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JW Elder Talks About the Aurora Victims - This is Quite Sick
by God_Delusion in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi guys & gals,.

the news about the aurora victims has spread worldwide and even in tiny cyprus do our hearts go out to the victims families.. .

unfortunately, the watchtower society doesn't see it that way.. .
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New York - Washington - Oregon - Anyone?
by pmljohn in
1. jw
2. experiences
it has been a few years since i last reached out, so here i go again.

i was pretty much raised jw, from a very early age.

my dad was always an elder, usually the main one.
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More legal trouble for the WT? jw.org
by blond-moment in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99911315/lorterdan-properties-at-ramapo-i-llc-vs-watchtower-bible-and-tract-society-of-new-york-inc-case-11-cv-3656-cs.

anyone speak legal-ese?

sounds to me, (not fluent in legal-ese mind you or real estate-ese) like they are being sued for a bad real estate deal.
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Things that were supposedly demonized
by freshstart in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was just thinking about all the fear i had when i was a kid that i would be attacked by demons if i wasn't careful.

i mean i lived in absolute terror over it, so i'm going to reminisce about the things i was told were demonized and you can add to the list if you'd like:.

lucky charms cerealcount dracula cerealitems bought at garage sales where there was a cross or anything religious present"hotel california" by the eagles (now one of my favorite songs)wwjd braceletsscooby dooi remember being so scared of every little noise that whenever i would turn off my light to go to bed, i would say "jehovah, jehovah!
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My Online Conversation With a Jehovah's Witness About Blood
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. medical
the following is from the comments section of the independent article about the 22 year old jw with sickle cell anaemia who died in england last week while refusing blood.

maria makes aguest sound laconic so i don't blame you if you can't be bothered reading it all but the jw cliches and lies are all too familiar.

i'm guessing she is at the thursday meeting about now so maybe she will respond again later.. .
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Really watchtower.org?
by baltar447 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
this is shameless pr, the front page featured article is:.

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your child and the internetyou do not have to become an expert at all things electronic in order to keep your child safe..
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Planning an Escape: Truth Triumphs Over Lies!
by 00DAD in
1. jw
2. experiences
often during wt/book studies and/or public talks i would be following along and note little discrepancies and inconsistencies.

perhaps it was a scripture that didn't really support the point being asserted in the paragraph or maybe it was an illustration that sounded good but wasn't completely parallel or maybe it was a line of reasoning that wasn't as conclusive or solid as the speaker/elder/co/wt publication made it out to be.

or maybe it was the excessive use of weasel words like, "evidently," "perhaps," "must have" and so on.
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Do you still say JEHOVAH when scared to chase away the demons?
by Greybeard in
1. jw
2. friends
i was scared stiff of the demons all of my life growing up as a jw.

you know the stories.

i am way more open minded now that i have been out for 3 years or so.
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Caleb's dad
by poppers in
1. jw
2. friends
i think immigration should check his papers, but i'll be darned if i can figure out what country he'd be deported to.

why would the makers of this dvd use such a ridiculous accent?.
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Everybody sing along... "Sparlock, we love you!..."
by cedars in
1. jw
2. friends
i've uploaded a song i've written to youtube, here it is.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wvo71qg7k4.

here is the link to my blog article on the society's new dvd, for those who haven't yet read it:.

http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/the-watchtowers-new-toy-story-what-parents-need-to-know.