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  ***Attorney Kerry Louderback-Wood on IRISH RADIO-12:40 PM EST-Blood

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  today, april 28th, listen through the internet to irish radio, 5:30 dublin time:.

  http://newstalk.ie/newstalk/index.html.

  see on the upper left side of the home page where it says something to the effect of "hear broadcast now" and click and you will hear the program kerry will be on which begins at 5:30 pm dublin ireland time.. again, 5:40 p.m. dublin, ireland time or 12:40 pm est, 11:40 a. m cst, 9:40 a.m. pacific time, attorney kerry louderback-wood will be on irish radio.

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  How is it I cant download this information?

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  In Memorandum of Charlie Heston.

  by AK - Jeff in

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  2. current

  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080406/ap_on_en_mo/obit_heston_14.

  what artistic achievements of this great actor stand out to you?

  rip .

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  Planet of the apes: The scene where taylor is b4 the 3 judges (apes) one with his paws over his eyes,one with his paws over his ears,and one with his paws over his mouth.Classic subtlety at it`s best.( see no evil hear no evil speak no evil )< to them>They couldn`t face the TRUTH.Doesn`t that remind you of a judicial committee ?

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  Newbies & Lurkers - Let's Get to Know You - Please Tell Us Your Story

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  at the suggestion of my sis named dinah ( thanks dinah ) we thought it would be good to invite newbies , lurkers , or any others junior members etc.

  to tell their stories of how they got out of the jehovah's witnesses or what you dealt with before getting out of which you had to overcome !

  life is hard- we all have our stories , but on this board are many caring people who will be here for you if you need a soft place to land after being controlled by the jehovah's witnesses mindset.

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  Reading who knows almost brought a tear to my eyes .

  I`m a newbie and not very computer literate so I don`t post often but I love this site.So many many people have sad stories as a result of following the directions of the wts.Their also is some great humour that comes in the comments posted I was in it 33 yrs and made it my life restricting association with relatives by moving interstate and dropping all worldly friends at 19 yrs old.We walked away from it in 1993 (wife,& 2 sons) and found a life in the real truth (the world we live in )One thing you learn from this site is that jehovah`s witnesses CAN`T HANDLE THE TRUTH about their organization.But I`m happy to say that now I have new freinds and re-established contacts with our relatives

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  Bye-Bye Brooklyn....were OUTTA there! Real Estate news.

  by oompa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was told today by a heavyweight elders wife, both of whom were at bethel for many years and are very well connected to the brooklyn brass, that all brooklyn bethel operations will be moved to wallkill and patterson.

  in fact, there is a very exclusive walk-through next week for some of the top real estate investors/developers who will see all the properties, starting with the sands, and its lobby has now been remodeled to look just like a high-end hotel..................just fyi.................................oompa

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  horrible life

  you made sense,as with the pedophile issue jw`s will stick to the letter of the law to save their asses,but integrity,honesty,morality,and being ethical are something they can`t comprehend unless it`s to further their interest only.( it`s called theocratic warfare)

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  Jesus temptations

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a few questions regarding the temptations of christ.in my association with the jw`s(33yrs) i remember the wbts commenting on the disfellowshiping of bros.&sisters was primarily of a sexuall nature.

  (that was b4 the net ,now maybe it`s apostasy) so my question is why would satan tempt jesus with things he already had or would be given in the future(he could perform miracles and he would rule over the nations in the future,and in the case of the christian congregation almost immediately)if it was so successfull to use sex as a way of bringing gods people undone since adam (he might have lost his dues if he didn`t follow his wifes lead)samson is another one,and of course let`s not forget about king david,to name a few.wouldn`t it be more in line with satans schemes to use a beautiful woman to tempt jesus ?according to the wb&ts it`s been tremendously successfull with modern day jw`s and let`s face it jesus was a man for christ`s sake.what are your comments,thoughts about this subject.is that an unreasonable question to ask?

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  The Future of the Watchtower Society and the Internet

  by DT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems that the watchtower society was very ill prepared for the advent of the internet.

  perhaps, some of the governing body thought the end would come before it became a big problem.

  now it is a big problem and is only going to get worse.

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  sport vs religion

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it came to me while i`m watching afl today ( ozzie football ), back in the 60`s / 70`s during the football season many bro`s elders and ms plus the r&f would have transistor radios glued to their ears listening to the commentary of the main game with one ear and the other taking in the scheduled program.

  of the district assembly .was this just an ozzie experince ?

  or did it happen in europe (soccer ) & usa (baseball / gridiron ) i know i did sneak out to a pub to watch the grand final one year then came back for the final program a little guilty.

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  It came to me while i`m watching AFL today ( ozzie football ), back in the 60`s / 70`s during the football season many bro`s elders and ms plus the r&f would have transistor radios glued to their ears listening to the commentary of the main game with one ear and the other taking in the scheduled program. of the district assembly .Was this just an ozzie experince ? or did it happen in europe (soccer ) & USA (baseball / gridiron ) I know I did sneak out to a pub to watch the grand final one year then came back for the final program a little guilty. ( silly me )
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  Blondies Comments You Will Not Hear at the 3-23-08 WT Study (Constantly)

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  comments you will not hear at the 03-23-08 wt study (february 15, 2008 wt, pages 3-7)(constantly).

  review comments will be in red and in parentheses.

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

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  jw`s will be blessed if they pray & do what the wts says eh? with all the preaching & publishing of literature over the last 100+ years,how come 78 countries have less than 3% increase,30 countries have negative growth / and compared with the mormons who dont do anything like the amount of witnessing jw`s do their are over 6 million mormons in the USA alone .Jehovah must be pouring out his blessing on them.As for experiences give me a break!!
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  Mr. Flipper Talks with Bethel Legal Service Desk Rep About JW Child Abuse

  by flipper in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  well - i had been wanting to do this for a long time , to question a legal department representative at bethel about the child abuse settlements and jw child abuse, since last year when the news came out about it.

  especially since my dad , an elder for years was never aware of it and has on his own taken steps to see that families with children are informed if a former pedophile is in their congregation.

  i was curious as to what the current views and policies in place are .

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  Talking to JW`S at branch ofices doesn`t really accomplish much because of the culture that exists in wt society,eg.no negatives against wt theology,any critiscism isn`t tolerated,and those who persist in these activities are apostates,and up goes the wall of protection for these people.(in their mind anyway) What I would like to see is a pamphlet exposing the flaws in the policies of "child protection" and just how rampant such abuse is continuing on in the organization.then these distributed throughout the areas we all live in would be like a worldwide campaign we could all be involved in.(I know the logistics,money,and organization would not make it easy)Wishfull thinking eh?
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  HERE'S THE 2007 SERVICE YEAR REPORT

  by Mary in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm not sure if this has been posted yet, so i took the liberty of scanning a copy.

  here is the figures for the 2007 service year report.

  interesting that over 9,000 partook at the memorial last year when the numbers should be going down.

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  Isn`t their 30 countries with negative to zero growth?Jah`s not blessing those countries activities? JW`s have an overinflated view of themselves.The mormons have 6 million members in the USA alone,is Jehovah blessing them more? ,they haven`t been around that much longer than the JW`s.And each year the ratio of JW`s & the world population is getting wider and wider,so the longer Jah delays the more innocent people will die