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Does the WT have any legal grounds to go after "apostates" for defamation, slander, libel?
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question to all those well versed in legal issues.

all jw's, when confronted with criticism, claim that apostates lie about the wt.

i always have wondered, given the litigious environment in which we live in western democracies, why the wts doesn't go after all those websites that publish so many "lies" about "the truth".. can this lack of action on the part of the wts be used as evidence of the truthfulness of the message in "apostate" sites such as jwfacts,.
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Help from the resourceful members of this site
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for a while i have been curious about the specific contents of the pages that the wt (bible students) were ordered to remove from the "finished mystery" by the u.s. government.. anyone knows where i can get those pages?.
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Is trying to awaken a JW tantamount to "robbing him of his bliss"??
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last thursday i was propmpted by a recent thread to read the daily text (feb 28, 2013).

i then had the audacity to send a text message to all four jw's nephews/nieces (in their mid 20's).

i offered my opinion by summarizing it "put and shut up".
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Who to blame, the coach or the team
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i just realized that the hebrews got their butts kicked every time.

first egypt, then assyria, then babylon, then medo-persia, then greece, then rome, then many cathoilc countries in europe, then, well, some more unpleasant examples in recent times that i feel bad to mention.

who is to blame?
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Blood transfusions and JW children in a household with a non-believer parent
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just recently my daughter ask for permission to get baptized.

not knowing the mess that my wife's religion is, i consented.

after a lot of research, i now regret my decision.
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DAMN
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in the last six months i have learned so much about jw's from the "apostate" books and web sites such as jwfacts and this great site.

ever since i started my research on jw's three adjectives to describe the wts leadership came to mind: deceptive, arrogant and manipulative.

i just noticed today that the first letters create the acronym dam.
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is this a preview of future tactics of the WT to counter the impending child molestation lawsuits
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"what if a powerful government were to hatch a plot to exterminate jehovahs witnesses as an organization.

many men in modern times have attempted to do that and failed" watchtower study edition july 15, 2012 page 23. call me cynical, but the timing, the reference to a powerful government (u.s.), and the use of the words "hatch a plot to exterminate" is right up the alley of the watchtower "the world is against us" tactics..
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I have read lots of lies in the Watchtower publications, but this is worse. Am I missing something?
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from the fall of 607 b .c.

to the fall of b .c.

from the fall of b .c.
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Is Samuel the same as "Samuel"?
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in the nwt 1 of samuel 28:12-20, the proper name samuel appears 5 times enclosed by quotation marks.

i don't think "samuel" (instead of samuel without any quotation marks)appears again in any other part of the new world translation, or anywhere in any other bible.

about 18 years ago i noticed this problem of translation in the nwt, and decided to bring it up to a special study conducted by the visiting circuit overseer with me as the student.
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Help for a father of two young JW's
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i have never been a jw, but my wife, two brothers and their wives and children are.

also, most of my wife's brothers and sisters are jw's.

since i have a close relationship with both my family and my wife's family you can deduce that most of my friends and associations are with jw's.