Okay then, judge me:
* I attend almost all the meetings, assemblies, and conventions.
* I never "comment" at the meetings, but I occasionally help my kids "find an answer."
* I do quite a bit of "personal study."
* I do not conduct a "family study."
* I have been "inactive" for about a year.
* I am technically still enrolled in the "school," but I have missed the last five of my assignments and am planning to withdraw.
Does this make me a semi-apologist, or are you willing to make an allowance for strategic meeting attendance?
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I am a "semi-apologist"!
by slimboyfat inwell, according to our pontiff in residence alan f anyway.
what is this some kind of promotion?
after all, i used to used to be an unreformed apologist troll.
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Question for AlanF
by littlerockguy inalanf:.
is your avitar a pic of yourself?
if it isn't, who is it if you don't mind me asking.
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under_believer
You look a bit like Will Ferrell.
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Are "Apostates" jumping the gun with their info on the WT to make a case?
by booker-t ini take some of the things apostates say with a "grain of salt" because many times i think they embellish the truth to make the wt look bad to make their case.
for example i have for years heard that the wt uses "satanic" images in their artwork but i have yet to see any proof of these accusations.
i have heard that jw's no longer practice "disfellowshipping" but my teenage niece was recently "disfellowshipped".
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under_believer
sbf, that has to be Guy Pierce. He used to be my C.O. What are the allegations? I didn't see that in Barbara's account...
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Watchtower researchers: Want to see something really cool?
by under_believer indanny probably already knows about this... check it out, google just launched a new service called google news archive search.
hint: try typing in "jehovah's witnesses" in quotes just like that and then clicking the "show timeline" button.
i'm sure you can think of many other watchtower-related terms to look for.
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under_believer
It surprises me how much more media coverage religion used to get. It would be surprising to see an article covering someone's sermon today. It also fascinates me that people were publicly preaching against the Society back then... wish we had more of that kind of activism now.
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Has the rules changed?
by pratt1 ina relative of my wife, just got engaged to a "worldly guy".. the young lady is a baptized publisher, and i am shocked to hear that no one has made a negative comment about her future husband not being an dub.. even her mother who is a pioneer has not made an issue of the engagement.. has things changed?.
are the elders easing up a little on the rank and file?.
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under_believer
In my hall a lady was publicly "marked" for this very thing.
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Watchtower researchers: Want to see something really cool?
by under_believer indanny probably already knows about this... check it out, google just launched a new service called google news archive search.
hint: try typing in "jehovah's witnesses" in quotes just like that and then clicking the "show timeline" button.
i'm sure you can think of many other watchtower-related terms to look for.
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The one issue with that search is that it primarily points to archives that are subscription-based--i.e. you can search on full text, and see a prospectus (or an imperfect text recognition scan) but if you really want to see the original you have to pay. Nevertheless for the serious WT researcher, a few bucks here and there is no big issue--and the ability to even find that stuff at all, from one unified search interface, is a huge deal.
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Watchtower researchers: Want to see something really cool?
by under_believer indanny probably already knows about this... check it out, google just launched a new service called google news archive search.
hint: try typing in "jehovah's witnesses" in quotes just like that and then clicking the "show timeline" button.
i'm sure you can think of many other watchtower-related terms to look for.
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Danny probably already knows about this... check it out, Google just launched a new service called Google News Archive Search. Hint: Try typing in "Jehovah's Witnesses" in quotes just like that and then clicking the "Show Timeline" button. I'm sure you can think of many other Watchtower-related terms to look for. This thing has news stories (for free or for purchase) going back TWO HUNDRED YEARS. Highly recommended.
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My story, i'm 23 and [edited]
by Greenleigh inhey all, .
i was raised as a jw, did what my parents who have been in it since there teens.
got baptized at 15, pretty much my whole only child witness life was spent alone, i never had any close jw friends, because everyone in our congregation were so cliquey.anyways i stopped really attending meetings at age 19, when my best friend got df, i had already gotten privately reproved and i was upset and how they handled things with me, so i just told my mom i wasn't going to be a hyprocrit, and go to meetings and pretend to be happy, and agree with them... anyways long story short, i'm 23 now, and of course i got very depressed in 03, for about 6months, and just went through the mill, to be freaking around witnesses who i knew were fake drove me crazy, when u only ask how i am doing after not attending for months at a time, u are not my friend!.
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under_believer
For future reference (so I don't commit any forumcrimes myself) can someone in general terms explain what transgression the OP committed?
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Are you still alive??? Please report!!!
by zagor inbecause according to this guy today a third of us would no longer be around today!.
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http://www.yisraylhawkins.com/.
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You already know my vote. Re Leon's three failures: The Witnesses have had more than three, but the problem is that they've been so drawn out.
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No offense taken; the objection had more to do with forum etiquette than anything else. I am often wrong; perhaps I was in this case too. Odrade--thank you for those comments. Have you brought that apparent paradox to your mother's attention? Would it do any good?