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  WT now promoting literature officially at book fairs

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  can there really be any doubt now on how commercial it is?

  if you thought the new kh design seemed commercial in nature, now imagine one of those halls turned into a jw store.

  we know they exist.

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  John_Mann

  Something unbelievable in the 90's...

  I remember a JW in the 90's who had this same idea and the elders quickly silenced him. 
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  YOU MIGHT BE A J.W.

  by brandnew in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if getting ready means putting on a suit........ you might be a j.w.. if going out to the field has nothing to do with grass, baseball diamonds, or football ......... you might be a j.w.. please continue my friends.......i know ya got some.....; ).

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  If you know the addresses of all of your schoolmates with the intent to avoid them you probably are a jw.
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  The Theory Of Everything

  by 88JM in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  question: should able-bodied actors play characters with disabilities?.

  i got myself into a bit of a quandary over a discussion on a facebook group.

  it was partly based on this article in the guardian:.

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  PCness level: God.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses are NOT a Cult......so they say.

  by Tenacious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  trying to develop a good strategy for relatives still partially indoctrinated by this despicable inhumane cult.

  i researched their own material and i found some good info on how they don't mind control anyone.

  the following unedited information was sourced from their february 15, 1994 watchtower p. 5-7. i've highlighted some sentences that we all know are lies and a distortion of the reality of their community:.

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  John_Mann

  When I was a dub I accepted the term cult because the bible says the early christianity was labelled as a cult. 

  And in my mind I thought a cult was an unregistered religion or illegal. I knew in some countries they were truly illegal so I thought that was the cause of the cult status in people's mind.

  And I accepted the fact the JW must be persecuted and ridiculed. The old persecution card...

  But I wonder how could be my reaction if I  was told about the mechanisms of thought control in my uber dub days...

  
  

  
  
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  Andromeda awaits the "Great Crowd of Other Sheep"

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the great crowd, the other sheep will live forever on planet earth.. years will move from centuries, millennia, and millions of years to billions of years.

  after 4 billion years, the sky will fill as their milky way galaxy and its neighbouring andomeda galaxy collide, with amazing changes in gravitational forces.

  what an amazing sight!.

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  John_Mann

  And thus said Jehovah: 'galaxies stand still'.

  Problem solved.

  You can't beat magical thinking with logic and facts. 
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  Eyebrows up!... Eyebrows down!...

  by Splash in

  1. social
  2. humour

  today... i'm going to talk to you..... about "sisters!!".

  now our dear sisters... have a place ... in god's organisation.

  they are not permitted to teach!.

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  John_Mann

  If I had saw Lett just once when I was a JW I would left at the same time. 

  That guy is the model cult leader. 

  
  
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  Everyday expressions used by JWs that are NOT in the bible...

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  reading another thread made me realise that there are numerous expressions used as everyday witness terminology, that is not in the bible.... such as:.

  governing body.

  paradise earth.

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  Pioneer.

  Watchtower.

  Awake.

  Jw. Org.

  conventions.

  kingdom hall.

  Tracts. 

  Singing carts.

  
  
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  Man is designed to be God-oriented, shows new scientific study!

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  meditation slows age-related loss of grey matter in the brain, finds a new study.

  (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150205142951.htm) (see also http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/10/health/can-meditation-really-slow-aging/index.html).

  when we eat certain type of food, it shows how it affects our body.

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  John_Mann

  I think you better not skip your meds.
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  Man is designed to be God-oriented, shows new scientific study!

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  meditation slows age-related loss of grey matter in the brain, finds a new study.

  (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150205142951.htm) (see also http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/10/health/can-meditation-really-slow-aging/index.html).

  when we eat certain type of food, it shows how it affects our body.

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  John_Mann

  Almost everyone who meditates are agnostic at least.
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  Christian missionary whinges about the prosperity of Kenya

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jessica tidwell arrived in nairobi ready to heroically preach the gospel to destitute, half-naked peasants, living in mud huts and covered in "bug bites".. when she discovered that nairobi was in fact a prosperous, modern city with people in expensive clothes buying food and electronic goods in shopping malls, she was dejected and said so in her missionary blog.. the comments section below her blog entry is well worth a read.... here is bob marley's take on self-centred western christian missionaries.. "we're going to chase those crazy baldheads out of town".

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  John_Mann

  Try to preach to Taliban. That's a challenge! Allahu Akbhar