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Russia's 'Foreign Agents' Risk Losing Right to Run Media
by The Truth Shall Set Us FREE! in
1. social
2. current
according to recent russian news, the latest developments in russia might have a huge impact on how the watchtower will be able to operate in russia in the future.

personally, i don't think that there should be religious organizations at all, ngo or otherwise.

people should on the other hand have a right to religious assembly, governed by g-ds holy spirit, and the russian bill quoted below does not take that right away from people.. the truth shall set us free.
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Court seizes over one million Jehovah's Witnesses brochures brought into Russia
by StarTrekAngel in
1. watchtower
2. bible
http://red.theworldnewsmedia.org/index.php/en/forum-home-page/jehovah-s-witnesses/93-court-seizes-over-one-million-jehovah-s-witnesses-brochures-brought-into-russia
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Tax-exempt Status of Churches and the Gay Marriage Decision
by lambsbottom in
1. jw
2. friends
it will be interesting to see what will happen with the "beloved" 501c3 tax exempt status which the churches hold so dearly onto.

the first-century christians met in homes.

they did not have exemption from taxes to the governments.
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What are you gonna do when the existence of god is disproved?
by Doltologist in
1. jw
2. experiences
in 1897, j.j. thomson discovered the electron.

this was the first constituent part of the atom which, for 2,000 years, was thought to be indivisible.

today, we know of 18 elemental particles following the recent discovery of the higgs boson, the so-called god particle.. back in 1897, most people believed in god because there weren't even any theories as to how the universe came into being.
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What is truth?
by Heisenberg in
1. jw
2. friends
well, i have been lurking on this site for several months and i recently decided to join as a member.

i have made several observations and would like to make a few comments.. first, i am perplexed by the attitude of many on this site that are either former or active (but apostate) jws.

they seem to have a strong hatred for the wts and also for rank and file jws.
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Freedom of Relgion has been taken away.
by Jeannette in
1. forum
2. announcements
when a person is disfellowshiped by a religion just because he or she doesn't believe it all is very serious.

some disfellowshiped ones have even taken their own lives because they have been made to feel so bad.

it's down in black and white that parents and friends are supposed to shun them, shunning is acting like someone is dead.
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crazy analogy question regarding Jesus' divinity [or lack of]
by TTWSYF in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i heard a preist pose this question and i'll admit, it made me think.. if your neighbor had a dog and a monkey and his dog bite you.

would you accept an apology from the neighbors monkey?.

just asking.
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Emblem Takers Mentally Unstable?
by Cold Steel in
1. watchtower
2. bible
onthewayout wrote: of course, for quite awhile (and probably still), congregations have been viewing any relatively young (maybe under 50 or even 60) partakers as mentally unstable and watchtower ignores such people anyway and says they must listen to the elders.

is this correct?

ever since the emblem-takers were given emeritus status as members of the faithful and discreet slave, have they been relegated to standard membership?
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Period of time from crack to avalanche
by NeverKnew in
1. jw
2. friends
i know, people are very different and have different levels of holds to the organization, but i'm insanely curious about how long an exposure to ttatt may marinate before culminating into an action to research further.. from your earliest memory of a planted seed due to an event, challenge from another person, accidental website hit... whatever... (the crack) to the time the ttatt became a reality, (the avalanche), how much time expired?.

i guess we have to remember that everyone here is a success story and that for many, it may be never.. .
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From 1 to 10, how do you rate the value of the Internet in your awakening?
by Hidden-Window in
1. jw
2. friends
as we all know, the internet is a real game-changer in allowing us to know the truth about the watch tower and its history.

i always had doubts and it was the internet that presented me with the ever-growing number of individuals who were going through a similar struggle.. i give the internet a 9 in my awakening.

what about you?.