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  Sisters told they strictly can't wear slacks to Meetings to keep them submissive! Why?

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. beliefs

  yes slacks and pants on women are evil.....the first step to wanting to be elders or even worse lesbians!

  so the watchtower in it's wisdom put a strict bad on women wearing pants at meetings, even in siberia or alaska where it is freezing cold....i qoute the governing body who said: "we need to show these sisters who wears the pants in our congregations...literally.".

  in the 70's when it was all the rage, my mum tried wearing slacks to the hall....."go and get changed" said the sister who studied with her.

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  Yes, it is an expression of submissiveness but its also a point that the WTS wants it adherents to dress up for the public,

  this is suppose to make the organization stand out differently than ordinary Christendom and its followers.

  Dress has always been a very important faction to the WTS., the outward image that they are trying to establish can probably go back

  as for as Russell's door to door colportuers. In some ways its not any different to what a business wants to see of its employees,

  when appearances are kept at a high level when dealing with the public.

  This sort of dress code is simular with other religions as well,

  such as Mormon, Mennonite, Hamish and the list goes on.

  This not just exclusive to JWS.
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  Are JWs attracting more and more off-center people?

  by undercover in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this thread is prompted by the thread about a jw woman who disprupted a funeral.

  i don't know the details as i can't view youtube from work, but it did get me to thinking.... over the last couple of decades, at least, i've noticed that more and more 'fringe personalities', for a lack of a better term, have infiltrated the ranks of the everyday jws.

  true, jws are themselves a fringe element to normal society, but even within their own communities, there used to be a sense of normalcy, or at least seemed to be.. has the cultic message of the wt society started attracting people with different thought processes over this time period?

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  THE WITCHTOWER 02/2010: Which means of transportation are suitable for Christians?

  by processor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from the first day that i published the january issue i thought of the february one, and i myself have thought what to write.

  but the relocation stress was standing in opposition to me for twenty-one days, and, look!

  michael, one of my coworkers, came to help me; and other colleagues came too.

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  Which means of transportation are suitable for Christians?
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  Is the Bible Open to Just Any Interpretation?

  by Mythbuster in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  *** w88 12/15 p. 5 is the bible open to just any interpretation?

  what would a housewife think of a recipe book that was open to just any interpretation?

  or of what benefit would it be to spend money for a dictionary that allowed its reader to interpret the meaning of words just any way he chose?is that the kind of guidebook we would expect god to give his creatures?

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  Each individual religion has their own established set of protectionism relating to their interpretation of the bible,

  many times cultivated with intensional self empowerment. ( WTS. )
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  JWs growing in numbers despite opposition and criticism from apostates and other religious commentators. Why?

  by african GB Member in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i believe there are now over 7 million jws worldwide(correct me if i am wrong).

  what makes this growth possible despite all the exposure on the internet and other media?.

  not forgetting court cases and lawsuits.. is this not a sign that perhaps this is the true religion?.

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  If there really are growing numbers of this stupid BS cult it has to do with the increase in the general population

  and nothing else. More people, more gullible pretentious idiots.
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  JWs growing in numbers despite opposition and criticism from apostates and other religious commentators. Why?

  by african GB Member in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i believe there are now over 7 million jws worldwide(correct me if i am wrong).

  what makes this growth possible despite all the exposure on the internet and other media?.

  not forgetting court cases and lawsuits.. is this not a sign that perhaps this is the true religion?.

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  What makes this growth possible despite all the exposure on the internet and other media?

  not forgetting court cases and lawsuits.

  You really must be kidding !

  The fact is this religion has been marketing itself to the public by door to door sales people, radio station broadcasts.

  loud speakers on top of vehicles, hundreds of millions of pieces of literature, spanning a century all around the world.

  AND THERE TO DATE IS ONLY 7 MILLION INVOLED IN VARIED DEGREES.

  What message do you honestly perceive out of that ?

  If you cant figure this out, then I suggest you go to your kingdom hall and stay there for

  you really have nothing to offer humanity.
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  Canada Finall Wins Gold!

  by shamus100 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  and why do we all get excited over it?

  we're a smaller country, and we've been skunked every time getting a gold when the olympics have been here.

  wahoo!

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  It hurts my knees just watching these guys.

  I'm glad they had some good weather today.

  I think they should have held off on the womans event, because there is suppose to be good weather

  up there next week.

  A mistake that Olympic committee will probably look back on.
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  Canada Finall Wins Gold!

  by shamus100 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  and why do we all get excited over it?

  we're a smaller country, and we've been skunked every time getting a gold when the olympics have been here.

  wahoo!

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  Nice ,

  And this was on the mountain that was going to be screwed up for having poor snow and weather .

  Sweet
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  What do you call a Jehovah's Witness that sells vaccum cleaners?

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. humour

  a jehoover witness!

  he he he .....god that joke sucks, i can't come up with anything better though..

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  Righteously sucked in !
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  To what degree due you think "Internet killed the "Jehovah's Witness" radio star."

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i remember getting my first crapy computer for $200 bucks and clicking on the internet for the first time....i said to myself: "i may just look up my jehovah's witness brothers on here.....free minds watching the watchtower hmmm .

  so the nails in my faith coffin began to be hammered in rip.

  so how big an influence was the net in your leaving?.

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  The inter-net is definitely doing some damage, particular in those countries where there is broad use of the Net.

  Must remember that there many countries that still don't have the net and a high amount of computer usage.

  There is a on going softening approach that the WTS. has implemented of recent, this may be that they are trying

  make it easier on the flock so that they remain intact.

  The Net does a pretty good job of exposing the organization's hypocrisy and corruption.