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Differnt ways of serving God
by JH in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the jw's think that they are the only ones serving god.. lets prove them wrong, and show how many other ways there are of serving god that they don't do..
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Independent Thinking
by Jeffro in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i decided to do a search of the watchtower library cd on the phrase 'independent thinking'.

only three times is it ever spoken of as being a good thing.

and those three instances are quite telling about the insidiousness of all of the other times that jw publications consider independent thinking to be such a bad thing.. .
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The vote is in: SCIENCE vs RELIGION......who won?
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
history has demonstrated:.

religion is following orders by implicitly trusting someone or something.. science asks questions.. religion purports to answer questions.. science seeks to disprove its own conclusions.. religion seeks to reinforce its own dogma.. science is error-correction toward adjusting for realities as they unfold.. religion internalizes against reality by mocking up a substitute.. science is the most recent development of the human mind.

technology proves science to be successful in advancing human progress.. religion disdains human progress and waits for the end.
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Bethel Romeos - throwing your daughters at them
by Uzzah in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
it was raised in a comment quoted in the national post article today:.

on speaking engagements at kingdom halls throughout the country, fathers would sometimes even offer up their daughters in marriage to him because of the prestige of his position, he said.. have any of the gals here experienced this?

did your parents 'parade you' around visiting bethelites or try to set you up with them?
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Is Atheism/Evolutionism Dangerous? Questions for Unbelievers
by Perry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
does the belief that there is no all-loving diety in which to be accountable to make it easier or harder to treat and judge others they way that you want to be treated and judged?.

since evolution supposes that life and ultimately man who is at the top of the chain got here through a process of the fittest dominating and killing off the weaker, and since most modern evolutionists in democracies no longer think that this is good to practice, how do you deal with the fact that you are a living contradiction of your own belief since you pronounce the same thing both good and bad?

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How did the "Truth" set YOU free ?
by JH in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the bible says that the truth will liberate you or set you free.. the watchtower applies this to their religion as if their "truth" sets people free.. if that's the case, how were you set free when you became a jw?.
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Do You Miss Your Sense of Belonging?
by The wanderer in
1. jw
2. friends
 do you miss your sense of belonging?what i miss is the sense of belonging and camaraderie that came with .

being one of jehovahs witnesses.

does this mean that i would return?
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Nosferatu's School of Dating - Lesson 1.2 - Attraction
by Nosferatu in
1. social
2. relationships
lesson 1.1 is here:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/20/126517/1.ashx.

for those of you who are wondering when i'm going to get to the subjects of how to ask her out, or how to approach a woman, they're coming, but we need to get your mind on the right track before any of that can happen.. another poster just recently started a thread, asking what women wanted.
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Faders: Would you prefer attention from the elders or not?
by ringo5 in
1. jw
2. friends
this question may produce some flaming, but so be it.

i've noticed many are freaked out, annoyed, worried, or simply felt harrassed when faced with the prospect of a visit from the elders when trying to fade.

others, or at times the same ones, complain that they recieved no inquiry from them at all or very little.
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baptism.....again
by claudia in
1. jw
2. friends
hi, i dont know how to tell my family that i dont wish to be baptized yet, i want to be baptized to serve jehovah, but i am unsure about being baptized as one of jehovahs witness.

why cant i just be baptized like it says in the bible?

what can i tell my family?