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When you were a JW
by searcher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what was it that made you believe that you were so important that you deserved to live forever?
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Why?
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1. watchtower
2. beliefs
why do people feel such a deep need to believe that some sort of creator/god is in control of their lives?

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i have never understood this.
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Marking, how is it supposed to work?
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1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i read at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/beliefs_and_practices_of_jehovah%27s_witnesses that witnesses... .

marking is practiced if a person's course of action is regarded as a violation of bible principles, reflecting badly on the congregation, but is not a disfellowshipping offense.

[104] the person is strongly counseled.
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It seems I was right all along.
by searcher in
1. jw
2. friends
over the years i have posted many times, in many places that i was convinced there is an element working for the gb to chase posters away from ex jw sites by making life uncomfortable for them, even to get sites themselves to close down.. having seen many posters leave various sites, most of the sites give up and close down, it seems they are winning.. now this one, the premier site, is closing.. .

so sad..
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The Watchtowers lies............for money.
by searcher in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
the wtbts makes much of how witmesses were persecuted in nazi germay, but how many know that they claimed compensation for it, and lied?.

in a letter to adolf hitler the wt claimed,.

"dear reichskanzler, the brooklyn headquarter of the watchtower society is pro german in an exemplary way and has been so for many years.
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KM scan needed.
by searcher in
1. jw
2. friends
can anyone post or link to a scan of september '07 our kingdom ministry please?
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Fruits of the JW's
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1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was talking with an elder and i asked him "how can i be sure that the organisation speaks for jehovah?".

he answered with "by their fruits you will know them".. .

let us explore some of those 'fruits'.
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Without using the Bible.........
by searcher in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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.......prove that the bible is true.. .
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The spirit of mankind - A True Story!
by searcher in
1. jw
2. friends
i thought you all might like to read this story of how we can all help at one time or another!.

at a fund raising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended.

after extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: 'when not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is done with perfection.
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Holiday Greetings
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1. jw
2. friends
please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, our best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practised within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all .

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