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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 6-4-06 WT Study (SHEPHERDS)
by blondie in
1. watchtower
2. bible
(b) how does jehovah feel about appointed shepherds?.

(luke 22:55-60; 24:34; john 18:25-27; 21:114) did jesus reprimand the repentant peter for his lack of faith?

" (john 21:15-17) as the bible account of the history of the first-century christian congregation shows, jesus' confidence in peter was not misplaced.
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Need some good reasoning points
by mavie in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i need to try and get my wife to examine her beliefs.

i hope to do this by getting her to think on her own.

i've already tryed doctrinal issues with no success.
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What's up with the biblical story of drunken Noah?
by melmac in
1. watchtower
2. bible
from http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdrunknoah.html.

dear straight dope:.

genesis 9:20-25 seems to be one of the strangest stories in the bible.
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BLOOD card - in a nutshell
by TheEdge in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i know they are renewed yearly, and here's my dilemma......my mother being a devout jw (and me well faded) - i know i am named on her card as next of kin (she mentioned it a few weeks ago) and over the years she has always asked me to stand against the blood issue on her behalf if she's unable to do so.

i have always agreed, because whatever i believe, i also respect the belief of others too.

now i'm wondering what exactly is on there........is it a flip flop?
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congregational cliques
by chuckyy in
1. jw
2. experiences
it was my experience during my 13 yrs as a jw that congregations usually had a social clique.

in other words, there would be a group of people in a congregation that would only associate (and sometimes only go out on field service too) with people within that social clique.

if you were in the clique, fine.
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 1-16-05 WT Study (Abbreviated)
by blondie in
1. watchtower
2. bible
comments you will not hear at the 01 16 05 wt study (december 1, 2004)

review comments

will be in black and parentheses ().
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My wife has joined me in leaving the Watchtower!!!
by AlmostAtheist in
1. jw
2. friends
i had posted a few times since my awakening asking how best to talk to my wife about my new take on things.

i was very afraid of handilng it poorly and chasing her deeper into the organization.

instead, she basically said, 'i've been feeling the same way!
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JW father in India chooses faith over his daughter's life
by Gopher in
1. watchtower
2. medical
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1046883,0006.htm

man chooses faith over his daughter?s lifepramod giri.

siliguri, october 8. a man in west bengal who refused to provide a blood transfusion to his critically ill daughter because his religion forbade it has been arrested.. sanjay lakra is a follower of the group jehovah's witnesses, who believe that blood transfusions are a sin.
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Why does God need to be worshiped?
by Scully in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just curious about this question today and wondered if anyone else has pondered this.. is worship meant to be a reverent show of appreciation for life that god imparts to individuals?

if that's the case, and someone - by the mere accident of their birth - has a truly crappy life, why should these people worship god or show him "appreciation" for their unfortunate circumstances?

why should anyone who endures hardships worship god, particularly if they have been worshiping god and then all of a sudden a heap of trouble just plops into their lives, unannounced and unwelcome??.
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The JWs (Before) Russell!
by Voyager in
1. watchtower
2. bible
http://www.freeminds.org/history/abnerjones.htm .

backup thread:.

http://www.freeminds.org/history/abnerjones.htm .