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  What is the most offensive/idiotic piece of WT literature you've read from the past 20 years (approximately)?

  by Chemical Emotions in

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  i think that some of the dumbest were ones that pertained to science- not all of them, but a few, particularly the ones about evolution.

  the most offensive (and also dumbest) were the ones about women, and the ones about rape.

  those were horrible.

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  mostlydead

  Thanks Velour for that collection of gems. I remain your sister in rage.
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  Good News For Once!

  by Blind_Of_Lies in

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  2. friends

  just found out that with any luck i will be a father... again... by this time next year!!!

  i dont have any contact with my "family" anymore so i had to share :) :).

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  mostlydead

  Nothing like little ones to keep us facing forward in our lives...happy for you!
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  JHouser's full story: Disfellowshipping: How It Can Effect Your Life

  by Dogpatch in

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  2. experiences

  this is used by permission, and was up last week or so in parts.

  this is the whole story.. disfellowshipping: how it can effect your life.

  http://www.freeminds.org/life-stories/rank-file/disfellowshipping-how-it-can-effect-your-life.html.

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  mostlydead

  Thanks to this person for sharing these very difficult times of his life, and thanks Randy for sharing it here.
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  IT'S MY BIRTHDAY AND WEDDING ANIVERSARY TOO

  by Hairyhegoat in

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  2. friends

  well here i am drinkinin strongbow and stella mixed,, slurp fall over etc.. but the day has been shite, we are both out of work and just scrapping by with what we get from the dwp, nothing in the way of presents except from sleeping beauty and my kids god bless them.

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  hhg.

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  mostlydead

  Congratulations on both! My anniversary and birthday are on the same day too. And we've been financially where you are too...it's really hard, but it WILL get better. We've had lots of ups and downs in 33 years. Presents are nice, but the best thing is that you have each other. Do something enjoyable that doesn't cost any money to mark the day, and cherish each other and your family members that love you. Try not to let what you've lost take anything away from what you have!
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  2011 Miss USA Contestants Answer: Should Evolution be Taught in Schools?

  by leavingwt in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay7srp7lole.

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  mostlydead

  wow...just wow.....
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  Hypocricy of JW stance on shunning those disfellowshipped from the congregation?

  by corpusdei in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was doing some research on an tangentally related topic when i came across this gem, from the 7/1/1986 watchtower, in a paragraph discussing the cost of integrity:.

  certainly when a person becomes a christian witness of jehovah, he suddenly finds out who are his true friends.

  some will perhaps shun or boycott him because he has abandoned his former religion, even though they themselves do not practice any religion properly.

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  Certainly when a person becomes a Christian witness of Jehovah, he suddenly finds out who are his true friends.

  In actuality, when a person becomes a witness, they are strongly encouraged to give up all their former friends and associates. They're not even supposed to keep those that prove to be true friends by being willing to accept their new beliefs. The teaching is that no one is fit for friendship except other witnesses. So it's very hypocritical to bring up the shunning and boycotting that friends might do, when this is exactly what the WTS expects it's new converts to do to their friends.
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  the Bible's view of marriage

  by just n from bethel in

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  mostlydead

  Same with a woman being raped. She would no longer be desireable as a wife and her life and livelihood would be ruined. So to assure she had security, the rapist had to marry the woman, thus taking care of her. So the "intent" of the law was so that the woman's future was not ruined by the rapist.

  Oh yeah....I'd feel real secure being married to a rapist. I just know he'd take good care of me! And we'll live happily ever after! My future is saved!
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  Why do I no longer get attacked and persecuted by the demons, since I left JW,s ?

  by pedal power in

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  most jw.s really believe that they ( as we once did ) are promoting gods will, but what if they really are ?

  is it possible that god is supporting them even though they (governing body ) lie, because most jw,s are ignorant of the lies told on their behalf, ?.

  when i was a jw i got attacked by the demons bigtime, but not now, and i can only assume that they (demons ) are happy that i am no longer a jw and are now leaving me alone, cant think of any other reason, has god ever supported a group who were similarly found wanting ?.

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  Pedal's question seems like it may be influenced by this bit of reasoning that witnesses love: witnesses have more trials, tribulations and persecutions than anyone else, because satan is working overtime trying to get them to give up. When one does give up and their life doesn't go to hell in a hand basket, or perhaps even significantly improves, it's because the devil doesn't have to work on them any more, so they're free from his attacks. This is superstitious and faulty logic, as many of the posters here have pointed out.
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  Why do I no longer get attacked and persecuted by the demons, since I left JW,s ?

  by pedal power in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  most jw.s really believe that they ( as we once did ) are promoting gods will, but what if they really are ?

  is it possible that god is supporting them even though they (governing body ) lie, because most jw,s are ignorant of the lies told on their behalf, ?.

  when i was a jw i got attacked by the demons bigtime, but not now, and i can only assume that they (demons ) are happy that i am no longer a jw and are now leaving me alone, cant think of any other reason, has god ever supported a group who were similarly found wanting ?.

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  Found Sheep, it would be very difficult to chalk up your experience in service to a hallucination. If it was, the other sister was hallucinating the same thing at the same time. As interesting as the question is about why these kinds of events happen at certain times and not others, it's also curious that they seem to plague some people, while others, even with the same belief system, never experience them at all.
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  Br. Loesch - great tribulation, king of the north, generation overlap, new scrolls and more...

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just got this email...... .

  subject: zone report germany date: 5/17/11 2:02:57 am.

  we thought we would share one of our interesting experiences with you.

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  mostlydead

  I can't think of anything they would more gleefully relish than new and detailed requirements.