Ooo, ooo, ooo, dont close the thread yet Dansk!!!
Happy Birthday to another blunt,adventurous,kind, caring happy Saggitarian
reboot
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Angharad passed her exam too !
by Simon in.
she's just looked up her results online and found out she passed her latest open university exam.. well done love, i knew you'd do it !
again, another box to tick on the immigration forms to get a few more points ...
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Do jws realise the amount of control the watctower has over them?
by Gadget ini was talking to my ex-girlfriend today, and we got on about the witnesses.
she refuted how much control the watchtower has over each witness, saying that the watchtower is only a guide as to what to do, everybody has to make their own mind up.
is this a general view of witnesses?
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reboot
Hi Gadget.
The phrase I used to hear constantly was 'We have to think for ourselves; but the bible is there for our guidance, lets see what jehovah has to say about it'
It was used a lot, and if those kinds of phrases were repeated often enough I think they tended to be called back to your mind when ever you questioned something.
So, if you had a niggling doubt or were being told something you'd always try to fit it in to the structure of the way you though the world was. you'd try to think it out for yourself....then you'd go to the bible and see what Jehovah says' and think you'd made a rational, impartial decision.
So, no, I don't think the average witness can think for themselves because the methods they're encouraged to use to think only re-affirm the society's views.
But when you do start to question, really think and find other sources you can trust...your thought processes can start to work through any doubts.
And we're all proof of that working really well, eventually.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you
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Stupid Things People Have Done
by Nosferatu inthis is just a thread to post your stories about people in your lives and the stupid things they've done.. my dad had this friend named jack.
the guy seemed a little nuts.
this guy nailed strips of stainless steel to the bottom of his winter boots because the soles were split down the middle.
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What would you consider to be 'Victory over the Watchtower'?
by nicolaou ini'm not talking about a victory which might include welcome reforms on blood policy, shunning or the handling of abuse allegations.
what i want to know is what we would consider to be the victory.. it is unlikey in the extreme that the various corporations of the watchtower empire will ever be closed down so, realistically what can we hope for in the long term?
say 30 - 50 years?.
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reboot
Realistically. I don't think there can be a great change if the practice of going door to door continues...in order to sell the magazines they need to keep a message that's radical and has a sense of urgency to it, and to keep the society viable financially they have to sell the magazines...
So the possibility for changes to the way the religion operates eg. the way it sets its self apart and the preaching work; is the very thing that needs to be changed-but can't be.
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Explain your Avatar
by simplesally inobviously, mine is a picture of me.....it was taken at a hockey game at staples center: go kings!
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odrade has a very pretty picture and i was wondering if that was her or a character from a movie?
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To everone on the board, a serious note!!!!We had the truth...Back I go...
by qwerty ingot yu!!!!!!!!.
my christmas card to you all............ try clicking on the raindeer!.
qwerty
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Reboots Birthday!!
by morty in.
i am just taking a shot at this, but i think some congrats are in order here..... happy birthday reboot!!!!.
morty.
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reboot
Thanks you lot!!!
It's actually not until 6pm tomorrow-you're all so organised lol!I've been to town twice already-once to post pressies...and again cos I had to go home and get them
Simon; I could go in a long lecture about LYING and sexual peaks and gender....but I think i'll just belt you instead
oh ! oh ! Brummie I know, I know;*jumps up and down* it's Simons head in the box(you'll find a note in it telling you where the rest of him is.......)
I am 38 tomorrow .
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Secret Santa II......
by Gadget ini've just read in another thread that due to circumstances the secret santa for this year hasn't been able to happen, so i want to try and organise another one!.
according to the lady at the post office, the closing date for international mail to be delivered before xmas is this week, but for post on the same continent we still have a few weeks so i'll try and take that into account so everyone can have their prezzy before christmas day.
if everyone who wants to join in can pm or email me at gadget2052@hotmail.com with their details before 12noon sunday 30th november(uk time), i'll try and get the details back to you by sunday night.
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new to the forum
by kgrrl inhello...just wanted to say hello and introduce myself.
my name is kelli.
i was raised as a jehovah witness by my mother.
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for you Kelli;