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  Compiling a List of Changes

  by ItsJustMe in

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  what changes in the society's teachings can we remember?

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  1975..blood transfusions...elder body arrangement.... .

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  edward gentry

  Organ transplants!! sprang to mind. Not allowed to have/Allowed to have.
  Pretty funny WT March 1.1971
  Says if you have a heart transplant youll take on the personality
  of the donor.
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  2/3 of all JW's are women and what it implies

  by Mindchild in

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  a few weeks back, kinsman posted a link about a recent survey of religion in america which showed that 68% of all jehovah's witnesses were female, which is the highest ratio of women to men in any religion in the usa.. i believe the reason for this unbalance in adherents in favor of women comes down to two fundamental reasons.

  the first is shunning and the second is the appeal of the "family type atmosphere" that the witnesses pretend to offer.. we all know the power of shunning keeps a lot of people trapped inside the collective, and just due to the fact that women are enculturated more with having emotional bonds with others, makes it a bit tougher to leave family and friends behind.

  this doesn't mean that men don't suffer emotionally, but the general trend is more for men to suppress their feelings and damn the emotional torpedoes and go full speed ahead out of the bad dream.. this suggests to me, that if there is a major modification of the shunning policy, the largest exodus will be in the female ranks.

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  Gambler. Welcome
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  Christendom will NEVER hit the mark!

  by Yadirf in

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  here's a representation of how many times that christendom has hit the bullseye with regards to knowing what the bible teaches.

  she teaches that man has an immortal soul; that heaven is the only destiny of the "saved" (no paradise earth then); that jesus and his father are co-eternal/equal (that jesus had no beginning); they say that what jacob and his mother did was bad; political envolvement (part of the world); loves pagan holidays; thinks that god produced the star of bethlehem;thinks that the commission to preach only applies to the clergy and not to the laity; etc., etc., etc.. .

  christendom considers herself to be christ's representatives.

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  edward gentry

  What??....
  Deja vu.
  Is this image flavor of the day or somethin?
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  2/3 of all JW's are women and what it implies

  by Mindchild in

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  a few weeks back, kinsman posted a link about a recent survey of religion in america which showed that 68% of all jehovah's witnesses were female, which is the highest ratio of women to men in any religion in the usa.. i believe the reason for this unbalance in adherents in favor of women comes down to two fundamental reasons.

  the first is shunning and the second is the appeal of the "family type atmosphere" that the witnesses pretend to offer.. we all know the power of shunning keeps a lot of people trapped inside the collective, and just due to the fact that women are enculturated more with having emotional bonds with others, makes it a bit tougher to leave family and friends behind.

  this doesn't mean that men don't suffer emotionally, but the general trend is more for men to suppress their feelings and damn the emotional torpedoes and go full speed ahead out of the bad dream.. this suggests to me, that if there is a major modification of the shunning policy, the largest exodus will be in the female ranks.

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  edward gentry

  What it REALLY means is there are a whole load of women in there going without regular carnal satisfaction.
  Thats it...Im goin back..
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  What's everyone doing for Christmas?

  by Missie Eff in

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  i'm in a quandry.. came out of the organisation a few years ago, have spend a couple of chilled out christmasses in front of the fire.

  no presents, decorations etc, no problem!

  but... my little boy is getting older and my ex-husband (my son's father and also an ex-jw) is concerned that he will miss out, just like we did as kids.. but, i am reluctant to do the whole christmas thing.

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  edward gentry

  Eff.
  My mother rings me up every Christmas,and on birthdays reminding me,but I feel a compulsion to punish her for the previous 20 years.
  I never send her cards, and think"You sowed, now reap'. punishing her
  for the Jdubs thing. Pathetic isnt it.
  My kid loves Christmas, so I celebrate at home for his sake,dont want his experience of normal things tainted.
  I would recommend you throw yourself into Christmas for your childrens sake,those things in your head about commercialism (in my head too)are rationalizations justifying your former witness beliefs.
  Throw them out the window.
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  I Dream of the Apostate Rocks Cafe

  by Mindchild in

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  i had the weirdest dream last night.... it started with me taking a taxi ride in some city i had never been in before and i kept seeing these billboards which were all black and white and saying: dont go there!

  i asked the taxi driver what that was all about and he told me that this was the watchtower society telling everyone not to go to the apostate rocks cafe.. anyway, i told him to immediately take me there and i just cant believe all the people surrounding this place.

  there are like thousands and thousands of people wanting to get inside.

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  edward gentry

  damn! thats a good one.
  bet it took you hours to dream that one up didnt it?
  Well done. Course, Im insulted that I wasnt in the "desires of the flesh" section.
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  Nails through Jesus wrists or palms?

  by WTLies in

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  has anyone noticed, in the recent drawings (1990) of jesus on the stake by the watchtower that the nails are through his wrists instead of through his hands?

  i did read something on that but i cant find where i read it, they said that his hands could not support the weight of his body so they now show the nails in his wrists.

  if you know where this explanation can be found please let me know.

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  edward gentry

  ouch!
  damn, that would hurt.
  Guess the witnesses have the truth on everything,against all "popular wisdom"the only ones who know he was killed on a stake, now he was nailed thru the wrist.Glad God is clarifying these things up for our edification.
  Dont you think the "passion" is overrated?
  How much sacrifice can be involved on a personal level if you know you are a)going to recieve a kingship for dying b)absolutely, positively know youre god?
  Under such circumstances I would be willing to die for the whole world.
  Not such a thing worthy of WORSHIP.
  personally think mr spocks sacrifice in "Khan"was greater.
  What thinkest YOU ?

  live long, prosper.
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  jw's just at my door

  by beepers in

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  i still am newly inactive (5 months).

  i just moved to a new area, feeling pretty good about things.

  finding out about myself and what i want from life for me and my daughter.. today my door bell rang.

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  edward gentry

  Hmmmm.
  Not bad beep.By the way, HI

  Every time they come to MY door I start shaking and get paralized and cant say anything controversial to them.
  Im much better at what you did with Mormons.
  We call it "bomb planting",plant a load of mind bombs and wait for them to go off.Maybe years.
  Just offer them, for now, your LOVE.
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  Another bicurious female.

  by hungry4life in

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  after i started the womens body types thread i was amazed at the variety of responses.

  and especially so to find out that many of my favorite posters are bisexual or bicurious.

  reading the posts was quite upsetting to my boy friend (tssk nice guy but a bit closed minded).

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  edward gentry

  Hey Nabe!
  It must be 3am there boy!
  The old saying must be true:"Satan never sleeps"
  Lol
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  More on What Satanic Rituals

  by Jang in

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  at: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=15429&site=3.

  silent lambs wrote.

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  edward gentry

  NEVER.
  I will believe anything of the org but this.Im a rank apostate and I loathe them,but this.
  NEVERNEVERNEVER.
  The people making accusations of satanic ritual in thr dubs are MENTALLY DERANGED.
  (in my opinion)