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  Dateline's Necessity

  by metatron in

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  there is a new necessity for the dateline expose'.. fairness to catholics.. the blitz of media attention has focused almost exclusively.

  on the catholic church and its priests.

  yet, other centralized.

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  Where do you go for spiritual food?

  by Princess in

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  this is an update to a thread of mulan's and a request for some input.

  mulan said this in her thread from a few days ago:.

  "for those new ones who haven't read my cousin's story, i am posting the link here again.

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  Special Dub Words That Make You Go YUK!

  by Englishman in

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  for me, the word was "loving".. great "loving" kindness.. great undeserved "loving" kindness!.

  disfellowshipping is a "loving" provision.. when the wtbts want their accolytes to swallow another bitter pill, another restriction, another rebuke, another demand on time, the buzz word is "loving".. the "loving" word, is, to the average jw, the same as the mccabe nod is to the salesman.

  the mccabe nod is used by salesman all the time to get the prospective customer to agree to something that he doesn't care for too much.

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  Ignorant Judgemental CO's and DO's

  by Scully in

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  badwillie wrote the following experience about an ignorant comment from a do:.

  case in point:.

  a friend received a full scholarship from a local college to study to become a veternarian.

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  Is Ray Franz still living?

  by hungry4life in

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  a friend of mine has been sharing her doubts about the organization with me for the last year.

  she read both of ray franz's books and found that they were interesting and dealt with many of the questions she had.

  she then wrote to the society anonymously and explained why she could not in good conscience preach regarding 1914 ( she used my p.o.

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  Reading C of C

  by startingover in

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  i read crisis of conscience some time ago and it had a profound effect on me.

  i just gave it to my ex-bethelite friend to read (he had already discovered the "truth" about the truth on his own).

  he's about halfway through it and is in the anger stage.

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  To those who need no purpose in life

  by gumby in

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  after reading the comments from many on the thread "is there a purpose in life" by itsjustme , posted a couple of days ago i am confussed.. i cannot understand how anyone can be content and not believe life has a purpose.. to not be compelled to wonder how all the design around us is just here because who knows why ......totally baffles me.. at this point in my life believe in a creator but have so many unanswered questions.

  things do not make sense in the bible.. if i were to come to believe that the bible were a fairytale of myths...i would feel as stupid as i did when finding out the borg was a crock.. i also would be emotionally devastated.. here are some samples of your comments about lifes purpose.

  we may have been put here by someone, or we may not have.

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  A question about Jesus

  by startingover in

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  my first post here, been lurking for quite a while.

  this place has been a real help in my journey.. a little background...raised a jw from day one, 3rd generation, 3 grandparents of the annointed, father and mother gilead graduates, father always prominent in the org.

  never really felt i fit in but played the game.

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  Long Intro From A Long Timer

  by hillary_step in

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  i am a new to posting on this board though i have been actively reading your posts the past while and i thank some of you for the interesting viewpoints that you have verbalized and that i have enjoyed thinking on.

  i am still an active jw, in fact an elder of 20 years standing hence my need to limit information about my personal circumstances.

  i have served in a number of countries in europe as a pioneer and elder over the past three decades.

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  100 foreskins for your daughter

  by Zep in

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  thought dating and marriage was tough in the year 2000...well just check out what david had to go through.. david wants to marry michal, sauls daughter.so whats he have to do?.

  samuel 18:25-28. at that saul said: "this is what you men will say to david, "the king has delight, not in marriage money, but in a hundred foreskins of the philistines".

  so david rose and struck down among the philistines two hundred men, and came bringing their foreskins and giving them in full number to the king to form a marriage alliance with the king.. lol

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