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  Hey - is this a new web page at JW.org ????

  by 1914BS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how do you log in to this??.

  http://www.jw.org/index.html?option=nryc&txthelp=downloads#login1.

  holy cow!!!.

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  witnessgirl

  I've been subscribed to the Watchtower, Awake!, and Study Watchtower podcasts for a few months now. I get them through iTunes, thus no risk of them coming bundled with spyware (they go straight from Brooklyn to my iPod without ever entering my computer). It almost makes up for not being able to subscribe to the physical magazines any more.
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  JW's and the Military

  by Evidently in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there would be no jehovah's witnesses were it not for the military forces of many countries around the world.

  however they smugly utilize the freedoms that military strength grants them to propagate the notion that no one should be in the military and all should remain neutral.

  if that were to happen today, we would all be members of a certain religion's more extremist side in the not to distant future.

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  witnessgirl

  In the extremely unlikely event that any JWs might be in the military, here is a shirt for them: http://www.pronto.com/mpm/Sweatshirt-Heather-Gray-Army-Jehovah-p_1010724056-PP
  
  My guess is that the seller did Army shirts proclaiming a bunch of different religions and didn't realize that members of some groups would never enlist.
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  I have a question for the elders/ex-elders

  by asilentone in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what would the elders do if they learned about a brother that went to the business expo at the local church?

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  witnessgirl

  Technically speaking, JWs aren't supposed to go to weddings and funerals that are in churches...even to the point that an appointed brother could lose his privileges for doing so.

  Check out page 31 of the Nov. 15 2007 Watchtower ... it is a conscience thing now. I can scan it if you don't have a copy.
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  Does "Drink the Kool-Aid" Lack Punch?

  by compound complex in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey dudes and dudettes,.

  does the overuse of catchphrases make you want to throw something or someone under the bus?.

  i'm on the bubble about i just threw up a little in my .... my bad!

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  witnessgirl

  Hmm. There is an ad for Jim Jones ringtones on this page. How strange.
  
  Anyhow, I mostly wanted to mention that what the Jonestown people drank was Fla-Vor-Aide, not Kool-Aid. Although probably nobody would know what you were talking about if you said Fla-Vor-Aide.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavor_Aid
  
  Fla-Vor-Aide is mostly a Latin American product. You could buy it in bodegas for about seven cents a packet, versus fifteen cents for Kool-Aide.
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  2008 Young People Ask Vol 2 (YPA V2) PDF, searchable, bookmarked

  by TJ - iAmCleared2Land in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've got the book, starting the scan now!!

  will have it online in a bit.

  i have a manual (not sheetfed) scanner, so it's a manual process.

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  witnessgirl

  Wow; thanks so much--I've really been looking forward to this one!
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  Why a woman can't read the Bible Lecture?

  by outofthebox in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i mean, it doesn't even make sense for the jw crazy rules, since she is not teaching anything, just reading the bible!!

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  witnessgirl

  I always thought that anything coming from the platform was considered as coming from Jehovah.

  Funny how Jehovah always seems to be whining about how the pages in new Bibles stick together.
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  Anyone want Images of the Watchtower DVDs?

  by Mincan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've got access this week to all of their dvds ... including:.

  young people ask - what will i do with my life?.

  jehovah's witnesses - organised to share the good news.

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  witnessgirl

  Thank you thank you thank you! I've been looking all over for copies of the vids! I'll seed these as much as I can. Thanks again so much!
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  Pew Results on JW's and Interesting Commentary

  by NYCkid in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the pew forum released it's results of the u.s. religious survey.

  although the results found that americans are becoming more religiously tolerant, evangelicals and jehovah's witnesses are the least likely to be tolerant (not surprisingly).

  to see how the jw's ranked, go to http://religions.pewforum.org/ and click on any of the four categories, then find jehovah's witnesses.. for an interesting commentary of the results, go to the blog http://www.acbnyc.blogspot.com/.

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  witnessgirl

  The "Political Views" section on JWs was very interesting. I was surprised by how many identified as Democrats and Republicans. Also really really interesting to see how many think that there is more than one correct way to understand the Scriptures, that other faiths can lead to eternal life, etc.
  
  Thanks for the link!
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  WERE THERE ANY THIEFS IN YOUR CONGREGATIONS?

  by badboy in

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  2. friends

  any takers?

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  witnessgirl

  I got my Bible stolen one time!
  
  I had special ordered one of the burgundy leather Bibles from the society. My hall didn't keep those in stock; you had to wait until they were doing their literature order for the month and get the MS to add it onto the order for you. (I kinda recall the Insight books being the same way.) Anyway, after it had finally arrived, the brother at the literature counter gave it to me when I came in. I hung up my coat in the coatroom and put the new Bible on the shelf above it, since I had my old Bible with me and the new one was still shrink wrapped and the pages stick together in new ones anyway. After the meeting, when I went to get my coat, my new Bible was gone!
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  Hihlights (lowlights) of new Young People Ask book

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so this was released yesterday at the kansas city dc -by the way, for the first time in living memory no gb speaker.

  got one from patterson bethel instead.

  young people ask answers that work volume 2 - the first 5 chapters are on the opposite sex.. chaper 28 is how can i avoid homosexuality - contains phrases such as "bi-curious" etc.

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  witnessgirl

  I found out (sigh) that my wife and daughters DO plan to go this weekend... so I'll have a copy Friday night and will scan a searchable bookmarked PDF for y'all on Saturday if somebody hasn't beat me to it.

  
  
  Thanks so much--that would be great! I can't believe that I actually miss being able to get the newer publications--I'm almost ashamed to admit that I'm subscribed to the Watchtower, Awake!, and Study Watchtower podcasts. (Almost makes up for not being able to subscribe to the physical mags anymore--and this way I'm not sending money to the org.)
  
  I am looking forward to this one mostly for laughs, though (I enjoyed the first YPA book for the same reason). I am really hoping for something like
  
  Your Clitoris--Harmless Plaything?
  Sisters, does it not fill you with joy to contemplate that Jehovah has seen fit to bless you with a clitoris? It certainly should not! This is an example of the sort of false joy in which Satan the Devil delights. (1Th 5:17)