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  How do you feel ethically about the Governing Body?

  by runForever in

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  if something terrible were to happen to the members of the current gb would you feel bad?.

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  Honestly, I probably wouldn't stictly because I don't know them personally. Also depends on what were to happen to them. Whether they consciously think about what they're doing in regards to how they're manipulating people, or negatively impacting people, they are horrid people. So in short, no.
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  Female Attendants

  by Quarterback in

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  the best thing to come from the regenal convention this summer, is to see women used as attendants at the end of the program.

  they were used in distributing the new publications to convention delegates..

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  @whathappened

  Lol, I can imagine their elder's reactions. Must have been a sight to see
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  does the org monitor this site?

  by venting in

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  i,m sure they would like to find out the names of some who post here.

  venting..

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  I've heard a lot before about the WT monitoring sites, and trying to disfellowship people on apostasy. Not sure if this actually happens, or to what degree they do it.
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  Seven signs you're in a cult ( Is our religion "cult-like"?...)

  by gingerbread in

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  an enlightning and disturbing story in today's atlantic.. ginger.

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  http://m.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/06/the-seven-signs-youre-in-a-cult/361400/.

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  An article like this is what made me leave the truth. When I first read it, I was pretty shocked.
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  Atheists lose latest legal fight 'In God WE TRUST".

  by jam in

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  ok folks i'm an agnostic.

  but to remove the motto from our.

  currency is a little too much.

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  I really don't care what's on currency. Considering most of the US consists of christians, it's not really the worst idea to have "In God we Trust" on money.
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  What's more to blame- the WT or the bible?

  by keyser soze in

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  aren't they both just differen't variations of the same lie?

  the only difference is the scale on which their impact on humanity is measured.

  that, and the fact that the bible can exist without the wt, but not vice versa.. but at the end of the day, what's the difference between claiming to be the inspired word of god, or the one true religion?

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  Both are pretty to blame IMO. Good thing is we don't live by the mosaic law.
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  Getting kicked out.

  by bobert in

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  sometime this week.

  my parents are getting a lot of heat from the congregation, and tension in my house was already super high.

  i know it's inevitable.

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  Sometime this week. My parents are getting a lot of heat from the congregation, and tension in my house was already super high. I know it's inevitable. I really don't know what to do. In Canada, if I get kicked out, they're legally obliged to finacially support me. I also have a part time job, but not enough money to make a month's rent in a small room ($300-400). I really don't know what to do right now. Any of you guys been in this kind of situation?
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  Wondering what you guys think about child abuse...

  by bobert in

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  to start off, i'm not saying this happens, or doesn't.

  i'm just a bit confused on the subject, and what you guys are always talking about.

  what exactly is it with the wt on the issue of child abuse?

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  To start off, I'm not saying this happens, or doesn't. I'm just a bit confused on the subject, and what you guys are always talking about. What exactly is it with the WT on the issue of child abuse? As far as I know, the elder's book directs elders to immediatly report know pedos to the police. Is it the WT itself you guys have a problem with, or JWs in general? As I said, this is a bit of a grey area for me, and I'm always confused when you guys are talking about it.
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  Survey---who is inactive, disfellowshipped/disassociated or active?

  by minimus in

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  i am inactive for about 10 years now..

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  Inactive for about a month now
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  Do you think the age has passed when there can be no new religions?

  by truthseeker in

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  i think we are already living in the age where there can be no new religions.

  we have access to information like never before and anyone claiming revelations of something new and starting a whole new religion can easily be discredited.. christianity and islam may continue to subdivide but i think we've pretty much seen the end of anything new in terms of a new belief system.. .

  what are your thoughts on this?.

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  I think there'll continue to be new sects of various religions. I personally don't expect anything big since religion has been on a pretty big decline.