Sorry smiddy, not 42 generations are listed, but 41 (have a look and try to find who is double counted ...............)
TheOldHippie
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1984 WT Cover, one more arrow in our quiver
by FatFreek 2005 inwe certainly don't want to allow watchtower the luxury of forgetting.
for your private campaign, right click on the image and follow the menu item of your choice.
len miller.
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Disputation study on Ex Jehovah's Witnesses
by Aaac inthe first finnish disputation on ex jehovah's witnesses has been accepted at turku university.
20 ex jw's and the finnish watchtower spokesman were interviewed in this study.
here is the abstract in english.. .
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TheOldHippie
Why is it that so many sociological studies are written in a language so dull and uninteresting that one falls asleep in the middle of the first paragraph, or, if one manages to keep awake, totally forgets what is the object of the study? This summary to me bears the mark of a junior student who tries at all costs to use all the words and explanations he has learned, to desperately try to squeeze all facts and opinions uttered into the patterns etc that he has learned. It is written in such a manner that it looks like a joke.
I am in no way trying here to discuss the points made - I am just thinking of the way it is presented, which is in a way so as to frighten off any reader. Why not have a look at "Street Corner Society" and other classics? I have a BS in sociology and have worked in the field for years - and this summary was definitely not among the highlights of sociology .....................
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More Young People Are Leaving The Organization!
by minimus ini've heard that another 2 people have left the "truth" as soon as they could get out.
both girls were elder's daughters.
they aren't elders now because they were somewhat problem teens.
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TheOldHippie
"I've heard that another 2 people have left the "Truth" as soon as they could get out. both girls were elder's daughters. They aren't elders now because they were somewhat problem teens. Now, they're older and no longer JWs. This is a dying cult."
So one person hears that two people have left - and THAT constitutes proof final it is a dying organization? Dearest minimus, don't you think that is a tiny piece of jumping to conclusions based on a somewhat thin basis?
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Why on earth would WT use a FEMALE lawyer to defend it in Australia case?
by hamsterbait inhow many of us here find the use of a female to conduct the defence unusual?.
the wt religion is notoriously misogynistic.
anybody with a penis is preferable to do a non menial job.. why the change here?.
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TheOldHippie
Jolene Chu
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Who is Rolf Furuli?
by possible-san inis he a reliable scholar?.
(most of anti-jehovah's witnesses in japan hardly know his name.).
is he an active jehovah's witness?.
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TheOldHippie
So you are the boss here, and you are threatening to kill me? Wow - really something for the administrator!
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Who is Rolf Furuli?
by possible-san inis he a reliable scholar?.
(most of anti-jehovah's witnesses in japan hardly know his name.).
is he an active jehovah's witness?.
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TheOldHippie
Mr impossible Japanese - why don't you try to shut up at times, in stead of always whining about being insulted? You might find it - refreshingly new!
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Who is Rolf Furuli?
by possible-san inis he a reliable scholar?.
(most of anti-jehovah's witnesses in japan hardly know his name.).
is he an active jehovah's witness?.
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TheOldHippie
"That he/Furuli is friendly does not prove that he is right as a JW. "
I never implied that, I was merely adding a couple of lines as to him as a person. And that a Japanese who knows nothing about him, does his name-calling, "slicker" etc., is out of place. He is the one he is, and is no slicker. As for "professor", I meant it in the general term, teacher at a university, I think "associate professor" or "senior lecturer" is the equivallent in US. In Spanish-speaking countries, "professor" can be used for any teacher. Why he is no part of a Bible transaltion team in his homeland is nothing strange, as it is directed by the Lutheran Church of that country and he never would have or could have a part in a work directed by another church. He has published valuable books on Hebrew grammar and the bias of Bible translating work. Also on the 607 question, but I think one should be able to have two lines of thought in one's head at the same time, and see that the Hebrew studies are one thing, the theological ones another.
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Who is Rolf Furuli?
by possible-san inis he a reliable scholar?.
(most of anti-jehovah's witnesses in japan hardly know his name.).
is he an active jehovah's witness?.
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TheOldHippie
"trabelled" in the first line of course is meant to be "travelled" as in what a DO does.
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Who is Rolf Furuli?
by possible-san inis he a reliable scholar?.
(most of anti-jehovah's witnesses in japan hardly know his name.).
is he an active jehovah's witness?.
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TheOldHippie
But itsibity etc.: He never trabelled, he never was a DO, he has constantly been a pioneer in his congregation, and has been widely used at conventions, but has never travelled. He started teaching himself Hebrew while working, and then entered University and ended up a professor. His scholarly work deals with a new understanding of the time frame of the verbs, how they are used in texts including Bible texts (when are they to be understood as relating to the past, present or future etc.). He is a very friendly person.
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New Ex-JW Documentary To Be Released
by discreetslave inabout filmtruth be told is a feature length documentary that explores the lives of several individuals raised in the jehovahs witnesses religion.
the title of the film refers to the tendency by jehovahs witnesses to regard their beliefs exclusively as the truth.. the documentary is not an indictment of religion but rather a retrospective.
in a series of informal interviews, former jehovahs witnesses discuss life experiences within the organization including the impact the religion had on their childhood and family, schooling, adolescence, and approaches to dating and marriage.
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TheOldHippie
"The examples given aren't really extreme enough to register a response."
So if reality is not extreme enough, one would have to invent things in order to raise the interest of the audience?