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  memorial tomb or grave ?

  by twinkletoes in

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  the jw bible states at john 5:28.

  ...all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out..... this scripture was used (by jws) to show that only those in god's memory would be due a resurrection.. in our recent independant research, using 4 other bibles, this is how that same scripture was translated -.

  ...all those in the grave will hear his voice and come out.... why did they (the society) have to add to this scripture, giving a totally different meaning to the original understanding.. bibles used were.

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  twinkletoes

  The JW bible states at John 5:28

  ...all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out....

  This scripture was used (by JWs) to show that ONLY those in God's memory would be due a resurrection.

  In our recent independant research, using 4 other bibles, this is how that same scripture was translated -

  ...all those in the GRAVE will hear his voice and come out...

  Why did they (The Society) have to add to this scripture, giving a totally different meaning to the original understanding.

  Bibles used were

  King James

  Philips New Testament

  Good News

  New International

  Your thoughts on the matter would be appreciated.

  Twink
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  Ozzie's Weekend Poll #48

  by ozziepost in

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  well, how's the weekend going?

  grey skies and strong bitterly cold winds over the highlands of new south wales have made for a gloomy old day here.

  still the warm thoughts of friends and lovely phone calls certainly brighten our day.

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  Only two at present but it's early days yet !

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  What is the history of this forum?

  by shamus in

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  2. friends

  just wondering how long this forum has been around, and if there is a web page or something like that for it.

  the only reason that i ask is because it has been years since i left the org.

  and have never heard of anything like this, and wonder how word can get out to people so that they do not have to deal with the horrible feelings alone.

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  Welcome Shamus - good to have you with us.

  This is a great place to find support and help

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  Help! Spouse thinks JW religion the most logical

  by bittersweet in

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  2. beliefs

  my husband and i were discussing what makes some people become jw's last night.

  i was saying that if i hadn't grown up in it, i would have never been drawn to it at all.

  i'm not a very spiritual person.

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  I have read and re-read Raymond Franz's Crisis of Conscience and it is EXCELLENT, So logical but without bitterness which is incredible considering the treatment Ray received from the Organisation !

  I bought the book for two friends, (I didn't think that they would read it, but took the chance anyhow) and it was the trigger which got them to leave the Organisation, they even left it before we did! It may help if your husband is willing to read it. You can buy it direct from Ray's own site thats - www.commentarypress.com
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  sister Df'd 26 years ago, wants to come back now

  by ApagaLaLuz in

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  i have an older sister who is 48. she was a regular pioneer and married a ministerial servant.

  26 years ago she was df'd and divorced him.

  she had moved away before i was even born.

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  How about treating her to Raymond Franz's book - Crisis of Conscience, that really helped me to make up my mind.

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  Lolly Dawdles 1st birthday!!

  by mouthy in

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  this is the first since leaving the borg.

  eh ?happy birthday my love!

  hope it will be the 1st of many !!!

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  HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LITTLE LOLLY xxxxxxx

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  a/s/l

  by smias03 in

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  just wondering what the age/sex/location of the majority of posters is...

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  58/F/England

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  My website won an award!

  by morrisamb in

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  2. child-abuse

  the silentlambs site was on cbs tonight and then someone sent me this tonight...pretty cool day...the award grading mentions the jw connection...see below.

  award winnersdiversity - inclusion - excellence.

  winners 2002.

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  CONGRATULATIONS *
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  It's my birthday, I am mourning my lost childhood.

  by aojumper in

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  i am so angry right now, so hurt that my family allowed my brain to be washed and hung out to dry, and then have the nerve to tell me i am on the wrong path.

  i wonder how do people let others do this to them?!

  i wish i had kept the strength that i remember i had as a very young child and told them all to go to hell!

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  (((((((((AOJ))))))))

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU !

  SQUASHED TOMATOES AND STEW

  BREAD AND BUTTER FOR YOUR SUPPER

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU !! :)

  love from Twink
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  Tax question for any uk posters

  by toddy in

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  my mates last wage slip was different this month,he seems to be paying more tax than usual,so he went and asked the boss and was told that the whole country is on emergency tax at the moment so we are all paying more and should recieve a rebate in the future,he's been with the company for over 10 years so it's not as if he's a new employee who always start off on emergency tax.. iv'e never heard anything like this before?

  is something dodgy going on

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  Hi Toddy

  The normal tax code is 461L which equals 4615 tax free pay per year. He should be on this code from the 6 April, its nonsense to say that the whole country is on emergency code, I run payrolls each week for my clients, and I certainly don't have anyone on emergency code.

  It seems like the payroll dept have got it wrong, unless of course, the Inland Revenue have notified him of a different tax code.

  He will eventually get back any overpaid tax, but if it takes them weeks to sort it out, then your pockets could be empty !

  Twink