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  Very high-quality scan of the 9/07 km Question Box

  by under_believer in

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  2. friends

  for your viewing pleasure.. very large (broadband only):http://aycu24.webshots.com/image/24263/2001598126453183143_rs.jpg.

  smaller (dialup ok):http://aycu33.webshots.com/image/21912/2001532577224620787_rs.jpg.

  enjoy.

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  It sounds like they do not want any rational analysis of themselves by the general public or by the flock. Gee I wonder why, they have been so truthful and honest in their spiritual direction

  over the years, this doesn't make any sense. Why would they be so nervous and troubled by information that's on the inter-net ? They have nothing to hide, nothing that they wouldn't want

  to be openly disclosed, this is the truth after all isn't. The glory of the power of god is a good thing and once you have it you sure don't want to lose it..........I guess !
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  Are Jw's trained to be just plain mean spirited?

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not long ago, i would have defended them slightly with opinions about those 'under mind control' etc.

  but the further i get from jw think, the more i believe that jw's are just plain mean and hateful asses!

  two situations that i relate in my life.. 1- an elder i know works in a grocery store.

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  Jeff I've have to agree with you 100%, there is a cultivation of hate and self righteous apathy toward others especially those that don't wear the shiny JW badge.

  It comes with the ideology that we're gods chosen people speak and every one else is Satan controlled evil, we are in the truth you are not and you are therefore evil. This arrogance

  gets developed within the character of the individual as they are being programed by the WTS.. The sad part of this scenario is the majority of the J-dubs by way of behavior and actions are

  most times worst people than the ones that they claim to be evil or unrighteous. This was one of many reasons that I left the religion and I was brought up one from birth, call it a culture of

  hypocrisy. The real truth is most if not all JWS are there to put a white sheet over themselves to make them look clean, the real dirt is just being hidden.
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  Which Witness Leaders Should Resign?

  by cabasilas in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  reading the description of barbara's new book:.

  http://www.watchtowerdocuments.com/.

  is unsettling.

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  Easy answer, all for manipulating and exploiting bible scripture to gain power and money, for what greater sin is that ?
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  PO was begging for dollars at KN school tonight!

  by MinisterAmos in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  one of the worst cases of intimidation i have ever heard.

  "you do want to maintain jehovah's house don't you"?

  "we can't keep jehovah's house in order if we cannot keep up with rising prices" .

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  Not all surprising being that the WTS. was a commercial venture started by some New York businessmen

  Religion does make every day men powerful and rich if you play your cards right, especially in the land of the free, America
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  by WTWizard in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "people are at their happiest while serving jehovah.".

  no, i don't believe that lie.

  i heard it from many an a$$embly program.

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  Marketing, Marketing, Marketing form the very beginning of the WTS. in C.T. Russell days the commercializing of Christianity started to flourish, as so as it is today, and not just with the

  JWS.. We should at least acknowledge this phenomem with C.T. Russell and a few others for being the originators of this idea. America the proud and the free, it certainly is .
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  Literal Death of God... what do you think?

  by DeusMauzzim in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  anyone here ever did some research on the "death of god" theological movement in the sixties, connected with names as altizer and van buren?.

  summary: the central idea is that god existed once, but literally died for us, emptying himself in the creation of the world, and later completely on the stauros.

  as he gave himself without holding anything back, there has been no resurrection as in mainstream theology (radical kenoma).

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  Hi Deus, read your post and found it interesting, thanks
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  Literal Death of God... what do you think?

  by DeusMauzzim in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  anyone here ever did some research on the "death of god" theological movement in the sixties, connected with names as altizer and van buren?.

  summary: the central idea is that god existed once, but literally died for us, emptying himself in the creation of the world, and later completely on the stauros.

  as he gave himself without holding anything back, there has been no resurrection as in mainstream theology (radical kenoma).

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  Thanks Gopher, just thinking out loud
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  Literal Death of God... what do you think?

  by DeusMauzzim in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  anyone here ever did some research on the "death of god" theological movement in the sixties, connected with names as altizer and van buren?.

  summary: the central idea is that god existed once, but literally died for us, emptying himself in the creation of the world, and later completely on the stauros.

  as he gave himself without holding anything back, there has been no resurrection as in mainstream theology (radical kenoma).

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  Brain Dead

  Gods were created on the basis of human ignorance and imagination as it was thousands of years ago as it is today, over the centuries we've slowly and painfully gained knowledge

  of the world around us through discoveries and scientific conclusions. The door of this knowledge has just begun to open, look how far and how much we've gained in just the last century

  alone. I personally cherish the wisdom of the truth of knowledge and dealing with the reality of life as it presents itself, good or bad.. If anyone thinks that human ignorance was not prevalent

  thousands of years ago, one really needs to do some in-deft history reading or read the bible, Torah, or any ancient religious manuscripts to prove my point. Mysticism is imagination

  supported by ignorance in the human mind, this separates itself from reality and conclusion. Perhaps if men were to finally walk away from their gods and walk toward humanity together we

  would be better off, I think so. In my opinion the death of a god can only happen in the minds of the people who first created it.
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  What's your name for 'Watchtower Speak'?

  by sweet pea in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  having put some distance in between us and the wts, i can't read any of the society's publications without feeling extremely uncomfortable and irritated by the tone and language that the society uses.

  it all sounds the same - patronising, guilt-inducing, condescending, intellectually unchallenging, etc.

  as far as i'm aware the term is 'watchtower speak'.

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  Brain Dead

  Marketing of ignorance or in a layman terminology .....BULLSHIT that sells
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  We have the truth - part 2

  by MutualRespectPlease in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does doing what is right in god's eyes mean we have to use only bible terms?

  i know the organization is not perfect.

  is there strong evidence that he has his people here on earth that although not perfect, are doing his will?

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  Brain Dead

  Thats funny.........