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  Awakening of a JW/new book/Wilson,Bergman

  by Tina in

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  just received the new prometheus books catalog.. ' awakening of a jehovah's witness-escape from the watchtower society diane wilson, forward and appendix by jerry bergman,ph.d'.

  the catalog gave it some major space.. i'll convey the blurb as written.. 'this tale of mind control,the use of fear to manipulate vulnerable people,and final escape from a suffocating cult enviornment is a revealing expose of a secretive contemporary sect,as well as a true psychological thriller.

  diane wilson spent 25 precious years of her life,first becoming indoctrinated by the dogma of the watchtower society,and then struggling to free herself from it's pervasive,intimidating clutches.. what she reveals about the goings on within the closed watchtower society will shock the average person who assumes the polite,well-dressed people who pass out leaflets are much like any other conservative religious group.

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  Did the entire first century congregation preach?

  by Leander in

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  i've been wondering about that question for the past few weeks.

  in my recollection it seems that the disciples were the primary ones engaged in the preaching work.

  where the other members of the 1st congregation involved in that preaching work as well?

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  What is the most UNFULFILLED prophecy inthe bible

  by sleepy in

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  the" creator book "helps us to see how many of the bibles predictions came true.. for instance on pg 106 we find,.

  "consider this point.

  isaiah wrote about babylons final situation:babylon the decoration of kingdoms, the beauty of the pride of the chaldeans, must become as when god overthrew sodom and gomorrah.she will never be inhabited, nor will she reside for generation after generation".

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  Teachings of WT have to be examined.

  by avengers in

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  "higher" education not needed in god's new order.

  in the june 8, 1967 issue, the awake!

  magazine printed an article on pages 3-8 entitled "second thoughts about a college education.

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  Help!! I am extremely confused.

  by Leander in

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  i'm at a definite crossroad in my life right now and i don't know which direction to turn.. for my entire life i've been taught to believe in one thing but now i'm seeing things that i never knew where there before.

  i find it very disturbing that there has been so many predictions the wts has made in the past that failed to come true.

  also the bouncing back and forth on certain doctrines make me question my beliefs.. but on the other hand i can't ignore things like the fact the organization is growing while other religions are on the decline.

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  Does God Make Mistakes?

  by Undecided in

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  i was thinking about some of the comments in the bible where god had regrets.

  gen. 6:6 does this mean he felt it was a mistake to make humans?.

  when he decreed that nineveh would be destroyed and then changed his mind after they repented, would it have been a mistake if he had destroyed them before they had time to repent?.

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  BACK TO BASICS!!!.......

  by JW72 in

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  i have a problem with the whole beginning of the bible.. if i was an angel of god, and i was only exposed to really positive ways of life, god was 100% positive.. the last thing i would think about is turning my back on him.. where did lucifer get his negative way of thinking from???.

  surely, if you are in god's company, it's gonna rub off on you that being nice is the way of life!!!.

  it does not make sense that he should turn into the absolute evil that he is!!!!.

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  Open letter to Dr. Laura (re: homosexuality)

  by Joseph Joachim in

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  i found this open letter hilarious, and certainly not off-topic for us .... jj.

  dr. laura schlessinger is a us radio personality.

  recently, she said that as an observant orthodox jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to leviticus 18:22 & cannot be condoned under any circumstance.

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  DF Promotion

  by Stephanus in

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  all this stuff about dfing and the repentance shown by those who want to get back in and the contempt shown towards them by the flock thereafter got me thinking: is this always the case?

  can a reinstated df ever be promoted?

  could they ever reach elder or higher?

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  The much hated W Salter.

  by Norm in

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  1939, page 115.. .

  1939, page 116.. .

  1939, page 116.. .

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