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Ted Haggard Defends Bishop Eddie Long. OH THE IRONY!!!!
by whereami in
1. jw
2. friends
religion...the biggest hypocrisy mankind has ever practiced.. .

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa6mvcj_dhu.
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Do You Think It's Improper To Make Fun Of The Name "Jehovah"?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
some people say "hovah' "jehoovah", etc.

or they'll say instead of jehovah's witnesses, "hovies"....etc.. do you think that it's appropriate?.
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What silly things have you been counselled on or simply been told off for?
by 3Mozzies in
1. jw
2. experiences
so what silly things have you been counselled on or simply been told off for?.

back in my early 20's, i had a pair of comfy old jeans that started to tear in about 3 places on the leg.

it was the fashion at the time so not only did they feel great to wear, they also looked 'in', not that i cared for that, but it was a bonus .
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The Dawkins Delusion
by brotherdan in
1. watchtower
2. bible
so, i recently finished reading "the god delusion" by richard dawkins.

i read it with a certain amount of hesitation.

after all, i am still recovering from my disappointment at realizing that the wts is not god's organization.
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Demons and the WTS
by brotherdan in
1. jw
2. experiences
i remember growing up and hearing all sorts of stories about demonic activity from people.

some would be experiences that people had going door to door and visiting a "witch" or "warlock".

some would inadvertently go to a fortune tellers door and have a demonic experience.. i was always facinated by all the stories.
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Is there a new 'rule' about disfellowshipping which can make it null and void?
by whitman in
1. jw
2. friends
firstly, if anyone involved in this situation is reading this i hope i haven't overstepped the boundaries by raising this question here.

i'll try to keep it as anonymous as possible.. so folks this is the situation.

it has just been brought to my attention that during some type of shepherding call to a a disfellowshipped person who is experiencing serious mental illness as a result of the situation and the shunning from his family (his father is an elder), an interesting twist of events occurred.. one of the 'shepherding' elders asked the d.f-d person whether they had prayed and dedicated his/her life fully to jehovah before the baptism.
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Do you ENJOY these endless theism/atheism - faith/reason - creation/evolution debates?
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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sure i get frustrated when i have to explain for the bajillionth time just why atheism is not a belief or why it is possible to know some things with 100% certainty but despite all the exasperations i still count it as one of the rewards of freeing my mind and exiting the wt that i can argue so endlessly and freely.. even if some of you do get on my tits sometimes .

nic'.
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Bethel Rules
by brotherdan in
1. jw
2. experiences
this was brought up just in passing on another thread.

but i wanted to see if there are any bethelites or ex bethelites that remember some of the crazy rules we had to follow when we were there..
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What's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?
by A.Fenderson in
1. social
2. entertainment
what's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?.

my personal recommendation: synecdoche, new york.

it's one of those movies that words fail utterly to capture--which really is the hallmark of a good movie, i suppose.
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Have you ever had a prayer answered?
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
prayer topics seem to be the bandwagon of the moment so i'm jumping on!

seriously, has anyone here asked for something specific in prayer and actually gotten what they asked for?

what convinces you that you wouldn't have got it in any case?