Topics Started by Annanias

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Absolutely terrible WT article Re: Repressed Memories.... WARNING: Triggers
by Nosferatu in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
i was absolutely furious when i came upon this watchtower article.

it makes me absolutely sick to read such horseshit.. comments and emphasis: mine.

watchtower, nov 1, 1995 p 25-29repressed memories".
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Trotting out the JW credentials...
by Odrade in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the people who care don't matter, and the people who matter don't care.. i'm asking because i notice that even though i've pretty much rejected everything connected with the religion, i still find myself setting out who i knew, who knew me, how involved i was, how many meeting/assembly/convention parts i had... on and on ad nauseum.

(it's nauseating.. remember when there were records and record players?

you'd get a skip in the record, then everytime you played it, the needle would fall in the skip.
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Five Meetings and David's Five Stones (and other goofy things)...
by Confucious in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i don't think this was ever written in a wt, but i've heard it more than once as a comment.

that when david reached into his bag to sling a stone at goliath - that he had five stones to choose from.

and the comment was... .
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They Aren't Your Friends
by metatron in
1. jw
2. experiences
when i announced, at the c.o's meeting with the elders, that i was quiting and giving up, the brother who gave the prayer.

nearly burst into tears.. a couple months later, him and his wife pass us in the hall and hall and sit down in front of us: not a single glance or hello.

or hint of recognition.
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Did Jesus and Peter miss something in the story of Flood?
by Pole in
1. watchtower
2. bible
yet another flood question.

jesus and peter used the story of flood to illustrate how god will destroy hundreds of millions of evil people again.

(let's assume they really said/wrote the things recorded in 2 peter 2:5 and mathew 24:38).. however, just after the flood god promised: .
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God and the Concept of Time
by ezekiel3 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
put your waders on, we?re going in the deep end?.

jw premise: god created jesus, and then together they created everything else.. fact: time and space require at least two points to exist.

you cannot reference time or space with only one thing.. so before god created jesus, there was no way to measure time.
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Anyone else like comedian Stephen Wright?
by Makena1 in
1. social
2. humour
steven wright, very low key, monotone delivery, but one of my favs.

his mind sees things differently than we do - for example:.

i woke up one morning and all of my stuff had been stolen...and replaced by exact duplicates.
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Bush Announces "Peace and Security" (non-political thread only please)
by Confucious in
1. watchtower
2. bible
ok, in bush's speech last night, his theme was "peace and security" or "peace and saftey" which i believe was his actual words.

well, we know the jw retoric about "peace and security.

does anyone here have insite on what the the bible is talking about with "...when they are announceing peace and security that sudden destruction will be instantly upon them..." .
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The END is NIGH??
by Samdownunder in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i watched a fascinating documentary tonight called "the corporation".

it exposed the development of big business in modern day and their greed and corruption of the world.

many of the scholars and experts conceded that by the year 2025, we truly would not have any water left to drink and they discussed the ruination of the rainforests and other important resources as well.
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JWs and voting. Is it okay now?
by NikL in
1. jw
2. friends
i know there has been lots of discussion on this issue in the past year but i have been unable to find it.

i need to know where to find the questions from readers that talked about it being okay for people to vote if their concience allows.

i brought this issue up with a couple of people, one a rank and file dub and the other an elder.