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  Found this on WikiHow .....

  by notgoinback in

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  i found this while i did a search on wikihow:.

  http://www.wikihow.com/become-one-of-jehovah's-witnesses.

  also note #7 (recognize the authority of the "faithful and discreet slave") and the last bullet point on the warnings section:.

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  How do you like their warnings section on domestic violence:

  Warnings

  • The Selma and Steve reference above is used to highlight how The Watchtower has encouraged members to react to some cases of domestic violence stemming from religious differences. Most outside the faith (and likely many individuals inside) would recommend any victim of domestic violence contact the proper authorities.

  JWs definition of "proper authorities"

  • Most outside the faith (if not all) will call the police.

  • Likely many individuals inside the faith will call the elders, which, in turn, will call Bethel.
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  Prayers that God answers. Any examples?

  by punkofnice in

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  when i believed in god i tried not to pray for anything selfish.. after a while i began to think that a lot of things i was asking my imaginary friend in the sky for were selfish for some reason.. i do not ever remember a single thing i prayed for ever being answered.

  if there was the appearance of an answer it was because i did mental gymnastics to make it fit the delusion that god had actually answered me.

  there was never an obvious message/answer from god.

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  punkofnice >>> God will provide money if it is HIS will to do just so. (1. John 5:14)
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  JW.org passwords

  by slimboyfat in

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  what are the passwords for on jw.org?

  are there different levels of pass?

  have the passwords ever been leaked?

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  Would someone trying to get access not use something like the Tor Network ?
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  There are more Jehovah's Witnesses in Portugal than there are Scientologists in the whole world

  by cedars in

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  2. friends

  it would be nice if this little nougat of information could be more widely known - especially by journalists.. the quoted figures for scientology are taken from tony ortega's 2011 article in the village voice, which quotes former scientology pr executive jeff hawkins as saying.... "i know that event attendance internationally was somewhere in the region of 25,000 to 35,000. the international 'bodies in the shop' (people actually in the orgs that week for service) was 16,000 to 18,000. ias was struggling to get 40,000 members.

  based on this and a lot of other information i was privy to, i estimate the actual number of scientologists at a maximum of 40,000. that's on the high side.".

  portugal is one of 33 countries with more than 40,000 active jehovah's witnesses - demonstrating the gulf in size between the two faiths.. the following list shows all countries with more than 40,000 jws according to their reported peak publishers for 2013.. .

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  “ Every generation has had its share of “false prophets.” So their mere existence today does not prove that we are living in the time of the end of this system of things. But the rapid increase in their number and in the number of persons they are misleading, along with the fulfillment of all the other things Jesus foretold for our day, does! Never before have so many religious leaders, political rulers and counselors striven to give people guidance. And never before have so many people been misled. ”

  1981 Awake!, December 8, page 15
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  Who really is to blame for the marriage breakdowns?

  by Quarterback in

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  another young couple has bit the dust, in our congregation.

  that's close to 20.. we'll probably hear a special needs talk, and of course the couple will be counselled to get back together, and they are not scripturally free to marry.. comments will be made that it's is the fault of the younger ones, today.

  apparently younger ones are selfish, but, are they?.

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  snare&racket >>>

  In 2013 marriage is a legal right and a means to publicly announce our commitment along with legal benefits, but that aside its about two people living together.

  Isn't that also exactly what Adam and Eve supposedly did before God came along and gave them a marriage certificate?
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  Do you remember your Baptism Talk?

  by bildad in

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  do you remember anything from your baptism talk or the brother who gave it?.

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  Revising the baptismal questions so many times made talking about the very subject superfluous.
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  EVERYTHING you always wanted to know about shunning, excommunication and disfellowship practice

  by Terry in

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  the policy set by pastor russell concerning disfellowship procedure wasn't changed until 1944?.

  what was disfellowship policy?.

  russell had recommended in a 1904 publication that each separate congregation (remember there was no organization back then!

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  Shunning - The Article that started so much pain and heartbreak (WT 1944, May 15)
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  2014 CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY PROGRAMME

  by St George of England in

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  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/.

  something to look forward to i'm sure.. no doubt the symposium "beware of strange teachings" will be more apostate/evolution/education bashing.. george.

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  Gee, shouldn't they have conceived a centennial program that's more in tune with

  the bipolar ('young' and 'old' generation) of 1914?
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  A new DVD for 2013: The Return of the Prodigal Son

  by Oubliette in

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  in another thread, what's new for 2013 - lo nuevo de 2013, jwn member, oppostate, posted news of dc releases at this year's district conventions.

  among the releases was this: .

  a new dvd for 2013: the return of the prodigal son.

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  There used to be time when they applied the "prodigal son" class to the "other sheep" class.

  Some of the anointed were not happy to suddenly work together with the lowly esteemed foot soldier.

  So the President of the WTBTS let it be known that he was not happy about that and labeled the anointed the “elder son” class, as were slow to get rid of old and incorrect ideas.

  

  The Watchtower 1943, November 15, page 346
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  Why the "New Light" in the July 15 Watchtower?

  by Indian Larry in

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  2. bible

  it seems to me that in the past large flashes of "new light" have come when the governing body was backed into a corner.

  for example the multiple re-defining of what a generation is until it ended up the ridiculous "overlapping" meaning.. what is the reason this time?

  are they worried because the number of partakers has been going up?

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  Why the "New Light" in the July 15 Watchtower?

  The old light was down to a faint glow - the new light let's them look into the future for anouther 20 to 30 years.