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A religion with nothing to Celebrate
by eyeslice in
1. jw
2. friends
how sad that the witnesses have nothing to celebrate.

the more i think about it since i stopped going to the meetings, the more i feel that spirituality and religion are about opportunities to give thanks and to celebrate life with family and friends.

christenings or name giving ceremonies celebrate the gift of a new life to a family.
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COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT: now open for business
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
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here is your chance to complain.. what is really bothering you and what would you like to see happen?.

go on, let it out; let it all out.
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The biggest issue the Society has to face.
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
not paedophilia - as much as that must be dealt with.

not blood, shunning, corruption, failed prophecy, bunked chronology, the internet or u.n type scandals.. the biggest issue/threat the watchtower faces is authority.. hold up any other issue before a true jw and the shutters come down.

because they have listened to 'authority'.
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How could have Rutherford been a 'drunk'?
by wholewheat in
1. jw
2. friends
i feel that the apostate's claims that rutherford was a drunk to be far fetched.

on the one hand, they claim that he was so drunk that the brothers at bethel shipped him to san diego to beth sarim, where he stayed drunk out of his mind, then on the other hand, they claimed that he ruled the society with an iron fist, that he was a dictator.

no drunk could have ruled the society like a dictator.
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Are there any ex-missionaries here??
by fulano in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have been a missionary in the dominican republic for almost 10 years and i was wondering if there were any ex-missionaries on this forum.. i am back in my country now for 3 years and totally inactive.. what i noticed in those missionary-years was the lack of spiritual interest among the missionaries.. discussions were about rooms, cars and greater responsibilities, the bad territory.

and the local c.o.s and d.os.. was this only in the dr or are there other experiences??.

ere other experiences?
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Going out with a bang
by LittleToe in
1. jw
2. friends
after much deliberation, i decided to go "out" at the end of a public talk.

it didn't go down too well, but at least i was able to give some of my reasons for leaving.. i've put some of the details on my homepage.

i'll update it more when i get the time and the strength.
103
The "Tree" of WHAT?
by Farkel in
1. jw
2. friends
the account of adam and eve as a literal event is so full of logical contradictions that it is mind-boggling.

it only takes a minimum of scrutiny to discover that fact, too.. there is something god did not want adam and eve to know.

he didnt want them to know the difference between good and evil.
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JW's & Child Sexual Abuse Reporting
by JAVA in
1. social
2. current
another interesting article in the news about jw's not reporting child abuse: .

from the front page of the paducah sun in paduach ky, jan 28th 2001. .

"jehovah's witnesses' handling of child sexual abuse criticized".
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Liberal JW's
by Dubby in
1. jw
2. friends
i admire the jw's who seem to be not too affected by what the society teaches.

for instance; my brother became a jw when he met his wife, who was born into the wts.

his wife and her family, always seemed to be very gregarious people, and enjoy life very much.
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Welcome !
by Simon in
1. jw
2. friends
welcome to the newest jehovah's witness discussion forum on the net.. please register so that you can post to the forum and turn this into a welcoming place for other brothers and sisters online