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  cantleave you have a pm

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  thanks.

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  what scriptural support is there for commanding children to engage in the door to door work

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  i have just been going over the candace conti case and it struck me that one of the things i'd like to see come out of this case is that jehovahs witnesses stop involving children in the door to door work.

  so what would you say to them to make them re-think this issue..

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  just finished reading the Candace Conti court docs

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  i had been reading discussions on topix about the case and decided to go see what was actually said and not said during the trial.

  i'm left with several indelible impressions of the courage and honesty of candace and of her mother kathleen.. another thing is that the court was given the opportunity to really get a feel for the jw lifestyle.

  the close family relationships they promote which emphasizes, for me, that if the elders had been as vigilant as they said they were they would have spotted that kendrick had become alarmingly close to candace.

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  where will you go away to? versus whom shall we go away to?

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  this thread was sparked by punkofnice's thread and started a lively "discussion" in my mind about patriarchal power.

  so i didn't want to derail punkofnice's thread or tec's subsequent one, but am interested in a discussion.. punkofnice's thread.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/245335/1/the-gb-are-gods-mouthpiece-rebuttal-to-elders .

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  personalities and personality cults?

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  are personalities and personality cults dangerous for xjws.

  in the first place what is a personality cult anyway and then was charles taze russell a personality cult?.

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  hey cedars thanks for your apology

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  i also apologise for saying you are nuts and anything else i said that upset you.. i realise now that many problems result from differing perceptions - for example some of us tend more towards being realists whilst others tend more towards being idealists (of course this is a little simplistic) but it was my bingo moment this morning.

  i guess i am enough of an idealist to appreciate your writing and overall i think it is excellent.

  what i mean to say about idealism is that we would all like to see the wt go down and to believe that they are very short of money, on the brink of survival and this is such an encouraging image that may indeed be close to the truth.

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  scientific method and truth ...

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  what is the relationship between the two?.

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  spirituality and religion - what are the differences?

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  trying to understand the differences.

  started this topic on the xjwsforchrist forum as well and would like to ask jwn posters the same question.

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  two empowering recent events in my life

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  is death a transition?

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  all spritiual views welcome.

  i'd also like to know if the bible presents death as a transition and if it does so more than presenting it as a complete end..

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