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  Famous ex-Jws

  by ekruks in

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  michelle rodriguez used to be a jehovah's witness.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/michelle_rodriguez.

  i am just wondering if we can make a list of famous people that used to be jws, i.e.

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  Van Morrison was raised as a JW. He has a song called "Down at the Kingdom Hall"

  He performs it on Saturday Night Live here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAu8TWJTd-M
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  Were Jehovah's Witnesses Correct In ANYTHING They Taught?

  by minimus in

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  or are they as correct as any other false religion?.

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  I would say yes. Which in my opinion, is worse than 100% lies. There was enough truth spread throughout their message for people like me to come in and buy it all. Where I find them lacking is that they are as right and wrong as anyone else, but they never admit fault and anyone who points out the past is quickly labeled an apostate.
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  My recap of yesterday's Watchtower study...

  by sir82 in

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  ...for those of you who missed it:.

  ahem..... .

  we are the faithful and discreet slave!

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  FoundSheep: I think they're getting worse. I don't remember growing up hearing hardly anything about the GB. The attitude I remember having was kind of like: "We have the truth because we study deeper things, and we rely on Jehovah for our direction." More or less.

  Now the attitude is that you have to follow the Governing Body because Jehovah is directing them, and if we follow them, we are following Jehovah.

  To me, its far worse than it used to be. I think old timers, even those who are still Witnesses probably agree, but are too afraid to say anything.
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  OVERLAPPING GENERATION Written Review

  by blondie in

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/search?cx=partner-pub-4963413421914369%3ag5in7s-4bz3&cof=forid%3a10&ie=iso-8859-1&q=overlapping&siteurl=www.jehovahs-witness.net%2fsearch.

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  many threads on the overlapping generation...how do you explain it briefly to a ex-jw or jw on the edge?.

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  drewcoul

  Lost Generation: Outstanding! Thanks for sharing. It's nice to have something showing ONLY WT quotes.

  By the way, regarding the title of this thread "Written Review," do they still do the written review every few months during the TMS?
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  I need a new phone......which one is better- I-phone or Droid?

  by drewcoul in

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  i'm in need of a new phone.

  i've had the samsung omnia for quite a while.

  its a piece of crap.

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  Now, please allow me to remove my customer service hat.

  If liberty is your thing, Apple represents hardware tyranny. Like the PC, Android is the platform of hardware liberty

  LOL! That's the one thing that has turned me off from buying apple or mac products. I know they are proven, and high quality but I like versatility.

  So, flash is going to be a thing of the past soon? Are most mobile phones able to support html5?
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  I need a new phone......which one is better- I-phone or Droid?

  by drewcoul in

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  i'm in need of a new phone.

  i've had the samsung omnia for quite a while.

  its a piece of crap.

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  I'm in need of a new phone. I've had the Samsung Omnia for quite a while. Its a piece of crap. Its supposed to be a smart phone, but its hard to text, I run out of memory, and the internet is slow.

  I'm on Verizon and I'm debating on whether to get the I-phone 4-S or the Droid Razr. Any suggestions?
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  CERN claims faster-than-light particle measured

  by botchtowersociety in

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  huh?.

  cern claims faster-than-light particle measuredgeneva (ap) -- a fundamental pillar of physics - that nothing can go faster than the speed of light - appears to be smashed by an oddball subatomic particle that has apparently made a giant end run around albert einstein's theories.. scientists at the world's largest physics lab said thursday they have clocked neutrinos traveling faster than light.

  that's something that according to einstein's 1905 special theory of relativity - the famous e (equals) mc2 equation - just doesn't happen.. "the feeling that most people have is this can't be right, this can't be real," said james gillies, a spokesman for the european organization for nuclear research, or cern, outside the swiss city of geneva.. gillies told the associated press that the readings have so astounded researchers that they are asking others to independently verify the measurements before claiming an actual discovery.. "they are inviting the broader physics community to look at what they've done and really scrutinize it in great detail, and ideally for someone elsewhere in the world to repeat the measurements," he said thursday.. scientists at the competing fermilab in chicago have promised to start such work immediately.. "it's a shock," said fermilab head theoretician stephen parke, who was not part of the research in geneva.

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  And now a joke:

  The bartender says, "We don't serve particles that travel faster than the speed of light in here!"

  A neutrino walks into a bar.
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  What is the stupidest comment you ever heard at a meeting?

  by 3rdgen in

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  a very reliable friend told me this: the bro was commenting on what was "unacceptable" conduct in the bedroom between married persons.

  needless to say, he had everyone's attention.

  he went on to say "we must avoid perversions such as oral and annual sex.

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  One WT conductor asked why the Jews seemed to be so much weaker than the Egyptians when they were led out by Moses. He asked what advantages the Egyptians seemed to have, since all the Hebrews had to rely on was Jehovah. One really weird sister was called on, and answered: "The Egyptians had guns and the Jews didn't have any weapons." I looked at my wife and whispered...."Did she really say guns?" We were both trying to hold it together for the next five minutes or so.

  One friend of mine, when he was very young, had watched SNL or some other comedy show. They did a spoof of King Kong where they said King Kong was the savior of mankind......Fast forward to next book study.......The conductor said: "So Jesus actually was the only person who could save all of mankind." My friend blurted out: "I saw on TV that King Kong was able to save mankind!" A spanking by his father immediately followed.
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  Will "Bethel" cement a young person in or convince him out?

  by extractor in

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  i teach in a public high school.

  my favorite student is a 17 year old great kid named tyler.

  i teach band so he's been my student for 6 years now.

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  If he's that age, I don't think you have anything to worry about. He is old enough to remember the freedom he's had in the past, I don't think they'll be able to keep the chains on him for long. I wouldn't think he's even inclined to go to Bethel. I've only known 2 people to go to Bethel who weren't raised as JWs.
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  Woe is me...

  by gutted in

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  i need to get this out and this is the only place i know that it will be ok to do so.. so i've been out (inactive) for over a year a half now and decided i wanted a relationship with a non-jw, obviously.

  i'm in my late 20s and never really had a girlfriend.

  it doesn't help that i'm an introvert and not a very social person, add to that the guilt and control issues i have from jws and i don't think i have many outgoing attractive qualities.. i have been on dates with about 4 girls so far, one i approached randomly and the others from online dating.

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  It could be as simple as a running or walking club, wine tasting, book club, community gatherings...cleanups and food drives

  LOL!!! No offense dag, but the guy wants a date, not a pretentious do gooder. This makes me want to puke!

  Women who hang out at a walking club, book club, or community gatherings don't put out!! The guy needs to get laid, not a lesson in civic services.