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Question for you atheists...
by MrFreeze in
1. jw
2. experiences
or agnostics too.

are you open about your beliefs (or lack thereof i should say)?

when people talk about anything religious, do you mention that you don't believe in god?
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A Brother Died At Bethel
by MrFreeze in
1. jw
2. friends
i got a text from my mom when i got into work today saying that a brother i've known for a while had died.

he was a bethelite and they found him dead in his room.

he was the same age as me.
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Do you eat blood?
by laverite in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
abstaining from blood is somewhat trickier for jws than i might have imagined.

meat glue is apparently widely in use, and it is made from the blood products from a variety of animals.

i never heard of meat glue before today.. oh my.
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Will the IRS Investigate the Watchtower Society?
by ABibleStudent in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
if you feel that the wtbts is breaking a tax law(s), you can send a letter to investigate the wtbts to the irs to:.

department of the treasuryinternal revenue servicemc 4910 dal1100 commerce streetdallas, tx 75242 .

the irs will investigate complaints about the wtbts, but it will not investigate the wtbts without compliants being sent to the irs.
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Got my Privileges Removed today, any advice?
by mrbunyrabit in
1. watchtower
2. bible
sooo i was a ministerial servant (omg a ministerial servant on this site!?

you apostate!!!

) yea yea i just wanted to see what other people think and whatever, coz i had a few questions myself, (butttt its not like i was about to start throwing them with rocks and stuff, they arent that bad).
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New JW chain-email going around
by FaithfulBrother in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
apparently, the society knows exactly when the great tribulation is going to break out, but they're only letting the public know through subliminal messages in their images.

here's a new chain letter that's being passed around between witnesses:.

(daniel 2:34, 35, 44, 45).
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What's Your Status? Are You Technically Still A JW?...
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
are you disfellowshipped, disassociated, active, inactive???

?.
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Creepy Talks
by d in
1. jw
2. friends
do any of you remeber any talks that were creepy in nature.for example i remember a talk where a brother said "when the end comes your friends and family will be against you" now if that is not crazy i don't know what is.i remember alot of talks regarding bible prophecy and the end times.all of this did not help reinforce the sense of fear since it was 2007-2008 and the united states was going through a recession.this just proved to be fuel for their talks.give good experiences of any talks that you have had that proved to be either weird or very creepy..
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Here is the link to the new KS book!!!
by elderelite in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i decided to take the heat for brother yancey knotingham on this one and post the book myself directly!!

of course, bigmac, littlewich, mosche and all the others who think there is no reason for anyone to be an elder/fader or that elders cant provide anything usefull to the group, need not click the link...just saying.

ks 2010. .
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Bethel: Pathway to Apostasy
by Black Man in
1. jw
2. friends
at the 'big house' you go either one of two ways, company man or apostate.

i think for many that went, it demystified the whole organization and you saw firsthand that there wasn't holy spirit influencing anything - only the muses of sheltered, out-of-touch old men and political bureaucrats.

i work in the corporate world and i saw just as much if not more politics in bethel.