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To Loyal Witnesses: Please Listen!
by metatron in
1. jw
2. friends
if you are a loyal, zealous witness, please listen to me.. i'm going to tell you straight from my heart, right out of.

my hard-won personal experience, how to avoid unhappiness.. here it is:.

don't bet on games you can't win.. let me illustrate.
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What Was THE Straw That Broke Your "Camel'...
by Francois in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there are lots of outrageous things that have happened to each of us in our longer or shorter association with the jay-dubs.

but it's amazing sometimes what teeny things have been the final straw.. being raised as a jw, i swallowed most stuff whole my entire life.

then, as a teen began to question some things, but waited patiently for jehovah to straightened things out.
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Debate With The Governing Body
by Francois in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
to my knowledge the governing body of the jws have not responded to my challenge to debate the proposition "jehovah's witnesses constitute a religious cult.".

i have said they wouldn't respond, and they won't.. for those of you who have a copy of "jehovah's witnesses in the divine purpose," let me suggest you read how the jws taunted mainstream religious leaders with their refusal to debate, claiming their refusal constituted tacit admission of the falsity of their religious practices and beliefs.. now the shoe is on the other foot.

and the governing body is hiding in the deepest precints of 114 adams street.
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Updated list of Watchtower RANKS (*not* Classes!)
by Focus in
1. jw
2. friends
23 common or garden bethelite.

25 common or garden elder.

58 female child of unbaptized associate; dead unbaptized associate/family.
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Do Children and Aeroplanes mix ??
by Simon in
1. social
2. family
we are going to visit canada later this year with our two boys, aged 1 and 3, and wondered if anyone had any experience or tips for taking small kids on planes and keeping them amused for 8 hours.. heeeeellpp !!

!
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LOVE THIS QUOTE
by Zep in
1. jw
2. friends
"if you find that you are stumbled or are offended about something being taught in god's.

organization, or some adjustments being made, keep this in mind: god has put enough in the.

bible to provide a complete foundation for faith.
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"Elder's Kids are the Worst?"
by Pathofthorns in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm not sure if its my limited perspective, but i have heard the saying "elder's kids are the worst".. from my perspective, the saying appears to have much merrit.

if this is true, why would those who seemingly are raised in the "best possible environment" and who would in theory be raised in harmony with the society's direction (good "spiritual routine" , meetings, service, family study etc) turn out the worst?.

could it be that an elder's schedule is too busy for his family?
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About the 89 WT quote.
by Xandit in
1. jw
2. friends
frenchy, i actually read the article in the 89 watchtower the following quote comes from.. w89 9/1 19 remaining organized for survival into the millennium.

"7 only jehovahs witnesses, those of the anointed remnant and the "great crowd," as a united organization under the protection of the supreme organizer, have any scriptural hope of surviving the impending end of this doomed system dominated by satan the devil.".

reading the article it appears to me that the statement, pretty direct as i said in one of my other posts, is based on the understanding of the status of sheep and goats at that time.
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Logic Problem Number 3
by Seven in
1. social
2. humour
the following could be used to pass the time if one should ever find oneself stuck in an elevator[lift-to you simon] with friend[just kidding].. star chambers.

luckily, there are four star dressing rooms at the.

variety theatre, because this week's show has four big stars.
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The three wise men
by Simon in
1. watchtower
2. bible
just a thought.... looking through the greatest man book, something just occurred to me which i can't recall has ever been highlighted (but please correct me).. i always thought it a bit strange that jehovah allowed the three pagan astrologers to find jesus especially as they were obviously guided to him by satan's star (remember they were led to herod first who wanted to kill the messiah).

what purpose did it serve?.

well, a few pages earlier in tgm book, we see mary presenting a dove as a sin offering at the temple - this was the cheapest offering that was acceptable which must have meant that they were pretty poor at the time.. shortly after the three wise men visited the family had to flee to egypt when herod started to kill all the young boys in an attempt to kill jesus.. what would they need to travel and live as exiles for a couple of years?.