What would the chance be of some of the former JWs on this site of being guests on the Larry King show.....wonder if they would consider in light of the recent settlement, the knocking video etc??
insearchoftruth
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Last Night
by mouthy inon larry king live there was a few folks who were in the cult "children of god.
"it was very interesting.
sounded much like the wt except for the sex.
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How is the organization organized?
by insearchoftruth inam trying to figure out the structure of the organization, what do terms like co, do, elder, pioneer, aux pioneer etc mean?
which of these positions are open to men....to women....are some of the positions earned by levels of service or are they appointed.
what are the perks associated with the positions?.
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Am trying to figure out the structure of the organization, what do terms like CO, DO, Elder, Pioneer, Aux Pioneer etc mean?
Which of these positions are open to men....to women....are some of the positions earned by levels of service or are they appointed. What are the perks associated with the positions?
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How Many Are From The South (USA)?
by snowbird inthank you, professor.. you are most kind.. sylvia.
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From VA now, but born up north, no accent (that I know of) but in the tidewater area, there is little accent.
I feel that this area is very interesting with respect to racism, there are some groups that are EXTREMELY racist, which tend to get a lot of focus, but for the most part the area is pretty tolerant of other cultures and races.
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Turning in your time
by witnessgirl ini posted this in another thread, but thought that it was probably worth its own discussion.
apologies if you've seen this in the other thread.
here is a graphic that appeared in the june 1, 2005 watchtower.
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The reason this is so 'out there' to me is that the jws pride themselves on basing what they do on the bible, and there is no place I can see in the bible where time is to be counted....
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Statistical evidence against WTS fulfillment of Mat24:14. Simple argument.
by Awakened at Gilead injehovahs witnesses are proud to point out that they are fulfilling the prophecy at matthew 24:14. jws are quick to point out that part of the purpose of the preaching work is so that jehovah can take note of how people respond to the witnessing, and thus can decide if they are worthy of survival or not.
last year, jws spent 1.4 billion hours in their preaching work.
so if we take: 6.6 billion people.
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witnessgirl,
That is quite a disturbing graphic, I can not believe it, what would a jw say if one asks them why do they count there time, or I guess, better stated may be, "I understand that the jws base their actions on the bible, which is a very honorable way to act, would you please show me where in the bible it states to keep a log of time spent witnessing?"
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Another senseless loss of life
by insearchoftruth inwe have a gentleman who patrols the parking lot here at our job to assist with our safety, yesterday one of my collegues asked him how he was doing and he said he was not doing well, his mother was getting buried that day.
come to find out, his mother is a jw, battling leukemia and due to not being able to take blood, had her life cut short.
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Yes it is sad from all angles, he is a very friendly individual, quite soft spoken....my heart goes out to him and his family.
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Another senseless loss of life
by insearchoftruth inwe have a gentleman who patrols the parking lot here at our job to assist with our safety, yesterday one of my collegues asked him how he was doing and he said he was not doing well, his mother was getting buried that day.
come to find out, his mother is a jw, battling leukemia and due to not being able to take blood, had her life cut short.
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insearchoftruth
We have a gentleman who patrols the parking lot here at our job to assist with our safety, yesterday one of my collegues asked him how he was doing and he said he was not doing well, his mother was getting buried that day. Come to find out, his mother is a jw, battling leukemia and due to not being able to take blood, had her life cut short.
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Question on Headship
by insearchoftruth ini am not fully in tune with how the wts defines headship and applies it to the members.
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how does it apply to an unbelieving mate when the ubm is the husband and the female is the jw?.
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I guess I am amazed at the amount of authority the wts gives the UBM with respect to headship.....so a husband who is a ubm pretty much can direct his believing spouse to do anything, as long as not against the wt doctrine (which of course they would say is the bible).
Women who are born in may not know anything any better, but my wife makes comments about the oppression of the women in the mideast and how awful that is, not even seeing in many respects how similar it is to what the wts does to women.
Would it make a difference if my wife's point of reference was the congregations in California, are they a bit more liberal towards the issue of headship that in the southeastern states??
Thanks again for all of your great insight, I feel that the issue of headship is a non starter, there is no way a loving God would 'curse' half of the created......
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Question on Headship
by insearchoftruth ini am not fully in tune with how the wts defines headship and applies it to the members.
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how does it apply to an unbelieving mate when the ubm is the husband and the female is the jw?.
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Another question, are the wts publications then written to just gloss over the contributions that women have made throughout the Bible to point only to the areas where they are oppressed and subservient to men???
The more I learn, the more amazed I am that a woman with any ability to think or act for herself stays involved in this organization.....is the appeal built in 'friendship and love', maybe a sense of acceptance??
I feel that my wife reaches out to the org whenever she is out of class and she is bored and all of her friends are either working or have other things to do...the appeal to the jws to her I believe is that they somewhat kiss her tail with the darn lovebombing, outside of some of the dubish comments she makes, she always says they are so nice....gag!
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Awesome website, apostate tshirts, hats, ext!!!!!!! anti witness wear
by burningbridges incheck out this site, awesome gear!!!.
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http://www.zazzle.com/justice2828/products?pt=235&qs=watchtower&pg=1.
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insearchoftruth
May be a great place to get birthday gifts for those still 'in the truth'.