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  Armagedden 2003

  by Phil in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does anyone know what the wt is teaching or trying to teach when this "end" is coming?

  i believe that they have given up the practice of giving dates.

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  Stockholm Syndrome

  by Phil in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are there any readers that have studied or are aware of the term "stockholm syndrome" and its application to cults?

  i have heard of this as it applies to people who are brainwashed in countries where torture is used to alter the thinking of people away from their past habits.

  i have never heard it applied to the jw organization and its practices.

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  e-Watchman

  by Phil in

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  2. friends

  i just got a reply from a person on the ewatchman.i wrote this to a person called hector3000.

  after several emails i wrote the following answer to a sermon he sent me in response to a question regarding jw's communication with god and the authority they are given:.

  a person or persons have taken upon themselves to be the interpreters of the bible.

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  in the Money

  by Phil in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i have read the posts on the so called wealth of the jw organization.

  where is the proof that they have all this money in the banks, somewhere.. with all the people leaving the org i can only assume that more concrete information would be available from people that have actually worked in the accounting department and would furnish this to the fbi.

  where is this concrete information.

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  Bible History

  by Phil in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in january 2003 i posted a message requesting some history on the jw bible.

  unfortuneately, i tried to copy the information and for some reason it would not print.

  i then posted another message explaining this delema.

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  Awake and such

  by Phil in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my daughter joined the jw and on various occasions i have asked her some questions about the jws and their practices.

  her responses always seemed to be incomplete.

  a question i have for you folkes on the board is what kind of remuneration does the jw organization get from the members and what do the elders and others do in the way getting the necessary funds from the members.

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  Doctrines

  by Phil in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  all religions have doctrines.

  these doctrines, without exception have been "invented " by man.so it does not matter which religion you choose, you are relying on what a man or group of men say or think what god wants.

  various religions have different ways of indoctrinating a person into believing in what he says.

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  Answer door?

  by Phil in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a few years ago we lived in a different city and my wife and i had a battle when a jw would come to the door.

  my wife liked to hide and like to answer the door and talk to them.

  i am rather stubborn that way.

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  Daughter still in Patterson

  by Phil in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my daughter was cohersed to marry her present husband and they moved to patterson to do what ever they do there.

  it realy affected the family, particularly me.

  i was wondering if there is anyone who reads these messages knows my daughter.

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  Doctrine

  by Phil in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am researching the christian bible and all the versions that exist today.

  i have heard that the jw bible was printed in the 1950s.

  does anyjone know who were the persons in the jw organization(s) were responsible for the changes made.. .

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