Oubliette
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Heroes of the Bible
by Oubliette inthe thing that first attracted me to a study of the bible was what i got from reading the gospel accounts of jesus.
i was a teenager at the time attending a private religious school.
(i was going there for sports, not religious reasons).. in our religion 101 class, we were required to read all the gospels.
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Mark Sanderson - Why Is the Newest GB Member Suddenly So Prominent?
by Oubliette ini've noticed something that is very odd even by wt/gb standards.
why is mark sanderson suddenly so prominent in all things wt/jw?.
others have commented on the obvious narcissism of the gb pushing themselves to the fore recently, in particular after their huge doctrinal change at proclaiming themselves and only themselves as the faithful and discreet slave.. this is clearly true as evidenced at the agm, not only throughout the agm, but also in the video that was featured as part of that meeting.
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AGM Release: The New, Improved New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
by Oubliette inthis just in from the annual meeting: a new release of the new, improved new world translation of the holy scriptures.
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Where is Billy the Ex-Bethelite?
by Oubliette in.
does anyone know what happened to billy the ex-bethelite?
i haven't seen him posting in a while, like over a month!!
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Don't Question. Don't Think. Just Obey!
by Oubliette insome of the rhetoric in recent wt magazines got me thinking, it would be useful to have a somewhat comprehensive list of quotes showing the wtbts's incessasant control-freakery and their irrational--and apparently growing--paranoia.
i was thinking it would be good to have a variety of both longer and shorter, older as well as more recent quotes that prove the pattern and history of their manipulative mantra of: don't question.
just obey!.
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PROOF: JWs are NOT "God's Organization!" - (When Apostates Get Reinstated)
by Oubliette inour good friend, raypublisher, just posted this thread: .
reinstatement hearing secretly recorded ... .
since i personally know the young woman involved, i was very interested.
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NEWS: Fake Mormon Missionaries Rob Home at Gunpoint
by Oubliette infake mormon missionaries rob home at gunpointby abc news | abc news blogs 3 hours ago.
police have released surveillance video with the hopes that someone will recognize two men apparently posing as mormon missionaries who pulled out a gun instead of a bible before robbing a couple's home in las vegas.. the robbery took place at about 6 a.m. june 27 when ida and terence delucia say the young men knocked on their door.. "they said we'd like to talk to you about jesus christ and they handed me a pamphlet," terence delucia said.. these so-called men of god were far from holy, says delucia, who was attacked at his doorstep.. "when i handed the pamphlet back, something went around my neck.
i screamed for my wife," he said.. delucia says the suspects beat him but he managed to wrestle both men to the ground, although it was a losing battle.. "once i was on the ground, one of them was sitting on me and i could not breathe and that's when i thought i was going to die," he said.. then, he says, they started robbing the house and made their way into the bedroom where his wife was hiding underneath clothes.. "he came into the bedroom to check and he looked around, and i could see the gun," ida delucia said.. police say the thieves made off with $3,000 stashed in a cookie jar, three ipads and an ipod.. both men were wearing white button-down shirts, black ties, black pants and black shoes.
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Petition in England: "Ban Jehovah's Witnesses!" - (HM Government)
by Oubliette ini stumbled upon this on a hungarian ex-jw blog.
does anyone in the uk know anything about this?
of course jws will just see this at "proof" that "the is near!
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Crazy Stuff Jesus Said and Did
by Oubliette inwhen we believe that the bible really is the inspired word of god, we approach it with a certain mindset that does weird things to our thinking abilities, namely shutting them off.
due to this cognitive bias, we blindly accept that whatever we read in the bible--no matter how bizarre, outrageous or non-sensical--must be there for a good reason, even if we don't or can't understand it.
the fault of course is ours, not the bible's, and most certainly not god's!
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Leah Remini on Leaving Scientology: Im Not About to Shut Up
by Oubliette inleah remini on leaving scientology: im not about to shut upleah remini will not be silenced.. after her headline-making split from scientology earlier this month, the 43-year-old actress is speaking out about it for the first time ?
and says she won't stop talking.. "i believe that people should be able to question things," the former "king of queens" star told people magazine at saturday's 15th annual designcare benefit in malibu, though without uttering the word "scientology" a single time.
"i believe that people should value family, and value friendships, and hold those things sacrosanct.