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  Who On This Site Would You Like To Meet?

  by minimus in

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  there are a lot of interesting people that frequent this site.. sometimes, we get an idea of what the posters are really like in "real life".

  and i'm sure i could be easily surprised by some that you think might be strong personalities because of their board presence, and in reality, they might be shy in a face to face setting.. i would enjoy meeting simon.

  simon used to be terribly annoyed by my posting and now i think he's accepted with tolerance my being here.. farkel seems like a grouchy cantankerous fellow but i think he'd be very interesting company!.

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  Those who really make me laugh here like Outlaw and Billy the Ex-Bethelite and others I can't remember because I haven't been a member long enough. Mouthy aka granny because she seems like such a sweet person.

  Jgnat because she has persevered for a long time. The Flippers, Balaamsass, and Elderelite because he seems like a chill guy and is still in. People like JWFacts for having an awesome website. Cedars, Dogpatch, Andersonsinfo, Bill Bowen (I don't remember his username), anyone else who had a high position. Anyone here really. Would be nice to have a huge apostafest one day where everyone could go. You are all interesting.
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  The Discoveries of Barbara Anderson - Eyewitness to Deceit

  by Dogpatch in

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  hey everyone!

  yesterday, may 15, 2006, gyldendal publishing company in copenhagen, denmark, published an expose' about the religion of jehovah's witnesses.

  the name of the new book is, "dommedag ma vente," or, in english, "judgment day must wait," written by poul bregninge of denmark.

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  The publishers asked me to do a longer version for their website and I wrote a little over 27 single-spaced pages which is far longer than what is found in the book because I added lots more information.

  Transhuman68: Thanks, but I think I got confused. I was looking for the 27 pages she mentioned.
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  The Discoveries of Barbara Anderson - Eyewitness to Deceit

  by Dogpatch in

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  hey everyone!

  yesterday, may 15, 2006, gyldendal publishing company in copenhagen, denmark, published an expose' about the religion of jehovah's witnesses.

  the name of the new book is, "dommedag ma vente," or, in english, "judgment day must wait," written by poul bregninge of denmark.

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  The links are not working. Can anyone upload the story again, please? I know it's a chapter in the Danish Book that has probably already been published, but Barbara Anderson said she wrote more for the website that's not in the book. I couldn't find it on freeminds.org.
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  Why did Jehovah's Witnesses release the Byington and New Jerusalem Bibles in the early 70s , and forget about them in the 80s?

  by Balaamsass in

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  andover townsman, andover, ma.

  july 26, 2012. dalton column: lawsuit concerns one of town's most interesting yet forgotten.

  bill dalton.

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  I've asked myself this same question a lot of times. When I read about Byington's translation in the Proclaimers book and then his biography online I felt bad for him. He worked so hard on it, and the least I could do was buy it. I knew you couldn't order it anymore so I searched for it online. A thread from this forum came up among the search hits and I decided to take a look. It had a link to a scanned .pdf version that Atlantis posted. I didn't look at anything else because I was just interested in the Bible. This was like maybe two or three years ago.
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  Anthony Morris III tells us to stop screaming at eachother...

  by cedars in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cooy7egs0mw.

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  Outlaw: LOL!!!
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  My Family Study

  by BU2B in

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  as i have posted before i am working to help get my wife out of the jws so we can leave together.

  i have been trying to think of ways to open her mind and get her to think critically and use her mind.

  i dont want to bring lots of facts and reasoning to her attention if her mind is not yet ready for it.

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  I read here that appealing to women's emotional side works better. If you want something to look out for, pay attention to the talk on Friday, at 2:25 p.m. ("Avoid Testing God in Your Heart"). Ask her why it would be wrong to learn Biblical Hebrew and Greek. Shouldn't it help you understand the Bible better? He said that some were testing the NWT for accuracy. What's wrong with being skeptical? The speaker is going to say that we don't need to do research because others are doing it for us. Why let someone do your thinking?
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  How to Suck at Your Religion

  by puffthedragon in

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  hope this is not a repost.

  funny comic, worth the click.. .

  http://theoatmeal.com/comics/religion.

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  Exactly how I feel about not pushing your religion on others.
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  How to Suck at Your Religion

  by puffthedragon in

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  hope this is not a repost.

  funny comic, worth the click.. .

  http://theoatmeal.com/comics/religion.

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  New here ish, my story.

  by Rawrities in

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  hi everyone, ive been lurking at the forums for a while now, just reading the posts and trying to figure things out.

  some background story of me.

  i later found out his mother had something to do with it.

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  Welcome! I'm in the same situation as you are where not going to meetings is not an option but with field service added. I'm also about your age and can't wait to graduate to get out. I'm glad you didn't spend much time in. Oh, and that "best from other religions" line I've heard before, and then I just don't say anything because I don't want to sound apostate.
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  What scripture bothered your concious?

  by stillhurts in

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  i have been out 3 years.

  i was baptized, never df'd.

  ignored the 2 or 3 phone calls from the elders, and then they left me alone.

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  Welcome stillhurts! I'm not as experienced or knowledgeable as some posters here, but you are free to PM me if you need to talk. I usually check my inbox every time I log in.

  I haven't finished reading the Bible, but when I started reading it I followed a chronological reading plan.

  The criteria for true prophets at Deuteronomy 18:20-22 is one of the first things that bothered me. The WTBTS has a long list of failed date predictions, and I never bought the whole 'new light' rubbish which was taken out of context. I never believed that "the faithful and discreet slave" moral parable was a prophetic allegory. Like Rydor, I too was bothered when I read Judges. I should start writing down everything that bothers me as I read to examine it later.

  Oh, and does it conclude scriptures you found bizarre? If so, then dipping a bird in another bird's blood is one (Leviticus 14:6). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/1800s.php