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Embarrassed myself by following WT dating advice
by White Dove in
1. jw
2. friends
i was a good little dubby.

i tried to keep up with studying, only had jw friends, and always followed what the wt pubs said about how to date.

if there was a brother that i was interested in, i'd ask if it would be okay to get to know him better.
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I want to buy my first book about the WT what should I get?
by bohm in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have already read c.o.c.

and im not really interested in more about the doctrines.. i have read about the book "taking back your life", and mr. bohm has been pestering me about reading the book "releasing the bonds" by steven hassan.. which other books would you recommend?.

love, miss bohm.
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When did Jehovah's Witnesses begin to consider their religion the one true religion?
by garyneal in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
yesterday, my wife and i was going for a walk in the neighborhood.

she was carrying my niece and commenting on how heavy she is.

i told her that apparently her sister has to carry her child, diaper bag, and her things to the bus stop every morning.
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Emotional blackmail in this cult sadly works
by troubled mind in
1. jw
2. friends
last night my husband and i were out having ice cream @ culvers when we noticed a group of jws coming in after their meeting .. it seemed a celebration for one family.

we saw the father of the family was all dressed up and associating with everyone .

he had da'd himself over 20 yrs ago and has been blacklisted from family and friends this whole time .i guessed last night was his reinstatement to the cult .
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Fake Knock and Other Sneaky Tactics During Field Service
by sacolton in
1. jw
2. experiences
yeah, i hated "field circus".

i don't like bothering people on saturday mornings about the latest watchtower & awake magazines and try to convert them from their religon to become a jehovah's witness.

so, what i did was just wait until the group passes by and fake knocked.
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"Men of JWN: The 2010 Calendar"! Anyone in??
by Kudra in
1. jw
2. friends
this was jokingly mentioned in another thread.... i think it would be great to do it- just in time for x-mas gifts!!!.

what better to give your fave aposta-buddy than a scintillating men of jwn calendar??.

a women of jwn calendar??.
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Recording a Judicial Committee Hearing
by Olin Moyles Ghost in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was reading the thread about hoboken's jc meeting and started thinking about the rule prohibiting recording devices in such meetings.

has anyone on the board tried to challenge this rule?.

on its face, the rule is absurd.
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Mental Illness with Jehovah's Witnesses
by Hope4Others in
1. watchtower
2. medical
this presentation goes over jerry bergman's research on mental illness with jehovah's witnesses.

this includes over 8 different research projects conducted by different doctors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urbxtvuat1g.
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Would a definite article prove that Jesus is God?
by solafide in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
from what i've studied of jw's, john 1:1 is interpreted as "and the logos was (a) god".

therefore, because there is no definite article in john 1:1 for example, one supposedly cannot confirm that jesus is referred to as "the god".

so my question for the jw is "what if jesus were reffered to with a definite article in the nt"?
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Wife attending DC today.....
by insearchoftruth in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my wife is attending the dc today.

i know she will be all dubbed up when she gets home tonight and i was wondering if there are any comments or questions i can ask or is there anything i should be ready to respond to based on her attending.

i know that the theme is "keep on the watch", i have listened to the audio that auntbee so kindly provided and from what it seems to me, they are merely driving home the point that folks need to be more faithful in there service because even though we do not know when the end it, it is so very very close.