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  Anti-Semitism & Wealth of Jewish Individuals

  by objectivetruth in

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  in a recent email conversation that i had with a jw friend, he brought up,the holocaust, as proof that jws were the true religion.

  he said something to the effect of... "hitler targeted, jws because they serve jehovah.. hitler wanted them to renounce their faith as witnesses, if the witnesses didn't have the truth why would satan have hitler target them so brutally".

  i responded "hitler put 6 million jews to death, and a few thousand witness's to death, what does this mean?".

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  "Jews are the wealthiest National Group on Average in America,"

  Source? Methodology?

  From my reading of the latest survey by Pew Research, Jews run a close second to the Hindus.

  Particularly if you're trying to attibute their wealth to their adherance to the Torah. Now you're talking conservative Jews and they definitely were behind the Hindus. Reform Jews, who don't take the Torah as seriously, substantially edged out the Hindus for people making more than $100,000/yr. But conservative Jews were neck and neck with Hindus on the $100,000/yr category. And the Hindus totally came out ahead on people making more than $75,000/yr.

  I'm curious where you got your numbers.

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  Disturbing Footnote in Tomorrow's Study Article...

  by HeyThere in

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  article is basicqlly about families where a spouse is working away from home for an extended period, etc...a foot note says basically that some studies have shown that working away from home can cause serious consequences, such as infidelity, homosexuality, or incest.

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  pull it up on jw.org...that is what it says.

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  ..A New TV Show About exJW`s??!!..

  by OUTLAW in

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  .. do you want to be on tv?.

  reposted to help tv producers of ex-jw series: my name is shauna woods and i work for hot snakes media, an acclaimed television production company based in new york city.

  we have developed and produced hit content for tlc, discovery, and travel channel among many others.

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  Great news for Watchtower if Rick Fearon makes it onto this show.

  He is the online equivalent of the sign-waving apostates at District Conventions.

  He's got every right to do what he does, but it's HIGHLY counter-productive.

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  c'mon USA !

  by Simon in

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  hoping you beat portugal and make it through to the last 16 !.

  go usa !!

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  NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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  c'mon USA !

  by Simon in

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  hoping you beat portugal and make it through to the last 16 !.

  go usa !!

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  TOUCHDOWN!!! USA!!!
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  "Hello from Phats"

  by phats in

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  2. friends

  hay out there.. wife got back from her thursday meeting & now she's setteled down with the dog, a v large g&t (maid be me) & watching terminator 2 on the telly with her ipad on her lap looking up places to go for our holiday (& googling symptoms of to many antibiotics as my 16 year old is getting signs of ibs).

  so now is a good time to say hello.. well hello.

  my name is phats & i'm an ex jehovah's witness.. there, i've said it.. this must be like it is going to your first aa meeting.. i've already used up some of my posts for a newbe but i'm not in to the whole long story thing.. basically i've been out now for 8 years (mentally out for all but four or five of those years of my life when i made the commitment, got baptized & married.).

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  Q: What would you call them if Phats was able to influence his ENTIRE FAMILY to wake up to TTATT?

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  A: Phat's Dominoes!

  (Groan, rimshot.) I'll be here all week.

  Oh, and, WELCOME TO JWN!

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  "Keep Seeking First God's Kingdom!” Regional Convention 2014 - releases and info

  by OwnAccord in

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  2. bible

  info from someone at the regional convention:.

  (sorry about the format).

  matthew 6:33 keep on seeking first the kingdom.

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  Thanks ownaccord!!!

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  The Venting Thread

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  this thread is for you to vent about anything (within guidelines) that you want.. i'll start.. i'm sick of people who complain about how cold the weather is and then you have two 85 degree days and now they can't wait till autumn!.

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  Welcome aboard phats!!!

  And to answer the OP, here goes:

  People who make the committment of getting a dog..... but think it's OK to let it poop all over the place.

  (Never go out the door without two poop bags in your pocket or a permanent poop bag dispenser on the leash.)

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  The Venting Thread

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this thread is for you to vent about anything (within guidelines) that you want.. i'll start.. i'm sick of people who complain about how cold the weather is and then you have two 85 degree days and now they can't wait till autumn!.

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  Red dots.
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  My Experience and how I finally let myself see the truth

  by OneEyedJoe in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  first off - for those lurkers who feel guilty just for being on this site and reading this (even if you don't read any further, as it is your right to choose that course) i want you to know that you're not alone in what you're going through or in what you are feeling.

  if you read on, i hope my experience may be of some small help to you.. this may be long, but i'll try to organize it in a way that doesn't make it painful to read.

  to start, i feel it is most beneficial if i'm upfront and honest with my goals from posting this, which are (in order of the degree to which they motivated me):.

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  Join a gym together and go to a group class.

  Lots of nice "worldly" people there who will eventually be destroyed.

  Try to make some good friendships there.

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