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  AD1914.com Coming Soon!!

  by ABibleStudent in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i visited the jehovah's witness report website today.

  i read the following article:.

  on october 1st 2014, barbara anderson will join in and participate in the launch of a new website ad1914.com.

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  THumbs up to the Veil Mail
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  is it possible to raise good kids with out religious morals?

  by Princess Ashe in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  making up my mind on how to teach my son values in life seems to be an on going struggle of what is right and wrong.

  being raised in a sheltered jw life until after leaving high school seems like going from one extreme to another of being over restrictive or under.

  trying to find that balance.

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  I didn't read all the posts, but this is my opinion. I think self esteem is all important. If a person has self esteem I think they are less likely to succomb to peer pressure and will recognize bad behaviour which leads to trouble.
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  SAD news about OOMPA......

  by redredrose in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  our friend, oompa, has passed away.

  just recieved the news a couple of hours ago, and have almost no details.

  it happened today or yesterday, he took his own life.

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  Don't know what the link was, but I think any one of us would be moved if a thread marking our passing was viewed 46,000 times. I know I would be.
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  Chile and the flag: It's true!! Undeniable evidence!!

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  2. friends

  joe, sorry, you'll have to eat some humble pie.. .

  thank you so much for the poster on extj.com who sent these pics!!

  can't have been better!!.

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  This whole thing strikes me as even worse hyposcrisy than the UN scandal. How has it been kept secret for so long? Seems to me though that the fine involved for not displaying the flag may not be the real issue. I always fall back on"follow the money" as regards WT decisions. I wonder what other issues regarding money may be involved.
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  10 Reasons you should never have a religion

  by Batman89 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a great article i stumbled across this morning http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2008/05/10-reasons-you-should-never-have-a-religion/.

  while consciously pursuing your spiritual development is commendable, joining an established religion such as christianity, islam, or hinduism is one of the worst ways to go about it.

  in this article ill share 10 reasons why you must eventually abandon the baggage of organized religion if you wish to pursue conscious living in earnest.. since christianity is currently the worlds most popular religion, ill slant this article towards christianitys ubiquitous failings.

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  That was a great article! Thanks for posting
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  Banner seen at convention in Miami

  by Indian Larry in

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  comments?.

  [img]http://i59.tinypic.com/dfx6y9.jpg[/img].

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  I was wondering about the quality of this picture. Was it captured off a video that might give it this look?
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  The movie Lucy, human only use 10% of their brain.

  by jam in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so weird, you may remember we had a discussion about.

  this myth.

  lol..the movie cominng out soon, young lady.

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  I was surprised to see Morgan Freeman involved in this movie. After seeing him as the host of "Through the wormhole" it doesn't see like something he would be involved in.

  I too hate to see this myth perpetuated.
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  The Complete Scammer's Guide - by "Pastor" Russell (New Light!)

  by Focus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  most of us are reasonably familiar with reports of scandalous goings-on of that old jellyfish lecher, the founder of the watchtower cult, the one and only charles taze russell.. but, are these stories true?.

  this thread is going to be devoted to his allegedly scurrilous activities.

  so, bookmark it, please, bro' focus is in possession of noo light, and we're going to explore russell like you've never seen him explored before.. we're approaching his 100th death anniversary, and for all i know this virtual exhumation may lead to a real one.

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  I feared with the passing of Farkel that an in depth expose' of WT history would be a thing of the past. Focus, it seems you have been absent for some years, and I wasn't familiar with you as I just missed the days of witnet and H2O and joined this site 9 months after you, but I am so glad you are back.

  Carry on
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  jw.org getting out of hand

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems the watchtower staff have made a runaway train with the introduction of the mark jw.org.. the combination of using a gadget driven platform and the fact that the common jw is low educated and easely influenced.

  by new occurrings in their religion makes the situation getting out of hand.. proof: gb members wearing jw.org buttons during their speech, gifts with jw.org are given away, umbrellas with the jw.org are available.

  jw.org is more important then god, his son and the gospel.. it's the gadget and the jw.org mark that counts.. i am so happy my grandparents are not confronted with these idiots.. it's a runaway train heading to the end of the track.. gorby .

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  RubaDub. Thanks for the laugh! Your humor is appreciated.
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  Your final WTF? Moment!

  by restrangled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it was a long time coming for me.....when i read about the extened generations, after being raised on1914 being the be all end all, and millions would never die....that was the end.

  i was part of the 1975 fiasco, the 6 month only truth book studies, suffered through a disifellowshipping and their version of a rewind.

  i finally am free and hope others can eventually look in instead of inside looking out!

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  When I was an MS, we were invited to a special meeting just for MS' at the assembly hall. Pass required to get in, made us feel real important. Sat there all day waiting to hear something I had never heard before, but it didn't happen. It was nothing more than another assembly day. Then at the end, another MS, who appeared to be a brown-noser who someone was promoting, got up and read a thank you letter to the GB, praising them for all this fine spiritual food. It went on and on, and I immediately wondered who wrote that letter. At first I thought the brown noser did, but there was no time. I asked around, and no one could give me an answer. I came to the conclusion it was written by the GB praising themselves.

  Not too long after that, at a CA, the DO said that if a recommendation for an appointment was sent to NY don't think that Holy Spirit will reject it.

  That was the beginning of the end, but finding out about 607, reading C of C and then seeing the UN fiasco develop finished me off.