Village Idiot

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  Bloodlust

  by berrygerry in

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  i'm about half-way through the novel "watch how we walk," written in 2013 by a born-in, jennifer lovegrove.. absolutely worthwhile read.. does this paragraph sum up jw-land?.

  "i was paranoid again, like i had been back home, as though someone was scrutinizing and judging me.

  although i was alone, it reminded me of being at the kingdom hall.

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  It was around one per year back in my time. There are a couple of Watchtowers that indicated a 1% disfelowshipping rate per year. It was mostly the young that would get it for obvious reasons.
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  JW.org does partial U-turn over Awake! magazine Rama Singh misquote

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  2. scandals

  posted on april 19, 2015http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/jw-org-does-partial-u-turn-over-awake-magazine-rama-singh-misquote

  jw.org has removed their misquote of rama singh from digital versions of awake!

  magazine.

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  TheOldHippie, "JWs are not creationists."

  Huh? Jehovah's Witnesses are creationists.
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  Thank you for redirecting me to the right organization!

  by economy in

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  2. beliefs

  thank you, jw.net and cofty, for redirecting me to the right organization!.

  when i posted why did god permit scriptures to be corrupted?

  then i thought, if there is an organization that believes all scriptures are corrupted (which obviously makes it enemy of all religions), that organization is not ordinary, but gutsy, lionhearted, and worthy of close examination!

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  Economy, you must have been desperate for something to believe in.
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  Whatever happened to the rumor of Circuit Overseers being dissolved?

  by Black Man in

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  2. friends

  i remember that was a rumor going around shortly before i left the jws.

  whatever happened with it?

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  I don't see why they would eliminate the Circuit Overseer position since it's the main way in which headquarters cracks its whip at the elders to keep them in line. Any large hierarchical organization needs a middle management.

  By the way, was there ever such a thing as Branch Overseer or Zone Overseer?
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  Scientific Proof that Evolution is NOT Scientific!

  by Nicola.threeangelsmessage in

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  bruce malone, an outstanding scientist has absolute scientific proof that evolution is not scientific!.

  bruce, a leading researcher for dow chemical for 30 years; he is one of the top 100 inventors eighteen of his inventions raised millions of dollars; and has a b.s.

  degree in chemical engineering.

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  Worst Bible Verse ... EVER

  by Wild_Thing in

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  2. friends

  from the nwt, of course.

  none of the other versions make it sound any better, either.

  2 timothy, chapter 2 has been used and abused to suppress women everywhere.

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  11 If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts, 12 you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity. Deuteronomy 25:11-12 New International Version
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  Little cart with a big heart - latest design.

  by Esse quam videri in

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  the little cart is growing up.. .

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  Golden Rule: Pure Garbage?

  by willmarite in

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  2. beliefs

  on another thread a poster made the comment that the golden rule was garbage.

  she said it was arrogant and made assumptions.. i didn't want to derail that thread so i started another wondering if this is a common thought about this belief on this forum.

  i guess i naively thought the value of doing to others as you want them to do to you was generally accepted as positive.. i understand people have different opinions of jesus as a person but i don't want to get into that here.

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  Island Man, "treat others the way they would want to be treated."

  What if they want to be worshipped as gods?
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  Part of the USA's Violent Past

  by fulltimestudent in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdd64sudz1a

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  fulltimestudent, I think that Morpheus' post was ideologically motivated in that he doesn't like any criticism of the United States and thinks he could minimize it by pointing to somebody else's wrongdoing.
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  Is it common for old men to marry young JW?

  by adjusted knowledge in

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  i left in the 90's and marriage partners were similar in age at my former congregation.

  i ran into a former jw friend from my childhood.

  i haven't seen him in 15 years.

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  brandnew, with that hair she's lucky to have gotten a husband.