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  Specific banned shows, songs, etc...?

  by AllAlongTheWatchtower in

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  i know the society tells people not to listen to rock n roll cause its from teh satan, not to watch r rated movies because they're "worldly", etc.

  but i was wondering if folks had any specific instances where one song, one show, one movie, or whatever was singled out as being particularly 'evil', and banned on an individual basis?

  i was never a jw, but was in the worldwide church of god...the two are rather similar, i've seen many (and made quite a few myself) comparisons on the board; and i can remember as a child that every once in a while certain things would get brought up as being more evil and worldly than others.. examples of specific bans:.

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  I know of Bethelites that would go to tape duplication, grab blank Kingdom Melodies cassette shells, open them up, and transfer their "heavy metal" cassette tape into them. Then they could listen to their favorite music while running the press. Yep, they got caught....guess the head banging motion doesn't quite match the kingdom melodies...

  I suppose with singers you should store their albums in a hidden place in case they are reinstated.

  ROFLMHO

  Teletubbies are being accused of promoting homosexuality. I bet they'll soon be on the WTS witch-hunt list

  http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21812733-5006007,00.html
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  Some posters spend a sh*tload of time on here every day!

  by yaddayadda in

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  top 10 posters in the last 7 days: .

  nvrgnbk 395 posts .

  blondie 204 .

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  We can never have too many Blondie posts.
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  Comments You Will Not Year At the 6-3-07 WT Study (BUILD UP CONG?)

  by blondie in

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  2. bible

  comments you will not hear at the 06-03-07 wt study (april 15, 2007, pages 25-29)(congregation built up?).

  review comments will be in red.

  wt material from today's wt will be in black.

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  thank you blondie. a lot or articles lately on staying in the organisation...

  ...The Society is seeing a haemorrhage of members...Will this stem the flow?????

  It depends on the mental weakness/strength of the readers. With the younger generations they stand no chance.
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  What do you do to fill the void?

  by R.F. in

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  2. experiences

  i know many of you are dfed, daed, and faded.

  what do you do to fill the void of the time left that was devoted to the religion?

  i just like to know what activities you all are into.

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  sorry about your brother R.F.
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  This Post Will Offend Current JWs: Annie Lennox should be avoided

  by mtsgrad in

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  the language is leaving me.

  the language is leaving me.

  the language is leaving me in silence.

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  jeanV

  a few listed here:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/130747/1.ashx
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  Letter to the Governing Body and Their Reply re: 607!! This is a MUST READ!

  by Lady Liberty in

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  2. bible

  for all of you new ones or lurkers who have not yet seen this corespondence with the society, you definately should take the time to see just how willing they are to avoid the questions at hand regarding 607 but quick to say you are spiritually sick..now that is sick!

  anyhow, here is the link.

  scroll to the bottom of the page and see all the different letters back and forth.. http://www.jwfiles.com/607v587/index.htm.

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  those letters were eye openers.

  You can find some more (on different topics) on this website: http://www.dimaggio.org/Heretic/Jehovah's%20Witnesses.htm

  the first letter is here. I could not believe my eyes when I read the reply from Brooklyn: http://www.dimaggio.org/Heretic/1st_corr.htm

  If you have other links with letters from the WTS, it would be good to post them here.
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  607 to 1914 calculation question

  by bluebell in

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  is there any culture that actually used years of 360 days length?

  if so, surely there would still be some kind of leap year to correct the calendar, why is that not taken into account?

  i'd never thought about it when i was a dub because you're not supposed to think!

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  It is my understanding that Russell was aware of that fact, and while he was prepared to move his expectations from 1914 to 1915, he adamantly held to his 606 BCE date for Jerusalem's destruction.

  It would be great to have some material on this point.

  I also recommend Finegan handbook of biblical chronology. It is available at amazon.com
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  Ray Franz is going back to meetings? WTF!!!

  by Crumpet in

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  okay i am getting messages from gay exjw site message board that ray franz is back at meetings.

  i cannot imagine this has a fragment of truth... has anyone heard about this?

  can verify or otherwise?

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  I remember a similar thread a while ago. It turned out to be that they meant Greg Stafford.
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  Any more info on Nicholas Kip? (Witness apologist)

  by slimboyfat in

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  remember he was the witness who wrote a life story for the awake!

  magazine where it explains that he taught greek and he was impressed by the new world translation and that is why he became a witness.

  ("how knowing greek led me to know god") well, like lots of apostates i have always found his story interesting because of course there are many problems with the translation of the greek that you might expect someone knowledgeable in the language to spot.

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  very interesting topic, thank you slim. too bad he did not reply to you. It could be that your e-mail ended up in the bin as you are not in his address book (quite a few people use this feature as anti-spam).

  welcome scottie!
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  1934? 1914? What was the date and I need some info here for proof

  by NotaNess in

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  sorry everyone, i haven't read up on some posts here and outside sources that debunks the wts claim of christ's heavenly kingdom being setup already.

  i'm compiling some info for the "witness-release" program.

  i know i just saw a thread recently about it, and have heard others here mention it.

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  jeanV

  some on this board have very extensive knowledge on the subject (you can read some old threads that run for several pages...).

  IMO the best is that you read Gentile Times Reconsidered by Carl Olof Jonsson. It is a very well researched work.