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Brothers committed suicide over 1914
by stev in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
this excerpt gives the information that brothers committed suicide over the disappointment of 1914. i have never heard this before.

http://towerwatch.com/articles/caputo_appeal_committee_meeting.htm

i met a woman in florida, she was ninety-three years old...a sister.
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Update: New Governing Body Pics - Have fun!
by Neo in
1. jw
2. friends
the twelve men who exert control over the lives of 6,000,000 people and who could put a stop to all the harm caused to families if they wanted to:

as i said in another thread, most of them started partaking the emblems after 1935. that's a clear sign that there's a corrosion of the "remnant" doctrine, because now most of the governing body are considered "replacements" of 'anointed ones who have fallen away'.

i finally found out the new gb members' ages.
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Al Capone vs. Judge Rutherford
by Farkel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith alone...for as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also" - james 2: 24, 26

al capone vs. judge rutherford

al capone gained his power by exploiting the weaknesses of people.. judge rutherford gained his power by exploiting the weaknesses of people.
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CALL TO ACTION: Write the United Nations!
by seattleniceguy in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
most of us are familiar with the watchtower bible and tract society's association with the un as an ngo.

this fact has been confirmed via correspondence with the un numerous times, notably in a letter received recently by one of our own members.

for details and photocopies, see here:.
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Disfellowshipping - How long to return?
by CaptK in
1. jw
2. friends
does anybody know how long it takes for one to get re-instated if you are not that well liked by the body of elders?

i was disfellowshiped for immorality almost 2 years ago.

with my job and attending college to keep in step with my field of work, i have only been attending the sunday talk & wt meeting every week.
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Will there ever be another Ray Franz?
by nicolaou in
1. jw
2. friends
will any other governing body member - present or future - ever have as much impact as he did.

will anyone else have enough strength of character, personal integrity and balls to step down and speak out?.

nic'
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Russia - Still King of the North
by proplog2 in
1. jw
2. friends
when the berlin wall came down, even before the offical dissolution of the soviet union, the watchtower was quick to back away from the idea that russia was the king of the north.

nothing really changed.

true, there is an appearance of friendship and cooperation between russia and the us but russia is the one country that can totally destroy the usa.
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STOP Talking to Your Family OR ELSE!
by UnDisfellowshipped in
1. jw
2. friends
" (the watchtower july 1st 1963 issue, page 411).

" (the watchtower july 1st 1963 issue, page 413).

" (the watchtower july 15th 1963 issue, page 446).
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ARE YOU UPSET THAT YOU DIDN"T GO TO COLLEGE?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i have read of some people's bitterness because they were denied the opportunity to go to college.

during the 60's and 70's the society really discouraged any education other than what was necessary.

since the end was so near, especially around 1975, anybody that decided to go to "higher education" was considered very weak and unbalanced.
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I'm a Neutral Jehovah's Witness
by Martini in
1. jw
2. friends
dear brothers and sisters,.

i martini, will confide in you that i have become a neutral jehovah's witness.

i wonder if i'm not coining a new phrase here!.