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  Goodbye to JWD ... hello to JWN !

  by Simon in

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  as i announced some time ago, jwd as it is will not continue .... ... but .... it's clear from people's comments that they do like the site and many would like it or something else like it to continue.. one issue was the forum software that was self-developed and not really in a good state to hand-over to anyone but i've been working on that and can now reveal the first release of what will probably be called jwn (son of jwd):.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/.

  it is still work-in-progress so not all features are enabled yet but it will allow you to browse the site in a similar way to this one and it is pointing at the same database (although because of the way the caching works, new posts made on this site won't appear immediately).

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  aligot ripounsous

  (next GB meeting) let's face the facts, brothers,this apostate Simon still budges.
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  UFO's are the greatest hoax of all time! They exist only in our mind!

  by Witness 007 in

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  general mccarthur 1955 ; "the next great war will be an inter-planetary war...".

  ufo sightings "took off" after world war 2...why?

  well what were people watching at the movies?

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  The biggest problem with UFOs is that they always show up in places where they're only seen by one or two people

  That's certainly not the case with crop circles, which appear overnight between may and august in cereal fields, mainly in the south of England and which, for most of them, simply can't be man made. Thousands of people can watch them, each year. Just have a look at Lucy Pringle's website. Reminds me the prophecy "There will be great signs".
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  Peculiar NWT rendering: System of Things

  by Athanasius in

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  2. bible

  this morning at church i read the new testament lesson, which was ephesians 1:15-23, from the new revised standard version bible.

  verse 20-21 says:.

  "god put this power to work in christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, (21) far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come.".

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  I suppose Piety has a christendom ring from which the WTS has wanted to be differenciated, so they contrived Godly devotion, or is it that they are afraid JWs are too ignorant to understand what Piety means ?
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  What is the Firmament?

  by VM44 in

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  2. bible

  in genesis the firmament is first mentioned.. god said, "let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

  and god made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

  and god called the firmament heaven.

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  aligot ripounsous

  Leolaia,

  before this site gets closed, thanks for your comprehensive contributions, you exemplify the type of poster whom, like certainly many other JWD users, I appreciate most on here, as you manage to be at the same time informative and accessible.
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  Any one want to answer?

  by mouthy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am attempting to begin my investigation into the true literature and history of the jehovah witness.

  can you please assist me by pointing me in the right direction?

  i appreciate your assistance even if you have to forward this message to another person for help.

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  aligot ripounsous

  Mouthy-Grace,

  Just direct him to JWD Best of or to Freeminds, there's more than enough information on there.

  A happy anniversary to you on JWD, BTW !
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  Your Opinion: Why Do Some JWs Come Here & Defend The Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  is it that they are masochists?.

  they are already being disobedient to the "slave" by coming to these internet sites.. so, why do they do it??

  ?.

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  I can't believe that someone could read, post, and think about what they're reading here for months and still believe the JWs are right.

  FF,

  As a formal JW, still attending the WE meeting with my wife, getting my 3 copies of each mag, not preaching but still considered as a -fringe- brother, I come here to get information and share independent thoughts, which I prefer when expressed by non hateful posters, although I understand bitter feelings from those who have had their childhood somehow crippled by the WTS stand on education, and I believe that JWs approach what I accept as truth, or at least suits me. I mean, how many denominations teach one unique god, no hellfire, hope of paradise earth ? I used to be a practicing catholic for the first 30 years of my life and find myself more confortable with the JW creed. That doesn't mean I accept their shortcomings, I just haven't found a safer hole. Here you have a certain sort of JWD JW.
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  The Sigh Thread

  by Farkel in

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  sigh.

  i'm tired, folks.

  worn out, actually.

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  aligot ripounsous

  Farkel,

  I'm one of those anonymous readers who enjoyed reading your best of on JWD, as you are famous even on this side. Now, if you think that your heyday is behind and you have yielded your best, just know that you're not the only one in this situation, great poet and troubadour Georges Brassens, not short of ideas as he was, would say that people, and himself for one, have one or two ideas and exploit them during the rest of their lifes, c'est la vie. Hang in there, we like you on JWD.
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  Another reason I like Obama

  by looking_glass in

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  so you know how everyone is chatting up that obama promised the girls a puppy.

  well during his press conference the other day he said he wants to rescue a dog.

  i know one of his girls is allergic to pet dander, so they need a hypoallergenic dog .. but the fact that he wants to adopt a dog to me indicates that he is a man of the people.

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  What I like with Obama is Michele. Although she's not elected, I'm sure she will do her utmost to bind politics in a way that will bring improvement to the working class condition and those whom prosperity has forgotten.
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  No politics, just sincere thanks...

  by Gregor in

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  aligot ripounsous

  Not even mentioning WW II,

  Marechal FOCH, who was the commander in chief of the allied armies when they gave the decisive thrust to victory in 1918 reckoned "hadn't the Americans come to help, we could never have made it". Thanks to the American, Canadian, Australian, New Zelander, African and Indian boys who had nothing to do with that war and still came to die for the allied nations in European trenches.
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  Daniel's 69 and 70 week prophecy

  by digderidoo in

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  2. beliefs

  i have been told by a jw that 36ce ends daniels 70 week prophecy, how do they work this out?.

  i know the starting point is 455bce, but could someone elaborate?

  the guy has stated it as matter of fact, it sort of smells like the 1914 prophecy to me, but may be i'm wrong.. paul.

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  aligot ripounsous

  Cameo,

  just find a duration for a generation and play with figures, there's no limit to it.