Aunty

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  Witness Self Hatred

  by metatron in

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  i do wonder if the average witless has been beat down with so much.

  propaganda that they hate themselves.

  willing to blame themselves for anything - and react fanatically.

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  Jesus sweating blood

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just watching a programme about the gospel accounts and one thing struck me - the notion that jesus sweat blood.

  apparently it was the stress of his impending death.. now, as a sceptic, the problems i have with this account are:.

  it's medically impossible to sweat blood.. there is a disease (hematohidrosis) where plasma cells can color the sweat to make it appear to be 'as if blood'.. jesus was supposed to be perfect!

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  I've been shunned from my sister's wedding

  by Quotes in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the following is the contents of a hand-written letter i just received from my (21 year old) sister, who is getting married may 18. for some reason, i thought that she would let love and compassion be stronger than wt programming.

  but i was wrong.

  yeah, it sucks.. *** my question for the board ***.

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  Leadership is missing among the xJWs!

  by IslandWoman in

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  i know the word, "organization" has a bad taste.

  but it is a fact of life that to get anything done on a grand scale in this world, good leadership and organization are a must.. we lack organization, much of what is said and done is a hit and miss thing except for the u.n. problem.

  thanks to those who took a lead and the others who followed their lead some damn good work got done!

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  More about me - my favorite subject

  by Aunty in

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  2. friends

  since everyone gave me a warm welcome i'll go ahead and tell you my whole story.

  as i said before, i was raised in the truth in central ohio.

  regular pioneered starting in senior year of high school (should have studied more instead...)for about 3 years, then decided to quit because i had a falling out with my best friend at the time and she and half her family were pioneering.

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  Hi - I'm New!

  by Aunty in

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  2. friends

  just wanted to say hello - i've been lurking here for about a month and decided to join.

  i was raised a witness, but have been out for almost 10 years.

  i just faded out - it was easy since i moved to california from ohio.

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  Easter, What Is The Real Truth

  by Candle in

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  easter, what's the real truth: previously, and as found in most encyclopedias, most scholars took the view of "the venerable bede" who in 8th century england speculated that the name easter may have come from the name for the anglo-saxon goddess eastre.

  but closer research shows several other possibilities.

  one is that the name more likely came from the latin for "white week" that spring week when people wore white to be baptized as christians.

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  Why love God?

  by joelbear in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  should we love god and have faith in him because we are afraid of being annihilated if we don't?.

  should we love god so we can be paid for it by getting a "mansion in the sky" or everlasting life or some other reward payment?

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  Do you still believe the WTS doctine's?

  by TheRecordCollector in

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  2. experiences

  man is a soul,.

  christ was created, .

  holy spirit a real person, or god's active force?.

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  How will Gen-Xers contribute to the fall of WTBS?

  by LDH in

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  2. friends

  is it because we're a cynical lot?.

  maybe because we were the first generation of latch-key kids who learned how to raise ourselves?.

  what is it that makes it so 'hard to lie to a gen xer?

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