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  Facebook: Local Ruling By Elders in Nearby Congregation

  by mentallyfree31 in

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  2. friends

  just heard from a friend that a nearby body of elders in their congregation have decided that anybody who is on facebook will not be able to have privleges in their congregation.. hilarious!.

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  Jonny, the WTB&TS, and hacking

  by MeanMrMustard in

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  2. friends

  this is my first thread at jwn.

  i have posted only a few times on other threads.

  i am a third generation jw turned ex-jw, inactive for six years.

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  Can you recommend some movies/videos?

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  2. friends

  an ex-jw meetup group i attended just watchted worlds apart together and the host wants to do this type of thing more often.. i would love to see religulous, but the group would be divided on such a movie.. i suggested the documentary, jesus camp and september dawn.. do you have any suggestions i can pass along?.

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  I asked my best friend how the GB makes its decsions last night...

  by dontplaceliterature in

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  2. friends

  my best friend does not know about my recent mental defection from the watchtower, but i am having trouble keeping my feelings from him completely....so, last night, i asked my him if he thought the governing body was always in 100% agreement about every policy/doctrine decision they make.

  " i asked him how he thought they went about making those decisions and he said that, "they probably discuss it as a group, research it, read the bible together, and discuss it some more until they come to a conclusion...just like a boe would when deciding a judicial matter.

  " i said: "don't you think that if they were jehovah's 'mouth-piece' and they are indeed being guided by jesus christ and holy spirit, that there would be no doubt about what the right course of action is?

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  Does The "Active Bethelite Sixscreens" Thread Help You Recognize The Watchtower Organization Is "Spying" On You?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  let me state that these sensational types of threads are counter-productive, in my humble opinion.

  the whole "spying" thing and the cameras and secret recordings in shower stalls and toilets is nutty!.

  do these threads help you to see how the organization is wrong?.

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  Is there a serious weakness in the Watchtower Society's legal position?

  by DT in

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  2. friends

  the watchtower society is good at intimidation.

  it uses fear to maintain control of it's members, including fear of being destroyed at armageddon and fear of shunning and being rejected by family and friends.

  they even try to intimidate former members by threatening them with lawsuits over copyright issues, as an example.

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  How Important is knowing the Truth, Really?

  by cameo-d in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is the quest of finding the real truth even attainable?

  is the quest of trying to find out worth the risk and the sacrifice of losing the love of friends and family?

  oh, i know many of you will say the "love" is fake or not true if it can't hold up to scrutinty.

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  Lying about divorce reason to be allowed to re-marry

  by Big Softie in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i know my view on this but would be interested to see what anyone else thinks.. .

  at a court hearing recently my estranged wife, who left me (i'm not jw) asked me if i would be prepared to lie to her elders and state that i had committed adultery (i didn't) so that she would be allowed to "get on in her faith".

  this from a woman who before she left got intimate (emotionally, i'm not sure about physically) with two "sisters", one of whom took to buying her large bunches of red roses and basicaly furnished her new house for her.. now my view is that she has clearly stated and put in writing that the marriage ended because of my unreasonable behaviour (i.e.

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  My son contacted me... need advise

  by Expanded-Mind in

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  2. friends

  2010 will go on the record as a great year for me!

  in november i heard from my youngest son (a jw), who i have not heard from in 8 years (i am an exjw).

  hearing from him was wonderful enough, but he added to that joy by telling me he was married (to a non-jw) and i have a grandchild.

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  Does WikiLeaks have any Scoop on the WTBTS to be released?

  by cameo-d in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  since wl deals with documented facts, not merely rumors and speculations.....what would you most like to see documented and revealed about the watchtower, the gb members, or the wt true agenda?.

  if you could ask wl to dig up information about any curiosity you have concerning this cult....what would you have them investigate?.

  do you think there is any information that will be released concerning religions and cults?.

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