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JWS NOT ALLOWED TO DATE NON-JWS
by badboy in
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said an article on that jonathan cock fellow.
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It's not about theology - It's about character
by LennyinBluemont in
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i have come to understand that people who are jehovahs witnesses are for the most part, good and honest people.

just like people in other religions or for that matter, people who dont practice any religion.

and, like those other people, they also have their minority of people who are selfish, deceptive and not very nice.
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Saw Danish Worlds Apart movie, have questions
by jws in
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2. friends
i just watched the danish film "worlds apart" last night.

it's the story of a jw girl who falls in love with a "worldly" boy and all of the problems in her life.

and if anybody wants to see it, it's on the independent film channel on-demand.
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I Finally Understand the Kingdom Hall Scam
by jamiebowers in
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2. scandals
http://www.codyenterprise.com/articles/2009/02/19/news/doc4987722b2d8b5588859832.txt.

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What Gilead Taught ME
by AllTimeJeff in
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2. beliefs
they mean the leadership.

all of this is code for: one who is not ready to really study and accept how the leadership of jehovah's witnesses use the bible to their own self serving means.

but to be fair, jw's teach that most all of these characters refer to the leadership of jehovah's witnesses, the governing body.
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Letter From WTBTS Evidence of Mind Control Tactics
by Corvin in
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2. beliefs
the following is taken from ray franz's book, crisis of conscience, pages 341-344. this letter, sent out to all traveling representatives, circuit overseers, by the service department of the international headquarters, shows the society's demand for comformity no matter the cost to the rank and file.

jw lurkers: please read carefully.

the portion of the letter in blue is of particular interest, and franz's comments nails the governing body's intent.. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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do you believe in karma?
by SpiceItUp in
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2. friends
we have all heard the cliche' "what goes around comes around" but do you really believe it?.

i know this person that for many years has been unkind, devious and vengeful and then over more recent years has had bad luck everywhere they turned around.

i mean one thing after another.
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JW Baptism Misrepresentation/Ilegal for under 18's
by Pleasuredome in
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2. scandals
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please read this link if you dont understand why the questions on baptism were changed in 1985...... and why baptism in the jws since 1985 is a legal snare.... .

http://www.geocities.com/osarsif/legal.htm
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The Watchtower and the Masons
by ozziepost in
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2. friends
the latest edition of the free in christ ministries journal contains a very interesting article entitled the watchtower and masons.. drawing upon material from the book the watchtower & the masons by fritz springmeier, it gives the following parallels between the things that c t russell believed and those taught by the masons:.

* both believe jehovah is the most important word being the basis of their dogma, and the name of their god.

* both believe god yielded power to a lesser god.
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Traitors and heroes.
by Norm in
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2. friends
the whitewashed history of the watchtower society in nazi germany.. the man who became leader of the german branch of the watchtower society after the war is without exception portrayed as a beacon of virtue and faith, standing fearless against the nazis:.

*** w89 5/1 12 jehovah has sustained me as a friend ***.

many of the loyal ones, among them erich frost and konrad franke, who suffered much for the lords sake and later became branch overseers in germany, returned alive from the fiery furnace of persecution.. .