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  [MP3] The District Conventions from the 1950s to the 2010s

  by possible-san in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  well, if you click the "theme" of each talk, you can listen to the talk by mp3.. in particular, with respect to the mp3s of the dcs in 2010 and 2011, you can listen to most of them.. .

  http://www.centralprint.net/jwtalks/dc/conventions.html.

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  To some this is research, to me this is a website filled with weeks of torture.....In all seriousness, good work kurt.
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  What do you think of AOG church?

  by shallbefree in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello friends, i am a fading jw and i am thinking of attending sunday service at a local aog church here, just for fellowship.

  i have lots of friends but none of them are spiritual minded.

  not that i am complaining but it would be nice to meet some spiritual minded people.

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  If you go you bringa frined.

  'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrTWJo7a9l0'
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  12% of JWs Think Gay Is OK? Really?

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was reading pat buchanan's book, "suicide of a superpower".

  on page 71, he speaks about the growing acceptance of homosexuality amidst religions.

  he claims that 12% of jw's think gay behavior is ok.. really?

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  It is from the Pew Center's site. There is no guarantee that they are active by JW standards. Most likely they just self identify.
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  Armageddon and the Whore of Babylon

  by JudgeDracoAmunRa in

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  Diest

  Use google chrome or firefox...your post didnt work due to IE issues. Welcome to the forum.
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  Important - campaign idea

  by Mickey mouse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with the special talk entitled 'is it later than you think?

  ' coming up, wouldn't it be great to have some flyers made up and distibuted at kingdom halls on the day?!

  can you imagine jws coming out to their car and finding this under the windshield?.

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  Cofty it will be cheaper to get the printer to make them. I do think this is a great campaign idea.
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  Pre-emptive shunning - a growing reality

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm scanning through some of the results from the 2012 jw survey as they're coming in.. the most populous of the six voting categories with 76 voters so far is my own category, for those who are inactive, or "faded/fading" (not disfellowshipped or da'd, but no longer reporting time on the ministry).. one statistic already leaping out at me surrounds the question "do you experience 'pre-emptive shunning' from active witnesses, who view you as 'bad association'?

  " of the 74 who voted on this so far, 76% have answered "yes" to this question.. it's early days, and obviously i will have a clearer picture of the extent of the problem once the survey closes at the end of the year.

  however, the results already in suggest that pre-emptive shunning is widespread among inactive ones, despite this not being an "official" policy of the society.. i was interested in your opinions as to why this may be?

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  On the question of should their be reform in the JWs....it should have an option for...Not existing.
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  Clear distinction of people on JWN

  by cptkirk in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this has been an interesting science project to say the least.

  here is what i have learned:.

  you have about 6 types of people posting on jwn, they all fit into a profile.. #1 you have people like me that ran the race, exemplified conduct while in the jw cult and learned through observation that there was a severe disconnect between truth, and the jw cult's statements.

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  This is not the real cptkirk, this is his nutty duplicate that was created during a terrible transporter accident.
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  Download While You Can!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  credit goes to anony mous=http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/215963/1/ready-to-leak-wikileaks-style=anony mous wrote:=hi,=i have a cache of documents that are direct from the branch.

  they include letters, forms, videos, booklets, instructions on how to handle everything in kingdom hall locally and rbc's financially and otherwise.=includes the branch's instructions on how to write the local incorporations so that all assets go to watchtower inc. and in case that corporation doesn't exist anymore or is no longer tax free, to the governing body (that's what it says!).

  i have them for all states but only going to include ny (since that's where they are located).

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  So this is really what brought down Mega....
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  This makes the "birther" issue pale by comparison....

  by Glander in

  1. social
  2. current

  read this, it's short - very interesting.. .

  stolen ssn# 042-68-4425. .

  an intensive investigation has revealed the identity of the man whose.

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  As a side point the SS system didnt start till 37.
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  Kingdom Hall Spankings

  by JH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  most meetings i went to, children were brought to the washrooms in the back to be disciplined.

  often i could hear a child yell or cry due to the spanking given by the parent.

  people in the hall would have that look on their face meaning that it was alright to discipline a child by spanking him.

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  Thses threads make me so sad.