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  I, Witness: The Shocking Insider Story of Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Gopher in

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  this new book by author daniel clark is coming out july 25 on amazon.com.

  it's 160 pages and in paperback.. the link is here.

  here's their description:.

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  richard

  The author will give a talk at a conference next June

  http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_conferences/conference_docview.asp?Subject=Jehovah%92s++Witnesses%3A+Being+Freed+from+Disabling+Hooks
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  Just got this email

  by Cindi_67 in

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  i received an email from my sister in law.

  she was relating an experience given in a talk at an assembly.

  a young couple wanted to have children, but they couldn't conceive, so they decided to adopt a child.

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  This story would probably not have been told in Holland.

  Just last week, the Dutch superior court confirmed a decision by a lower court that a JW-couple could not adopt a child. The reason is the blood issue. The couple refused to sign the statement in which they agreed they would allow all accepted medical procedures to their adoptive child. No transfusion? No adoption!
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  OKM 09/07 (english)- Just another brick in the wall...

  by metaspy in

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  ok guys and gals, i (being the assistant to the magazine counter) have acquired the newest okm.. i have uploaded it to imagevenue.com: here.

  hopefully that works!.

  by the way drew, your translation was very close.

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  I almost replied, "Cognitive Dissidence" but I realize the person would not understand

  Neither would I since it is called "cognitive dissonance".

  Richard
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  Secret book--PDF--(Family Care and Medical Management for JW's!)

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  1992 family care and medical management for jehovah's witnesses.

  (approx.

  85mb) this publication is now unavailable from the watchtower, with no plans for republication.

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  What makes this book "remarkable" is the outdated medical section. The most actual references to medical literature are dated in 1991, that is 16 years ago, which really is prehistorical as far as medical science is concerned. Doctors want research results from today and tomorrow, not from archeological times. One may wonder if this book is the latest edition.

  Next, only medical literature has been selected that is in support of the Society's position. I doubt very much that many in the medical profession will give this work a prominent position on their bookshelf.
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  JW converts - what percentage fall away?

  by Double Edge in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i got into a discussion today at lunch with someone who years ago 'flirted' with becoming a jw (then 1975 came and went).

  i've never been a dub, but what i've gather from this board there are those raised in the religion who after 30-40 years leave for whatever reason.

  what percentage of those not raised in the religion, but are converted, become disillusioned and finally leave?

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  The problem is that available statistics on JWs who leave the faith can not differentiate between expulsion (disfellowshipment or disassociation) and cease of activity. The latter may be permanent or temporary, so there may be many who would still call themselves JWs.
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  My Mother is studying WT literature with a 7th Day Adventist and wants info

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  my mother is not computer savvy, so she asked me to look up 7th day advents and the woman,.

  ellen white, who founded it.

  i will print a bunch of information for her from wikipedia to help.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/seventh_day_adventist.

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  Magic Johnson and Kellogg, the founder of the cereal company, were SDA.
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  JW converts - what percentage fall away?

  by Double Edge in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i got into a discussion today at lunch with someone who years ago 'flirted' with becoming a jw (then 1975 came and went).

  i've never been a dub, but what i've gather from this board there are those raised in the religion who after 30-40 years leave for whatever reason.

  what percentage of those not raised in the religion, but are converted, become disillusioned and finally leave?

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  Ray Franz in 'Crisis of Conscience' did some calculations (see page 31, 2nd ed.) For 1970-'80 he found that four out of every ten persons baptized left the organization or ceased activity. You can apply his method to other periods.
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  Why are JWs so disrespectful towards war veterans, etc?

  by winnie in

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  2. friends

  i never could understand this.

  do they have no respect???.

  this subject came up when my hubby was talking to his brother on the phone a couple months ago.

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  It could be a leftover from the early 1940s when the American Legion in particular was rather active in thrashing JWs for their unpatriotic stance.
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  1933 Letter from JW's to Hitler and Nazi Party

  by kwr in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was watching one of the extras on the knocking dvd and a woman commentator talked about a scandalous letter from the jw's to hitler and the nazi party in 1933. does anyone know where i can read this letter at?.

  tia.

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  Leolaia

  Re qte Awake!: see last paragraph
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  1933 Letter from JW's to Hitler and Nazi Party

  by kwr in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was watching one of the extras on the knocking dvd and a woman commentator talked about a scandalous letter from the jw's to hitler and the nazi party in 1933. does anyone know where i can read this letter at?.

  tia.

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  Leolaia

  Your last paragraph: it appears that the Society continued to be 'less than political correct' after 1946:

  "The persecutions the Jews suffered bear grim testimony to the accuracy of the Biblical warning as to what the Jews could expect if they went contrary to their maker, Jehovah God" Awake! (Dec. 22, 1956, p.20)

  “To this day the natural circumcised Jews are suffering the sad consequences from the works of darkness that were done within their nation nineteen hundred years ago. This illustrates what can happen to a whole nation that comes under the influence of that unseen superhuman intelligence, Satan the Devil.” (The Watchtower (Nov. 1, 1975, p.654).

  R