Topics Started by toweragent

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Is this a new low?
by Darth Eowyn in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just had a couple of jws stop by my house.

they had been before several times and know that i'm a pretty devout catholic, so i'm sure they were just swinging by to get more time for the card.. well, this time the opening line was about the tragedy in ct. i mean, really?

you're going to try to get converts by capitalizing on this tragedy?
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WHAT ARE YOUR MOST VIVID, ODD, or FUNNY Memories of Conventions and Assemblies of Jehovah's Witnesses?
by Balaamsass in
1. jw
2. experiences
share with us memories of the bizarre, funny, strange, what you hated, what you miss...we all have them.

(question..why the big to do between terms- convention and assembly .
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JW - Miami Bus Crash - Update Miami Herald - Wed 5 Dec. 2012
by RubaDub in
1. jw
2. friends
already late for work, but there is a leading article in todays miami herald (wed 5 dec 2012, english version) about the bus crash on saturday that killed 2 brothers and injurred about 25 others on their way to the west palm beach assembly.. much of the article focusses on the comments by one of the airport police who first arrived on the scene.

basically the two who died were side-by-side on the second row, crushed by the roof of the bus.

three others are still in critical condition.. sorry i have to run but someone can detail this later.. rub a dub.
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Conversation i had with a witness girl on Facebook recently
by MsGrowingGirl20 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i posted a really nice song....here's the link to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn2uydzuoqu.

five minutes after this happened.. .
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Calling all posters! What are YOUR questions for Candace Conti, Rick Simons and Kelly Kraetsch?
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
i am pleased to announce that candace conti, and her key lawyers rick simons and kelly kraetsch are planning a youtube video to answer any questions that people in our community may have regarding the recent conti v watchtower lawsuit.

i have offered to coordinate the gathering of these questions, and i thought it might be fun to do it in a "competition" style jwn thread, with the best answers being chosen by kelly, rick and candace to be addressed in the video.. as you can imagine, there are some provisos to this.... this is an active lawsuit, so for obvious legal reasons kelly, rick and candace will have the absolute and final decision as to which questions are answered and how much information is divulged when they are answered.we need the answers in the next 7 days, so the "cut off" for this competition is exactly 7 days from the time this thread goes live on jwn.we kindly request that all questions are asked in a respectful manner without any malicious or offensive intent.

any inappropriate questions will obviously be discarded and ignored.
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A quick experiment - what do you get if you Google "JW.org"?
by cedars in
1. jw
2. friends
hi guys.

i've noticed that a significant number of inbound search engine visits to jwsurvey.org are coming from the keyword "jw.org" - it's currently around 3 to 5 visits per hour.

i quite like the thought that i'm getting extra traffic thanks to jws typing the address of the official website in their search bar rather than their address bar.. i've done a quick check, and i've noticed that although jw.org occupies the top ranking for this keyword, four of the other links to websites/videos on the first page are all anti-watchtower, including jwsurvey.org and jwleaks.org.. sometimes google tailors its results to suit the individual, so i'm curious to know - is everyone else finding the same thing when they do a search for this keyword?.
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Minimus' Post Gave Me Courage To Finally Post My Questions, New Here
by toweragent in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have been "lurking" for about four years now.. it was an incredibly weird experience just to look at a site like jwn or freeminds.

he came off very loving.. so, i decided that i would talk to one of my elders about the things i read.

if any of you have time to read this, thank you.
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Bible Teach Artwork Change for 2012
by toweragent in
1. watchtower
2. bible
did anyone else notice the artwork change on page 12 and on page 83?

im new to this and cannot get the pictures to upload....but if you have a copy of the book and compare it with the pdf online, there is definitely a change.. what qould cause them to to this?.

i would be interesting to see if there were any changes to the wording of the paragraphs.
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The Governing Body intends to announce significant changes in academic literature (DOCTRINES) - Brazil
by Dogpatch in
1. jw
2. friends
dear randall.

good morning!.

here is the daniel of brazil (former bethel).. this week at the forum of former jehovah's witnesses had an interesting news!
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BOND, JAMES BOND...and J.B.....John Barry vis a vis O.H.M.S.S.
by Terry in
1. social
2. entertainment
for old geezers such as myself, the james bond film was an annual event appearing around christmas time.

sean connery was the embodiment of the character onscreen with just enough seriousness to deflect the outrageousness of the plot.

but, what really sold the series to me personally was the music.