lepermessiah
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Did leaving the WT build greater appreciation for or kill your reading of the Bible?
by lepermessiah ini am really on the fence on this issue right now and would love some opinions.. i find that i dont sit down and read the bible for long periods since becoming inactive, but on the other hand, individual scriptures mean much more to me now.. i will sit down and look up some favorite passages from time to time and feel like its the first time i really "got it" - without the jw goggles on.
i love matthew chapter 23, since i think it describes to a tee the situation in jw congregations.
i think if jesus returned today, he would blast the elders and "leaders" of the borg in a similar fashion (along with most religious leaders) .matthew 24 is actually more interesting to me now, simply because my whole life was waiting for the 1914 generation to end sometime during the reagan era!
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Hillarious "Counsel" from Platform -Classic
by lepermessiah ini got this from a close friend -.
this past weekend, the family attended the circus assembly.
i skipped it, and didnt get a hard time for not going, which was a first.. anyway, my family didnt want to tell me about a couple of points from the d.o.
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Ozzy and WT Doctrine!
by lepermessiah inwho was the most villified rocker in my youth?
ozzy...... you couldnt listen to him.
he was pure evil.
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English Football Fans - your thoughts about the WC team?
by lepermessiah inkeep it clean this is a family board!
i am really curious to get some thoughts from some of the england supporters...... the media over here in the usa has been pretty critical of the english squad, but it looks like the media in england is completely trashing the team.. it appears that much of the criticism is valid, but i also feel that england got shafted horribly by the blown call on the goal, and this is from a die-hard germany supporter.
i think germany was the better side yesterday, but who knows what would have happened if the score is 2-2 at halftime?
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Jw's and the endless "Special Campaigns" in the field ministry now
by lepermessiah ineverytime my family goes out in service now, its seems its for a new "special campaign".
already this year has been:.
1) memorial invitations.
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Throw out "doctrine" - Did the lack of true Christian Love drive you out of the WT?
by lepermessiah inanother argument i have used lately with my family is that even if the wt was correct on every doctrinal point (which obviously they are not) the biggest thing that drove me away was the lack of true compassion and "christian" love from the majority of the congregation, especially the elders.. i have been bringing up doctrinal points in small doses, but the biggest scriptures i use against them is john 13:35 (my disciples if you have love among yourselves) and 1 corinthians 13 (pauls description of love).. i love the irony, since the wt uses john 13:35 to "show" they are a true brotherhood, and they are using 1 cor 13 (love never fails) as their year text!
the wt's version of love makes me want to vomit.
i like how ray franz described it in his book - the wt produces people with generally good morals and an outward appearance of warmth, but underneath they typically lack compassion toward others.
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Judgement Day for the USA, England, and Germany at the WC
by lepermessiah inno, i am not talking about the anglo-american world power!
what is your feeling for todays matches?.
this is a huge match for the future of usa soccer.
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I hate the show "Hot In Cleveland" already!
by lepermessiah inthose ads.......make them stop!.
although i always liked valerie bertinelli, and she was married to eddie van halen.........
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Going through my old "Shoegazer" albums....
by lepermessiah ini heard "vapour trail" by ride the other day on the radio and it got me listening to some of the "shoegazer" classics of the early 1990's!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvhni5cu8mo.
of course, loveless by my bloody valentine had to come out also!.
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A JW's worst nightmare - A SMURFS convention!
by lepermessiah inthis looks a lot more fun than the district convention!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86uzifhizzk&feature=related.
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