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  Why Do You Come To This Site?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i believe that this site, jwn, serves many purposes.

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  some are here almost, out of need.. others are here because they want to know the latest in watchtower world.. still others come here for the entertainment.. why do you frequent this place?

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  bsmart

  "I am not addicted. I could stop at anytime if I wanted."

  ya sure, I'm addicted. And I don't want to stop!
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  Selective Banning

  by Elsewhere in

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  2. friends

  i hate to see people get banned or silenced - even the people who are causing trouble.

  when it comes to regulations, i could almost be described as libertarian.

  because of this i would like to make a proposal - instead of leaving the banning power in the hands of a central authority, i propose that banning be placed in the hands of the individual.

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  bsmart

  And we still don't have an ignore button..... Someday maybe.
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  Public Apology Nathan Natas

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  i'd like to offer a public apology to nathan natas for making a wrong decision when i deleted him.. i allowed a combination of previous issues we'd had and input from other forum members to bias my decision which lead me to what i now, in hindsight, believe to have been a mistake.. whether you want to come back and post here or not i wanted to at least say sorry and will reactivate your account..

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  So glad you are back!!!
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  Question on Teaching UN is Beast to recruits?

  by hawkaw in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  question to you intelligent jws and exjws.. does the wt, through its knowledge book or whatever, make sure new recruits know who the scarlet coloured wild beast is or disgusting thing is (ie, the un), who is part of the great harlot etc before becoming full blown jws?.

  like should new recruits know this off by heart thanks to the rote teaching?.

  hawk

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  So, for those of us who have been out for a long time, any changes in the last 10 years?
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  Stupidest thing a JW ever told you

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what is the stupidest thing a jw ever told you?

  we all know that they say a lot of stupid things, but what really topped the cake?.

  for me, it was an elder telling me i was progressing really well when my meeting attendance was down and my field service hours were slipping.

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  The internet is demonized!
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  Did reading Jwfacts help you? Please take a moment to say thanks..

  by The Quiet One in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it seems as though so many of the stories of people who are now mentally free that i read on here involved reading jwfacts.com at some point along the way.. he basically saved my sanity (questionable, i know!

  ), and was never as sensational and garish as other sites which immediately scared me away.

  why not take a minute out of your day to say thanks for any difference that jwfacts made to your life, and tell us what it was that helped you?...

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  I have relatives still in and my son wanted some info on the wittnesses and I sent him to JWfacts. Good information and presented so well. He hasn't said anything more about having a study.

  Thank you, Paul

  bsmart
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  Getting Your Money Back From The Governing Body For Selling You A Worthless Bunch Goods

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well think about this for a minute what happens when one wills his property or something valueable to the watch tower money grabbing corporation and then finds out the corporation is all based on a crack pot delusion, how can you get your money back if you signed over a deed to them signed a will granting them that.. and what about all our volunteer service to sell books and magazine for them free of charge without any reembersments?.

  i mean could this open some interesting lawsuits against them?

  and what about all their outrageous lies and horrible treatment they inflict upon the leaveing disbeleiver there might be an angle of some sort of legal action but i'm not a lawyer but i see some legal recousre for money spent while serving the nonprofit corporation because of false advertisements in thier literature..

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  Wills can be changed, just don't get a JW lawyer.
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  Modesty in Dress and Grooming - May KM

  by expatbrit in

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  2. friends

  ok you slutty and independent slobs, pay attention.

  how many instances of loaded language and mind-control techniques can you spot in the following article from the may 2002 km?

  whoever gets the most wins a brown suit from goodwill.. modesty in dress and grooming- km may 2002.

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  I like to ask about the dress code when God tells you to take all your clothes off.

  Isaiah 20:3

  Then the LORD said, "Just as my servant Isaiah has walked around naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a warning for Egypt and Ethiopia,
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  BOE Letter: Kingdom News No. 38

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to all bodies of elders re: kingdom news no.

  dear brothers: .

  april 1, 2013. we are pleased to inform you that in november 2013 a month-long special campaign will focus on a wide distribution of kingdom news no.

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  My memory is not so great, but about 40 odd years ago there were 2 special campaigns a year... I was a teenager and remember the magazines were "special". NOT!
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  WAC is Back! Checking in to see old friends on my birthday =)

  by What-A-Coincidence in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  miss you all!

  thank you for your encouragement/advice.

  love to all!.

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  Happy birthday to you two. Its a good day!