Isn´t it true that the states having the lowest rate of suice also are regarded at somewhat liberal states?
InquiryMan
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Prozac Use Among JWs, Bethelites, Circuit Overseers and District Overseers, What Gerritt Loesch Said
by Scott77 inany bethelite whom served the past 5/6 years remembers gerritt loesch's morning worship when he mentioned over 40% of those in special full-time service (bethel, missionary, co, do) were on antidepressants, such as prozac.
serious phenomena affecting many, but throw the tight reins, multiplies it.
mc rubbermallet.
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Prozac Use Among JWs, Bethelites, Circuit Overseers and District Overseers, What Gerritt Loesch Said
by Scott77 inany bethelite whom served the past 5/6 years remembers gerritt loesch's morning worship when he mentioned over 40% of those in special full-time service (bethel, missionary, co, do) were on antidepressants, such as prozac.
serious phenomena affecting many, but throw the tight reins, multiplies it.
mc rubbermallet.
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InquiryMan
suicide
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Kingdom Hall got Disassociated
by Quarterback inwell, i thought i've seen everything.. a congregation in our city just sold thier kingdom hall.
they must have been desparate, because they sold it to an evangelical group for an amount less than what they boasted about.
but, these are hard financial times.. all i could remember is the 25 yrs ago, dedication talk.
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InquiryMan
In Sweden, a Kingdom hall was recently sold to moslems. It is now converted to a mosque.
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Tomorrow's Watchtower Study: Steve hits Selma in North America... not South America
by Alfred ini started a thread a few days ago that probably went unnoticed for the most part (under "scandals & cover-ups") regarding steve hitting selma in tomorrow's wt study... i just wanted to recap it here for those who may have missed it.... the spanish version changes the story completely.... if you've read that paragraph 12 it basically says that steve hit selma as she tried to prove a point.
selma then feels sorry for herself.. in the spanish version steve merely gets furious with her and she gets sad.. by the way, i just looked up the italian version... .
selma ricorda una lezione che imparo dalla sorella che le conduceva lo studio.
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InquiryMan
Not only the family books were altered. No reference ever has been made to corporal punichsment in e.g. the Norwegian editions of WT and Awake and other literature since corporal punishment was outlawed in the early 80s.
Thus, such behaviour never take place in the KHs either. And even prior to that some JWs did not like that kind of child upbringing. People are of course influenced of the cultural atmosphere they live in.
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I went to the Watchtower Study with the "Selma and Steve" article today, and....
by cedars inno, i didn't really - but i'm anxious to hear from anyone who did!!.
what happened after the paragraph was read?
did anyone try to denounce abusing one's spouse under any circumstances, or were most answers supportive of the "advice" given to selma, i.e.
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InquiryMan
When I was in, I remember a ministerial servant lost his privileges and got a public reproof for having hit his wife. His wife was even a non-witness at the time.
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2011 Yearbook= BEARDS are still for non-Witnesses ONLY!!!! Beard Fear?
by Witness 007 in1960's the watchtower pictures showed jesus clean shaven and with short hair {watch 1954 p.511 "why do watchtower books now show jesus with short hair and no beard?
....because he is shown that way in representations that are older than the traditional effeminate looking pictures..."}.
yearbook 2011 p.57 "a bearded man named eric showed up at a congregation in the united states {oh god a bearded man!!!
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InquiryMan
Wow. I hope bearded elders in Denmark don´t take offence on the yearbooks bigoted view...
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New Rumor: Downsizing Circuits/Assemblies
by metatron inheard a new rumor that:.
the borg is going to phase out big district assemblies - so they can fit 'em in assembly halls.. they will reduce the size of circuits.
they will synchronize c.o.
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InquiryMan
Lack of holiday never been a problem here.... After all get 5 weeks and 1 day paid holiday :-)
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are jw the most dispised religion by the public?
by mP ini remember going to a new school, and before i said anything there were a few kids poking fun at jehovah.
jehovah this and that .
at no stage did i ever hear anyone mention any other god or religion in conversation or playground banter.
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InquiryMan
In Finland, a survey made on religions, showedet that 4 per cent liked JWs. It was even included as an item I think in "Watching the World" in Awake.
The JWs commented it stating that they were going from house to house searching for those who liked them.... or something along that line...
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Will higher gas prices cause a policy change (New Light) re. field service?
by doinmypart inwill higher gas prices bring about some new light regarding field service?.
in the part of the u.s. where i live most of the territories require driving long distances.
some congregation members are unemployed and many are retired/living on limited income.
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InquiryMan
so what... We have distances here too, drive 110 km a day to work.... with norwegian gas prices :-)...
it seems Americans in general complain very easily when a tax is imposed on them or risen slightly...
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No Facebook?
by lavendar inare jws not allowed to join fb?
if so, what is the reason that the wts gives them??
and also if so, what is the real reason??.
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InquiryMan
In fact the the feature articles of Awake February 2012 were devoted to FB and judged by watchtower standards it seemed rather liberal to me... At least it did not at all demonize FB as some might have expected... But of course this was in Awake, not in the study edition of the Watchtower, different targets