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  Complete quote?

  by the pharmer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i found a quote at this site: http://www.getphpbb.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=498&highlight=&sid=815e0686c02215e3bccb4ac31f5971bd&mforum=jw.

  can someone give me the missing parts so i can see what the original author said in its complete form?

  if you look at that site, you can see that the quote given says:.

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  The TSO (TRUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA) --- any body want to play?? :)

  by the pharmer in

  1. social
  2. humour

  this is just meant to be for fun...the theme doesnt even have to be exclusively wt based.

  my intention is to have fun with this, but to also be able to draw as many parallels as possible in the end that could apply to any group claiming exclusivity.

  i invite anyone/everyone who wants to participate by adding/subtracting/changing to this dialogue to do so.

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  djeggnog, YOU were a professional musician...answer THIS non-religious question.

  by the pharmer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  don't worry, this should be an easy elementary question, especially for a former professional musician.

  (those of you wondering why i ask, i wonder just how stubbornly he will hold on to his false statement -- one of many -- even though it is a relatively benign and non-religious topic.

  how many intervals in a harmonic minor scale, djeggnog?

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  Conversation with my JW friend...would like feedback regarding topic.

  by the pharmer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is a conversation i had via i.m.

  with my jw friend.

  the topic was brought up because of a trumpet and organ recital i was rehearsing for, and the performance was going to be in a lutheran church (since we were using their nice pipe organ).

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  “STANDARDS” -- Jehovah's Witnesses are honest enough to admit when we were wrong… (djeggnog)

  by the pharmer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my finale (?).

  although i realize djeggnog was making a generalization in the quote i put in the topic heading, i would hope when we make statements like these, that we would hold ourselves individually to the same standards were promoting.

  the evidence that was displayed to me in my easy question thread has proven to be otherwise.. i understand admitting error can be difficult and humblingbeen there, done that (continually).. but i want to make sure that everyone who has read djeggnogs replies to me, is aware that i have given him every opportunity to admit and correct himself where i have shown him to be wrong with facts whether on topic or off topic (and im not talking about opinions and interpretations those are another matter altogether), and that i have given him plenty of opportunity to reconcile his conflicting statements.

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  Distinguishing Characteristic? (Just thinking out loud)

  by the pharmer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  although this is coming from a recent post on another thread by an individual who claims to be a jw, it is something that i have heard expressed by other jws.

  it is a supposed distinguishing jw characteristic:.

  ...and while they have not always gotten it right the first time, one of the things that distinguish them from other christian denominations is the fact that they are willing to abandon beliefs when they come to realize that such beliefs are premised on wrong conclusions.. while other christian denominations seem unwilling to adjust their theological viewpoints, even when they are presented with clear evidence demonstrating flaws in what are essentially the underpinnings of their theological beliefs, because jehovah's witnesses embrace bible truth, we, unlike what other christian denominations do, distinguish ourselves by championing bible truth over what we may have thought at one time to have been bible truth.

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  Is this not an easy question?

  by the pharmer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wanted my jw friend's perspective on something, so i asked them this question:.

  if i read a passage of scripture and conclude about it something that opposes the wt's view of the same passage, in your mind who has the truth about that passage (i.e.

  who is correct)?

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  To answer, or not to answer, that is the question:

  by the pharmer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  can anyone tell me if the following idea is taught or found specifically in any wtbts literature (and if so, where can i find it)?.

  we must be very careful of how we allow others to label us.

  sometimes the best answer we can give is no answer.. thanks!.

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  Newbie: Galatians overview - original or textbook?

  by the pharmer in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i hope this doesn't seem irrelevant, but i have a jw friend who seems to shut down whenever information opposes her belief, regardless of who has initiated the information or the source of the information.

  when it comes to this person's expressions of their religious beliefs, i'm not accustomed to getting thorough answers that aren't textbook responses.

  i can't tell if the most recent correspondence is their own words or not.

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