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  New understanding of the Generation??

  by Newborn in

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  apparently jack barr, member of the gb, has given a new interpretation of the generation in one of his speaches i.e.

  that the generation can apply to those who knew someone who lived in 1914..... will it never end????

  it's embarassing!

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  Why is Ray Franz the only GB member to have ever resigned?

  by yadda yadda 2 in

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  it's always seemed a bit odd to me that ray franz is the only gb member to have ever resigned, particularly for such a controversial religion.. we know from ray franz's books that there is often debate amongst the gb about new ideas sometimes introduced and often they are quite divided in their opinions.. i am not sure when the "governing body" officially began (wikipedia's explanation is messy) but it was quite a few decades ago.

  there have been dozens of members of the gb since it's creation (does anyone know the exact total number?).

  one would think that there would have been a few more disgruntled gb members over the years who would have resigned if the gb voted against some proposal they felt very strongly about.

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  Give a brief description of what is the Watchtower Society and the JWS organization

  by The Almighty Homer in

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  if you were to give a brief description of what you know already of this organization, how would you define it yourself ?.

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  my definition would be a an exploitive and manipulating free wheeling religious publishing company.. i might add none of this would have been at all possible without the freedom of religion policy of the united states.. it very well started out that way and continues to this very day.. intellectually dishonest but very commercial in its intension.. .

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  Cola at the District Convention

  by lepermessiah in

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  remember some of the garbage served at the district conventions?.

  i was at the dollar store today and noticed they started carrying "shasta" cola.. i started laughing because they used to serve that skunk water at the district conventions when i was a kid.. they always brought in the cheapest, nastiest soda they could buy.. one year we had something called vess cola - that was actually worse than the shasta!

  then, they ran out on sunday and had to buy pepsi from the local distributor - we were all rejoicing!!.

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  Explaining what DF'd means to a non-witness

  by babygirl30 in

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  i actually had to do this twice in the past 2 weeks - and it's really shaken things up!

  the first time was last week.

  my aunt (who lives out of state) asked me how my parents were doing (her brother and my mom)?

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  MY FIRST DOUBT

  by goldensky in

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  dear all,.

  i posted my first thread a few days ago and some of you asked me questions i'm more than willing to answer.

  but there is so much i want to say to you there's no way i can convey all the information at one sitting, so i've decided to tackle one subject at a time, both for the sake of not boring you and because i'd love to know how you feel about each individual topic.

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  Which Governing body member will die next?? Will things change?

  by Witness 007 in

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  i will review this post when it happens so.....prophecy time!

  who will guess correct!

  my $50 is on theodore jarc born in 1925?

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  Atheists for Jehovah

  by slimboyfat in

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  there are hundreds or thousands of websites on jehovah's witnesses with all sorts of slants, but i have never come across any specifically for atheist jehovah's witnesses.

  has anyone ever seen a site for atheist witnesses?

  i think it would be a great idea, and we could call it atheists for jehovah, as a counterpart to the atheists for jesus.

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  Daniel Made Simple!

  by Leolaia in

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  the large horn on the goat is the first king of greece (8:21), obviously alexander the great.

  after his death, alexander?s kingdom was divided among four of his generals (8:22).

  the high priest), and further causes the daily sacrifices to cease, and the sanctuary to be defiled (8:11).

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  Emotional Abuse -what it does to children..!!!!!!

  by Jang in

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  emotional abuse is the systematic diminishment of another.

  it may be intentional or subconscious (or both), but it is always a. course of conduct, not a single event.

  it is designed to reduce a child's self-concept to the point where the victim considers.

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