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  Nazi Conciliation question...

  by AuldSoul in

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  i have heard reports that there were differences between the 1934 yearbook and the watchtower publshing of the conciliation letter.

  does anyone know the date for the watchtower publication of the adopted declaration?.

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  Are you sure the Declaration was ever published in the WT?

  I checked Penton's "Jehovah's Witnesses and The Third Reich" and he doesn't mention any source other than than the yb1934.
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  RACISM IN WT

  by stillAwitness in

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  2. friends

  this article entitled :jws, blacks and discrimination emailed to me from an "inactive" friend of mine.

  i don't know wether to be hurt or just plain pissed.

  my question is has anyone read or seen any hints of racism amongst the wt even nowadays?

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  richard

  I think you have to be careful to classify the statements of Rutherford on "Business Jews" as anti-semitic. Anti-semitism usually degrades Jews as an inferior human species. As far as I know, such expressions were never printed in the WT literature.

  On the other hand, the anti-Jewish stereotyping as done by Rutherford was not unusual among Christian Fundamentalists and Catholics in the US in the first decades of the 20th Century. In that respect, the WTS did not divert significantly from the religious fundamentalist subculture.

  There's a fascinating book about this: "When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture", by Paul Boyer

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  Turkmenistan: Police Brutality against JW

  by richard in

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  http://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=693

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  Thanks sKally - Just tried to save space, assuming those who are interested would click the link

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  Turkmenistan: Police Brutality against JW

  by richard in

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  http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=693
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  What was the ratio of witnesses in your town?

  by JH in

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  2. friends

  back in 1988, at the height of our activity here, we were 400 witnesses in a town of 30,000.. that was 1 witness per 75 population, which is alot !!!!!!.

  today, the city merged with the town next door, and there is about 450 witnesses for 125,000 population.

  this means only 1 witness per 270.. gee, did the witnesses decrease here !!!.

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  I wonder how they manage on the isle of St Helena where there's 1 JW on 28 inhabitants ... (yb2005)
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  What section on JWD attracts you?

  by dorayakii in

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  when you log on to jwd, which section do you go to first?

  even if you go directly to "active topics", which category most attracts you and why?

  friendspersonal experiences & reunionsbible research & study articlesbeliefs, doctrine & practicesscandals & coverupschild sexual assault and child abuseblood, medical treatment & depression private discussion & supportapostafests & get-togethersadult & heated debatepoliticsjokes & humourentertainmentcurrent affairspysial activitiesfamilyrelationships

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  Source Editor in Chief Vandalizes Assembly Hall

  by jesussaves in

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  2. friends

  i don't know if this has been posted.... *troubles continue to mount for staff at the source.

  the rap magazines editor-in-chief dasun allah recently turned himself in to police after he was charged with desecrating a jehovah's witness assembly hall in new york.. .

  "they [jehovahs witnesses] known why i did it," allah said outside the 32nd precinct station house in harlem.

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  Allah was reportedly pushed out of the Jehovah's Witnesses over 13 years ago

  figures ...
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  Cognitive Dissonance, an article for UBM's

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is first of many articles to come for "unbelieving mates" or ubm's.

  this may be a yawner for some of us old-timers, but i wanted to compile my experience in a set of easy-to-read articles for the beginner.. description .

  "cognitive dissonance is a state of opposition between cognitions.

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  A collection of 15 articles on cognitive dissonance & prophecy failure, incl. 3 on JWs, has been published in this book:

  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/041592331X/ref=cm_cr_dp_pt/104-1186958-1503121?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=283155&s=books
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  New!

  by gaybeat in

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  hey i'm new, you can call me scott.. anyways, here's a blurb.

  i'm 20, and gay haha, and i have been going to jw meetings since highschool, and still going.

  now its gotten to the point where its just nap time and incredibly boring.

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  richard

  Hi Scott - welcome

  To render more authenicity to your fake article, I'd suggest you add some relevant scriptural references.
  For example, after "People are often in their homes at night ...", add (Song of Sol 1:13).
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  A New Book

  by scholar in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  routledge books have released a new sociological study of the movement, namely 'jehovah's witnesses portrait of a contemporary religious movement' by andrew holden ph.d. publication date 10 jan 2002 and its isbn: 0415266106. .

  scholar ba ma (studies in religion)

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  http://home.zonnet.nl/rsingelenberg/holden_review.htm