Topics Started by Tashawaa

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Stupid Rules - LIST!!!! ( CONTEST )
by breeze in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
stupid rules list....

i will start.... number 1) two people have to witness a sin before it is reported to the superior authorities....making me the org the last word in all areas.. the most stupid rule gets to post it once the gb has judged it the most stupid?

maybe simon will be one of the judges..... breeze
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Please convince me I'm wrong!
by StinkyPantz in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
since i have stopped attending the meetings, i have had a loss of faith in god.

i consider myself an agnostic teetering on being a full blown atheist.

while in school this last semester i have been taking courses that emphasize evolution.
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Resurrection Shuffle
by PopeOfEruke in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
one of jw "beliefs" that was and still is most confusing to me is the condition of married persons after the resurrection.

in particular, if one marriage partner dies before the big a and then gets resurrected.. its surprising how many jw's hold sacred their own private interpretation on this.. generally i found that if the marriage had been a happy one, a lot of jw's believe if the surviving marriage partner does not remarry, then they will end up back with their dead-but-back-again married partner after the resurrection.

in a normal sexual marriage relationship.. if the survivng partner does remarry however, the the old chestnut gets rolled out about people in the resurrection "will neither get married or be given in marriage.
4
JW Sentenced for Anthrax Threat
by blondie in
1. social
2. current
i guess he must have been unrepentant because he was df'd.

child molestors stay in good standing.

i guess that is because only children are hurt and the whole congregation could have suffered (especially the elders) from anthrax.. http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-threat2oct17,0,6130576.story man gets six months for anthrax threat.
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Yet another batch of "new light"
by caligirl in
1. jw
2. friends
i was talking to my sister yesterday, who spent the weekend with our still active parents.

over the weekend, they all had dinner with another couple, who were sharing some of the "latest news.

" i am getting this second hand, but my sister is excellent at remembering exactly what was said.
34
WE ARE DAMNED ANYWAY
by plmkrzy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if we do not accept the book of mormon

anybody ever scan all the other sites to see how they compare?

below is a sample letter to a ex=mormon site
5
Prostitution in Isreal
by Tashawaa in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've always wanted to know.... why were there prostitutes in isreal?

why weren't they "stoned", and who were "visiting" them... hmmm, and why didn't they have a test for adultery for men?

i think its pretty obvious.
4
WTS puts foot in mouth and downplays sacrifices
by stichione in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in a watchtower magazine article of september 1, 1951 entitled "hated for his name", an era of 10 persecution of christians is discussed.

but just to show how little insight the writer of this article shows, it goes on stating:.

-it is said that in the year 95 alone some 40,000 suffered martyrdom.
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UN & Df'ing
by Tashawaa in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i'm curious... does anyone know of situations where jw inquiring into the un have been df'd?

i did all the research and got info from the original sources (so when i show my family there's no doubt).

i wrote the society once, then got the "usual" reply (2 weeks later) - wrote again, this time pointing out specifics and wanting answers, but instead i got df'd (hmmm, 3 weeks later) for living with my sister (who was disassociated for some time, and was no big secret here in my congregation).
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*The WBTS Inc. new corporations....
by MacHislopp in
1. jw
2. friends
just a simple question.

why the " r&f" of the jw's have

not been told, informed through