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  New Here, Introduction

  by budbayview in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been eyeing this site for some time (years) and finally joined.

  i was born in the organization, and grew up not too far were c.t.

  russell started it all.

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  Who are the real WT puppet masters ?

  by cookiemaster in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a few days ago i posted my estimations about how much the wt actually makes a year.

  you guys were all really helpful and provided a lot of useful info.

  a good estimate would be 2-3 billion dollars a year.

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  Do you frown upon tattoos?

  by confusedandalone in

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  2. physical

  i am very interested in hearing from people who really think that people with tattoos are somehow weird or cagey individuals.

  i would just like to get your outlook on this matter.

  today i was in a grocery store and i sawe this guy with his two kids and his wife shopping.

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  Are Evolution & Morality Mutually Exclusive?

  by shadow in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are a couple of long threads going right now about evolution & abortion.. .

  if evolution were true, how could there be any basis for morality?.

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  Governing Body humility: crapping their pants and admitting it stinks

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we've all heard the old saying:.

  any job worth doing is worth doing right the first time.. but, this would not seem to apply in the only organization on earth claiming to be solely guided by jehovah!.

  in the watchtower society, the governing body gathers in a board room and prays, discusses and votes.. presumably the prayer invokes holy spirit of jehovah.

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  Who wants to live forever?

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  what will living be like after 5 billion years?.

  doug.

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  The Bizarre Free Will

  by John_Mann in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  two years before i left jw world i came to a strange conclusion about the jw cosmology and the free will doctrine.. basically i came to conclusion that satan is right about the universal sovereign issue.

  and i came with that just only using jws premises, no outside apostasy.

  i just told to my sister what she thought about it, and she said to me: dont tell anyone about this!.

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  Theists, why does God allow suffering..

  by The Quiet One in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ..specifically, the suffering of animals.

  you can talk about free will/sin/people choosing to not listen to god etc to explain human suffering being allowed.. but how can you love a god that allows animals, that haven't sinned or chosen to not have anything to do with god, to have their short lives ended in often long, drawn out, painful ways.

  i could list stories i've read that would probably make you feel ill, but i'm not looking to shock anyone or start an emotional debate.

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  The Logisitcs of Destroying Organized Religion

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  they define babylon the great as the "world empire of false religion", and that jehovah god will use the united nations to turn on her.. .

  the "keep on the watch" brochure says the following, regarding the destruction of babylon the great:.

  "for our day, the bible forecasts that political governments, like a wild beast, will turn on "the harlot" and strip her naked, exposing her real .

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  Photo of Russel Exploring Giza Pyramids

  by Gerard in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i found this in a french web site, i thought it was interesting.. .

  french text (original): http://pages.globetrotter.net/mleblank/doctrine/pyrwt.html.

  translation: http://www.letusreason.org/jw16.htm

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