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  WB&TS Horror Stories for Children

  by OUTLAW in

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  when i was a very young child my mother told me the government would one day be rounding up j.w`s and putting them in concentration camps.when we were collected,i was to wear my warmest coat and boots,as we would probably be there until god destroyed the wicked at armageddon.i was told never to give up my belief`s,even if i were forced to burn my parents alive..got any good "wb&ts childrens horror stories" to share?...outlaw

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  I too was told that someday people might "drag us out into the street and shoot us." Since my father wasn't a JW, I always wondered if he would side with us. And what about our extended family? Would they turn us in? Would my classmates grow up to be prison guards? So horrible.
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  Revelation 11:18 ("bring to ruin those ruining the earth") Meaning?

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  hey folks,.

  just curious, any concensus on what john actually meant here?

  i doubt a guy in the first century could honestly envision a time when mankind could genuinely "ruin the earth" if the idea struck them.

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  Yeah, he's just talking about people ruining the earth by being total @$$holes.
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  just curious, whats wrong with the smurfs?

  by embeth2525 in

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  was reading the older posts and noticed a christmas display with smurfs, why don't jw's like smurfs?

  i guess i wasn't informed about that one.

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  My sister-in-law swears that "Smurf" means "demon," backwards, in French. All she has to do is look up "demon" in an English to French dictionary to learn that, in French, the word for "demon," is, are you ready.... " Démon!" And yet the rumors persist.
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  If You Could Write Titles For The Watchtower & Awake! What Would They Be?

  by minimus in

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  this could be a lot of fun!

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  How about a swimsuit issue?

  "Magazine placements have gone up 12,000%! Praise Jehovah!"

  Also:

  Child Abuse- A Balanced View

  WE BELIEVE IN NOAH'S FLOOD: A Lesson in Humility for our Members

  Poorly Documented Ghost Stories: Proof of Demon Harassment
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  Positive about jw

  by one in

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  there are many thing i dont regret about jw

  learning from jw about cristmas is one of them

  the jw were very open about cristmas, going against the "system" require some strenght and that in itself attracted many to the jw org.

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  There are many positive things about the JWs. True, few or none are exclusive to the bOrganization, but then again neither are the negative things, eh? Do they have a patent on hypocrisy? No. Are they they only ones who think they're always right? No. Are they the only religion that practices shunning? Nope. That shelters child molesters? No.

  I fully agree with the assessment that teaching us the true origins of Christmas can encourage critical thinking later in life. I was in grade school and knew not only that the other kids were gullible for believing in Santa, but that their parents were also for thinking Christmas was the Picture of Unadulterated Christianity.

  The WTS is pretty good at calling a spade a spade, as long as they're not the ones under the microscope. Well I could see through their act, and I'm sure it's because I followed the precedent set out in a critical examination of Christmas. Plus I'm a kick-ass public speaker, and that's the number one fear in America, or so common perception goes. Finally, they have done much in the way of promoting free speech in the courts, although we all know that's not the case inside the Kingdom Hall.
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  Reggie White died :(

  by xenawarrior in

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  dead at the age of 43. a sad day indeed.

  i had the pleasure of working with reggie and his wife sara on several community projects when they lived in green bay and he was an awesome human being.

  huntersville, n.c. dec 26, 2004 ?

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  11,800 died in the Indonesian eathquake. Let's not forget that just because a ball player died on the same news day. And I mean no disrespect to Mr. White, but his reasons for notoriety are insignificant compared to the equivalent of 4.5 September 11's.

  I know, I know. Guess who's not a footbal fan.
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  Wow this finally made sense.

  by RobertPalmer in

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  was just out at church and came home picked up my bible and read some thing.

  it really jumped out at me so i thought i would share it ... it never made sense to me before it was always very confusing.

  if it confuses you wait for the explination because i feel it may let you see what i saw in it.

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  King James Version: 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

  Revised Standard Edition: 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

  Darby: 5 For let this mind be in you which [was] also in Christ Jesus; 6 who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God; 7 but emptied himself, taking a bondman's form, taking his place in [the] likeness of men;

  New World Translation: Keep this mental attitude in YOU that was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although he was existing in God's form, gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God. 7 No, but he emptied himself and took a slave's form and came to be in the likeness of men.

  Interesting how different these bibles are in their christology!
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  Is it better to bottle up your feelings?

  by Nancy Drake in

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  do you ever have feelings you wish you didn't have?

  people always say you shouldn't bottle up your emotions, that it's not healthy.. but if you think it's wrong to feel a certain way...(ex.

  jealous, anxious), isn't it better to swallow it into your stomach so no one gets hurt?

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  I must agree with Logan's Run. Such behavior is unlikely to keep anyone interested from joining the Witnesses, and only serves to intimidate the R&F who are essentially innocent, decent people trying to do the right thing.

  A more rational approach might be to accept the fact that the WTS is no more or less misguided than many, many organizations throughout the world, and that the only reason they seem worse to you is because you are the one they misguided. Instead of being angry, be happy that you are out and that many others have come to the same realization as you. I'm sure nobody's picketing help you to leave, right? Would it have helped?
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  Would You Even Bother?

  by redskymedic in

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  so, my jw mother passed on word to the local cong.

  that i was df-ed, had just moved into the area and could use that yearly 'shepherding' phone call to see if anything has changed.

  i was not home at the time, my husband took the call.

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  NO!
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  Titan probe gets early alarm call

  by Elsewhere in

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  somebodys getting fired for this!

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4115251.stm

  titan probe gets early alarm call the huygens space probe will be woken up from its slumber four hours before its january descent into the smoggy atmosphere of saturn's moon titan.

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  I hope I live to see a probe similar to this launched to Europa. Who knows what we'll find in an extra-terrestrial ocean beneath a mile of ice?