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  They Came Back!

  by jerome in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just thought that i'd inform the board that they decided to come back after all.. right now i have to do something so i'll fill in the details later tonight.. the guy dident come back though.

  it was only the lady and her daughter.. let me tell you, it was absolutely pointless.

  except for one thing.. they were surprised about the un thing, but other than that nothing mattered.

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  When Will District Conventions Be Abolished?

  by AvailableLight in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the thread on cutting back the number of weekly meetings to two got me thinking:.

  do you think the jw organization will continue to hold district conventions for very long?.

  i wonder, how many people *really* feel upbuilt after attending a dc?

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  WT does NOT own "Military Stock"

  by amccullough in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i thought this deserved its own thread...below is a reply a made to one of the previous threads ( http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=24473&site=3 ) and i am anxious for someone to refute it...or maybe i'm right.. not quite...it seems everyone is muddling the details on this.. it seems that james mccann, who donated the stocks to the wt, invented an improved rotary engine called a rand cam engine.

  his company, the rand cam engine corp is a privately held company, but he has donated 50% of the stock to the wt (but retained the voting proxy so the wt has no say in what is going on), he owns 34% and the balance is owned by several shareholders.

  this company is half owner of another company called rand energy group.

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  Part 18: The Last Stand - My Brother's Gift

  by Amazing in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  part 18: the last stand my brothers gift .

  i had almost forgotten about my brothers gift.

  the amalgamated wedding was now well over 2 years in the past.

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  What is REALLY a Cult? -- Part #1

  by ros in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we know the unification church (moonies) are a real cult.

  but how can we say jehovahs witnesses are a cult?

  consider some of the traits of a real cult revealed by a former moonie about the unification church.. =====================================================.

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  New member

  by aprostate in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well heres my story and i'm sticking to it :).

  my grandmother became a witness when my mom was a teenager.

  my mom became one when i was 4. that would be in 1954. i remember going to the international convention in ny at the yankee stadium and polo grounds.

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  can coc plant that seed of doubt

  by jerome in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i would like to ask ew-jws jw a question.

  when you read the book crisis of conscience how instrumental was that book in getting you to leave the organisation.. i have a gf who is an active jw.... i by the way am wordly.

  this religion thing is putting strain on our relationship.. she condems me for obtaining information about the watchtower from apostates or just about anyone who has something yo say about the org.

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  Happy JW Marriages the Impossible Dream?

  by IslandWoman in

  1. social
  2. family

  while it is not impossible to have a happy marriage in the jw religion for many it is hard, for some it is very hard to maintain happiness in their marriage.

  the watchtower raises the bar so very high in every aspect of life, marriage included.

  the watchtower literature encourages a jw married couple to be practically perfect, or at least that is the goal set before them.

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  JW Kids Leave the Organization: Facts

  by Maximus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the october 1 watchtower 2001 features articles on training children "properly" and dealing with a "prodigal child.

  the latest inside u.s. figures reveal that 86% of jw children leave the fold, with some 29% who eventually come back for reasons of family ties, most never "reaching out.

  " that means over half leave permanently.

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  Greenlees & Chitty -- Some Sources

  by AlanF in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  posted on an email message board:.

  posted on an email message board:.

  posted recently to the h2o message board:.

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