Topics Started by jack w

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BLOOD ISSUE=PROBLEM=CAN HOSPITAL BE SUED?
by jack w in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hi friends, .

a good "fader" friend of mines wife was recently at the hospital.

she used to be a staunch witness but has since gotten fed up with the whole charade.
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What MUST Jw's believe that they don't KNOW they believe?
by AlmostAtheist in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm looking for beliefs of jw's that have the consequence of also requiring some other belief that they may not like or be able to explain.. for instance, you probably believe that there are an infinite number of numbers, since you can always add 1 to any number and make a new one.. what you may not think about as a consequence of that belief is that you can also start with 2, add 2, and create an infinite series of even numbers.

the set of even numbers is infinite, and the set of whole numbers (which would fully encompass the even numbers) is also infinite.

so which set is bigger?
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New Web Site Introduction
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. jw
2. friends
this is to announce a newly refurbished web site at jwtruth.com.

this site intends to work as a clearing house of information about the wts and its religious abuses.

the site will also aid activists who want the wts to stop its religious abuses.
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"We are the only religion on earth that can claim to be unhypocritical."
by Bonnie_Clyde in
1. watchtower
2. bible
those are the exact words of the po's wife today at the wt study.

i wrote them down as she said them.

the next comment by one of the servants was, "if we accept the authority of the faithful and discreet slave, we cannot go wrong.
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Apostates and Slacker Dubs Commit the Unforgivable Sin
by gumby in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if your not too rusty with dub teachings, you remember that to commit the unforgivable sin, you had to deny the holy spirits begetting you.

it would be like one of the annointed purposely saying................ "i don't want to worship jehovah anymore nor have any part of him or his son inspite of the fact he annointed me".. in christendom, it is likewise a denial of the spirit when you know it's for real.

!...one day freddy franz got so pissed at apostates and slacker dubs, he decided he was gonna write a watchtower article and kick some major ass!
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unconditional love
by John Doe in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm rather sick of hearing the term "unconditional love.

" there is no such thing.

love must be earned--it is not something given with no strings attached.
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Is the Watchtower Society strong enough to win this war with the internet?
by jack w in
1. jw
2. friends
could it be that the wts actually thinks it can win this war?

i mean, they are forcing sites to close down, suing the people that run them etc.

i wonder if this is the way they want to "handle" the internet problem.
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A thing that bothers me about JW and Christmas
by zagor in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
is that they dont celebrate it but are quite happy to accept gifts or money given by many companies at the end of a year as christmas gift.

in fact, ive heard all sorts of excuses ranging from well thats our money that weve earned over the year anyway to well we shouldnt really offend anyone

it looks like as long as you are receiving money or gifts its okay.
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Desperately seeking.....
by jack w in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this is a great site.

i have lurked for a while as a guest though.. i am still "in' you might say.

out mentally, but somewhat 'in' physically.
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How many ex JWs return to the Borg?
by greendawn in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
someone told me there are statistics showing that ultimately one third of jws leaving will go back to the borg.

this is not the general impression one gets from this forum.

so what's really happening?