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Asperger's Syndrome
by Mulan in
1. jw
2. friends
has anyone heard of asperger's syndrome?

i was doing research the other day, for someone, and came across this disorder.

in reading it, i am positive both my youngest son and his wife have it.
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Have you read my experience in the Awake?Read this
by ELON14 in
1. jw
2. friends
many of you already know my real name.i'm the one whose experience was published in the sep 8 1994 awake mag.

i would like to stress that although i have good reason to be angry and bitter, nothing i say here is said in anger but only in sadness.

i write this to say that if i could take back many of my words i said in that experience , i would.
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A good question to make JWs 'think'
by Simon in
1. jw
2. friends
most of us have experienced the frustration of trying to convince a friend or relative that the wts is not what it claims: an organisation backed by 'god'.. of course, it is very difficult to prove a negative and a real die-hard believer will explain-away any evidence of wrongdoing by the org.

as they are trained to do so well.. i have found it good to reverse the question and ask them:.

"what would the wts have to do to convince you that it wasn't god's organisation?".
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Sex Scandal in Montana
by silentlambs in
1. jw
2. friends
it has been brought to my attention that there may be a major scandal working in the billings montana area.

it involves more than ten elders in a motel room at the district convention this summer and 14-16 year old girls.

my information source says there is more to come with possible charges being filed, but key jw's work for social services there and are involved in the investigation.
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THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS THING SOMEBODY TOLD YOU
by minimus in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
what's the most outrageous thing that you were personally told ,while in the organization??

?
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CULT CULT CULT
by minimus in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i have read many opinions about jw's being a cult.a dictionary describes cult as a system of religious beliefs and ritual .. some have viewed even major religions as a cult, such as the roman catholic church.based upon webster almost anybody or anything that is viewed as ritualistic could be said to be cultic.when someone tries to negate jehovah's witnesses by using.

the "cult" word, i believe they are not seeing that many others could legitimately be regarded as a cult or at least "cultic".therefore the word loses alot of meaning.

some have said that the watchtower is a cult because of the control factor.
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How could have Rutherford been a 'drunk'?
by wholewheat in
1. jw
2. friends
i feel that the apostate's claims that rutherford was a drunk to be far fetched.

on the one hand, they claim that he was so drunk that the brothers at bethel shipped him to san diego to beth sarim, where he stayed drunk out of his mind, then on the other hand, they claimed that he ruled the society with an iron fist, that he was a dictator.

no drunk could have ruled the society like a dictator.
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REINSTATED AND STILL SHUNNED!
by new boy in
1. jw
2. friends
i was at a wedding last summer were i met an old friend.

he had been reinstated for 6 months, he was dfed for 4 years.. he had been an elder for 10 years before that, he had commited adultery with another "brothers" wife.

i asked him how it was going.
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Have TIME MACHINE, will travel!
by nicolaou in
1. jw
2. friends
the open university.

buckinghamshire.

england, uk .
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What do you like best about the Bible?
by spectromize in
1. watchtower
2. bible
just a question trying to find out what most of you like best about learning some things taught in the scriptures and our worship as jw's.