InquiryMan

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  When Was The Last Time You Read The Bible?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  it's been a long time for me.

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  InquiryMan

  Haven’t read a verse since stopping reporting two and a half year’s ago. Do not miss it...
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  Kingdom Hall Spankings

  by JH in

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  most meetings i went to, children were brought to the washrooms in the back to be disciplined.

  often i could hear a child yell or cry due to the spanking given by the parent.

  people in the hall would have that look on their face meaning that it was alright to discipline a child by spanking him.

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  InquiryMan

  We did bring toys/books and even allowed to sleep at times. This was not encouraged, but no one talked to us about it. Perhaps being an elder helped :-)
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  Jehovah's Witnesses-----A Racist Movement?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  please contribute to this thread any way you wish to.

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  InquiryMan

  I’ve noticed that some witnesses accept witnesses being of another race, but being racist towards non-witnesses of another race.... On several occasions.
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  New Pro-JW Documentary! See the spin!

  by Confession in

  1. social
  2. current

  just found out about this.

  you can read all about it at www.knocking.org, but here is the homepage intro... from a handful of bible students in pennsylvania to 7 million members worldwide today, the christian group has ministered door-to-door for 130 years.

  typically dismissed as a controversial sect, the much-derided jehovah's witnesses lack respect and seem irrelevant.

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  InquiryMan

  On the web site, it was stated that his mother was a JW, not himself...
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  "We Are NEVER on Vacation from Jehovah"

  by Funchback in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  remember these words?

  : "we are never on vacation from jehovah"

  often, this very "reminder" was in the kingdom ministry.

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  InquiryMan

  I went to meetings in many countries - and most of the time did enjoy it!
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  Documentary on JW

  by InquiryMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  seems like a big project... http://www.knocking.org/

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  InquiryMan

  Seems like a big project... http://www.knocking.org/
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  2005 Convention Season - Let's Get 'em!

  by EscapedLifer1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well the 2005 us convention season gets rolling in a couple weeks, lasting until september.

  check out the schedule at:.

  http://www.jw-media.org/newsroom/index.htm?content=/region/americas/usa/english/releases/events/usa_e050527.htm.

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  InquiryMan

  The countries mentioned specifically in the media site, are listed consecutively after a news item has been released. So far, there has not been any news item devoted to Australia (and I doubt there will... :-)
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  If two elders showed up at your front door

  by unbeliever in

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  and asked do you accept the faithful and distreet slave as jehovahs channel on earth (or something similar to that) what would you say/do?.

  i would laugh my ass off and slam the door in their face.

  this really happened to a friend of mine a long time ago.

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  InquiryMan

  In fact I was asked this very question from my "father-in-law". He obviously had been instructed by an elder-friend as he is not an elder himself to ask this cardinal question. I did not provide him with an answer, cause he was not entitled whatsoever to get one. Since we’ve chosen not to DA/DF due to family, we are able to maintain family relations. However, this man (who was inactive for years, leading a rather messy life) has the guts even to "shun" us by not coming to our house, being in a cafe nearby if my mother in law pop’s in for a visit (very rare though). He obviously is afraid of being contaminated by people who have enough nerve to think for themselves.
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  Online WT article: Religion - How Should It Be Financed?

  by truthseeker in

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  in light of the recent letter read to congregations, it would be good to review the article they have on financing religion.

  while jehovah's witnesses do not practice tithing, they sure do have a way of getting that proverbial plate round the congregations.. for those not familiar with the recent letter to congregations in the us, here is a snippet... wts bills us jws $8.4 million for traveling overseers.

  being announced at service meetings this week at all us congregations:.

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  Some European assembly halls also provide electronic contribution devices.
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  Without the Internet. Would you still have been a active believing dub??

  by Samuel Thorsen in

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  perhaps i would.. struggeling with doubts of course, but going to the meetings and turning in 2 or 3 hours on my report every month like i used to.... what about you guys?

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  InquiryMan

  Perhaps I would also. I had a nagging doubt, but the internet proved it to be valid. And also realizing that a lot of others had drawn the same conclusions. (I however, did not turn in just in 2-3 hours, I was an elder almost close to my "departure")