Topics Started by quango

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My Family or Thiers?
by Dondi in
1. jw
2. experiences
i am new to this site and am seeking a little advice from some of your more seasoned veterans.

i met my girlfriend about 7 years ago, when we met we fell in love and 2 years later had a baby and we moved in together.

i brought with me 2 children from a previous marriage and she had one from a previous as well.
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question, need some info
by onetwofour in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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can some1 explain to me what does the laodicean messenger mean?.
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A Letter I Feel I Should Share.
by Apostanator in
1. jw
2. friends
there are many here who have been shunned or dis-owned by family members who are jehovah's witnesses.

the pain, hurt and agony over this treatment wreaks havock in our lives and at times to the point of being unbearable.

after much deliberation and thought i came to the conclusion that for me to be able to "move on" in my own life i needed to express my feelings and be heard on some level by my family.
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To Wt apologists - this is all that mattered to me... please address
by AK - Jeff in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
forget all the other smoke.

b-days, xmas, holidays.

forget doctrine issues.
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Some fun w/US Watchtower numbers
by jstalin in
1. jw
2. friends
below is a graph of us wt numbers.

yellow is total annual baptisms, purple is average publishers, and cyan is attrition rate (total people who left the organization each year).

these numbers relate to calendar years, not service years.
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USE THIS POST TO REPORT ANY "BIG NEWS" BROADCASTS THAT COME UP
by hubert in
1. jw
2. friends
it's 7 a.m. here in the east coast, and so far i haven't seen any news on t.v.

about the "big news".

so, to make it easier to find, i thought we could use one thread to keep track of any news that comes out in the next few days.
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Misrepresentation
by quango in
1. jw
2. friends
my understanding of the "big snooze" is that the essay maintains that jws have misrepresented quotes from secular sources.

is this message board not an obvious misrepresentation?

it claims to represent jehovahs witnesses (in its title)yet the vast majority of posters are anti jw and many have been expelled.
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Journal of Church and State: WT NO-BLOOD EXPOSE'
by AndersonsInfo in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
(baylor university, waco, tx) an essay entitled, "jehovah's witnesses, blood transfusions, and the tort of misrepresentation," found in the autumn issue of baylor universitys prestigious journal of church and state, published december 13, 2005, exposes the vulnerability of jehovahs witnesses religious organization to massive claims for compensation because of the religions misrepresentation of the medical risks of blood transfusions.

this milestone essay critically examines one of the religions main publications for teaching their children and new recruits about their blood beliefs, how can blood save your life?

the peer-reviewed essay details many misrepresentations of medical facts, which the religion partly relies on to support its blood prohibition, thus denying its members from making fully informed medical decisions.
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SERVICE REPORT 2005 : WATCHTOWER FEB 1ST 2006
by BluesBrother in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i have had a quick look and found no references to this, so - here goes..as in the mag we picked up on sunday.. worldwide % increase over 2004 = 1.3%.

memorial partakers 8524 (compared to 8570 in 2004).

most european and nth american lands show pretty static figs - britain 1% increase, canada 0%, germany 0%, france 1%, usa 0%... but spare a thought for the inhabitants of zambia where 1 person in 90 is a reporting witness, must be hell going down to the local market!
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THE NEWS IS BIGGER THAN DATELINE, BBC, CBC, ETC.
by AndersonsInfo in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
if i told you that something bigger is on the horizon than dateline, bbc, cbc, sunday (australia), and all other tv programs which exposed the sexual child abuse cover-up by watchtower in 2002-2003, would you believe me?

have i ever misled you?

i'll answer that--no!