Topics Started by JT
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Embalming- for christians - WT EXPLAINS
by JT indon't you just hate the way the writing dept stirs up the imaginations of jw-- by asking such wisea$$ questions- .
notice how long winded the wt is in answering a simply yes or no question- it is due to such articles like this esp as they raise a question that often times is never really answered, and requires what was discussed a few threads back do you discern what the wt is saying.
embalming.
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Will China have 1 Billion Christians????
by JT inthe washingtonpost carried a very powerful article on religion in china and it's growth-- for many years there is-- no god-- has been the offical position of the state- .
many persons believe that man has an inward desire to worship, while others feel it is merely a result of the suffering of man, that he looks for something better and thruout history one of the roles of religion has always been to promise it's followers a better life for temporary suffering now.
and any quick review of the lives of folks in china clearly shows that they need a hope and religion does sell hope- as jesse jackson said: "keep hope alive".
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How I would DF '''Friday" -N Nothing he Ca...
by JT infriday tried to address the issue can a jw be dfed for thier private views
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=11974&site=3.
today's watchtower lesson instructs witnesses not to think for themselves when it comes to bible understanding: .
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Looking for Documents?????????
by JT in.
does anyone know if there is a website that has the documents that have been released by the catholic church up in boston on the personeel files of the priests-.
i understand that the lawyers are releasing these documents to the public- can you find them on the net
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Believers and their "Free Will" Dogma
by JT inone of the most interesting dogmas found among believers is the concept called free will- on the surface it starts out sounding reasonable, until you start the ask questions and listen to the explanations that are given , after awhile you realize it has no legs to stand on.
we are told by believers that god allows each person to make thier own choice and we are not robots and therefore we are able to exercise free will, the only problem is when you ask the question, what about when someone exercises thier free will and it harms someone else, why would a loving god allow someone the free will to hurt someone innocent, at that point free will sounds more like an excuse to give god a bye in terms of having to do anything- i read this posters comment and i couldn't for the life of me see any logic or reasonablness behind the concept of free will when folks get hurt like this person has-.
one of my earliest memories is of my grandfather raping me.
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The Governing Body writes to Lady "C"...
by JT in>from: [email protected]>to: [email protected]>subject: the end of apostates >date: mon, 09 dec 2002 17:59:18 > >all apostates are liars and deceivers.
jehovah will punish all those who do not turn back to his earthly organisation.
child abuse does not exist with his organisation nor is it covered up.
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What to do with those who abuse kids??
by JT ini'm sitting here in the serverroom freezing my buns off and the issue of the child abuser and what to do with him or her was being kicked around.
we got the standard shot the bastards in the head etc,.
should they get any treatment at all or should they just be shot?.
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Screwing up folks lives
by JT inthis is an amplification and adjustment in understanding of what appears in the watchtower of november 15, 1974, pages 703-704, and of february 15, 1978, pages 30-32. those who acted on the basis of the knowledge they had at the time are not to be criticized.
nor would this affect the standing of a person who in the past believed that a mates perverted sexual conduct within marriage amounted to porneia and, hence, obtained a divorce and is now remarried.
with this one little footnote in the wt it wiped out folks very lives- notice they refer to such a major doctrinal shift as an "amplification and adjustment in understanding".
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Fred Price a Jehovah's Witness????
by JT infor years i have seen this guy on tv i recall going out to la for a dc and his church was located in the territory of the bethelites family i stayed with and we laughed at how he was getting over on folks, just taking their money.
and now i learn that he got his early training from the jehovahs witnesses.
yes i think fred price is my new idol.