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New forum 'parousia' is upon us! (software version)
by Simon in
1. forum
2. announcements
the time has nearly come to switch over to the new forum software.

of course it's not completely finished yet (and never will be) but i think it's good enough to go live with and probably already better than the current one.

i'll give you a quick overview of what to expect and post more detail about the changeover process later.. cloud platform.
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How Long Have You Been Here?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
12 years for me and before i actually became a member, i looked at this site (jwd) for a few months..
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Why isn't the story of SAMPSON quickly and clearly regarded a myth?
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. bible
judges chapter 15:.

14 when he came to lehi, the philistines shouted triumphantly at meeting him.

then jehovahs spirit empowered him,+ and the ropes on his arms became like linen threads that were scorched with fire, and his fetters melted off his hands.+ 15 he now found a fresh jawbone of a male donkey; he reached out and grabbed it and struck down 1,000 men with it.+ 16 then samson said: with the jawbone of a donkeyone heap, two heaps!
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Taking the Bible "too" literally
by Coded Logic in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i once heard it said that the only people who care about what the bible says are the village priest and the village atheist.

it seems to me most believers only care about "god's word" in very general terms and think it's all up to interpitation (religion a la carte ).. it the watchtower especially good at making agnostics and atheists because of their fundamentalism or is this true of many ex-religious groups?.

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What Was Your Opinion of Elder's Wives?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i think that many of them were saints.

some were bitches and others seemed like they hated their status.

many wives were very good examples and were more "qualified" than their elder husbands.. .
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LOVE and JUSTICE: Do humans have it all wrong?
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
love and death from god's p.o.v.. __________________________.

would anybody care to state exactly what it is .

on what basis this tribal deity known as jehovah can be said to:.
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DO Jehovah's Witnesses "love" their enemies? Does mainstream Christianity?
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
*** w52 10/1 599 a strong refuge today *** .

11 haters of god and his people are to be hated, but this does not mean that we will take any opportunity of bringing physical hurt to them in a spirit of malice or spite, for both malice and spite belong to the devil, whereas pure hatred does not.

we must hate in the truest sense, which is to regard with extreme and active aversion, to consider as loathsome, odious, filthy, to detest.
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Watchtower Legal Department targeting Facebook and Youtube users
by Londo111 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
from an email i received of a conversation had with people from patterson:.

it seems that the wts legal dept.

has been working with the fb [facebook] legal dept for about a year and also with youtube whoever they are, to enforce transparency.
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Did You Ever Communicate With Disfellowshipped Persons?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
we were supposed to treat them as dead!

did you follow this direction?

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AMATEURS using BAD METHODS: what possible expertise does the GB possess?
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
let's start with a very basic common sense question.. if you needed surgery would you go to a graduate of medical school who had been practicing for awhile,.

or would you go to an amateur who told you god would be telling him how to peform surgery?.

don't laugh.. it is a serious question!.