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I've been thinking the Bible isn't legitimate--long indoor mat-rant
by sd-7 ini'm not sure where this thought came from (believers will no doubt say 'from satan'), but it has started to coalesce in my brain lately.
i've often referred to the bible and argued from it to debunk jw beliefs, and still tried to consider it as a great piece of literature at the very least.
but as my wife was listening to the meeting on a loud speaker phone at home this weekend, i just had this thought.
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Believe it or not, another brief elder encounter yesterday...
by sd-7 init was another elder from my judicial committee, came up to me after i'd strapped my daughter into the car.
two things that struck me as different were (1) he didn't feel a need to bring a second elder along with him as if something that required two witnesses was going to be said by someone who'd been df'd for two years and 99.9% absent from meetings as well, and (2) he actually seemed genuinely friendly.
he simply asked if i was planning to come to the meetings again anytime soon.
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Encounter with two elders last night
by sd-7 ini realized recently that this was the start of a new service year (read: fi$cal year), so of course i figured it was possible the elders would make their usual rounds and show up uninvited.
it hadn't occurred to me that they would approach me as i was picking up my family from the meeting last night.
as i was getting my daughter situated, the chairman of my judicial committee says, "hey!
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The Beast-Tower #6: 'From A Magic Shield To The 'Large Shield of Faith'--A Life Story As Told by Steven Sparlock
by sd-7 inthe scene was set: i stood amongst the enemy, brandishing my magic sword and shield.
i enjoyed the feeling of control and power that came with my vocation: warrior wizard.
but a chance encounter changed my life forever.
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Question on In Vitro fertilization - quote from 12/15/12 WT
by sd-7 in12/15/12 wt p. 15:.
"in a variation that some term 'embryo adoption,' the embryos placed in a wife's womb involve neither her eggs nor her husband's sperm.
in yet another variation, a married couple's eggs and sperm are fertilized outside the womb by ivf.
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'Forget You'--A song to the WT
by sd-7 inyes, i know cee lo green said that other thing, but...#3, in the posting guidelines.
i had to edit it!
cue the music.... i say the.
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My Beast-Tower #6 just up and disappeared!
by sd-7 inwhat happened?
was it too close to a watchtower society impersonation?
did i say something too offensive?
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October 15, 2012 Watchtower now on jw.org
by sd-7 inlooks like it's fun.
there's a cool story in there about how a ministerial servant got deleted for playing violent video games, and then wrote to the branch office about it and told people in his congregation.
classy, guys, really classy.
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2013 Circuit Assembly programs on jw.org
by sd-7 ini just happened to pay a visit to hypertexttransferprotocol colon backslash backslash worldwide web dot jw dot org (http://www.jw.org), my absolute favorite website of all time right now, and i noticed they have assembly programs for 2013 on there.. it looks like the programs have similar themes as this year's convention, themed "safeguard your heart".
the assembly program is themed "safeguard your mind" and the special assembly day is themed "safeguard your conscience", unless i've confused the two, i really don't feel like going back to look at them right now, the files opened up at like 198% magnification and it creeped the hell out of me, it was like a giant recurring nightmare in 3-d or something.
it sounds like they're really worried about the jw mindset right now, or else why have programs with those themes?
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'Obey the organization like Moses'--why this is wrong
by sd-7 ini was just thinking about how the watchtower often compares the organization's position to that of moses.
challenging moses, in their retelling of the biblical account, equated challenging god's authority, as korah, dathan, and abiram did, to their own peril.
the conclusion we are to gain from this is not to challenge, question, or disagree with the watchtower society's teachings even in our private thoughts.