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The Truth Changes: Watchtower of July 15, 2013
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Seventh Gay Adventists, a movie you should see
by barry ina film about faith on the margins.
directors daneen akers and stephen eyer and screenings listed at www.sgamovie.com.
what a beautiful film!
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Madness in the pages of the very first Golden Age. The date? Oct 1, 1919
by cedars ini was doing some research in the very first issue of golden age (forerunner to awake!
), published october 1, 1919, and couldn't believe what madness was contained on some of its pages.. for example, i can't believe i missed this clipping when i was researching my article on racism in early watchtower literature a year ago..... .
segregation of black children is basically praised as "wise" and "probably an advantage to all concerned.
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Better than the Mormon choir. More Dynamic than Sister Act
by barry inwww.youtube.com/watch?v=pmyf-0fdzik i would join any church that has music such as that.
is this music common in us churches and is it mostly in black churches?
barry.
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1989 January 1, Watchtower download...single and bound/
by Atlantis inpetra, do you have the 1989 january 1, watchtower single issue and the bound volume issue?
reply: please hold a sec.... yes, he has both issues put together in a pdf you can download.
when you get to the download page there will be a link in a box with an arrow pointing down.
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Does the Bible actually condemn Homosexuality for Chrisitans anywhere ?
by Phizzy ini ask the question because i read a very persuasive article on-line that showed that the apostle paul was not referring to mere homosexual practice in his words in his letters, but to temple prostitution etc, so he was condemning idolatry, not being homosexual per se.. the basic usage of the word that some translations render as "homosexual" and the n.w.t, falling in to the etymology trap, renders "men who lie with men" means temple prostitute.
the account of sodom and gomorrah has been shown on here to be concerned with lack of hospitality being the sin, mistreatment of strangers etc, still a no- no in desert communities.
the whole story may well be a folk story or myth anyway, but it is interesting to see that the sexual acts themselves are not the main thrust (sorry) of yahweh's anger.. the law (leviticus?
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Were You Ever Comfortable Going From House To House?
by minimus inbecause i was raised a witness, i don't think i was "uncomfortable" knocking on strangers' doors.
(weirdo).. but as i got older, i simply didn't want to bother anyone so i was at there door for no more than 30 seconds.
at the end i hated being there..
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"Worldlies"
by Ding inwhen you left the wts, how long did it take you to realize that most of the people around you are decent folks, not "worldlies" or "bad association"?.
how hard was it for you to accept this reality?.
it seems to me that even after realizing ttatt, it often takes a long time to realize the extent to which the organization's indoctrination still governs attitudes and thoughts....
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If solid proof were suddenly found that the Book of Enoch should be included in the standard Bible, would that pose a problem for the Jehovah's Witnesses in regards to Michael the Archangel as Jesus?
by I_love_Jeff inif the book of enoch (elaborates and gives mention to 6 more archangels) suddenly became part of the bible due to solid evidence, how would this effect the shakey jw doctrine of michael the archangel as being jesus?
there are six other archangels mentioned in this book; could it be possible, if included in the jw bible, that one of the other archangels could be jesus?
would they excuse it somehow and simply stick with their implicit understanding of jesus=michael?.