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  God without Worshipers

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  what is god without worshipers, but a mind afloat in an empty sea of nothing?

  an empty ear of eternal silence?.

  we are the only music;.

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  Are atheists afraid of archaeology?

  by Xanthippe in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  larsinger thinks we are.

  i have to answer this because it makes my blood boil.

  this is one of the key things that trapped me in a religion for the first 30 years of my life.. we were told the archaeologists have found ur of the chaldeans, babylon, nineveh and evidence for the existence of the hittites.therefore the other things in the bible must be true.. archaeologsts have also found troy in modern day turkey.

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  Rutherford's smear campaign (a must read)

  by Leolaia in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  there has been some interest recently about the moyle case, and how it may have set a precident in what became the society's disfellowshipping policy.

  in july 1939, the chief legal counsel of the watchtower bible & tract society, olin r. moyle, resigned from his position in a protest over conditions at bethel and rutherford's mistreatment of workers.

  he did not want to continue living under those conditions and he felt he could effect positive change for his brothers by taking such a stand.

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  Does the Watchtower really parallel 1st Century Christianity?

  by Emery in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wanted to get a list of arguments that illustrate how the watchtower society is or isn't following 1st century christianity today.

  thanks again everyone!.

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  SAD news about OOMPA......

  by redredrose in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  our friend, oompa, has passed away.

  just recieved the news a couple of hours ago, and have almost no details.

  it happened today or yesterday, he took his own life.

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  I cannot believe my father called me to ask this!

  by serenitynow! in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my father, a jw bum who abandoned us when we were children to be with his pioneer whore, called me tonight and left a message.

  this is surprising because i have not seen or spoken to him for a couple of years, other than to leave a message a couple of weeks ago to tell him that i had to hospitalize my sister for being suicidal.. i found out about a week ago that one of his very good friends, a brother whose family used to go to the hall with us and used to be close to when we were children is dying in the hospital after having a couple of strokes and a heart attack.

  they've been talking about taking him off of the ventilator for a few days.

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  {Sigh}, I could use a hug...

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my first two exams were this week.

  things didn't go well.

  the classes are tough -- math and science.

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  Help me to answer a few questions for a current JW?

  by stillstuckcruz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm talking to this girl right now who is technically still a witness.

  she doenst go to the meetings anymore but not because she does not feel its the truth.

  her parents are no longer witnesses and i want to get her to see the truth about the "truth" before she decides to go back in.

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  Good Association! JWN Shout out!

  by serenitynow! in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi i just had to say that i got to hang out with some great apostate association last week!

  had a good time, lots of laughs!.

  shout out to lockedchaos .

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  Finished Mystery (1917)... The book that Jesus approved...

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so a few months ago, a friend sent me an actual copy of finished mystery which was published in 1917 (not a pdf download... the actual book).

  i must say, this was the most disturbing book i have ever had the displeasure of reading.

  but i only read it because this was the main publication that was being distributed worldwide when jesus supposedly chose the watchtower in 1918 and i basically wanted to see for myself what jesus saw in the wt that would compel him to choose this religious corporation over all other religious denominations.. anyway, if anyone is interested in knowing the actual contents of this book, here are some bullet points i put together from some of the notes i took as i read the book:.

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