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  Let's see....2 + 2 equals...um, 4?

  by Dia in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jws obstain from talking about sex - they seem to be almost afraid of it.

  (according to bergman) the sex crime that jws have the most frequent trouble with (at least prior to recent revelations) is exhibitionism.

  jw elders snoop into people's sex lives in thoroughly intrusive and inappropriate ways that most exjws would consider to be perverse and twisted .

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  Keeping Witnesses Away

  by Dia in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jewish people have mezuzas (sp?

  ) and others in history have used gargoyles to keep away evil spirits.... .

  looks like we could mount a smurf on our doorposts to keep jehovah's witnesses away.

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  A QUESTION FOR JW'S

  by Dia in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  apparently, 'causing divisions' is a disfellowshipping offense for jehovah's witnesses.. now, i have a question for you: .

  when someone in the congregation is 'causing divisions' by pointing out the injurious criminal behavior of someone else in the congregation, who is responsible for 'causing divisions'?.

  who is 'causing divisions'?.

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  VIDEO - READ CAREFULLY

  by Dia in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  here is a written 'view' of the video - if you listen carefully, you will hear all the holes in it.. fyi - rodney starks few comments are in caps.

  my comments are in [brackets].

  (wts) 'dfing is a procedure which is laid down in the bible, whereby a person who sins very seriously against god and against the congregation and who refuses to repent, refuses to change, abandon the wrong way is informed that they're no longer a part of the christian congregation'.. (stark) "i don't know the last methodist who was disfellowshipped.

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  'Harboring a criminal'

  by Dia in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  do they not meet the definition?

  it is a crime in itself.

  what is the punishment?.

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  BILL BOWEN - MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU!

  by Dia in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  like job, who lost all those whom he thought were his closest friends....may the lord fill your cup to overflowing with loyal and righteous friendships.. may the lord comfort you.

  you must be even more shocked than all of us.. come to the banquet of the lord.

  we are happy to have you!

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  BILL BOWEN - WE STAND BY YOU!

  by Dia in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we stand with you!

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  What does it take to be chosen?

  by Dia in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've always wondered, what does it take to be 'selected' to be an elder?

  obviously, some of you were elders.

  what were they looking for when they made decisions to fill this position?

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  "WHAT IF...."

  by Dia in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

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  what if.... * ...you wanted to create a system that would 'oversee' certain criminal types to allow them to do the societally beneficial things they're capable of (holding down a job, contributing to the gdp and perhaps providing food and/or shelter for offspring and/or spouses) while keeping them off the tax roles, either as welfare recipients or expensive 'residents' of the criminal justice system.

  * ...you also wanted, without the expense of locking them up, to somehow keep them 'to themselves', away from society in general, so they couldn't do harm to the 'average guy'.. would you do much different than what the wts has been doing for the last many years?.

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  Anybody from the Chicago/suburbs area?

  by Dia in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anybody from the chicago area and/or surrounding suburbs?

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