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  When A Friend Lies....

  by pettygrudger in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have a question for you - what do you do when you catch a "friend" in a lie.

  i have a friend who i haven't known for a long time....and so far i have "caught" this person in 2 lies (no one on this board, or any board for that matter).

  lies that weren't necessary.

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  RandomTask

  Kill them
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  New Releases - What is there left to write about?

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi everyone, and thanks to all for your comments in my recent posts.

  i can't always get round to logging on, but do appreciate your feedback.. now for a question - what is there left to write about?

  i mean, isn't printing 24,000,000 awakes and watchtowers enough?

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  Well, I think its supposed to replace the old great teacher book
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  The Prophet AK makes a prediction...

  by TheApostleAK in

  1. jw
  2. friends

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  don't be too surprised if soon when you read a latest wt or go to their meetings that all you hear is some of the standard evangelical xtian stuff like grace, faith, kindness, mercy etc and no (and i mean no) endtimes crap, organsation or fds anymore.. btw this prediction is not in the name of god.

  ak

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  I just mentioned this in enother thread, but I'll elaborate on what I said. They have already done away with a lot of the apoctalyptic teachings, like the generation, and they haven't set a "date" since 1975 (or perhaps the 'weaker' dates of 1994 or 2000). Some are wondering if 1914 is the next docrine to quietly fall. Then they could change the earthly paradise to mean the "spiritual paradise" that they call their organization and say that the prophecies concerning the paradise have already been fulfilled.
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  What is a generation?

  by larc in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think we all know about the changing definiition of "generation" by the watchtower society.

  i thought i would highlight history in terms of generations.

  my great grandfather was born in 1850. that would make him 29 when russell started his religion.

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  RandomTask

  Well they already fixed it with their "word magic" also known as "new light"

  How long until they do the more insidious "switcheroo" with the paradise? You know, say they are already there with their "spiritual paradise"? I hear them emphasizing this more and more.
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  Is Peer-To-Peer Music Sharing In Danger?

  by OrbitingTheSun in

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  2. entertainment

  labels to sue users sharing songs online

  ted bridis.

  associated press .

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  RandomTask

  Well, if nobody is sharing files then nobody is going to be able to download them.

  I think that people will even find ways around this recent tactic of the music industry. They have been pricing the consumer out of buying music for years and they had this coming to them. Like someone said, they could have harnessed this technology early on and turned it into another way to make money, but they were greedy and short-sighted. Eventually the law will step in also and protect peoples' rights. Some of this stuff goes way beyond constitutional IMO
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  When Prophecy Fails

  by refiners fire in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the scenario.

  leon festinger, a young psychiatrist, and a group of his henchmen (students) joined a flying saucer cult that predicted a catastrophe.

  they joined as observers and recorders to see whether its predictive pattern and method of dealing with post expectation disappointment fit the pattern for the cognitive dissonance theory festinger was researching.

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  MORE!
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  Is It Just My Evil Mind.....

  by Englishman in

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  2. friends

  ......or do i detect the opportunity for a little harmless fun here?

  http://pub44.bravenet.com/postcard/post.php?usernum=3759674424.

  heh heh heh.. englishman.

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  RandomTask

  That watermelon picture is just so ... Freudian, in so many ways.
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  No Food Coolers at Assemblies!

  by VM44 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you can't bring a food cooler to the assemblies!.

  wasn't there a post quite awhile ago where someone brought this up?

  i recall that someone said that for lunch they had to go out to the local mini-mart and grab a hot dog that was simmering all day on the grill!

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  I feel bad being thanked for food service because it was a hell of a lot better than sitting around and dying a slow death to "symposiums" and the like every day.
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  No Food Coolers at Assemblies!

  by VM44 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you can't bring a food cooler to the assemblies!.

  wasn't there a post quite awhile ago where someone brought this up?

  i recall that someone said that for lunch they had to go out to the local mini-mart and grab a hot dog that was simmering all day on the grill!

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  It seems to me this has more to do with local law than the Witnesses. I know that at the stadium here in San Diego, after 9/11 they posted big signs stating that absolutely no coolers were allowed in. They didn't allow them in for games before anyway, but they never had signs posted in bold letters at the entrance and I don't think they ever bothered the witnesses about it before. Maybe they are just cracking down on it now.
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  Demonizing the Watchtower

  by IslandWoman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  our 'beloved' old faith tried to teach us to hate other religions and all things that smacked of anything that was worldly.

  they demonized all things outside of their religion.. are some of us in danger of carrying that same thinking over to our new lives as former jws?

  could some here at first start out as an anti-cultist but in time allow this to become a 'religion' in itself?.

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  Is it right to demonize evil things?