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  What's a word that describes the way Witnesses behave as a group?

  by paul from cleveland in

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  i can't recall the word that describes a group that keeps to itself like the witnesses do.

  i thought it was "insular" but i don't think that's the one i'm looking for after reading the definition.

  i remember an elder using the word "clannish" and that has the proper definition but it reminds me of a group of elves.

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  A 'peculiar people' from 1Peter 2:9.
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  Where are you from?

  by BeautifulMind in

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  i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

  but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

  i currently live in georgia, usa.

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  Great Southern Land

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mkidP2OUCk
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  ISIS Destruction of Ancient Palmyra Temple

  by freemindfade in

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  anyone who has read what happened here, both to the ancient site and also the grizzly murder of antiquity scholar khalid asaad, consider this.

  what religious/theocracy on earth now most resembles the stories of "god's chosen people" of the old testament?

  probably isis does.

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  Mmmm, could it be that after these ancient sites have met with destruction that ISIS have another target....the Vatican?
  
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  For All Australians Present: How are Australian JWs Reacting to the Royal Commission?

  by Littleleslie in

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  2. beliefs

  hi everyone:.

  i was just wondering how were the baptized jehovah's witnesses responding to the royal commission inquiry.. i know there must be a number of australians present here that could tell us this.. i was especially wanting to know how the jehovah's witnesses were taking the testimony of the governing body member geoffrey jackson?.

  thanks for your comments.. littleleslie .

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  Like others here, I have no contact with JWs anymore - have not spotted them out on the door knocking either in my street.

  I do see them sitting at their tables in town with magazines etc. Next time I'll ask them your question.
  
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  Is It Time to regroup?

  by John Aquila in

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  how much do you want to bet that the organization has already started preparing articles for the watchtower magazines, convention talks, circuit overseers talks and letters to bodies of elders, to refute what is happening in australia?

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  right now the most important thing for the wt to do is protect their image that they are gods visible organization.especially in the u.s. and latin american countries.

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  just fine - Here's a well worded page to aid the 'spreading this news'.

  https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-crime/2015/08/01/royal-commission-examines-jehovah-witnesses-cover/14383512002194
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  Speculation ( not theory ) on child abuse inquiries.

  by DATA-DOG in

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  most of you, like me, keep yourself informed as to what's happening in jw-land.

  like me, you make it your business to know what's going on.

  so i'm wondering why the wtbts is allowing eldubs to appear in these inquiries in australia??

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  DarioKelh 'its because lett, morris, losch, herd, jackson, sanderson and what's-his-name will NEVER sit in the hot seat themselves. They simply ignore summons and refuse to appear.'

  If so, Cardinal Pell will manage to look superior (even if he withholds evidence) as he is returning to Aust to front up again to the RC later on for further evidence. Something the gb could learn from as hiding away in their dormitories shows their complete and utter guilt more so than their Catholic church foe.
  

  
  http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/07/30/15/09/george-pell-to-appear-at-abuse-commission

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  The "great crowd" before 1935 and since

  by Doug Mason in

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  what was the seismic shift in thinking that rutherford required when he created the great multitude in 1935?

  when did the great multitude, or the great crowd as it is now known, become jehovahs witnesses?.

  http://www.jwstudies.com/the_great_crowd_before_1935_and_since.pdf.

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  Excellent reminders of significant history.

  Thank you.

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  My 10 year old son almost Outed me as when someone showed him a Watchtower! "The Generation that won't die"

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

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  i had a photo copy of the magazine "the generation that will never die!

  " sitting in my office, he saw it and being the voracious reader he is, he asked me "why did the magazine say all those people would never die?

  " i told him "humans make mistakes, they were wrong by claiming that.

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  PPPhil,

  Your boy is not only smart but sensitive to info that adults gloss over - like the red faced elder who would certainly remember 1980.

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  Serena Williams

  by New day in

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  i am a big tennis fan and today i watched serena williams win the australian open, one of the four tournaments which make up the pinnacle of achievement in the tennis world, the grand slam.

  in her victory speech the first thing she said was that she thanked her god jehovah for the victory.

  now i know that rumours have circulated for a long time as to whether she is a baptised witness or not, but she is definitely associated with witnesses .

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  Serena's ego is overly large. Such a bulk is unable to fit into becoming a 'humble jw'. :)
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  Islam - Where Does This End?

  by Sam Whiskey in

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  does this end with them actually attempting to take over the world as they profess to want to do?

  granted, they are "extremists", but can they really garner enough extremist converts to make a run at it?

  keep in mind, i have no fear of them.

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  Living close to Indonesia which has the largest Muslim population at 209,120,000 can be scary.

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