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  E-witnessing?

  by sparrowdown in

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  Here we go again. The next hate letter from our 2nd Son.

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  yes it happen again with our youngest son.

  this last monday we got a letter from him telling us how unloving we are because we are no longer jw.

  cult and not had kids.

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  You could also point out that he is going against WT policy just writing you.

  I agree with Lisa if he chooses to break contact that is his right I suppose,

  but he has no right to judge you for yours.
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  Have you been J-SNUBBED? HOW RUDE!

  by sparrowdown in

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  i got to thinking the other day about how the wt uses loaded language.

  and spin to give thinly veiled credence and so-called respectability to their policies.. but why not call a spade a spade.

  why not identify the true nature of a policy,.

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  Convention = pep rally

  public talk = talk advertised as "public" but unless you speak JW, most of the content will be lost on you.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses have the lowest retention rate of any U.S. religion

  by new light in

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  well i'll be darned.

  serves 'em right.

  man does that put a smile on my face.'.

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  JWs seem to be able to retain an awful lot of BS.
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  Do Jws even need Jesus?

  by TTWSYF in

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  just thinking out loud becauseof some things my elder brother has said in the past.

  how his works help ensure his future w/the great crowd on earth.. .

  well, i need jesus for my salvation,but perhaps some of you do not.. just asking.

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  JWs give lip-service to the Jesus man, but they dispensed with his "saviour" services long ago.

  The GB is the new Jesus.
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  What song would you dedicate to the WT?

  by StarTrekAngel in

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  what song would you dedicate to the wt if you knew they would be listening?

  put the title or post some of the lyrics for those of us that may not know it.

  first thing that comes to my mind.. are the following... .

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  U2- Sunday Bloody Sunday....

  I can't believe the news today, I can't close my eyes and make it go away....

  ......how long, how long must we sing this song....
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  What Was Your Body of Elders Like?

  by minimus in

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  were they pretty much a good group of men?

  we're they jerks?.

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  Well said blondie.

  stuck - once you recognize the hypocritical BS for what it is, there is no unseeing it.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Application for Trolley Preaching Rejected by Village of Glen Ellyn, Illinois

  by jwleaks in

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  glen ellyn won't allow jehovah's witnesses brochure rack on sidewalk.

  http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/ct-jehovah-witness-brochures-tl-20141209-story.html.

  the glen ellyn village board (usa) on monday night voted 4-2 to reject a request by a kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses north of glen ellyn to place a portable brochure rack on a public sidewalk in downtown glen ellyn for evangelistic purposes.. glen ellyn currently bars commercial signage and the placement of any kind of structure whether temporary or permanent on its public sidewalks without village board approval.

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  They could always set up the troll-ees in a bouncy castle so if some member

  of the public has a "slip and fall" at least they won't break a hip.
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  1914 to 2014 and beyond.

  by tenene in

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  as jws "celebrate" a century of failed prophecy and cover-ups, what could we look forward to in their next 100 years?

  how much longer can they remain relevant in this ever changing society?.

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  I think the borg is undergoing some kind of metamorphesis as we speak.

  Who knows what the hell will eventually emerge from that cocoon, or when the final reveal will be.

  The reality is they will become more and more irrelevant as time goes on, but they are

  the kings of spin, so whatever road to hell they take the faithful down, they will

  have all them dumb schmucks looking forward to the trip.
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  "The Friends"

  by FeelingFree in

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  i have only come across this term very recently on jwn and in an "apostate" video i watched yesterday.

  never have i heard anyone refer to jw's as "the friends" here in the uk.

  is it just used in america?.

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  Where I am from "the friends" is a somewhat old-fashioned term that the oldies tend to use.

  It seems to be making a comeback though amongst some of the uber spiritual.