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Did you ever think you'd stop being one of Jehovah's Witnesses?
by sandy in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm sure this question has been asked before .

i've come a long way in my thinking.

a very long way!
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Were dinosaurs part of a pre-Adamic "paradise"?
by M.J. in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the wts seems to affirm a lot that adam's blunder really screwed up the earth, and that the earth was not meant to be this place full of killing, disease, death, pain, etc.. but according to the wts version of the story, did god create the earth with these types of features before adam even came on the scene?

the wts does not deny the existance of dinosaurs, who in their words were created prior to mankind during the 5th or 6th symbolic day-ages.

yet its clear from fossilized remains that dinosaurs killed each other, had a high mortality rate, often died young, suffered from disease such as cancerous tumors: .
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A Parody of a typical Watchtower Article for your amusement: enjoy!
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
(matthew 24:14).

[matthew 24:14]

but, does this lead to true happiness?
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Adultery, Forgiveness & Divorce-----WATCHTOWER STYLE
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i wonder how many have been affected by the watchtower's interpretation of these things.

i know of many many jws that "live together" only because they are married to each other.

these people almost hate each other, but would never leave their marriages and get an "unscriptural" divorce.....i know of wives that "forgave" their husbands "unknowingly".
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REGI stockbroker report shows military connections for Rand Cam
by bebu in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i haven't seen this posted before here.

it's rather a newer document (feb 19, 2003), so it may not have made it onto your radar screens yet.

suprised i found it, myself.
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ADAM AND EVE CREATED SAME YEAR says Jehovah's channel:
by garybuss in
1. watchtower
2. bible
adam and eve created same year says jehovah's channel:.

insight book #1 p. 772 eve .

when adam was 130 years old, eve gave birth to a son whom she called seth, saying: "god has appointed another seed in place of abel, because cain killed him.
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"Dubs For Dummies"
by Farkel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
dear brothers and sisters in the worldwide brotherhood of jehovahs witnessestm,.

there has been much public interest in our beliefs lately, so we have prepared a very brief summary of our core beliefs in a new pamphlet which you may offer to interested persons.

hopefully, this pamphlet will generate enough interest with honest-hearted people and enable you to start many new bible studies.
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AHHHH...the love from Bethel!
by LDH in
1. jw
2. friends
listening to all of new boy's stories of the bethelites has reminded me of one of my own..... when i was about 17 (reg.

pio.

)our phone rang in the middle of the night.
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WT Repayment AFTER 1975...HAHAHAHA
by VM44 in
1. jw
2. friends
this is my own actual experience from about 1967. .

i was sitting in a california kingdom hall, listening to an anoucement that the .

watchtower society was either taking a loan out, or was stretching payments .
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Preacher Jimmy Swaggart and JW Lawyers
by waiting in
1. watchtower
2. bible
in the supreme court of the united states, october tenth, 1988, case no.

88-1374, filed on june 22, 1988, clerk joseph f. spanol, jr.. on that date and file number, the attoreny james m. mccabe,and donald t. ridley, 25 colombia heights, brooklyn, ny 11251 (718)606-4993, attorneys for amicus curiae, watchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc. filed a "friends of the court" brief on the behalf of the famous preacher, jimmy swaggart and his ministries.. why would the watchtower society, direct channel for jehovah's holy spirt, which also godly hates babylon the great, which also christiandom is the largest part, go into the supreme court of the united states and file a legal brief to help jimmy swaggart's ministries in his trial which was case no.

88-1374: jimmy swaggart ministries, appelant vs. board of equalization of california, appeller?.