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The Phrase "Present Truth"
by twain30 ini am puzzled by the expression, "present truth" as used buy the wbts.
for example: "we must keep in step with present truth.
" now to me something is either true, partially true, or untrue.
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A day in field service
by dsgal in7:30-too early to get up on a saturday morning but the co is visiting and i must show up to make our cong.
9:00 - arrive at kh, smile and say "good morning" to everyone (even though i'm still half asleep).
he visited had 69 people when he was there.
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Where to liquidate WT library?
by bad_associashun inafter some yrs, i've acquired quite a library of wt publications, as have many of you all i'm sure.
how did you rid yourself of them after you felt you no longer wanted anything wt related?
amazon, ebay, local book store, sell them back to brothers, burn them at apostate party, other...?.
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Self-Healing, Homeopathy, Herbalist
by YoursChelbie ini remember while being a dub, there were many people in the kh i attended that seldom went to a traditional family doctor for common ailments.
they were always praising their alternative methods of non-conventional medicine.
even after they explained in principle how these methods work, i still had difficulty accepting them as safe alternatives.
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Has religion outlived its usefulness?
by sleepy inhas religion outlived its usefulness?.
i am baseing this on the idea that there is no god and that religious views came about as part of mankinds development in understanding the world.. i would say that the reason many religions have survived so long is because , to one degree or another they were useful to live by.they helped people develope moral standards and principles , even if they werent always correct or followed by all.also they helped organise seperated societies and encouraged comunictation between them.in fact some religions could have sped up the development of this world, is it a coinsidence that the developed world followed the christian religious view?.
but even thousands of years ago religion was hindering society when too rigidly applied, human development and advancement almost stopped in the muslim world when that took off.at one time what are now muslim contries wre highly advanced in mathermatics and science.could it be that just like the stagnation of the muslim world that the christian religion is just a hinderance to the mordern world preventing its futher development?.
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Is Mutual Respect Possible?
by Sociologist inone of the most striking things about this and similar message boards concerning jehovah's witnesses is the strength of feeling jw-related discussions evoke.
as i dabble in sociology, i was wondering what you all thought about the following questions.
my objective is not to criticize persons belonging to other group but rather to attempt to grasp the dynamics of the conflicts at work here.. the questions:.
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What I have to say will probably provoke a..
by PandaJ in..response from jehovah's witnesses.
it may label me "meddlesome" or even "unforgiving".
i realize and accept that as a consequence of what i am about to say.
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bad associations spoil useful habits? huh?
by knighthawk1981 inwhat does bad associations spoil useful habits actually mean....what are the bad associations and what are the useful habits
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JWs and the Amish
by Silverleaf inthis morning's paper had an article on the amish [nothing in depth, just about how they sell their wares at local markets] but it brought to mind the ideas of the amish - they want no part of the world, they don't like to call attention to themselves, don't baptize little children, and they shun those who leave the faith.
i was just wondering if anyone here could shed some light on how jws view the amish.
are they impressed?
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Hypnotheraphy,SaintSatan
by libra_spirit ini just noticed that you asked me a question several pages back, sorry i missed it.. "what would you say is the best method to regress with?
i've read that hypnotherapy is good".
the hypnotheraphy i had was from a school in california run by a man named david quigley.