On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 17:01:04 -0500 Valerie Nielsen Williams
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You made me smile, Paul. When I read your comment, my mind raced to
> Mormon Doctrine 20+ years ago, when McConkie said that the great
> and
> abominable church was the Catholic church, and how he had to so
No, I'm not sure about that. For one thing, they weren't the ones who
started it. The Apostasy grew and they were one of its offshoots.
Stacy.
At 05:01 PM 08/25/2003 -0500, you wrote:
You made me smile, Paul. When I read your comment, my mind raced to
Mormon Doctrine 20+ years ago, when McCo
You made me smile, Paul. When I read your comment, my mind raced to
Mormon Doctrine 20+ years ago, when McConkie said that the great and
abominable church was the Catholic church, and how he had to soften his
blow and retract that in later editions. Maybe the JW's did the same
thing. Or else it
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 22:10:05 -0500 Valerie Nielsen Williams
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Well Paul, I had not heard the one about evil kings celebrating
> birthdays
> vis a vis birthdays are bad, but I have had a couple of students in
> my
Well, That is what I read in a JW pamphlet over 20 yea
Well Paul, I had not heard the one about evil kings celebrating birthdays
vis a vis birthdays are bad, but I have had a couple of students in my
classes who are JW. They actually have a pamphlet to give to teachers of
public schools on having a JW child in a classroom. The reason listed
there is
How stupid? I'm not sure of your point.
Stacy.
At 03:38 PM 08/23/2003 -0500, you wrote:
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 12:52:13 -0500 Stacy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> Hi. This is something I wasn't taught by the missionaries. I guess
> they
> didn't feel it was necessary to mention it. I'm cu
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 12:52:13 -0500 Stacy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> Hi. This is something I wasn't taught by the missionaries. I guess
> they
> didn't feel it was necessary to mention it. I'm curious why the
> Jehovah's
> Witnesses do not celebrate birthdays but we feel it is okay.
Hi. This is something I wasn't taught by the missionaries. I guess they
didn't feel it was necessary to mention it. I'm curious why the Jehovah's
Witnesses do not celebrate birthdays but we feel it is okay. Apparently
they claim they have a Biblical reason not to do so. Yet we celebrate
th