep suggestions" are.
quote:what to say about the magazines .
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Are You Paul or are you Saul?
by reniaa inthis was the same man at different times in his life yet he changed his name because he completely changed his ideals and goals too.
both were extremely zealous, both thought they were doing gods work, both thought they were working for the greater good.. acts 8:3 (new international version)3but saul began to destroy the church.
going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.. soul thought gods work was to destroy the christians but paul.... acts 20: 19i served the lord with great humility and with tears, although i was severely tested by the plots of the jews.
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The Watchtower Didn't Make Me An Atheist
by B_Deserter inive posted on this before, but i figured i should lay my thoughts out again on the subject.
there are some in the ex-jw community who are saddened because the watchtower organization has turned me and others like me off to god.
the watchtower attacks and debunks other religions on a regular basis, often giving us the sense that if the watchtower is wrong, then there cant be a god.
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Austrian Branch Participating in Interfaith Discussion
by GermanXJW inon june 9th, 2009 austrian chancellor werner faymann met delegates from the 14 churches in austia that are registered under public law.it was called a dialogue about the cohesion of the austrian society in which things in common should be emphasized and not seperating things.
among the participating churches were among others catholic, protestant, greek orthodox, jews, muslim, mormons, buddhist and - jehovah's witnesses!.
you find the list here: http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung.php?schluessel=ots_20090608_ots0170.
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What happened to these guys? Where are they? Does anybody know?
by RaraAvis injim and debbie cauthon.
bob milovsky.
tom and linda medcalf - not a c.o.
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My Weak Agnostic Testimony
by besty inin terms of faith i have decided to give the invisible characters a rest for the time being.
the last set i had weren't really adding any value, and right now i'm happy with more rational answers to life's mysteries.. in my opinion religion was an early attempt to answer these mysteries and so inevitably we are accelerating towards a post-religious world.
when technology allows us to extend our lives as long as we wish, the need for salvation via invisible magic diminishes.it seems to me that religion is deeply influenced by parental authority and cultural norms.
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Jehovah Chose the Jehovah's Witnesses by Giving Them a Load of Coal!
by VM44 inin the1975 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses on page 121, it says:upon brother rutherfords return to the societys pittsburgh offices, he instructed the societys vice-president, c. a. wise, to go to brooklyn and see about reopening bethel and renting premises where the society could begin printing operations.
the conversation went like this:.
"go and see whether it is the lords will for us to return back to brooklyn.".
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Wallkill downsizing, moving and selling some presses
by seeking help inover heard.. wallkill selling two printing presses and moving one to canada.. can anyone verify?
bethel elder was the source..