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Watched TV evangelists for the first time today

by shopaholic in

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i was flipping through the channels while doing cardio and i decided to hear what a couple of these people had to say.

while i've determined that i'm agnostic, this one guy was pretty good...he was practical and funny.

he made the bible seem more like a good self-help book than a "book laws to be obeyed or else you'll die".

Any fans of E.R?

by The Nothing Man in

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?

calico

I watch. The alcoholic doctor is drinking again, slept with her boss while drunk, and now her husband is finally home from Bosnia(?). Oooh, how to handle that.

It's just what the show needed! Some juicy problems!

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Hi, like to introduce myself.

by The Nothing Man in

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ex witness of 20 years here.

by the grace of god (or something anyway) i managed to get out.

i visited this forum about 5 years ago and noticed the u.n. issue.

calico

Welcome! From the middle of nowhere!

Calico

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Any fans of E.R?

by The Nothing Man in

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calico

Yes--I rarely miss the show--but I, too, don't think it's as good as it used to be!

What they did to Romano was pretty funny!

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What to really expect from the JW's from the latest News

by restrangled in

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as wonderful as the coverage was concerning abuse of children in the watchtower organization, i think most of us deep down know that it will be ignored, denied and/or described as apostate lies.. the most we can hope for is enlightenment of the general public to the fact that jw's are no different than any of the other religions they point fingers at.

it will make it more difficult to get a listening ear at the door.. the jw's exist in a very small world.

they are taught anything not coming from headquarters is basically lies.. any mistakes made were due to old light, or as i have heard from my own relatives...."well, the entire world didn't know any better so the "organization" is just catching up like everyone else.

calico

It will make a difference to those who have suffered at the hands of elders' bad advice. I had gone to the elders many times over the years and never got any real help for my problems.

But, the first time I heard about Bill Bowen--a small article in my local paper--I started to investigate and found the silent lambs website. The fact that this has happened to so many people blew me away! I did not feel so alone anymore and realized that none of the things that happened to me were my fault! I have much more self-esteem now, but still have a long way to go to get this religion out of my life!

Die-hard, non thinking witnesses will dismiss this report as being started by apostates.

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Barbara Anderson is on NBC Nightly News Tonight 11/21/07

by AndersonsInfo in

a producer with nbc in new york called within the past hour to tell me that the segment i interviewed for (once in nashville, tn in august and once in washington, dc in october) is set to air tonight on nbc nightly news with brian williams, that is, if no huge calamity takes place to bump the feature.

this piece will be two minutes and 45 seconds long, the longest slot nightly news has for topics of interest, and will feature a discussion about the court documents that are found on the cd i recently produced, "secrets of pedophilia in an american religion, jehovah's witnesses in crisis.

in addition, nbc's internet site, msn, will follow with a detailed story.

calico

COOL!

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This is an outrage!!

by John Doe in

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calico

No! Don't do it!

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Jehovah's Witnesses are not a cult and here's why I think so

by B_Deserter in

when most people think of "cult" they think of the people's temple, the branch davidians, or heaven's gate.

many also want to put jehovah's witnesses, mormons, and scientologists into this group.

i don't agree with that because there is one main difference between true cults and high-control groups like jws:.

calico

I think they can loosely be called a cult. Look at the connotation they give to the term "apostate"--I really like the term that Gill used---MENTAL PRISON--I think that's a PERFECT description!

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