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born again Christians

by ymrah in

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as i'm having some serious differences with some friends about the born again attitude i would like to get some information on their origins, practices and what they actually believe help me somone please .

ymrah

Gordy

Maybe its not so much Christianity that is wrong.

We have made it very complicated through the ages.

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WT-CD-Rom

by Gordy in

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i have just been doing some reserach using wt cd-rom 1995.. i've just discover that out of all the watchtower magazines, 1982 and 1985 are missing.. anyone know why, is it just an omission, or where they missed delibrately.

Gordy

Thanks Onacruse

I didn't need those volumes for what I was doing.

But just happened to notice they weren't on it.

I soon hope to have a copy of the 2001 CD.

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WT-CD-Rom

by Gordy in

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friends

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i have just been doing some reserach using wt cd-rom 1995.. i've just discover that out of all the watchtower magazines, 1982 and 1985 are missing.. anyone know why, is it just an omission, or where they missed delibrately.

Gordy

I have just been doing some reserach using WT CD-Rom 1995.

I've just discover that out of all the Watchtower magazines, 1982 and 1985 are missing.

Anyone know why, is it just an omission, or where they missed delibrately.

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Did You Ever Wear A Pinstripe Suit In Field Service?

by gitasatsangha in

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or did you only wear solid colors?

will this bland, meaningless topic generate replies?

will i achieve "master" status before the month is out?

Gordy

Yeah I wore a pinstripe suit. navy with the stripes

Also had a dark green one with faint yellow stripes, A plain light blue one, also the usual dark suit. And patterned ties.

Used give talks wearing any of them. No one said a thing.

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Your evaluation of JWD

by JH in

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every forum has it's flavor, posters, laws and mentalities.

how would you evaluate this forum?

what do you like about it, and what would you change if possible?

Gordy

I think this forum is pretty good.

Since my leaving the JW's. It has helped me realise d I'm not the only one who has been through what I have. That there are others also still suffering from the effects of leaving, of being shunned by family, being considered nothing because you have left.

I have also gain a lot of information about the organisation that even I after being a JW for nearly 30 years didn't know. I have seen how different views exist in other parts of the world to here in Britain. How in USA they do seem to be far "stricter" than here on certain things. How they also seem to be more frightened of "demonic influence" . I mean the thing about Smurfs really cracked me up, here in Britain no one took a blind bit of notice of them.

The information gleaned from those who are still JW's in name only has been interesting. What goes on in their Kingdom Halls etc. Keeping me up to date with latest WT thoughts.

But also I've seen how ex-JW's have born up under what they have gone through. How they sometimes can laugh at their situation.

Yes i think this is a really good forum.

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Center Parc Meeting Point Condemned by JWs Elders....

by nightwarrior in

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well maybe many in the us have not had the pleasure of the center parcs.

vacations.

sub tropical, scantily clad people.. but here in the uk and europe... we know all about them,...... especially if you are a jw.... once a year, in fact the week just before xmas, the jws descend in hordes on the different center park locations dotted around the uk - eg - sherwood and elvedon.. well if you want to see jws have a good time, book now!

Gordy

Center Parcs!!

I thought they had finished with them years ago.

I remember in the North-West of England congregations being warned about going to Oasis in the Lakes. Even the management of the the place got fed up of JW's and the trouble they were causing. And that was 10-15 years ago.

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Remember the fears about the spread of AIDS? SARS is the reality

by Simon in

remember the fears everyone had when aids first hit the news?.

here was a new killer virus that didn't have a cure and people feared it could be passed on cups, on seats, by shaking hands, by coughing and sneezing and so on.. it turns out that it couldn't and while there is still no cure, the infection rate is actually relatively low.

it takes 2 years for an aids victim to infect someone else.. now we have sars, everything changes.

Gordy

Yeah

Be on the front page of the Watchtower as another sign that the end is near.

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Mystical Medicine - Breaking Their Own Rules

by worldlygirl in

my jw husband's jw parents in florida (the ones who shunned him for years when he was disfellowshipped) were recently raving about their new ceragem massage bed.

the actually purchased one for their home for around $2,000.

they say many members of their congregation use these beds at a ceragem location there in ft. lauderdale.

Gordy

It probably goes back to the view they had that doctors were agents of the devil.

I have recently been in contact with an a JW he and his wife left the WT recentlt, over the UN and chnages in teaching. He had been a JW for nearly 50 years. The last 12 years as an elder.

But he an his wife are both Complimentary Medicine Practioners. They do acupuncture, aromatherapy, homeopathy, herbalists. They have been doing so for the past 20 years. They both have B.Sc degrees in the subject also. Many JW's used to go to them for treatment. No JW has ever said it was wrong. They even checked with Brooklyn before embarking on learning to become practioners.

They say it is not wrong for a JW or Christian to use such medical treatments. Yet they speak about how the forces of the Universe work within each person. That a persons "Chi" can be unbalanced and needs to be corrected by acupuncture etc. Yet they are adamant there is no mystical connections, just that we are all from the earth so that treatments from the earth herbs, homeopathy etc can cure us.

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