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  What is your favorite Bible?

  by inquirer in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have a couple: new american bible, new jerusalem bible, new world translation and the world english bible.

  i know i am going to cop it because i like the new world translation -- i have done a lot of research on it, and don't come to the same conclusion as nearly everyone else and think it's automatically bad just because it's done by the jw's.

  doesn't mean i am pro-catholic because i like their bibles too...

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  What Bible Characters Fascinated You?

  by MissBehave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i grew up like alot of you on my book of bible stories with all the beautiful illustrations .

  thinking back the characters that i was most fascinated with were those like jezebel, delilah, queen vashti etc.

  being a young teenage girl, to me they seemed way more interesting.

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  Current GB—None of the 1975 GB left

  by AuldSoul in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it just dawned on me that not one single person from the governing body of 1975 is on the governing body today.. here are a few other facts about the current gb:.

  geoffrey jackson was 20 years old in 1975, he was not at risk of being drafted for viet nam because he was too young at the time.. sam herd and guy pierce were 21 the year sputnik was launched.. gerrit losch was 20 at the dawn of flower power and the free love era in the united states.

  of course, his circumstances were very different in the country in which he was located.. david splane, stephen lett, and anthony morris were all of an age to be at risk for the viet nam draft.. a brief rundown of historical context for 7 of the 10 current gb members.

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  WAS JESUS CRUCIFIED ON APRIL 3 AD 33?

  by badboy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was the day a lunar eclipse happened,the gospel does say the moon went blood red.

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  WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE NOW?

  by bubble in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've been disfellowshipped for 4 years now (for loose conduct - lol) .

  what i want to know is, what am i supposed to believe now?

  i was brought up a jw but i know that so many of their teachings and doctrines are completely false.

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  Watchtower comments that were extremely lame!!!!!

  by free2beme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i always remember a point to the watchtower study, was that your comments should be about something that meant something to you or something you learned from the experience.

  well, did anyone have a brother or sister in the congregation who did this .... "i would like to define the meaning to the most simplest word in this paragraph, to see if i can seem smart for knowing how to use a dictionary?".

  ... when i say simple word, i mean people defining "honor" or maybe something like "knowledge" or any other word a person with an education beyond the forth grade would know without the look-up.

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  A New Voice

  by apfergus in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i haven't been involved with the jws in nearly five years now.

  i was raised as a witness from the time i was seven until i was 17 and a junior in high school.

  i don't have any particularly sad stories to tell, really, except that the process of leaving the organization--even though i was never baptised--was the hardest thing i've ever gone through.

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  Are you a fan of Ayn Rand works and/or Philosophy?

  by Eyebrow2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have done a lot of reading of rand's fiction, and have been reading a lot about her philosophy over the past several months.

  i attend a local study group on her philosophy, and my family and i often attend get togethers that a local objectivist group puts on once or twice a month.. i am interested in talking with other ex witnesses that enjoy her work, and may be interested in discussing her philosophy.

  i won't call myself an objectivist just yet, because i still am studying the philosophy.

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  What Do You Think There Is More Proof Of?

  by Legolas in

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  2. friends

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  god or no god?

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  Semi-Fluff - What is your favourite Science Fiction Book?

  by Clam in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  for those of you who like science fiction - what is your favourite science fiction book, or indeed film?

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