Topics Started by philo
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WT Reader's Guide Part1
by philo inthe watchtower rough guide: distinguishing between the line, and the lie.
you find these in abundance.
often they are slid, here and there, into apparently optimistic articles, extolling the virtues of, say, humming birds or watercolours.
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Are 'we' Rubbing the dubs?
by philo inhas anybody considered the possibility that the internet community may be making life worse for dubs, as a whole, rather than better?.
i recently had a medical scare, went through testing, and scans.
a doctor even called round my house uninvited to give me a hospital appointment!
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New doctrines?
by philo infor the watchtower society doctrine has been a millstone because as a publishing organisation survival depends on writing and this inevitably means changing doctrines*.
otherwise there would have come a point where nobody would buy their books - end of story.
of course they could just publish reader's digest type stuff, but before long people would find better sources of general interest, i.e., the reader's digest.
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Subversive answers at meetings
by philo ini was often accused of giving less than supportive answers at meetings.
but i never went so far as to ply irony.
prisca's post about a new sister-talk got me thinking.
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Bad, naughty, nasty, Internet.
by philo inwtbts arguments against internet correspondence.. .
1. you never know for sure with whom you are communicating.. 2. they may be apostates.. 3. they may lie to you, and you won't be able to tell.. 4. they may be boys pretending to be girls.. 5. they may be porn pushers.. 6. they may be child abusers.. 7. they will waste your preaching time.. 8. there's "nothing quite like" face to face speech.. duck shooting season is upon us friends.
roll up, rollup for the summer quack-attack.
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Shamelessness and Gentleness
by philo inwith joelbear's gentle words in mind, in "something i need to say", i am moved to quote (and nothing more i'm afraid) from marcus aurelius.
quote:.
"whenever you are shocked by anyone's shameless behaviour, ask yourself at once, "is it possible that there should be no shameless person in this world?
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The very model of a modern Ministerial.
by philo ini wrote this when i was a hardworking pioneer being passed over for ministerial servantship year after year.. .
the circuit servant's coming soon, and when he asks i'll have to say.
there's a creditable brother here the others are on holiday.
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Shunning: What is "Spiritual" ?
by philo ingenerally speaking, a jw is not allowed to talk to a disfellowshipped person.
however i sent two e-mails to my x's mother and she replied with some trivia the other day.
there was, however, one non-trivial point she made.. "you know the rules.
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Commentaries perrleez.
by philo inbelow is a paragraph from march 1st, 2001 watchtower.
as has been well said by homer simpson, "it works on so many levels.
" comments anybody?.