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Have you written a letter to the GB?
by trevorbv in
1. jw
2. friends
have you ever written a letter to the wtbts asking questions?

who did you address the letter to?

who reads them?
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ABSOLUTE PROOF THAT DINOSAURS AREN'T MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD!
by Mary in
1. jw
2. friends
yesterday, i went out for lunch with my parents when my mother made mention of something she had read in the newspaper about some new discovery of species that went extinct millions of years ago.

she asked my father what method is used to determine the age of something, because of course, this flies directly in face of the biblical account of life on this planet being only a few thousand years old.. anyway, my father related a story that some brother he ran into recently at the assembly told him.

this [unnamed] brother related a story told to him by another [unnamed] elder who knew an [unnamed] circuit serpent who was "really chummy with one of the [unnamed] executives at the royal ontario museum".
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Christians afraid of Carl Sagan?
by SweetBabyCheezits in
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in looking for a particular reference to carl sagan's the demon-haunted world: science as a candle in the dark, i stumbled across this website:.

http://www.crossroad.to/q&a/science/sagan.htm.

it appears the page was created as a rebuttal against carl's book.
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Who cares about Jesus?
by brotherdan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
one thing that initially disturbed me when i was questioning the organization was their lack of focus on jesus.

whether you believe in him or not, you have to admit that jws focus mainly on jehovah and his organization.

to the apostles their entire message was about jesus.
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How is the transfer from a congregation handled by the elders?
by trevorbv in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if any of you were elders how is the transfer from a congregation handled?

how do elders know where to send the proclaimer's file and letter of recommendation?

does it go through the local branch if in the same country?
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So has the wt given up on prophecy altogether or what?
by agonus in
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2. friends
for decades they've produced massive tomes on their own peculiar brand of wt-centric prophecy, but it seems like the production of prophecy-related material as of late has slowed to a trickle, their last prophecy-related book that i can recall was the minor-prophets book released a few years back.

however that book if i recall was very vague in its exposition, focusing on daily life application rather than eschatology.

and yet the armageddon-end-times-obedience-"generation" drumbeat grows faster and louder with less and less exposition as to how or when exactly any of this is supposed to play out.
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In 25 Years Will The WT.Organization Still Be Around?
by minimus in
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i think so.

and i doubt it'll grow much, if at all, but i think it will still be around.. what do you think?.
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If you could ask one question to an active JW to get them to open their mind about their beliefs, what would it be?
by Franklin Massey in
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2. friends
this question was posed to me by a poster named ice cream.

i don't know my answer yet.

it's one of those, "if you could have just one wish.." kind of questions.
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Jonny, the WTB&TS, and hacking
by MeanMrMustard in
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2. friends
this is my first thread at jwn.

i have posted only a few times on other threads.

i am a third generation jw turned ex-jw, inactive for six years.
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Get 'deleted' or resign as a ministerial servant?
by trevorbv in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm a ministerial servant for some years now, but reached to the conclusion that i must get out of jws as soon as possible.

i can no longer waste my time in field service, at the kh or doing menial jobs for the congregation.

for some months now my field report is with one digit at the hours section and with empty spaces in magazines, brochures and the others.