Chariklo
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Verbal definitions exclusive to the WT?
by Chariklo ini've been meaning to ask this for a while.. just what, exactly, do the jw's mean by "shepherding"?.
being a naive ex-/ or rather lapsed catholic i assumed that "shepherding" calls were the same thing as pastoral visits by a priest, which involve basically a friendly cup of tea/coffee and a chat, or a visit in hospital to the sick.. it's gradually dawning on me that there's not a lot that's pastoral about "shepherding" visits by the jw's.
reading through stfog, i have a feeling that their brand of shepherds are a mixture of policeman and agents provocateurs.. similarly with "counsel", and "counselling".
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What's the difference?
by Chariklo incan anyone explain to me the difference between the wt's doctrine of "new light!
and the catholic church's idea of continuous revelation of the holy spirit?.
leaving aside for the moment any questions of the spirit as god's active force, or the holy spirit as third person of the trinity, i mean.
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Which do you think is the most pernicious teaching of the JW's?
by Chariklo inas i turn things over in my mind, one jw lie stands out.. that god doesn't listen to all prayers.
unless i have it wrong, and i don't think i do, jw's believe, and have been endlessly, ruthlessly taught, that only those living by "jehovah's righteous standards"...that awful glib phrase again...will get their prayers listened to.
in other words, god looks at the number the person is calling from, so to speak, checks who it is, looks him up in his book of misdeeds, and angrily slams the phone down.. the jehovah god of the wt is petty and mean-minded.
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Weird? Sinister? Or just hi-tec?
by Chariklo init's the end of a seriously stressful day.
after going through my emails and browsing a couple of shopping sites for autumn clothes, i came here for light relief.. checked the active topics and then my own list of topics posted to in case i needed to answer anyone.
then i noticed something really weird.. google's banner ads caught my eye.
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They're everywhere!
by Chariklo ini've had visits and encounters from 6...oops, no, 7 individual...no, wrong, it was 9...9!
chance encounters with individual jw's today!
well, 7 were chance encounters, 2 actually came to visit me on purpose.
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Gospel of Thomas?
by Chariklo ini have a question, not really directly related to jw's but maybe something will come from a discussion, sonce gnosticism and non-canonical texts have been discussed recently.. through my mind today has been running the text "cleave the wood and i am there.
" it was first sent me nearly thirty years ago on a card, by a nun.
i didn't know where it came from, but soon afterwards i heard of the gospel of thomas and somehow thought it came from there...maybe i read it, don't remember.. anyway, this evening, not knowing why this particular text should be in my mind i decided to do a bit of online research.
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Study WT July 15th 2011
by Chariklo inis there a source for a .pdf of this?
i downloaded the august issue from jw.org, and i have the previous issues.
i just don't want to show that much interest locally by asking for the july one.. (edit) just for reference, not because i want to study it, but so i know what people are talking about when they refer to statements in recent editions.. though of course i might be better off without any of it, just walking away....back to the sane world.....
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Hello
by Chariklo ini am new to this site, just finding my way around.. i've been studying with jw's for about 15 months.
i'm an unbaptised publisher, and until recently never missed a meeting, have been out "on the service" quite a lot.
i've been having difficulties with one of the jw's studying with me and something happened which was just unacceptable.