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Toxic Parents Toxic Religion
by Lady Lee in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in the book toxic parents, by susan forward she discusses the issue of parenting and just what the term toxic parents means.

on pages 6-9 of the book she talks a bit about abuse and then has a short quiz which i will post.. .

what i would like to try is to see how well the issue of toxic parents fits a toxic religion.
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586/587 the K.I.S.S. approach --- no VAT4956, Ptolemy, Josephus needed
by Alleymom in
1. watchtower
2. bible
nabonidus -- 17 years.

nebuchadnezzar -- 43 years.

nabonidus -- 17 years
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STOP Talking to Your Family OR ELSE!
by UnDisfellowshipped in
1. jw
2. friends
" (the watchtower july 1st 1963 issue, page 411).

" (the watchtower july 1st 1963 issue, page 413).

" (the watchtower july 15th 1963 issue, page 446).
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Lawyer for JWs talks about going door to door
by blondie in
1. social
2. current
http://www.newsday.com/features/printedition/ny-p2cover2793819jul20.story

going door to door despite legal roadblocks and persecution - even mob attacks - jehovah's witnesses spread their messageby paul moses.

paul moses is a regular contributor to newsday.. .
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Another WT lie from Ground Zero..
by Patriot in
1. jw
2. friends
i have been very busy lately but i had to stop for a few and write this.. it is beyond me why the wts has the need to not only lie but to keep making stuff up as they go along.

the latest being an experience related to the jws at my local hall (a friend of mine who still goes told me).

was visiting this week and related the following account:.
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To: Ex-JW Women - Your Side
by Amazing in
1. jw
2. friends
ex-jw women: i, and i assume other ex-jw men, would enjoy hearing your views, opinions, feelings, analysis, and conclusions about your jw experience.

how did you feel about your husband, fathers, brothers, elders, ms's, and other women in the organizations?

did you generally feel oppression, and why?
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Dylan Boe - another dead miserable wretch
by Kent in
1. jw
2. friends
victim hung on to faith .

by mike o'brien.

dylan boe held on to his faith until the end.. the 19-year-old was the only one of four young friends who wasn't immediately killed in a two-vehicle crash near melville, saturday.. like preston presiloski, adam anderson and elisha stasiuk, boe was a jehovah's witness.
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Disfellowshipping Doesn't Sever Family Ties?
by tergiversator in
1. jw
2. friends
"disfellowshipping does not sever family ties.".

or so claims the watchtower's official faq.

so, i would like to take an informal poll: how has being disfellowshippid/ disassociated/ inactive/ just having doubts affected relations with your family?
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"He who loves me will OBEY my commandments...
by AGuest in
1. watchtower
2. bible
to the household of god, israel, that is on jw.com, and all those who 'got with' them:.

may you have peace!.

because israel has, at this 'season' fallen asleep with regard to many 'things' that our lord, the son of god, jah-eshua mischa-jah ("jah saves"; messiah - "chosen of jah"), 'commanded' us to teach others (matthew 28:20), i am compelled by the spirit of my father, the holy one of israel, jah of armies (psalm 68:4), that is in me, by means of my lord, to remind israel of one of such commandments.. on the night that he was put to death in the flesh, our lord gave a commandment, to which he stated "keep doing this in remembrance of me.
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Photography
by Frenchy in
1. social
2. entertainment
okay, so far no one has posted anything about photography on this forum.

so what do you guys and gals think about digital vs 35mm?.

i use to do a little shutter bugging myself.