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  Only 37% of people raised as JW's stay JW's when adult.....

  by My Struggle in

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  this comes from a religious study of several faiths which included jehovah's witnesses.

  there is a ton of data in this research and there are several things that are very interesting about jw's especially when compared with other denominations/faiths.

  you can do a basic search of the study here http://religions.pewforum.org/portraits .

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  Golden Age PDF/Download????

  by My Struggle in

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  does anyone have the golden age series avaliable as a download/pdf scan?.

  so far i have all the watchtowers from 1879-1949 on pdf and the current wt library, both thanks to downloads on this site.

  i tired to search for the golden age but came up empty.

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  When did apostasy set in?

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  i know that dubs think that apostasy set in quickly in the early church, but i am not certain how early the think that it set in.

  do they think that it was in the apostolic fathers, directly after them, legalization of christianity, etc.

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  What are some of the biggest changes in the org?

  by My Struggle in

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  there have been some big changes over the past few years.

  what do you think are the most important?.

  personally... 1.no bookstudy.

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  Whose name on here do you like...

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  there was someones name on here that i thought was great, but cannot remember what it is.. what are some of the better screen names?.

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  Pro-Jw sites????

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  i would like to find some pro-jw sites.

  i know that the society frowns on internet use....but there has to be some out there.

  i know several years ago i looked at several sites that had forums with lots of active and strong jw's.

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  How could an ex-Jw become Catholic

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  i don't mean this to be offensive to any catholics in any way and believe that they can have true salvation unlike the jw.

  also, i know little about the in's and out's of practicing catholicism, as i have never had any interest in being one.

  regardless i am always surprised when an ex-jw says that they have found the real truth in catholicism.

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  Questions about 144,000 and salvation: perseverance and assurance.

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  awhile back i was trying to understand how the wtbts understood the salvation of the 144,000. when looking up articles it seemed on the surface to be similar to how many christians view salvation.

  the similarities were in the standard christian doctrines of perseverance and assurance.

  (i know that jw in general do not have assurance of their salvation, they believe that they cannot have salvation until they make it into paradise.

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  the anointed

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  i know about the 'new light' that is about to come out, and i fully realize how this will greatly extend the 'last days'.

  what i am wondering is, where is it stated that the anointing process is still taking place or has taken place in the past few years?

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  The Gospel and JW

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  over the past month i have been helping out at a church on a discipleship series on jw.

  the point was to have someone there to teach the members jw doctrine with the end goal of them being able to witness to them.

  4. after reading the scripture i would then ask, "if jesus said all authority has been given then does that not mean that he had power when he spoke this?

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