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  Mormons in decline because of the Internet

  by slimboyfat in

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  interesting article.

  i've often thought empirically mormons have an even harder sell than jws.

  the watchtower merely falsifies the date of the fall of jerusalem.

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  Prelude to a disfellowshipping: An open letter.

  by rory-ks in

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  an open letter to the body of elders, .

  sudbury (suffolk) congregation of jehovah's witnesses.. .

  on wednesday, april 4, 2012, the decision will be carried out to announce to the congregation that, rory sullivan is no longer one of jehovah's witnesses.. .

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  Thank you for posting this. "If you really want to piss them off tell one of your friends to attend that meeting and clap his hands when they make the announcement.

  NOLAW"

  Great idea Nolaw, I would invite every person I know who respects an individual's right to freedom of thought and freedom of (and from) worship to come and applaud the announcement of my disfellowshipping if it ever came to that. F@L
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  Proof Disfellowshipped For Organ Transplant, Hemodilution, Blood Fractions, etc.?

  by allyouneedislove in

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  2. medical

  is there any proof whether jws were disfellowshipped for organ transplant, hemodilution, blood fractions, or any other medical procedure that was spoken of negatively in the past, but is now a concience matter?

  thanks.

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  Literature Is FREE To All, Donations For World Wide Work.

  by PublishingCult in

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  2. beliefs

  *** km 10/91 p. 7 question box ***.

  question box.

  should publishers and pioneers feel obligated to contribute to the societys worldwide work each time they obtain literature for field service at the kingdom hall?.

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  WT publications questions

  by Aussie Oz in

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  2. bible

  can anybody tell me how much jws 'donate' for the magazines, 192 page books and bibles at the k/hall?.

  are subscriptions still available to the mags?.

  can you get the study wt by sub or only if you are a jw at the hall?.

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  Has the WTS removed the 'offending' publications? Or just retired them due to time?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  2. beliefs

  i seem to recall the earlier versions of watchtower cd-rom containing books from the 50's and 60's [life everlasting in the freedom of the son's of god - babylon the great has fallen - etc].

  i have no cd predating 2001 now in my possession - and looked at that one today doing research, finding that virtually nothing pre-1970 is there [except the revised/altered 'truth' book].. is my memory faulty on this?

  could it be that they just 'retired' the older pubs innocently?

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  Had to sit through 'Creation Reveals God's Glory'

  by Flat_Accent in

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  with my parents last night.. i had seen the dvd before but there was an overall feeling of awkwardness when they played it this time.. they both came diving into the living room anxious to watch it, and though my mum usually gets emotional when things like this are brought up, she kept her cool and decided to lay down some "facts".

  things like "we are living in the last days, and the anglo-american world power is the last one.

  china will never be a world power.

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  Prelude to a disfellowshipping

  by rory-ks in

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  i was 25 years a congregation member; ten years an elder; all told, up to 18 years an appointed man; a decade or so as a full-time minister; assembly speaker, with the pinnacle giving the public discourse at a district convention.. .

  i stopped being an active member of the congregation in november 2010, but it had been brewing for several years, with the customary gradual drifting away - all the necessary mental gymnastics as my spiritual views changed and doubts set in; quitting the theocratic ministry school; ceasing to answer; sitting quietly off to the side.

  i think the straw that broke the camels back was when family worship inevitably became family worship.

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  Hayden Covington's unwitting role in harsh disfellowship policy

  by Terry in

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  in the january 8, 1947 awake!

  magazine the following article appeared.. .

  the above article was published under the watchtower presidency of nathan knorr.

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  Let me introduce myself - slimboyfat

  by slimboyfat in

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  i was simultaneously compelled and repelled by narkissoss suggestion that it may be healthy to present a story of how we became witnesses that we can now own as former or disillusioned witnesses.

  if we can now own it wouldnt it necessarily be a betrayal?

  whose story is it, mine or a former self or just wishful thinking?

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