SolidSender
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Could u be a criminal lawyer and be straight as JW
by spectromize ini'm just curious to see what everyone thinks about this because i do know a brother in toronto who is a practising lawyer and knowing him somewhat i would have to say that he must battle his consience every night.
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my answer to my own question would be no!
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Losing My Religion
by Seven ini thought that i heard you laughing.
i thought that i heard you sing.
i think i thought i saw you try.
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Demon-possessed inanimate objects
by Dubby infor years i heard stories that certain items in the home could be demon-possessed.
i was told to be careful of items bought at garage sales because we didn't know their origin, or who or what they were used for.. did we own a ouija board before becoming a witness?
could it be that items like these were creating misfortune?
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ELECTRONIC ASSOCIATION
by SolidSender inis electronic/virtual ( read: online ) association with df'd, da'd, marked, evil slave, non approved associates, apostates etc right or wrong?
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The voting issue?
by Andyman innow last year the society came out with an article on voting that completly confused everyone.
many jw's thought they could vote, but from what i hear the c.o.
's have been telling them nothing has changed.
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The Dalai Lama said it all!!!
by Zep inwhat attracted me to the wt....i read too many of their magazines from 15-19 basically....it almost got me buying into their stuff, but then, just when i had just started getting into it all, i stopped and dropped it with the idea that i'd look into it later.. i remember reading the book of revelation at age 15 and wondering what it meant, all those dragons and horned beasts...then i got hold of some jw literature and there it was...it was all explained, nice and simple.all those prophecies about the end time seemed so good to a kid....i mean, i never really could understand their blood doctrine but you can over look that...after all, the truth is a powerful weapon, you can make people do anything when you have "the truth"...even murder!..
another thing attracted me to it.....they seemed not to be preaching that bad people would burn in hell for all eternity, that there was no hell, that there was going to be a resurrection of the good and bad......yeah, seems pretty good, a caring religion eh!...everyone is going to be given ample chance to learn the truth and change.
but things change, i started questioning as i got older...gave the bible study guy a hard time with all those questions, then we had an argument and i just cut it off....decided to look at it later.... but their stuff was always in the back of my mind.. well, later is now....6 months ago i wander into h20 rather casual like, couple that with the fact that i find out a friend has fallen in with jw's and i get sucked into studying up about it all.....its very interesting.its amazing how much you chance your world view from age 19 to 27......things are all different now, jw's look like nothing more than a high control totalitarian cult with some rather wacky world views and prophecies??????????
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Fred Chapter 8
by BigQuestion inhey i figure if fred can add and subtract from the bible however he wants so can i.. fred 8 (english-niv).
when fred franz came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him.
a man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, "fred franz, if you are willing, you can make me clean.
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Irony of "Rebellious" Youth
by Pathofthorns ini've found it quite interesting talking to several young ones who lead double lives.
the sad thing is, i don't find these ones so wicked.
i find them basically good kids who got a little messed up because no one had any time for them, or attempts to relate were rather lame.. the irony is that while talking to one while he was smoking a cigarette, out of nowhere he says, "but i still believe its the truth".
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oops forgot topic : A Quiz
by Maxee inam i a member of a cult?.
i found this quiz try it and let me know [url] http://www.omnimag.com/archives/mind_brain/cult/index.html[/url].
edited by - maxee on 15 june 2000 20:37:18