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bush, election, iraq, new draft, and local young JW baptism fad.
by XQsThaiPoes in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a number of jw kids including some that "got out once they truned 18" got baptized recently.

i had no idea why.

then i recal a conversation i had with a jw teen from a distant cong that was chaffing a bit under jwism.
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Is the "Holy Spirit" a person or a "force"?
by booker-t in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i just love the information i get off this website.

all of your(posters) comments and criticism have truly been educational to me.

i have another question that i have been pondering since leaving the wts.
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Is it personel??
by vitty in
1. jw
2. friends
do you take it personely if you dont get many responses to a new topic?.

i for one do get miffed if i dont get some replies and i do get upset sniff--- sniff.

but i am still a newbie!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Why do many religious people dislike non-religious people?
by Elsewhere in
1. jw
2. friends
i've noticed that usually when someone who is very religious finds out that i am an atheist, they become very agitated even though i never actually said anything negative about their religion.. are they embarrassed?.

do they think i am condemning them?.

do they see me as a threat?.
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The Awake's Lying Image of Witnesses (Oct 22)
by metatron in
1. jw
2. friends
if you didn't know that the watchtower society published the awake magazine, you might.

think it was published by some semi-liberal born again group.

doesn't give a realistic representation of most witness families i'm aware of.. .
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Does hollywood affect peoples view of history and world events?
by sleepy in
1. jw
2. friends
how much do you think movies, effect people knowledge of history or even world events today?

there was a programme on channel4 a fews weeks back basically revealing conspiracy theroies about jfk assasination to be a load of nonsense.oliver stone defended his film (which this programe had torn apart) by saying well people know its just a film and dont believe everything in movies.

but his missed a vital point , what if the film is all a person knows of that event.
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why take the time to "fade"?
by doogie in
1. jw
2. friends
hey guys,.

i'm perplexed by something and i don't know how well it will be received on this board but i'm really curious.

why did you take the time to fade away vs. just daing yourself?.
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God Wants to Clear Up a Misunderstanding On Killing Your Neighbor!!!
by frankiespeakin in
1. watchtower
2. bible
new york?responding to recent events on earth, god, the omniscient creator-deity worshipped by billions of followers of various faiths for more than 6,000 years, angrily clarified his longtime stance against humans killing each other monday.. .

"look, i don't know, maybe i haven't made myself completely clear, so for the record, here it is again," said the lord, his divine face betraying visible emotion during a press conference near the site of the fallen twin towers.

"somehow, people keep coming up with the idea that i want them to kill their neighbor.
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Why Would Anyone Defend Jehovah's Witnesses??????????
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
every so often, i will read on this board, how some people will defend and apologize for what jws do or believe in.....i just don't get it.
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JW"S Banned In Moscow Today!
by Ranch in
1. jw
2. friends
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i was watching cnn and heard this announced.

i also found this article at the following link.. http://www.iht.com/articles/525323.html