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  UNITED NATIONS , NGO's and WTBS

  by MacHislopp in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  following the link given by kent,.

  i have several observation to make:.

  (from the link : http://www.un.org/moreinfo/ngolink/brochure.htm).

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  7th Day Adventists / Child Sexual Abuse

  by Amazing in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the seventh day adventists are cousins of the watch tower religion.

  i went to their web site at http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/main_stat41.html to see what they say about various topics.

  the adventists, like jehovah's witnesses, believe in a new earth, a paradise, etc.

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  Prophecy Blunders

  by Brutus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  " (watchtower p. 56, 1894) .

  " (watchtower, p. 150, may 15, 1922) .

  " (watchtower, jan. 1, 1924, p5) .

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  Helping a Family Cope with JW Mind Control.

  by Winston in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  dear freinds,.

  i have been asked by a concerned husband to speak to both his family and his wife family about jws.. his wife has been studying with the jws for some months and he is very concerned.

  he read alot on the internet and knows they use mind control, and make false claims to be god's channel, but he cannot convince her of this.

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  God on Trial - #1

  by Amazing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  premise: many who have read the bible over the centuries have accepted it as authoritatively from god, and have glossed over some glaring inconsistencies, contradictions, and shear nonsense.

  some cultish groups have attempted to mimick the myths and twisted beliefs they have derived from the bible.

  jehovah's witnesses are no exception to this.. this raises the questions: if the bible (as we know it) is from god, having his stamp of authorship and approval, then can we ever at some point raise serious questions about it?

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  1975 Reaction

  by MadApostate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this past weekend, one of the few remaining jw relatives who will still discuss jw stuff with me told me about his recently attending a home bible study being conducted by an elder.

  evidently, the study had been told or had picked up some info about the 1975 fiasco.

  the elder totally denied that the society had stated or even led people to believe that armageddon would occur in 1975, and he naturally blamed some individual jws for misinterpreting the society's materials.

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  un-upbuilding info uprooted from Great Crowd?

  by detective in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm quite sure i saw a post about the nh abuse case on great crowd the other day under their news thread.

  in fact, the poster said he wondered how many opposers would jump all over the story when they got ahold of it (i guess the poster wasn't aware that many "opposers" already knew about the story).

  strangely enough, that story is now missing from that thread!

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  the internet, does it really matter??

  by astra in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi, i have been following some of the discussions about the internet and jw.

  some people think that it seems to make a big difference, that it will seriously reduce wts ranks because people get access to all sorts of information and because they can get in contact with people who maybe have the same doubts and thoughts as themselves.. but how big a difference do you think that the net is making?

  how many people do you think have withdrawns from jw because of infomation or contact achieved over the net?.

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  Organized religion, no religion, agnostic

  by cnn77 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am new here trying to figure my way around...... i would appreciate it if you could say which of these fits you..... 1. still a jw.

  2. if you dont agree with the jw doctrines any longer do you belong to another religious organization now?

  3. are still religious and have no religious affiliation.

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  Blood, The Watchtower and Deceit

  by Maximus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  while much attention is given to doctrine in sites such as this, very little is noted about the watchtower societys intellectual dishonesty in its publications, especially when it comes to quotations.. oftentimes the societys writers will cite a scholar or author of some repute: "professor blank observes that blah, blah, blah.

  " the reader assumes from the quotation that professor blank is in agreement with the organizations position, of course, and that the quotation chosen accurately depicts the authors thoughts.. heres the catch: the words between the quotation marks may be accurate, but the snippet may not at all faithfully represent someones actual thesis or position.

  much like a newspaper ad for a movie that quotes a reviewer as saying "monumental!

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