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  ...but I happen to like the JWs/WT.....

  by ScoobySnax in

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  jehovah's witnesses.

  the organisation.

  i love 'em both still.

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  I agree completely, Nickey.
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  ...but I happen to like the JWs/WT.....

  by ScoobySnax in

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  jehovah's witnesses.

  the organisation.

  i love 'em both still.

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  Skeptic

  Utopian Reformist, thank you.
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  The Fine Art of Kissing

  by Robdar in

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  i use to hate kissing.

  i was a virgin until i was 19 and married.

  i hadnt had a chance to experiment with kissing in my teenage years.

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  WOW, Eric...that is beautiful...have you ever considered becoming a writer?
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  ...but I happen to like the JWs/WT.....

  by ScoobySnax in

  1. jw
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  jehovah's witnesses.

  the organisation.

  i love 'em both still.

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  Skeptic

  Go on a Alcoholics Anonymous site and tell everybody that you happen to like to drink beer, wine and hard liquor. See how they'll respond.

  I am sure that their reaction would be understandable, but it still would not be appropriate. Should such a poster (assuming he is not trying to make reformed alcoholics drink booze) be ragged for stating that some alcohol is OK for a non-alcoholic? ScoobySnax has not tried to bring anyone back to the Dubs....nor has he attempted to defend the Dubs....he simply likes them and still believes some/all of their teachings. What is wrong with simply stating that?
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  ...but I happen to like the JWs/WT.....

  by ScoobySnax in

  1. jw
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  jehovah's witnesses.

  the organisation.

  i love 'em both still.

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  ScoobySnax,

  Sometimes I wonder if you start these threads to troll, but I will assume you are sincere. I enjoy having you on this forum, and I can tell you like the JWs. I am glad that your JW experience was good.

  Everyone Else,

  Hamas should not have been rude, but he did revoke the comment.

  ScoobySnax's experience with the JWs was pleasant. Live with it and be thankful that one person had a positive JW experience.

  I think Scooby provides some needed balance on this forum. Scooby has made no pretense at having a reason for liking the JWs, other than that he does. If everyone here was 120% rabidly anti-JW, that would be a problem.
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  new light on churches??

  by gspradling in

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  my very jw mother went to my daughter's wedding in a mainstream church this summer.

  this is the first time i ever remember her going into a church.

  she refused to attend my wedding in a methodist church and also my brother's in a mainstream church.

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  I became a Dub in '81 and we were allowed to attend weddings and funerals at other Churches, as long as we did not partcipate in anything religious, like praying or kneeling. Basically, the JWs just sit there listening respectfully. Some older Witnesses would still refuse to attend such weddings, a hangover from previous "truths".

  So, although there used to be a hard and fast rule about attending weddings, there has not been one for at least 20 years.
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  UN/NGO issue quiz: How would you answer this JW apologist's comments?

  by reporter in

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  If there was nothing wrong with being an NGO of the UN, then why did the Society remove its NGO status after their NGO status was publicized?
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  Your Ideal Partner...

  by Gadget in

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  dr pawlowski from wroclaw university, poland, has found that the perfect height ratio to find your ideal partner.

  aparently the man should be 1.09x taller than the woman.

  this would give my ideal partner height at 5ft, which more than half of my girlfriends have been!!!.

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  Well...I'm 5'2", and I've always been attracted to men 5'9" or taller. I find I don't gravitate towards shorter men....

  My dreams are now crushed, for I am only 5' 6". ::sigh::
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  Are you posting while you are supposed to be working?

  by Elsewhere in

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  yeah... i do it all the time... sitting at work... but instead of working i'm reading and posting here.. anyone else guilty of this?

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  Guilty as charged. Except that I work for myself, so my boss doesn't mind. Not to mention that he goofs off just as much as I do!
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  The Preaching Work Is A Scam

  by minimus in

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  i'd like to know what you think of the "all important, life saving preaching work".

  even if this preaching was considered a success, it would not be able to save the billions of people on this earth.

  recently, my mother told me how she believe that jehovah god is patiently keeping the door open, since every year, new ones come into the "truth".

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  The door to door work is really a worthless effort.

  Not at all to the WTBS. The door-to-door work is an almost cost-free magazine sales and distribution system. The movement of magazines generates enormous revenues for the WTBS. (The congregations are billed for the "free" literature, not to mention donations made by the brothers and householders - ever wonder at the weird donation amounts that the congregation gives to the WTBS?.)

  Other businesses, such as Amway, use a similar no-cost distribution system.