Topics Started by moman

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The Evidence that the truth is good for you!
by JEMIMAH in
1. jw
2. friends
a growing body of evidence suggests that being a jehovah's witness can be good medicine.

new findings seem to emerge every other month: jehovah's witnesses live longer.

prayer helps heart patients.
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JW & SUICIDE CASES
by bj in
1. jw
2. friends
i need all cases that you know about.

if possible, names and dates.

if you have newspaper articles, photos, court cases, web-reference, would be glad to learn about them.
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active and happy jw
by scumgrief in
1. jw
2. friends
i am an active jw and was raised as one.

i have been watching the site for a while and thought it could benefit from the opinions of someone who is happily a member of the jw's.

i will not get into any argumets that lead to nothing except name calling, and will not talk with anyone who is just plain mean (plenty of them in here).
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"Dubs" & the Beast
by moman in
1. jw
2. friends
ok, we have heard the (library card responce) from the borg.

if joining the u.n. az an n.g.o.

waz such a "minor thing", then why did they cancel their membership immediatly after discovery, & why join in the first place?
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whats a dub ? is this an americanism ?
by alliwannadoislive in
1. jw
2. friends
the term 'dub' originates from where exactly ?

- i understand that it's used in reference to those considered 'active' jws, but as to what the term actually means i dunno - please enlighten me ...
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New ( X-JDub ) theme song?
by moman in
1. jw
2. friends
2 title suggestions:.

# 1) i don't want no j-dubs...sang to the tune of, 'i don't want no scrubs'.

# 2) i'm proud to be an apostate...sang to the tune of, 'i'm proud to be an american'.
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How to place 50 million Watchtowers in England
by radar in
1. jw
2. friends
use the royal mail!

i remember how ecstatic some bro's and sisters would get when they placed more than 10 magazinesat a time.

(it made you look so spiritualy adept on a report sheet).
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12/8/01 Awake! help for Arthritics
by RationalWitness in
1. jw
2. friends
on page 10 of the december 8, 2001 awake!, the article "hope for arthritis sufferers" feigns to offer encouragement to those afflicted with chronic arthritis.

note how the article describes some of the sad consequences of this condition:such limitations can cause frustration and negative felings about oneself.

gaku, aged 27, is one of jehovah's witnesses and says: "not being able to share fully in the evangelizing work or fulfill congregation assignments makes me feel that as a person i have no value whatsoever.
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New carrot & stick 4 the BORG?
by moman in
1. jw
2. experiences
left the "borg" in spirit in 1975.....hung aroung on the fringe for 25 more yrs.

(hows that 4 dumb) thinking of making a tee-shirt that sez,"j dub apostate & damn proud of it" i think the borg iz going 2 have 2 come up with sum new carrot & stick 2 scare the little sheep....what will it be?
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Dinosaur's & fossils records
by moman in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i have been in the "truth" for some yrs., & just can't seem to reconsile the huge fossile record with the society's timetable.

if each creative day waz 7k yrs., that means the dinosaurs only lived on this earth for a few thousand yrs.= (sixth creative day 7k yrs.

to noah's flood).