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  Love of video games = love of violence? August 2012 Awake!

  by sd-7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  page 4-5:.

  "video games: 'the uncomfortable fact is, videogames have an unhealthy obsession with bloodshed,' stated a british magazine for video-game enthusiasts.

  it added: 'to some degree, a love of videogames demands a love of violence.

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  Letter about using iPads at meetings

  by under the radar in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first of all, i really appreciate it when official, especially "secret," boe letters and the like are posted here.

  it's great to have that stuff on hand, straight from the horse's... uhh...mouth, when certain "friends" deny the slave would ever do or say such and such.... anyway, there have been some references to a letter they sent out about using ipads and the like during congregation meetings.

  could anyone provide a scan or link to this letter?

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  10 signs of emotional abuse vs WTS

  by wallsofjericho in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  check out this video on you tube about emotional abuse and then compare that to the control tactics of the wts.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwtadfic4kq&feature=related.

  1 - making you feel worthless, without any value.. *** w55 1/15 p. 41 is your best good enough?

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  Suicide - How many do you know within the JWs

  by Lady Lee in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  thw wts likes to play games with their statistics.

  one interesting but truly tragic is the number of jwhovah's witnesses who commit suicie.. now i suspect that if a person commits suicide shortly before or after they are disfellowshipped then the elders would say that person wasn't a witness or that they had done something so terrible that they were too guilty to admit it and by their action of committing suicide they pretty much declared they were no longer a jw.. yup fancy talk to make sure any crap didn't fall on them.. so my question.. do you know of cases like this?

  if so then can you answer a few more questions.. had this person been dfed or in real danger of being dfed or whatever the equivalent is if they were never baptized?.

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  Missionaries in Tiawan asked to give salaries back to bethel...one resigned!!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  a friend from australia's first "ministerial training school" was excited to go to asia as a missionary....only to return in disgrace!!!

  the government lets them stay if they become "english teachers" and except a part-time job for a salary {which is generous}.

  bethel told him that the money he earns on the side while a missionary belongs to them!!

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  CO Henry Goriup - Anyone know him?

  by SuspiciousMinds in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i thought it would be fun to think of a co i've had in the past and see if anyone else has any observations.. so... henry goriup.

  has he / is he serving your congregation and if so, what do you think of him?.

  sm.

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  Is college worth it?

  by NewYork44M in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my life has been transformed by higher education.

  however, i am aware that college is not for everyone.. here are some interesting thoughts:.

  http://www.theatlasphere.com/columns/080926-williams-higher-education.php.

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  Anyone Else from Canada?

  by Miss 8572 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm really intrigued by that fact that i may know some of you and yet not know that i know you.

  i just want to know how many people from canada are here.

  if you don't mind and don't care about posting your province (cause i'm too timid to) we could all get an idea of just how many canucks are really out there.

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  Why aren't congregations much bigger in size?

  by JH in

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  2. friends

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  like that, they wouldn't need so many elders and ms. they would have plenty of brothers to read and pass the mic.. no where in the bible do they mention how big or small a congregation should be.

  if ever one day they have a hard time forming enough ms and elders, wouldn't it be simpler to just make congregations larger?

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  Congregation sizes - Real reason from C.O. testimonial

  by DaCheech in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last night my mother has confided in me that her best's friends brother was a circuit overseer.. she told my mom that the society instructs all c.o.

  to keep congregation sizes small for the.

  pure reason that: if so everybody can be closely watched, monitored, and known!.

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