Topics Started by No Room For George

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George Couch Dies - Brooklyn Bethel
by SadElder in
1. jw
2. friends
george couch, a longtime fixture as the big wig of home overseers at brooklyn bethel, died friday.

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we never interacted much with them, he was a strange duck from our brief visits with them over the years..
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Floyd Kite's "Enduring the Tests Within God's Organization" (1980)
by Leolaia in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
thats a big test.

can you think of the test that that would put on gods people?

its a big test, its a big test.
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"Emission", "Issue" or "Genital organ"? - Ezekiel 23:20
by Inquisitor in
1. watchtower
2. bible
here's how ezekiel 23:20 reads in various translations: .

and she kept lusting in the style of concubines belonging to those whose fleshly member is as the fleshly member of male asses and whose genital organ is as the genital organ of male horses.

" - new world translation by wts .
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Singer finds her voice after leaving JW's
by Gopher in
1. jw
2. experiences
good story about rene marie.

she speaks frankly about a good effect she found by joining the jw's, and how and why she left never to look back.

http://www.pacpub.com/site/myzwire.cfm?newsid=15292956&brd=1091&pag=461&dept_id=343157&rfi=6
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New Light (from the 50s) "Religion" now acceptable word
by Odrade in
1. watchtower
2. bible
"in 1951, advocates of true worship learned something significant about the term religion.

some of them could well recall 1938 when, at times, they carried the thought-provoking sign religion is a snare and a racket.

from their standpoint then, all religion was unchristian, from the devil.
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Can A JW "Call The Whole Thing Off"?
by Englishman in
1. jw
2. friends
jw's can't end an engagement to marry someone.. when my teenage engagement to a jw sister ended, i was asked to state who had brought the relationship to an end because that person would be summoned to appear before a jc.. i was astonished at this infringement on a person's freedom.. here's the wt's take on this:.

questions from readers.

is it proper for a christian who is engaged to be married to break off that engagement??a.
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Kobe charged ! so sad !, will JW's use him as an example for their young ?
by run dont walk in
1. jw
2. friends
anytime something went wrong in the world with an individual, they would use them as example over and over and over again.. the most common one i heard was brother a got into big trouble with __________ (insert problem here, pick any one), see this is what happens when you leave the organization.. so how many jw's will be saying ............. "did you hear what happened to kobe, big successful athlete, see he didn't have god's organization and satan got him.".

i wonder how many jw parents especially in the la area will make their kids stop wearing number 8. he did and admit to committing adultrey.

sexual assault, i don't think so.
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Going out with a bang
by LittleToe in
1. jw
2. friends
after much deliberation, i decided to go "out" at the end of a public talk.

it didn't go down too well, but at least i was able to give some of my reasons for leaving.. i've put some of the details on my homepage.

i'll update it more when i get the time and the strength.
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WHAT`s YOUR FAVORITE BEER!
by OUTLAW in
1. jw
2. friends
i like molson canadian,except when i`m out of the country.then i only drink imported beer...molson canadian.
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What women don't like and what men don't like!
by spectromize in
1. social
2. relationships
women don't like,.

#1 unclipped hair protuding out of your nose and ears.. #2 showing up at the restaurant without reservations.. #3 using her money to buy a gift.. #4 asking her daughter out if it doesn't work out.. #5 watching the football game while she says:"we have to talk!".

#6 being a couch potato on your days off.. #7 never, never say she's fat even if she is.