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  Site Update: Feb 4, 2015

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  i have found the issue with the user post-counts being incorrect and the update to put them right is running right now.

  it's upto people who joined about 5 years ago so if you're more recent than that just give it a while before checking again.. i've made a few tweaks to the css to fix some issues with ie which caused the side-bar to be pushed down under the main content instead of alongside it and also the reply counters didn't have any color to indicate the busiest topics.. the snippet / topic preview options should now be a little neater and clearer.. other than that, most of the changes have been backend stuff around optimization so nothing really to see but it should pave the way for feedback on the post like / dislike voting and other goodies..

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  Village Idiot

  Snoozy: "So is Mouthy (Grace) still with us? Was thinking about her the other day."

  Yes, she posts from time to time.
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  Thankyou tv.jw! you are helping my wife wake up!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have to thank tv.jw!!!

  (im not putting the complete link, but you know what i mean).

  after showing my wife the 'trolley song' as we now call it, she was rolling on the floor in embarrassment and shock.. she shook her head, and was clearly troubled by what we watched.. little by little, the org is actually helping more to wake up!

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  Village Idiot

  I know, deep down inside, that they must have a "worldly" PR man making suggestions to the GB on how to reach out to their members. The GB just doesn't have the imagination to come up with these videos.
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  Those who have not defiled themselves with women

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am seeking a copy of this article:.

  those who have not defiled themselves with women: revelation 14:4 and the book of enoch, daniel carl olson, catholic biblical quarterly, 59.3, 1997, pages 492-510, issn: 0008-7912.

  if someone is able to locate a copy, you will find my email address at:.

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  Village Idiot

  I just found a source at http://catholicbiblical.org/publications/cbq. They say that copies for back issues dating from 1965 are available for $10 an article.
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  Those who have not defiled themselves with women

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am seeking a copy of this article:.

  those who have not defiled themselves with women: revelation 14:4 and the book of enoch, daniel carl olson, catholic biblical quarterly, 59.3, 1997, pages 492-510, issn: 0008-7912.

  if someone is able to locate a copy, you will find my email address at:.

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  Village Idiot

  Have you tried contacting a Catholic university or college to see if they have a copy in their library? Perhaps you have one nearby. I doubt that if they do you'll be able to check it out but they might allow you to read it in their library.

  Also, you may try contacting the offices of Catholic Biblical Quarterly and see if they can send you a photocopy of the article. 
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  Curious how today's JWs view the anti-vaxxer movement

  by undercover in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wonder how the average jw in our modern world views the new anti-vaxxer movement.

  do they sympathize, agree - or - see them as kooky, out of touch, nutso - or - somewhere in between.. remember, back in the olden, golden days...or should i say, the golden age, the wts took a hard line stance against vaccinations.

  see jwfacts info regarding the the anti-vaccination stand taken by the wts:.

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  Village Idiot

  I don't think the Watchtower will ever take any firm position like they did yesteryear. If they even bother to mention the subject they will simply take an "it's up to your conscience" position.
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  South Texas Introduction

  by artsteel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  wow, amazing to read all these experiences.. luckily, i walked away from them 20 some odd years ago because i wasn't making it financially and decided to pursue higher education.

  best decision i ever made.

  i was able to finish my degrees and i still shake my head at how these people really believe, really mind boggling.. most family members and friends i knew stopped talking to me, and up to this day i'm glad they did.. .

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  Village Idiot

  Welcome artsteel and congratulations on your degrees.
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  "Religion gives us the Why"

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have heard this nonsense said by many believers, especially when science conflicts with their belief, they say:.

  " well, science may tell us how we got here, religion tells us why we are here".

  does religion tell us that ?

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  Village Idiot

  “I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.”

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  “EVERY national church or religion has established itself by pretending some special mission from God, communicated to certain individuals. The Jews have their Moses; the Christians their Jesus Christ, their apostles and saints; and the Turks their Mahomet; as if the way to God was not open to every man alike.

  “Each of those churches shows certain books, which they call revelation, or the Word of God. The Jews say that their Word of God was given by God to Moses face to face; the Christians say, that their Word of God came by divine inspiration; and the Turks say, that their Word of God (the Koran) was brought by an angel from heaven. Each of those churches accuses the other of unbelief; and, for my own part, I disbelieve them all.”

  Thomas Paine The Age of Reason, The Writings of Thomas Paine, Volume IV. Pages 22-23.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
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  No such thing as history

  by woodforde in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  why do you think it is that wts limit accessibility to watchtowers and awakes to only issues since year 2000 on jworg?

  a whiff of something slightly orwellian?

  not a case of re-writing history but nixing it altogether?

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  Village Idiot

  brandnew, that's a copyright infringement on OUTLAW's mutt, show some respect to your senior board members!
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  Can the world condition be worse than this?

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the innocent civilians being attacked is the norm of the day.

  attacking hospitals too are happening frequently.

  now schools being attacked is becoming a regular affair (last of its kind massacred 150 children in peshawar on december 16, 2014)..

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  Village Idiot

  I would not say centuries. There were three major wars - Taping Rebellion (1850-1860) with 20,000,000 casualties, World War 1 (14,000,000)  and World War 2 (50,000,000) - within a span of 95 years.
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  Can the world condition be worse than this?

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the innocent civilians being attacked is the norm of the day.

  attacking hospitals too are happening frequently.

  now schools being attacked is becoming a regular affair (last of its kind massacred 150 children in peshawar on december 16, 2014)..

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  Village Idiot

  Oubliette "Study history and you'll learn that it almost always has been worse. This is actually better!"

  Unfortunately there is no guarantee that it will stay that way. Civilizations have collapsed in the past and this one is headed for trouble.