Topics Started by JWchange

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If JWs were to change their name what would they change it to?
by slimboyfat in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
was it 1931 when they adopted jehovah's witnesses?

(at the time with lower case w) isn't it about time now they changed name again?

i mean everything else is changing why not the name!
7
2016 JW Yearbook out now and online
by JWchange in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
latest numbers: 1.5% increase from 2014:.

https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/2016-yearbook/2015-grand-totals/ .

interesting sections: .
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WTBTS Submissions to Royal Commission on abuse: The response document in FULL
by JWchange in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
it is not obvious if someone has already put the responses and excuses to the findings of the royal commission, by watchtower on this forum somewhere, sorry if it is already posted.

click on the link below, and scroll down to 'submissions' near bottom of page and you can download the full document.

if this link doesn't work.
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Why do girls have a hymen?
by JWchange in
1. social
2. family
if you believe humans evolved, and were not created, why would having a hymen help, especially as no other mammal has one?

if you believe humans were created by {a} god, or intelligent beings with advanced technology, what was the reason for a hymen?

i'm interested to hear your thoughts on this unusual subject, not many people talk about..
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JWs, UFO's, demons, and the book "The Dark Gods"
by MikeHammer in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have been looking into this issue that (many/most/all/etc) ufos are caused by demons as seems to be said by jws.

some time ago when i browsed this site i read a posting where someone recommended a book titled "the dark gods" by roberts and gilbertson (here is a link to the book at amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/dark-gods-anthony-roberts/dp/009138771x).. besides that one there are a couple of other books that i have checked (one of these is "operation trojan horse" by john keel and the other one is "a guide to the paranormal" by magnus raven).

both of these say the same thing although they approach this issue from different directions.. looking at the amazon reviews for "the dark gods" it looks like it also says the same thing but the book is out of print.
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SHUNNING - Unchristian Psychological Torture
by EdenOne in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
some time ago, i wrote an extensive article on shunning and published it on my website.

since that website had views on doctrinal matters that no longer reflect my current stand, i took the website down.

however, my views on this matter are still current, and for the benefit of everyone here, i'm going to post the article here.
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Yeah, my parents plan to will everything to this parasitic organization and forsake their seed
by Phaedra in
1. jw
2. friends
yeah, they'll leave it all, their home, savings, etc.. never mind helping out their struggling children who never had a chance.. fuck this organization and everything it stands for when its members think god will favor them more by willing everything to a corporation instead of their own struggling seed..
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For the Supporters of Those Who Love Jehovah
by lovesjehovah in
1. jw
2. friends
i am jehovah's witness, despite some of the questionable teachings, crimes, and other outlandish behaviors of specific people affiliated with the religion.

i know that my relationship with jehovah is not influenced by any outside factors.

i do not condone any crime.
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Interview with Jehovah's witnesses
by John Doe64 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hello i am john a student of naperville north high school.

in a comparative religion project we have to research a branch of christianity mine being jehovah's witness and do an interview so this is out to all jehovah's witnesses or former jehovah's witnesses.. what do you enjoy about being jehovah's witness and what do you enjoy the least?.

what is communion like for jehovah's witnesses?.
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Are baptisms under the age of 18 valid? Can one baptised/dedicated prior actually be dfed according to law?
by EndofMysteries in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in a business law class i've been learning all about contracts.

i wonder if for all of those who were baptized prior to the age of 18, if the wt/elders could be forced on our insistence that our dedication/baptism as a minor was made without proper mental capacity and that it be declared invalid, henceforth having never been baptized then family,etc, would be free in wt's eyes to treat as any non-jw vs shunning as an ex-jw.

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