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damm i miss jwd...this place will always be jwd to me...
by oompa in
1. jw
2. friends
thats all...except that five of my best friends are from jwd...so thats why too............oompa.
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Most-Ignored Scriptures by JWs
by Mad Sweeney in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the watchtower has been known for over 130 years as a great scriptural cherry-picker.

they pick out disparate unrelated verses and combine them to support the wackiest of wacky doctrines.. on the other hand there are many scriptures they almost never address, whether because they contradict wt doctrine or because they simply don't have a clue what they mean or how to spin them to the wt advantage.. one of these is revelation 19:1 that mentions a "great crowd" "in heaven.

" the only time it is ever brought up it is dismissed.
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Open Letter (Reposted as a reminder to all)
by Outaservice in
1. jw
2. friends
an open letter to jehovahs witnesses.

you may not remember, but i know you very well.

i met you a long time ago when you came to my house with your smiling faces, your neat clothes, and your soft voices and a bible tucked neatly under your arm.
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New Light: Don't hold hands during prayers
by RR in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
from the watchtower november 15 study edition.. 19 when we are being represented in public prayer, we need to display reverential "fear of god.

" (1 pet 2:17) there may be a proper time and place for some actions that would be inappropriate at a christian meeting.

(eccl 3:1) for instance, suppose someone sought to have all in a group link arms or hold hands during prayer.
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Things to understand about talking to a Jehovah's Witness...
by drew sagan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
please note that everything i write here is within the context of discussions between two witnesses.

conversations between a jw and non jw are different in a number of ways and so i will not be discussing them here.

the 'running ahead' fallacy.
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Questions by JWs in 1976
by Doug Mason in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in 1976, my friend bruce price was in contact with jehovahs witnesses who had become disillusioned through the debacle with 1975. bruce was the leading voice among the sda ministry in working for jws.

at the time, i was a member of the sda church.

although i left them about 25 years ago, to this day bruce and i enjoy a strong and genuinely warm friendship.. so, in 1976 bruce invited me to a meeting with one of the jws who was leading the disquiet in his congregation in dandenong (victoria, australia).
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How Much $$$ Did You Contribute To The Organization?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i know of some elders that regularly gave about $500 per month towards the kingdom hall and other watchtower society interests....and you???

?
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14 Minutes and you are not a Servant of Jehovah
by JT in
1. jw
2. friends
last night we were discussing the "new light" that was revealed to the gb recently from jehovah.

many of us recall all the co talks and elder parts based on the bible text of how a true servant of jah would not be "inactive or irregular" for years one was required to have at least one hour to be considered a servant of jah.. as the sec in my hall i recall so many times calling up friends to get thier time and hearing them break crying cause they didn't have 60min only about 45min- and they knew that it meant they were not servants of jah.

now with the new light from jw a person with only 14 minutes of time will now be disqualified as being a servant of jah.. it is amazing how many jw will view this arrangement as a "loving provision from jah" instead of realizing that thier service to thier god has been reduced to whether they get 15min or 14 min.
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My Life growning up a JW
by WTLies in
1. jw
2. experiences
william's story .

my mother received a knock at the door when i was 4 years old, that knock would alter the course of my entire life.

it was then, she received what she and millions of others call 'the truth.
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The Watchtower and the Masons
by ozziepost in
1. jw
2. friends
the latest edition of the free in christ ministries journal contains a very interesting article entitled the watchtower and masons.. drawing upon material from the book the watchtower & the masons by fritz springmeier, it gives the following parallels between the things that c t russell believed and those taught by the masons:.

* both believe jehovah is the most important word being the basis of their dogma, and the name of their god.

* both believe god yielded power to a lesser god.