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  Article: Humanity Becoming Less Violent, Except Religious Violence

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.alternet.org/print/belief/humanity-becoming-increasingly-less-violent-one-exception-religious-violence start: headline .

  humanity is becoming increasingly less violent, with one exception -- religious violence alternet by cj werleman published on alternet (http://www.alternet.org) <div id="sticky-social-sidebar"></div>

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  You realize, no doubt, that this post plays into the hands of WT theology. They will take this as evidence that the wild beast will turn on "the world empire of false religion," perhaps b/c of this very thing...

  Nevertheless, thanks for the post!
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  How Many Remember the Mass Skating Rink Parties of the Late 70's ?

  by Perry in

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  2. friends

  they were a hoot weren't they?.

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  Even though none of us always agrees with the things said on this forum, there always seems to be choice statements made here and there, and EndofMysteries has done it above:

  " The GB are idiots, they want no jw's to associate with non jw's, then at the same time they don't want JW's to associate with each other either, unless it's just field service.... The GB act like any time a group of JW's get together, unless there is an army of supervising elders, it will turn into an orgy."

  Love this b/c it is so spot on!!

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  Chicago Archdiocese to release sex abuse documents

  by L3G in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this is interesting and no doubt the wts legal department is watching the case carefully.. http://www.kasa.com/news/national/church-releasing-sex-abuse-files-on-chicago-clergy_42591990.

  can you imagine the following line from here in a wt press release, or even in the wt mag?.

  cardinal francis george, who has led the archdiocese since 1997, did not attend the news conference.

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  This is interesting and no doubt the WTS legal department is watching the case carefully.

  http://www.kasa.com/news/national/church-releasing-sex-abuse-files-on-chicago-clergy_42591990

  Can you imagine the following line from here in a WT press release, or even in the WT mag?

  Cardinal Francis George, who has led the archdiocese since 1997, did not attend the news conference. But on Sunday he released a letter of apology to parishioners that said releasing the records "raises transparency to a new level."

  WHAT [CURRENT] TRANSPARENCY does the WTS have? THEY would have to introduce the idea of transparency!!

  Almost everything is sooooooo secret, no doubt in imitation of the ancient Israelite elders holding judicial cases publicly at the city's gates, or even in imitation of the apostle Paul (one supposed "governing body" member) rebuking Peter (another supposed "governing body" member) in a letter that circulated among the first century congregations. Yeah, right... the WTS is imitating the Bible and the first century Christians...
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  Time Line of Bible Attacks ... Extended Version

  by processor in

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  2. bible

  from the december 2011 awake!.

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  Ha-ha! Some similarity here is undeniable...
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  Anyone Ever Read This? Ironic much?

  by lambsbottom in

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  2. bible

  *** yb74 pp.

  174-175 part 2germany ***.

  divisions add to the hardship.

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  DCMS:

  Thanks for the parallel!!!
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  Interview with a former Bethelite who now knows TTATT

  by RayPublisher in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  if you like these here's one with a fellow that has gotten his family out recently:.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3nqfprloog.

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  Thanks for the link.
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  Is this really a place for Jehovah's Witnesses/Friends

  by jeff spreng in

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  2. friends

  i ask this because i was considering rejoining and the stories i have read only remind me of what was done to me.

  is there any clean place to go where good people and fellowship can be had.

  it sounds like maybe the people here should get together and start there own thing, like the reorganized latter day saints.

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  L3G

  Jeff, you have a PM.
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  Another revised Bible change

  by L3G in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  as we continue to use the revised nwt, we will no doubt find more and more changes worth noting.

  several others have posted how some of freddie franz's idiosyncrasies have been removed (like 'anyone urinating against a wall' and the ever-present 'proceeded to go' instead of just 'went').

  here's another: gone are the places in the proverbs where the hebrew literally says 'the innermost parts of the belly' for conveying the supposed delight of juicy morsels of gossip.

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  As we continue to use the revised NWT, we will no doubt find more and more changes worth noting. Several others have posted how some of Freddie Franz's idiosyncrasies have been removed (like 'anyone urinating against a wall' and the ever-present 'proceeded to go' instead of just 'went'). Here's another: gone are the places in the Proverbs where the Hebrew literally says 'the innermost parts of the belly' for conveying the supposed delight of juicy morsels of gossip. While they still haven't translated the passages with real meaning, that is, like those dynamic equivalent translators do, 'Gossip is so tasty—how we love to swallow it!' (TEV/GNB) or 'There's nothing so delicious as the taste of gossip! It melts in your mouth' (CEV), the revised NWT is an improvement: 'The words of a slanderer are like tasty morsels; They are gulped right down into the stomach.' That 'gulped down; helps convey the thought. Perhaps something like 'they are readily/deeply gulped down' might do the job better.

  The passages are four: Prov. 18:8, 20:27, 20:30, 26:22.
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  Why does the WT insist that the first five books of the bible were written by Moses?

  by marmot in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  any biblical scholar worth his salt will tell you otherwise, and it's not as if this is a new concept.

  as early as the 1700s people were noticing that the first books of the bible had numerous authors.

  tell that to an elder, though, and you'll be booted for apostasy faster than you can say spanish inquisition.

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  The live in their own type of Fundamentalist world. Like so many other things, they cannot accept truth and reality, esp. the GB.
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  They have slipped it in ........

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  as we know, we can search the bible from cover to cover and we dont find any reference to the governing body.

  not now, it has been slipped in for the outine of contents for acts 15. here we are looking at history through a modern, distorting lens.. outline of contents.

  dispute in antioch regarding circumcision (1, 2)question brought to jerusalem (3-5)elders and apostles meet together (6-21)letter from the governing body (22-29)?

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  Thanks for this share!