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  Which bible character do you hate the most?

  by Bonsai in

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  the more i think about it, the more i feel an extreme dislike for the apostle paul.

  he was on par with hitler in his treatment of the jews before he "saw the light".

  he replaced jesus teachings of love and mercy with a more legalistic, pharisaical concept of devotion to god.. any evil person can come to believe in god and worship him if the scales were literally and miraculously removed from his eyes.

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  @ the op: did you mean writer or character? Regarding Paul, I agree. For some reason, even when I read the bible for the first time, I got bad vibes from letters ascribed to Paul.
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  Watchtower Policy Claims Another Teenager

  by Lee Elder in

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  a tragic story of how the watchtower unduly influenced or brain washed a 14 year old jehovah's witness into martyrdom.

  the real irony here is the synthetic blood that failed was a hemoglobin solution, and red blood cells are nothing but tiny doughnut shaped bags of hemoglobin.

  any thinking person will conclude that if red cells are blood, then so is hemoglobin.

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  14. Think back to when you were 14. No way this should have been allowed to happen.
  
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  How to handle invites to dinner after Sunday meeting?

  by FadeToBlack in

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  i have not been to a meeting for over a year.

  yesterday, when my wife returned from the 1 day assembly, i got an invite for dinner next sunday.

  i said i would think about it, to be honest, as nice as the people are, it would just be boring listening to their comments about everything jw.

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  She invites some of her friends to our house at least once a month. If the conversation turns to some great assembly part, I go outside for a while. At someone else's house that might be awkward.

  And to update: she is not here tonight - that can only mean CO visit this week since they normally have 'mid-week' meeting on friday! And usually the CO stays at this families house (biggest, nicest in congregation).

  So even though I might have gone before, and directed the conversation towards what their 2 children are studying in college (have apartment away from home), now I am strongly inclined not to go. I could not handle all the updates on what a great week of spiritual activity it has been. On the other hand, it might be a bit of fun to stir things up a bit...
  
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  How to handle invites to dinner after Sunday meeting?

  by FadeToBlack in

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  i have not been to a meeting for over a year.

  yesterday, when my wife returned from the 1 day assembly, i got an invite for dinner next sunday.

  i said i would think about it, to be honest, as nice as the people are, it would just be boring listening to their comments about everything jw.

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  I have not been to a meeting for over a year. Yesterday, when my wife returned from the 1 day assembly, I got an invite for dinner next Sunday. I said I would think about it, To be honest, as nice as the people are, it would just be boring listening to their comments about everything JW.
  
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  red flag to a bull those carts can't resist !

  by possum in

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  went to a market yesterday and there it was a cart manned by a middle-aged women and a young one.

  in a really respectful, friendly manner i approached them and enquired if watchtower society had done anything about its "two witness policy" post royal commission.

  knew nothing of 2 witness rule.

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  Ok. I have to get in on this. Everyday on my way home, I pass by 3 carts setup at the main/central rail station in Warsaw. I'm sure one of them speaks English. I'll start first to find out if this is true and go from there. They can count me as a return visit!

  What to talk about first? Australian RC or latest news from AGM regarding layoffs?
  
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  Where are you from?

  by BeautifulMind in

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  i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

  but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

  i currently live in georgia, usa.

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  About 50 km west of Warsaw Poland in a small village. Prior life, mostly in the USA.
  
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  Did Jesus really die on a cross?

  by macys in

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  being raised a catholic we had lots of crosses around the house.

  when my family converted to this cult they were all removed and destroyed in case they had demons in them lol but at this juncture in my life i do not even know if jesus as the way he is portrayed in the bible was real.

  yes a man named jesus did live and die 2000 years ago and probably on a cross but he was definitely not the son of god.

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  I always thought the Wt's use of the word 'impale' was kind of strange. In my mind, crucify is not the same thing as impale. From what I've read, getting impaled seems a lot worse. Any scholars want to comment on what method was actually used?
  
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  October 14, 2015 BOE

  by wifibandit in

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  2. beliefs

  october 14, 2015 .

  re: signs announcing meeting times .

  https://infotomb.com//38v6n.

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  Where my wife attends, they have the mid-week meeting on Friday. Maybe they should just call it 'not-Sunday' meeting. It seems to me if meetings are supposed to 'recharge' you after having to deal with the world, it would be better to space them out a bit. When I was going, I hated meetings on Friday and Sunday, especially if we went out in service on Saturday. Now, I don't worry about any of it.
  
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  Pioneer Service School Videos

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  first, i'd like to give a big thank you to the anonymous person who provided me the files.

  second, if you have the rest of the english videos, or anything else you would like to leak, please pm me.. download links in the descriptions and here.

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  Also just noticed after watching the tony vid (couldn't bear to listen) that the bible he was using had highlighted text. I thought that was bad. Maybe just for service it is bad, but study bibles are ok. What is the current 'thinking' on that subject?

  And Tony has a ring on both hands? One is not enough?

  Just noticed that Lett also has the same setup... Although one is on his pinky.
  
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  Pioneer Service School Videos

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  first, i'd like to give a big thank you to the anonymous person who provided me the files.

  second, if you have the rest of the english videos, or anything else you would like to leak, please pm me.. download links in the descriptions and here.

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  @Introvert. thanks for the reminder, but I think the pic you mentioned in the Tony shot is baby Moses getting rescued by hot egyptian babes.