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Is The Society Truly "Destructive"?
by logansrun in
1. jw
2. friends
is it really proper to say that the witness organization is a destructive religion (or cult) or that they promote self-destructive behavior in its members?

most on this forum would say yes, emphatically so.

i think the situation is actually more complex, however.
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Reification of the "cult" idea
by logansrun in
1. jw
2. friends
sometimes i must confess bewilderment at peoples talk of cults: i.e.

comments like well, the witnesses display all the characteristics of a cult as noted by [insert anti-cult website here].

has it occurred to anyone that the idea of a cult is a human invention, indeed a very peculiar modern human construct in comparison with the rest of social history?
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What most surprised you about your life after leaving the ORG?
by logansrun in
1. jw
2. friends
been a long time folks.

howdy.

here's a question: what has most surprised you about your life after leaving the organization?
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The apostate line
by MsMcDucket in
1. jw
2. friends
while i was in walmart, picking up my meds from the pharmacy, i happened to run into some witnesses.

they were waiting for their meds.

my youngest daughter was standing a few feet back, so i yelled to her "come on over here and stand in the apostate line".
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CS Lewis Quotations
by LittleToe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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what resonates with you?every war, every famine or plague, almost every deathbed, is the monument to a petition that was not granted.. .

c. s. lewis, letters to malcolm: chiefly on prayer, a harvest/hbj book, 1963, 1964, p. 58..
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The Number One Reason Why I Am Not a "Watchtower Apologist"
by logansrun in
1. jw
2. friends
a number of people of late have noticed the concilliatory stance i take towards the jehovah's witnesses -- both as individuals and even as an organization.

they have quite rightly pointed out that i appear to "defend" the organization and it's members from attacks that i feel are unwarranted or unnecessary.

too often, i feel, this forum becomes a gripe session in which mighty ex-jw throngs feel the need to paint the organization or individual jws as totally devoid of any good qualities whatsoever.
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Evolution - Have you ever thought about...?
by Qcmbr in
1. watchtower
2. bible
why out of all the species that exist only humans seem to be radically different in every shape and way?

its almost as if humans have stopped 'evolving' and have started to diversify in looks rather than in additional mutations.

all haddock look pretty much the same as each other, daisies are pretty much just daisies etc.. in fact it seems that the greatest variety within a species seems to be when artificial means are used (domestic cats, dogs etc..) .
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Have You Witnessed To JW's With Postcards?
by Honesty in
1. watchtower
2. bible
someone mentioned that since postcards are so quickly read information can be processed by the jw mind before they realise it is from a source that is not pro jw.

have any of you here had any experience sending postcards containing delightful words of truth about the troof?.
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Why So Many JWs Are Sick ( and What to Do About it)
by metatron in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm not a medical professional - but i feel very strongly about this issue and want to pass it along.. why are so many witnesses so sick?

why do they often seem to be plagued by strange, chronic illnesses - that often appear.

to have a strong psychosomatic element?
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What does it take to start a website/blog?
by logansrun in
1. jw
2. friends
okay, so i'm a luddite.

i also am a lazy slob at the moment and know some of you uber-cool cyberbrains out there could give me some info on starting a website or blog.

how much does it cost?