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  Other ex-cult Internet boards?

  by philo in

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  sharing with the ex-mormons, i thought i'd surf for other cults message boards.

  what did i find?

  nuffink.. are we two communities alone in ex-cult cyber space?.

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  RHW:

  That's brilliant! I'm filing that away for future use if the opportunity arises. Get the potential jw study to ask the JW's to go out to the pub/concert/club a few times before they go to the kingdom hall. Lovely!

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  Stupid question I should know the answer to

  by expatbrit in

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  i can't believe i don't know this!

  obviously i was never really good jw material.

  why is it watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, but watchtower bible and tract society of new york?.

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  I can't believe I don't know this! Obviously I was never really good JW material.

  Why is it Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, but Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York?

  Watch Tower and Watchtower. Why the different usage?

  First person to answer gets a prize.

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  WEEKLY STRATEGIC UPDATE

  by You Know in

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  there is no question about it, the world is rapidly heading toward its terminal tumult.

  with the foretold apostasy now fully underway, the stage is set for jehovahs ongoing controversy to be pressed to its ultimate conclusion.

  piece by piece, chunks of the underlying economy, the life blood of the present system of things, are falling away.

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  I know the WWI was started by one assasin's bullet.

  A classic piece of watchtower mythmaking. WWI was not caused by the assassination of the Archduke, the causes and tensions of WWI can be traced back to at least the middle of the C19th.

  The wt would have us believe that everything was fine and dandy then suddenly pow! WWI comes unexpectedly out of nowhere because Satan was thrown out of heaven. Rubbish!

  For a good discussion of this subject, see the book Dreadnought by Robert K Massie (Random House 1991)

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  Question on yearbook stats

  by expatbrit in

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  in the yearbooks, the ratio of publishers to general population is given.

  this figure obviously changes each year.

  it's interesting to see how in some countries, despite an absolute increase which the wt crows about, the publisher ratio shows they are really losing ground.. the question: does anyone know where the wt get the figures for the total general population?

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  In the yearbooks, the ratio of publishers to general population is given. This figure obviously changes each year. It's interesting to see how in some countries, despite an absolute increase which the wt crows about, the publisher ratio shows they are really losing ground.

  The question: does anyone know where the wt get the figures for the total general population? Is it the national censuses (censii?)?

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  WEEKLY STRATEGIC UPDATE

  by You Know in

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  there is no question about it, the world is rapidly heading toward its terminal tumult.

  with the foretold apostasy now fully underway, the stage is set for jehovahs ongoing controversy to be pressed to its ultimate conclusion.

  piece by piece, chunks of the underlying economy, the life blood of the present system of things, are falling away.

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  Seeker:

  There is no question about it

  Or to put it another way: "there will be no question about it, if you know what's good for you.

  You Know:

  Forgotten but not gone, I see. Do you really expect us to take anything you say seriously given your previous record? www.dismal.com? ROFL!

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  Next get together in Toronto!!! :-)

  by peterstride in

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  hi gang, .

  to make it easier for the out of towners (especially the ones driving in from the us), how does everyone feel about having our next get together on a saturday...say saturday, august 18th, starting at 4pm?

  (i'll be working on the 11th and the 25th...).

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  I'll bring a treat for everyone at the get together.

  OK, I'll be there, in that case.

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  Body Piercing

  by Princess in

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  i just had my navel pierced yesterday.

  can i just say ow?!!

  the place i chose to have it done was a little on the scary side, clean but weird!

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  Reagan:

  2 navel re-pierced by a hack; was ripped out in a mosh pit;

  You've just confirmed one of my worst fears. Surely all these bits of jewellry catch in things all the time? Ick! Ripping navels! Ack!

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  Concerning Innateness

  by dunsscot in

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  dear wonderful folks of j-w.com,.

  the other day, one of my distinguished interlocutors contended that if joelbear says he is innately gay, then he is innately gay.

  it seems that my interlocutor is saying the following.. 1) s verbally claims that his sexual orientation is innate.

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  Duns:

  You're an intellectual?

  Hell! I thought I'd crushed the last of your species beneath the wheels of my BMW cabriolet sometime in 1987. Like Tuberculosis, you pointless organisms keep coming back.

  See what happens, my country men and women, when you elect a Labout government?

  Expatbrit, revving up the Bimmer for another round of yuppy hunt-the-intellectual fun.
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  Cognitive dissonance in action

  by expatbrit in

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  here: http://www.greatcrowd.com/159ubb/forum18/html/000025.html

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  here: http://www.greatcrowd.com/159ubb/Forum18/HTML/000025.html
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  Uh Oh! Now I've gone and done it. Warning: LONG

  by betweenworlds in

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  here i was in happy-no one is really bothering me too much-lala land, until yesterday when i had to go and open my mouth.

  a pioneer sister from our hall emailed me to inquire what was preventing me from attending the meetings, and asked what was holding me back from going.

  (this is about the 5th or 6th email asking this question) welllllll, i guess i just reached a point where i couldn't pretend anymore.

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  Most curious.

  I talked to my family this weekend, and they were most insistant on getting my e-mail address, because a guy I knew growing up wanted to "chat with me" about my "falling away from the truth".

  Since my Dad is an elder, it is possible that this is a co-ordinated effort to round up inactives. Or maybe it's just an idea circulating around. Whatever, forewarned is forearmed.

  Betweenworlds:

  kudos to you for those excellent e-mails. You stated things clearly and convincingly. The reply you got was absolute Borg programming. You probably have "done it", and I hope that your family doesn't go the shunning route with you. At least now the frustrating silence is over, hey?

  I can only say: well done!

  Expatbrit