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  Recent Research on Gay JWs

  by laverite in

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  there an interesting academic article that came out in 2010 on gay jws.

  it's based on empirical, qualitative research from the perspective of the sociology of religion.. i'm posting the article citation and abstract below.

  i can't post the article because of copyright restrictions, obviously.

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  MrFreeze

  The problem is that the GB thinks that sexual preference is like a switch that can be turned off. It's not a choice!
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  The WT Headship Principle (tm): Did you ever REALLY buy it?

  by Open mind in

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  2. beliefs

  i believed that god was the big boss and his first-line supervisor was jesus.. .

  everything beyond that got a bit shaky for me throughout my jw life.. .

  but this bit, i never bought into for even an instant: the husband is the head of the wife.. .

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  MrFreeze

  Even as a man I never agreed with the headship principle. It is a partnership, is it not? In a partnership, both parties should be equal.
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  The Danger of Credulous Research of Jehovah's Witnesses on the Internet

  by Spade in

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  2. scandals

  http://www.watchtower21.org/2011/02/danger-of-naive-and-credulous-research.html.

  it's been my experience so far, that anything a person wants to find out about jehovahs witnesses, they can find out from jehovahs witnesses.

  any and all information ever published by jehovah witnesses is accessible to all.

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  MrFreeze

  Spade, if you are not a JW, why are you defending them? What exactly is your motivation, besides to troll? If the JW's are so great and so right, why aren't you one? I would think it would make you sort of a hypocrite to come here and call out people who aren't practicing JW's when you aren't willing to be one yourself.
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  Movies you want to see when they come out

  by Lady Lee in

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  2. friends

  they aren't even made yet but the talk is there.

  hobbits or whatever it will be called - prequel to lord of the rings.

  1 or possibly 2 more bourne movies.

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  MrFreeze

  Looking forward to The Hobbit. Best part of those LOTR movies is they only use CGI when absolutely necessary. Great use of costume design. I read the books before the movies came out and I was very pleased with how they came across. I imagine The Hobbit will be quite good as well.

  New X-Men movie coming out. Origin story of Magneto it seems. I didn't care for Wolverine: Origins so we shall have to see.

  Apollo 18. Nobody seems to know anything about it but a movie shrouded in mystery certainly piques my interest.

  There's supposed to be a Freddie Mercury biopic coming out. He's one of my favorite people ever so I am stoked for that.
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  IS THE GOVERNING BODY NOW THE FAITHFUL AND DISCREET SLAVE?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  i know the anointed never get consulted.

  but is it true that the governing body has modified the definition of the faithful and discreet slave to exclusively apply to themselves and to not include the thousands of other anointed..

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  MrFreeze

  God appointed them yet by their own admission they are not inspired by God. Why listen to them then?
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  Is it normal to quote without naming the source like WT does?

  by InterestedOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am noticing here and there that the wt literature will say things like "one bible dictionary says ..." or "one scholar says ..." and then proceed with a quotation.

  my immediate reaction is to ask myself why they didn't provide the specific source of the quote - author, publication, page #, etc.

  so i am wondering, do other magazines do this?

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  MrFreeze

  In school you must ALWAYS cite your sources, no matter how much you quote. Then again the WT doesn't believe in schooling.
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  The Pressure Is On to Pioneer in April

  by dontplaceliterature in

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  2. friends

  i know there have already been a couple of threads posted about this, but i thought it made since to bring it up again.

  i hadn't really heard any "oh my what a blessing, are you pioneering in april?

  " talk right after the big announcement last month.

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  MrFreeze

  I can only imagine how they are playing it up in my old hall. They usually get a ton of people to pioneer anyway by guilting them into it. 20 less hours to get. I can just picture the local needs talk. "Have you turned in your slip? If not, what's your freaking problem?" They may not put it like that but they'll use other words to say the same thing.
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  What Do You Miss About Being An Active JW?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  do you miss the "friends"?.

  do you miss the meetings?.

  do you miss field service?.

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  MrFreeze

  I miss a few people. But I think that about covers it.
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  What does everyone here DO anyway?

  by In_between_days in

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  hi everyone,.

  i am a new poster who is putting off their own personal story of finding this site for a while..... i find alot of people here utterly fascinating, and would like to know..... exactly what is everyones professional field of work?.

  i would like to be a full time poster on this forum, but alas, the $$$$ are quite light in that field of work.. apologies if this has been asked before.. just curious.

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  MrFreeze

  I work in the real estate industry...
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  This Is Freaky

  by metatron in

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  2. friends

  http://www.neave.com/strobe/.

  ok, hit the click this to get trippy link.

  then stare at the moving screen for 30 seconds.

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  MrFreeze

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT4B-NJUcZE