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Spirituality vs. Religion - what's the difference?
by truth_about_the_truth in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
here is an excerpt from a book called "fresh wisdom-breakthrough to enlightenment" that really hits the point:

the con of religion

we have never met a christian who has given up everything and followed christ.
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How Suicide Will Increase Among Jehovah's Witnesses
by metatron in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm not a psychologist but a little logic tells you that somethings got to give.. i see too many witnesses who are falling into the "escalating commitment" trap.

your life is a mess, so you find the "truth"!.

next, you commit yourself further by dropping college.
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Has the WTS ever sued a "brother" or any baptised Witness?
by Shawn10538 in
1. jw
2. friends
hopefully someone has some information on this.

i think it is an important question because from recent observation on another jw website, it has come up that some jw bethelites are suing the wts in workers comp cases after getting injured while at bethel.

this is big news to me since i have a similar case outstanding right now.
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What's so bad about Satan?
by robhic in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
why is satan supposed to be so bad?

he gets the blame, sure, but what does he explicitly do?

that god had?
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No Trespassing!! Breaking news for local JW's.
by Mulan in
1. jw
2. friends
this week at the book study, at all congregations in the u.s., a letter was read saying if you go to a house or property with a "no trespassing" sign, you must not enter, or knock on the door.

you have to leave immediately.

a sign saying "no solicitors" is too ambiguous, and they are to use their own judgment, and don't have to knock.
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upstate New York
by bonnie38 in
1. jw
2. experiences
is anyone from upstate new york?
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Me and my brother.
by nicolaou in
1. jw
2. friends
an earlier discussion has been highlighting the differences between da'ing and df'ing.

xena said:i am sorry qadreena but i have never in the 20 some odd years i have been a jw ever heard of an unbaptised publisher being d/aed...marked as bad association yes..but d/a...no...but i guess stranger things can happen.... well that brought it all back.. actually xena the exact same thing happened to my brother in the early 80's.

he was only 14. he'd carried on associating with a friend of his who'd been disfellowshipped.
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WTS SAYS ELDERS SINS DON'T COUNT!
by Amazing in
1. jw
2. friends
sometime ago i posted a discussion on h20 about the nov. 1991 kingdom ministry school for elders / ms held at woodburn, oregon.

during that school session the co stated that elders who commit a serious sin, even a gross sin, did not have to be removed if the event took place two or three years prior, and the elder continued to be respected, giving evidence of jehovahs blessing.

the co stipulated that this only applied to elders and ms and not to regular publishers.
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100 foreskins for your daughter
by Zep in
1. social
2. relationships
thought dating and marriage was tough in the year 2000...well just check out what david had to go through.. david wants to marry michal, sauls daughter.so whats he have to do?.

samuel 18:25-28. at that saul said: "this is what you men will say to david, "the king has delight, not in marriage money, but in a hundred foreskins of the philistines".

so david rose and struck down among the philistines two hundred men, and came bringing their foreskins and giving them in full number to the king to form a marriage alliance with the king.. lol
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Kissing Hanks Ass
by Caliban in
1. social
2. humour
he can do what ever he wants and what he wants is to give you a million dollars, but he can't until you kiss his ass.".

john: "then come kiss hank's ass with us.".

john: "of course, hank dictated it.".