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Anyone done an 'end of the world' psych study?
by Bang in
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has anyone looked into what psychological factors or psychosocial structures, apart from if your parents were jw, persuade people to believe that the world is going to end soon?

there are groups of people apart from jws who also succumbe to this perplexing phenomena, and i wonder what triggers it, and/or if there are any official studies on it.

i reckon it'd make a good thesis.. maybe it's mainly a city thing?.
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LET'S MAKE A LITTLE WAGER
by You Know in
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perhaps you recall the instance in the bible where samson made a wager with the philistines that they couldnt guess his riddle.

as it turned out they wheedled the answer out of him by his fiancee, but the point is that they had a wager.

since the underlying assumption of the apostasy is that we are not living in the last days of this system of things, and that this world is not facing anything remotely like the biblical apocalypse, at least not any time soon, in the spirit of such antagonism, i would like to propose a similar wager.
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This site is very misleading!!!
by IrishDancinJames in
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this website is very misleading!

it says its for jehovahs witnesses, for brothers and sisters!!!

and this site is no such thing!
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Song 113 - "We are Jehovah's Witnesses"
by Simon in
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song 113 - "we are jehovah's witnesses".

i've seen pics of sharon stone.

celebreties i'd love to bone.
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How Much for Vol.7 of "Studies in the Scri...
by Prisca in
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an amazing thing happened to me today.. i was in a neighbouring suburb, and wandered into a nondescript second-hand bookshop.

i asked where the religious books were, and the elderly shop-keeper pointed to the single shelf, stacked full with books.. amongst them was a faded red book entitled, "studies in the scriptures series 7 - the finished mystery".. i could not believe my luck.

here was a rare book, sitting innocently amongst books far younger than their companion.. i gingerly opened it up and browsed its contents.
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Oz v NZ Thread, Anyone?
by Stephanus in
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any kiwis post here?

now that that silly "yanks versus poms" thread has pretty well exhausted itself, how about an oz v nz thread?.

scoring could be difficult.
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What do you buy a 5 year old?
by Prisca in
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my little niece is turning 5 soon and i'd like to buy her something special.

something that will stay with her for a while.. any ideas?

she loves barbie (of course!
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OK whos read some books here?
by Zep in
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crisis of conscience,gtr, and all the rest etc.

i just recieved getile times by coj...i ordered it 2 months ago when i was full into analysing dub doctrine...but since then, i just dont care anymore about dub doctrine or refuting it...but its still an interesting read though.i'm going through it v e r y s l o w l y..... has anyone else read some books from here: [url]www.commentarypress.com[/url].

"in search of christian freedom" looks interesting?...sign of the last days?...dont all xdubs have to read coc...isn't it a sort of right of passage for you guys?..
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The 1914 Generation change
by Andyman in
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i was over on the thread about the blood policy and got to thinking how easy it is to just accept a change and after awhile people even forget all about how important it was at one time.

if the society does change the blood policy how long will it be before it is just accepted, and brothers and siters don't even recall the previous stance on the issue?.

this got me thinking about the change in the 1914 generation.
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Welcome !
by Simon in
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welcome to the newest jehovah's witness discussion forum on the net.. please register so that you can post to the forum and turn this into a welcoming place for other brothers and sisters online