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  Tonight's memorial - did you go?

  by dmouse in

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  my wife has just left for the memorial.. just before she went she asked me to come...this was the second year in a row that i declined.

  i hated seeing her so sad, i almost agreed to go just to cheer her up but that would betray her in a very real sense.

  to go to the memorial would be an admission in her eyes (and other jws) that i still believe deep down that it is the truth.

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  This is what Mama wants!

  by jst2laws in

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  reading responses to casper reminded me of our recent meeting with the co. he kept using the phrase this is what mama wants.

  it seemed to be applied whenever anyone with common sense would have objected to what was being said or done.

  however it was not employed by the co to excuse himself of responsibility but to give unquestionable authority to what he was saying.

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  I cryed today...

  by silentlambs in

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  i recieved this note from a young person i know personally.

  it brought tears to my eyes for someone so young to see things so clearly.

  why can't six million others see this simple reality and the need for change?.

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  Pedo and Ephebophile problem on the radio.

  by CornerStone in

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  i heard an interesting show on kabc am talk radio today, ( 790 west coast ).

  this was the al rantel show.

  al had a guest who had just published a book.

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  Why are there more sisters than brothers?

  by expatbrit in

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  it is generally acknowledged, and confirmed by experience, that there is a significant gender imbalance in the organisation.. there are considerably more sisters than there are brothers.

  that's great for the brothers, because a lot of the poor jw lasses get so desperate that even the most dorky of brothers can take his pick.. but why is there this imbalance?.

  it's true that birth rates show slightly more females being born than males (mother nature's way of safeguarding the future?

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  The annual Jehovah's Witness Satanic Ritual

  by unclebruce in

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  jehovahs witnesses are lovely people, i should know - i officially still am one ... but ... although their great cult leader, judge joseph rutherford, banned them from taking part in the evil pagan celebrations of birthdays and such, there is one ceremony that is ridgedly and solemly adhered to.

  the anual celebration of the "lords evening meal".

  as most here are aware, each nissan14, kingdom halls around the world are packed to the collection boxes with the 'happiest people on earth'.

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  Meetings

  by OrangeBlossom in

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  do you think the wts will ever reduce the number of meetings per week, maybe drop one night a week?

  just curious!

  it seems that everyone is so whipped from working all day, i really think that's why there is such a drop in meeting attendance.

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  Bad Defensive Arguments

  by AlanF in

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  a bozo calling itself "shiningone" recently posted on the h2o board some typically bad arguments supposedly defending the bible.

  i posted a rebuttal to a number of specific points, which is reproduced below.

  guess what the response was.. those familiar with jw teaching will recognize some of the bad defensive arguments.. <hr>.

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  Kingdom Hall thinning out?

  by OrangeBlossom in

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  i was thinking about the post about japan closing about 300 congregations in the past 3 years.

  i know that the hall i occasionally go to is usually less than half full compared to a few years ago.

  my mom says that the elders in her hall are trying to come up with ways to get more to attend as attendance is really bad.

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  In there no good in the WTBTS??? or ourselves??

  by jst2laws in

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  we hopefully all agree it is wrong to reject an entire race because we have found one of its member to be flawed, or to reject an entire concept an the basis of finding a flaw in its argument.

  would not fair people look for a way to accept the good in the concept, modify the flawed portion and rejoice in what was gained from the refined concept?

  it would also be wrong, as the wt does, to reject an entire institution because some of its precepts are flawed.

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