Topics Started by Masterji

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THE PLEDGE
by Masterji in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
to make a pledge of any kind is to declare war against nature;.

for a pledge is a chain that is always clanking and reminding the wearer of it.

that he is not a free man.. .
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BOE letter dealing with old sins
by Masterji in
1. jw
2. friends
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is there a letter to the boe that stated that if an elder confessed to having committed a serious sin a number of years ago, (three years or so) and nobody knew about it, he need not be removed?
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Bethel elder arrangement
by Masterji in
1. jw
2. friends
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has it been mentioned that the bethel elder arrangement will end with the service year 2006?
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Judge opens sealed sexual harassment records to public
by Masterji in
1. jw
2. friends
do you think this will have future ramifications for the watchtower?.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002885641_yourcourts24m.html.

"the washington constitution says, "justice in all cases shall be administered openly.
WATCH THOSE MARGINAL NOTES!
by Masterji in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a marginal note cost him his life.

"in those days the most prolific printer of dutch-language bibles was jacob van liesvelt.

van liesvelts final dutch edition, of 1542,contained woodcuts and new marginal notes.
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PREEMPTIVE STRIKE/DATELINE
by Masterji in
1. jw
2. friends
the purpose of a preemptive strike against those involved in dateline is to throw them into the "enemy camp.

" any bad pr can be countered as: it's them against us ; persecution; enemy attack.

this tactic has worked in the past to their advantage.. their aim is to keep the r & f in the pen.. mulan has a good suggestion.
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THE LIVING DEAD
by Masterji in
1. watchtower
2. bible
"what is not only the first, but the daily school lesson taught .

is it not that one of the greatest.

crimes which a man can commit is to follow his "private judgment"?.
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Controlled People
by Masterji in
1. jw
2. friends
"i believed myself for a long time that there was something.

true in all the display of peace and happiness which i saw.

reflected in the faces of a good number of nuns.
Mind Control
by Masterji in
1. jw
2. friends
but that you may better understand the degrading tendencies of the principles which are as the fundamental stone of moral and intellectual education of rome, let me put before your eyes another of the jesuit teachings, which i take again from the spiritual exercises, as laid down by their ignatius loyola: "that we may in all things attain the truth, that we may not err in anything, we ought ever to hold as a fixed principle that what i see white i believe to be black,.

if the superior authorities of the church define it to be so.

" (page 62).
The Theory and Practice of Hell
by Masterji in
1. jw
2. friends
the theory and practice of hell.

by eugen kogan.

"on september 6, 1938, the ss offered the witnesses the chance to abjure their principles in writing, especially their refusal to swear oaths and render military service, and thus purchase their liberty.