Cool, u should make your database thing into a website. Also, I noticed in those old magazines you posted they don't use Jehovah. They are always saying "the Lord". Guess they got new light on what god wants to be called under Rutherford eh?
Julia Orwell
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Corpus Linguistics - Text Analysis of All Watchtower Publications since 1800's
by objectivetruth ini've been working on a side project for a while.
the goal of the project is to create a comprehensive database of all publications throughout history.
with this database i will be able to instantly find trends in text,sentiment of writing, methods used, and scriptures emphasized.. essentially i will be able to put a word like "apostate" into my tool, and instantly receive a report showing every time the word (or similar words) has been used in all publications since 1870.. i will also be able to create reports showing word density used in publications over time.. so i'll be able to see that the word "governing body" has increased in usage 25% year over year since 1975.. or i will be able to analyze the november 2014 wt and run an algorithm that helps to determine, what the tone and motive of the writing is.. the thing that i am most excited about is the ability to instantly find every occurence of a scripture in every publication.. this will be a great tool to find flip flops in doctrine as well as inaccuracies in biblical interpretation.. i will for sure publish all interesting findings here.. .
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Accused Rapist, Angela Montgomery, a JW, goes to trial Sept. 2-5, 2014 in Tennessee
by AndersonsInfo infirst article to appear in the newspaper on sept. 5, 2012:.
former resident returns to 'boro to face accusations [murfreesboro, tennessee].
11:03 pm, sep 5, 2012 | https://www.tennessean.com/article/d4/20120906/news/309060021/mother-charged-2-rapes.
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Julia Orwell
I can't believe someone would be like that!!! Bet she'll be disfellowshipped rather than protected because she's a woman.
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Accused Rapist, Angela Montgomery, a JW, goes to trial Sept. 2-5, 2014 in Tennessee
by AndersonsInfo infirst article to appear in the newspaper on sept. 5, 2012:.
former resident returns to 'boro to face accusations [murfreesboro, tennessee].
11:03 pm, sep 5, 2012 | https://www.tennessean.com/article/d4/20120906/news/309060021/mother-charged-2-rapes.
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Julia Orwell
How do you know she was a JW? Nothing in those articles mentions it.
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I now have a law degree!
by digderidoo inhi guys, i don't really post on here much anymore, having been on here since 2001. this site helped me out in the early days and has been a great support system for all of my past jw issues.
like many others i was discouraged from an education so that i could window clean and pioneer in my youth during the 80's.
having spent many years post my jw exit in alcoholism and periods of drugs, i decided to clean myself up 7 years ago by attending aa, i was still a window cleaner ... at the time i wrote extensively on here about my issues.
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Julia Orwell
Yeah but who would know?
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I now have a law degree!
by digderidoo inhi guys, i don't really post on here much anymore, having been on here since 2001. this site helped me out in the early days and has been a great support system for all of my past jw issues.
like many others i was discouraged from an education so that i could window clean and pioneer in my youth during the 80's.
having spent many years post my jw exit in alcoholism and periods of drugs, i decided to clean myself up 7 years ago by attending aa, i was still a window cleaner ... at the time i wrote extensively on here about my issues.
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Julia Orwell
WOW that's so good!! Well done. Your happiness shines through in your writing.
I take it from your name you are Australian? I am too :)
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2014 MEMORIAL ATTENDANCES FOR REST OF THE WORLD
by steve2 inthe october kingdom ministry for the united states reported the 2014 memorial attendances for the us branch office that has subsequently been well discussed in a separate thread.
in that thread, a poster asserted that in some parts of europe the attendance had been higher than last year - but to date no source evidence has been provided.. so, have memorial attendances for other parts of the world been reported in any of the publications such as kingdom ministryyet?.
if so, could you direct me to the source(s).
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Julia Orwell
The tract campaign is not to boost memorial attendance but to keep the jws busy and give them an illusion of actually doing something worthwhile with their lives.
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What did you do with old WT/Awake magazines?
by naazira inwhen you were a witness, what did you do with your old watchtower (public/ study versions) and awake magazines?
i know for some throwing away a magazine is comparable to burning a quran.
i never threw them out!
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Julia Orwell
I would gather them up periodically and chuck them in the paper recycling. When I left I burned them rather than put them in the recycling bin lest the paper sorters got harmed by that rubbish.
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Is the Watchtower Intentionally Trying to Force People to Leave the Organization?
by kneehighmiah inthe leaks from the new november watchtower are alarming.
they will disturb even longtime jws who haven't surrendered all rational thought.
it's become so cult like its scary.
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Julia Orwell
Interestingly, only about 2-3 years ago they had pics in the Watchtowers and dramas representing mothers crying over their children who had left jw. This is a real shift from when they used to say that it is understandable that parents would mourn a df. Many parents I knew still helped their df kids and talked to them in order to have a relationship with their grandkids. This will cause a lot of distress to these closet humans.
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11-15 WT- Drinking before meetings
by Absalom into be holy, we must weigh the scriptures carefully and do what god asks of us.
consider aarons sons nadab and abihu, who were executed for offering unauthorized fire, perhaps while inebriated.
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Julia Orwell
WTF! All those years I didn't drink before the meetings because of that stupid scripture and now JWs can!!! I guess it helps to be a little happy on the loosening juice before the meetings!
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Why Do Witnesses Promote A Unhealthy Lifestyle, My COBE weighs 340lbs (5ft 7in).
by BucketShopBill inplease don't take this the wrong way if your battling weight problems, that's not what this thread is meant to talk about.
i am asking this question because jehovah's witnesses claim they have "the best way of life", "god's blessing", "the truth" and are trying to change the habits of healthy people by turning them in to their own makings.
i watched people who were great athletes turn all their muscle in to fat because we would get a elder or circuit overseer make remarks they were spending too much time "working out" and "bodily training is beneficial for little".
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Julia Orwell
It would also depend on your local culture. I live in Australia's equivalent of LA and find most jws like to keep fit. They seem to have no more large people or even fewer than outside.