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To 68STORM
by expatbrit ini replied to your message, but i'm not sure if you know how to access it.. when you log in, look at the top leftish of the screen for the box which says "welcome 68storm".
in it you should see "inbox (1 new messages)".
click on that and you should get to my message.. nice to hear from you!.
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Article on Watchtower website discusses child molestors
by expatbrit inthe article on the watchtower website entitled "let us abhor what is wicked" comments fairly extensively on child molestors both before becoming jw's and while they are jw's.. here are the relevant paragraphs:for a man who was a child molester before he was baptized, there may be another consequence.
when he learns the truth, he repents and turns around, not bringing that cruel sin into the congregation.
he may thereafter make fine progress, completely overcome his wrong impulses, and even be inclined to 'reach out' for a responsible position in the congregation.
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Is the Watchtower a form of addiction?
by expatbrit inhello.. this morning i glanced at the jw calendar for this month.
it has one of those spreads about how becoming a jw improves your life.
you know the type of thing: "when i learned from the jw's i was able to give up smoking/boozing/drugs/coffee/chocolate/naked bungee jumping etc etc".. i wonder if maybe the reason some people have these experiences is because, by becoming a jw, they simply replace one addiction with another?.
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A weekend of bitter and unhappy apostasy......
by expatbrit inthis is district convention weekend in my area.
now, i know that in the good old days, i would get up early, drive to hamilton (an unpleasant place), sit all day on an uncomfortable plastic chair with no legroom and listen to the usual boring tripe regurgitated from last year, with only a short break to eat dull sandwiches.
then i'd drive all the way home, tired and cranky and hungry, eat something and go to bed, knowing that i would get to repeat the whole sordid process the next day!
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Happy Canada Day!
by expatbrit in.
to all my fellow residents of a truly wonderful country!.
expatbrit.
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The Watchtower & the cigarette company
by expatbrit ini: some relevant quotes from watchtower publications
1: the position of the watchtower as regards smoking
*** jv 181 13 recognized by our conduct ***.
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Watchtower quotes on investments?
by expatbrit inhello.. if anyone knows of any quotes from watchtower literature (using the term loosely) that give counsel on investing i.e.
making sure that you do not invest in unchristian companies etc, please could you post them or a reference to them?.
much appreciated!.
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Bedtime Story
by expatbrit inlet me protect the farm.
the dog thought about it, and agreed that the family could well afford the chickens and that since the wolves did look hungry, it wouldn't be right to deny them food.
well, the dog went slinking off to his hiding place under the stairs, and the family decided that they would really have to do something, and give up one or two of the golden eggs, to protect the farm.
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Who Is Your Top American?
by expatbrit inthe bbc is conducting a poll to find people's opinion on the most important personage in american history.. a short list of the top ten nominees will be posted on the website tomorrow, and then you can vote on your choice from those ten.. here is the link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/wtwta/2957480.stm.
happy voting!.
expatbrit
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They really have no shame
by expatbrit infrom watchtower media:.
moscowon may 22, the golovinsky district court ordered the russian government to pay for a philological-psycho/linguistic expert study to be conducted on the literature of jehovah's witnesses published in the past ten years.. the study will be carried out by the institute of the russian language of the russian academy of sciences, and one psycho-linguist, konstantin igoryevich alekseyev.
judge vera dubinskaya did not set a time limit for the study.. "this is nothing more than a determination to find experts who will support a ban on jehovah's witnesses," stated artur leontyev, defense attorney.