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1947 Awake Says Excommunication is Unbiblical and Pagan!
by Ding in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
january 8, 1947 awake!:.

excommunication is "altogether foreign to biblical teachings.".

it's an unbiblical roman catholic teaching by which "you are looked upon with the blackest contempt... being cursed and damned with the devil and his angels.".
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I am new,,just need to ask? Overcharging at Special One Day Assembly
by dreamgolfer in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
re; overcharging at special assembly daysmessage hey, .

having a wee bit of trouble but may have stumbled across a couple of things.

can you confirm or look into this- .
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WT December 15, 2010
by Designer Stubble in
1. watchtower
2. bible
wt december 15, 2010. snippets from this watchtower are below.

keeping in mind that all articles are written with an agenda, to address problems in the organization or to pave the way for new guidelines, look at what i highlighted.

my conclusions are:.
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Borg court: 3rd session & verdict
by sd-7 in
1. jw
2. friends
so...the third and final session was pretty straightforward.

they basically asked some more questions about the first woman, before i got back with the woman who became my wife.

then they asked what seemed like nothing more than a customer survey of "how are we doin'?
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Has Your Personality Changed Since Leaving The Witnesses?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i have an aquaintance that likes to say, "once an a hole always an a hole".

i guess you could reason that whatever your religious views were, your core is you are who you are.. did your personality change for better or worse when you left the organization?.
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Any one enjoys gardening?
by greendawn in
1. jw
2. friends
in the new ground floor flat that i purchased there is a garden area outside which is l shaped each leg being about 15 by 2 metres or about 50 by 7 feet (the rest of the outside is paved) and as the weather got better i planted a lot of the usual vegetables, aubergines, yellow peppers, tomatoes, courgettes, strawberries, cucumbers, runner beans a total of about 50 plants, and many flowers.

if all goes well i will not be buying much vegetables this summer.

i mixed in natural manure two months ago to give it time to get digested and hope i will not need to use any chemical pesticides.
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Prayers at mealtime!!?
by Frog in
1. jw
2. friends
who still find it strange years on to dive straight into your mail meal without 'giving thanks'?

i say main meal, because dad's prayers were always considerably lengthy before a main meal, and are an institution in every jw household.

even now after a few years i'm just about ready to tuck in when i find myself saying a simple thanks under my breath.
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sacramento elder caught!
by the mole in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
***the mole*** a sacramento elder caught.

he steps down his position this last thursday.

it has come to our attention of a coverup that the brother in one of our kingdom halls this last week had stepped down for sleeping with another woman.
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Greedy, bumming pioneers..did U know any? LOL
by LyinEyes in
1. jw
2. friends
wild turkey and his elder friend ( who is still in ) were talking about this last nite.

seems like most of the pioneers we knew in our area were moochers(sp?

) they would go to any means to save a penny,.
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Are you Ex's still Christian?
by joel in
1. jw
2. friends
whassup guys.

i've spent most of my web time over the last 2 years at another site full of ex-jdubs...i'd say about 50 people post there on occasion...many of that number regularly.. what struck me from the beginning, as i got to know the people posting there was...how many were now atheists...non-believers in god...the bible...pretty much anything they once held sacred as jw's!.

i dare say...90 some % do not consider themselves christian now!.