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  YouTube link NBC Nightly News Child Sexual Abuse 21 Nov 2007

  by GBSJG in

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  2. child-abuse

  i uploaded the file to youtube not sure if it's against there copyright rules and gets cancelled.. but here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlac9ks_eqm.

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  Are there other religions that don't go to millitary service?

  by GBSJG in

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  2. beliefs

  the argument that jws are the only religion that doesn't go in military service is one i hear frequently.

  but is this really so does anyone know any other religion that doesn't go to war?

  perhaps the mormons?

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  Does the GB believe the doctrine themselves?

  by GBSJG in

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  2. bible

  after reading crisis of conscience i got the impression that most on the gb actually believe all the doctrine themselves or at least that they believe that they are doing there best and god is helping/blessing them.. this sometimes seems unbelievable to me considering that they know about all the bad things in the org and see so many problems that the rank file normally does not notice or know about.

  i'm currently reading combatting cult mind control by steve hassan.

  when reading that book i can see that there are some cults that are far worse then the jws.

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  That feeling that it could al be false how did you experience it?

  by GBSJG in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i started researching i was still convinced that jws had the truth.

  so i read some critical articles by ex-jws about certain teaching and i started to do some more research.. at this time i have successfully faded and no longer believe anymore.

  but i can remember the moment when i first allowed the thought in my mind that it could all be false and not the truth.

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  They make mistakes just like 1st century christians did.

  by GBSJG in

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  2. beliefs

  when i'm discussing problems i have with the wts with my family they often say well they make mistakes just like the early christians did, they are not perfect.. i try to argue that if you think that way you can go to any christian church and say the same.

  but usually they say that compared to other religions the wts makes less mistakes so you should go there.. i know that such reasoning doesn't make sense to me but what is a good response to this?.

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  Sunday's public talk about 1914 mentioned 586

  by GBSJG in

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  2. beliefs

  the public talk of last sunday was about 1914, the last days and the prophecy of daniel.. so the speaker explains how we get to the 2520 years and that jerusalem fell in 607. but after that he must have talked about the 586 date for 5 minutes.

  he said that some say the jerusalem fell in 586 instead of 607. but then you would not get to 1914 but 1934 and nothing special happened then.

  then he says that jw have published convincing material about why the date must be 607 without mentioning what that material exactly is (he actually said this several times).

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  Parents still believe the JWs altough they know all the bad stuff.

  by GBSJG in

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  2. friends

  my parents where not raised as a jw but converted to the truth true field service.

  i was raised as a jw by them.. i have told them all the things that i've learned through this board and several books about the wts.

  they are open enough to discuss these things with me.

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  Pyramids what did they exactly believe?

  by GBSJG in

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  2. beliefs

  the book "the way to paradise" from 1924 on page 155 sums up some of the believes they had about the pyramid of gizeh:.

  it is quite probable that shem, the son of noah, a faithful servant of god, was in charge of its construction.. they also mention that the pyramid provides evidence for some dates:.

  it gives the date of the exodus of the children of israel from egypt, and the date of the birth and the death of jesus.

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  Doctrine about undertakers in 1924?

  by GBSJG in

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  2. beliefs

  i have read some books that dealt with the history of the wts so i'm familiar with a lot of strange doctrines that they had in the past.

  however when reading the wikipedia article on controversy regards jws i found this section take a look at what it says:.

  "1924: as of 1926, there would be no more deaths.

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  Don't know what to belief anymore?

  by GBSJG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm in my twenties and am raised as a jw by my parents.

  i've been reading this board for over a year.

  have read several books: crisis of consience, apocalypse delayed, who wrote the bible, the bible unearthed.

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