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  Is the word "bulletin" negative?

  by crizlee in

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  at last nights meeting my dad gave the announcements and he said bulletin board.

  after the meeting an elder came up to him to tell him that bulletin is a negative word and to say information board next time.

  whats up with that?

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  under74

  What?!! LOL. That so retarded, it's hilarious. Maybe because it has bullet in it?
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  What sports are considered violent and forbidden by Jehovah?

  by jwbloodline in

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  i'm a bible student and the i've been told that this issue depends on my conscience.. .

  i am a jiu jitsu student and have been for a 4 years.

  it's more of a sport.

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  under74

  Welcome JWB-
  Well, we were allowed to play sports on our own but not as part of a school or other organized group. All the JWs I knew watched sports on tv and it was okay to go to sporting events.
  
  But uh, yeah...welcome to you too, Brother Bennett...I don't think sports cause violence. You can draw correlations where ever you want to, doesn't mean it's a cause.
  
  By the way, I'm going to reiterate what some other people have posted, this forum is mostly comprised of X-Jehovah's Witnesses....nice interception BroBennett.
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  What do you think of PRINCE the singer being a JW?

  by redhotchilipepper in

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  i've heard it's true.

  a girl that my sister knows actually visited the kingdom hall that he was in.

  sorry if this has been posted before.

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  mmm, yeah, the whole thing is kind of funny to me. I wasn't allowed to listen to his music growing up because of the religion and now he's part of it...but you know, alot of his music has always had lyrics about god in them and he was raised Christian Science so maybe it's not that surprising he's a JW now. Anyway, the religion was really strict and hard on many of us but I'm not so sure it's as strict or hard on a rich and famous musician who has been saved by Jehovah from a life of evil. He looks like a good convert to have.
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  Celebrites in the Borg

  by what_Truth? in

  1. jw
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  i was wondering how many famous actors, musicians, and other public figures either are jw's or became jw's at some point in their life.

  eveyone knows about [b] prince{b], and [b]michael jackson[/b], but i've also heard that they snagged up [b]george benson[b], a former indian prime minister and rapper [b]dres[/b] of the group the black sheep.

  obviously this will be a short list since the society doesn't do much to encourge any kind of success, especially not the kind that will leave you with millions of adoring fans.

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  under74

  Swan- Eisenhower was famous...and yeah, he left like us--don't know that he ever spoke against the org though. Anyway, there's always a little JW left in every apostate. Not all the people on the list are current JWs.
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  Will the real Jehovahs Witnesses Stand Up?????????

  by rnovello in

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  have anyone of you ever heard of or read anything at livingwaters website.

  it is pure evil .

  you would not believe what they do to people on the net who join their site.

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  under74

  I found it- http://www.livingwatersforum.com
  
  Here's another small religious JW oriented organization- http://www.nsbible.org
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  Celebrites in the Borg

  by what_Truth? in

  1. jw
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  i was wondering how many famous actors, musicians, and other public figures either are jw's or became jw's at some point in their life.

  eveyone knows about [b] prince{b], and [b]michael jackson[/b], but i've also heard that they snagged up [b]george benson[b], a former indian prime minister and rapper [b]dres[/b] of the group the black sheep.

  obviously this will be a short list since the society doesn't do much to encourge any kind of success, especially not the kind that will leave you with millions of adoring fans.

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  Doubtfully Yours- I think celebrities have big wallets.
  
  Anyway,I've been collecting some names....I think there are some other lists on the web but here's what I have:
  
  
  Mickey Spillane
  Lester Bangs ?rock critic
  Gloria Naylor- writer
  Gloria Gaynor (don?t think she was ever baptized)
  Gerri Halliwell
  George Benson
  The Jacksons
  Selina
  Larry Graham
  Prince
  Patti Smith (family was in the org until she was 12)
  Ja Rule
  K-OS
  Cliff Richard (studied with JWs?I think his mom converted)
  Hank Marvin ?The Shadows
  Jill Scott
  Dave Hill ?Slade
  Tommy Hamilton- Hamilton Joe Frank and Reynolds
  David Thomas- Pere Ubu
  Damo Suzuki- Singer in CAN (german group)
  Richard ?Dimples? Fields- solo singer
  The Wayans Brothers
  Lark Voorhies- Saved By The Bell
  Sherri Shepherd ?Less Than Perfect, Everybody Loves Raymond
  Teresa Graves
  Venus & Serena Williams
  Rapheal Septien ?Dallas Cowboys
  Naomi Campbell
  Dwight D. Eisenhower
  
  I've heard things about Stevie Ray Vaughn being raised a JW...but can't find any evidence.
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  Will the real Jehovahs Witnesses Stand Up?????????

  by rnovello in

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  have anyone of you ever heard of or read anything at livingwaters website.

  it is pure evil .

  you would not believe what they do to people on the net who join their site.

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  under74

  some confusion here...I think some people are talking about Living waters -the Kirk Cameron religion (look at the "Way of the Master" link). I think there's one part on the living waters website where they talk about JWs but I don't think they are a JW splinter group. Apocalyptic sure...but a splinter group, I'm doubting. This one from Alabama mentioned "Jehovah Truth living waters" sounds different than Kirk Cameron's church. Movello, which one are you talking about? Could you give an exact link? Am I missing something?
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  Studying the new "Keep on the Watch!" brochure - "Which things?" (page 17)

  by ozziepost in

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  2. bible

  now we come to the section "the god who promises these things?

  on page 17 of the new brochure ("keep on the watch!").

  "this name appears some 7,000 times in the bible in its original languages.".

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  under74

  Wait Ozzie, I'm confused. I don't have the brochure to look at. What name do they claim appears 7,000 times in the Bible?
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  Death with Dignity

  by onacruse in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've presented myself on this db with a strong inclination that there is such a thing a death with dignity, including my expressed (and still resolved) determination to refuse a blood transfusion (or any other organ or fluid implant from another human being) to prolong my life (for reasons that have nothing to do with jw pseudo-theology).. in that determination, i obviously have a personal ideal of a "death with dignity.".

  however, last night, i watched an interview wherein the commentator said "there is no dignity in death; there is only dignity in life.".

  it gave me serious pause for thought.. i'd appreciate your perspectives.. craig

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  Well, it's a hard one. For me, I think that maybe there are grades of dignity at death. To die because a procedure was refused that could have saved someone, in my perspective would be undignified. But this is just me. To have lived a long life and be surrounded by loved ones has some dignity in it. But I think that statement you bring up is true to some extent. I watched a family member die of cancer and in the way she was surrounded by our family when she died I would say it was dignified but at the same time, physically it was undignified. I don't know Onacruse it's a confusing subject I think, there's a lot of grey area in it....
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  Hello - New to this forum

  by hd1gator in

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  name is actually gator.

  i am not nor was i ever a jw.

  i know several who were, and do understand some of the issues and such behind that religious "sect".

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  under74

  Hi gator