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Do You See Communism as a Threat?
by sammielee24 inthis was an interesting article (part of it) from the bbc website.
sammieswife.. fists in the air.
lined up on a set of steps near the diet, wearing suits, red sashes and beaming smiles were officials from the japanese communist party.. they joined the protesters chanting and raising their fists in the air.. the communist party has always had a surprisingly large role in japan, the world's second biggest economy.. but while it had been fading towards irrelevance, now as the recession bites it is on the rise again.. the party already has more than 400,000 members and people are joining at the rate of 1,000 a month.. in comparison, the membership of the liberal democratic party, the largest member of the governing coalition, is twice the size.
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So, how many of you stayed single or childless for the sake of the Kingdom? And how many people in your Hall are single or childless for that reason?
by BonaFide inin my hall growing up, i remember 6 childless couples.
some have died, some are still alive.. i stayed single for the kingdom, hope to change that.. presently in my congregation, there are 4 brothers over 30, two over 40, that are single for the kingdom.
and about 10 single sisters over 25.. three of the five married elders have no children.
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The Astounding Self Deception of Jehovah's Witnesses
by metatron ini recently received a personal letter from a brother who holds a significant position in the organization.
i am appalled, shocked and astounded by the depth of his self-deceit.. you see, capitalism is dying.
it never has worked for very long (never mind that roman capitalism/trade lasted a thousand years or that cuneiform tablets tell us about bank interest and warehouse sales from the dawn of time).
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The end the system of things
by purplesofa inwhen exactly is the end?.
i am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.
" matt 28:20. .
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Need a little help
by Cognitive_Dissident ini haven't posted on here for quite a while, but i was wondering if someone could do me a huge favor and look up the definition of apostasy for me in the reasoning book.
i'm at my university's library working on a paper and i forgot to bring along the ol' reasoning book.
i tried to find it online but had no success.
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JW only Watchtowers in pdf anyone still do them?
by Gordy in.
i was wondering does anyone still put links to the jw only watchtowers in pdf.. .
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How Will Armageddon Strike?
by african GB Member inwill it happen at once the world over?.
will jw's be told to be at certain areas during that 'hour'?.
what about the df'd who might happen to be among jw's?.
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What does Romans 10:9,10 mean to a JW?
by Colton inromans 10:9,10.
"...if you confess with your mouth jesus as lord, and believe in your heart that god raised jesus from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.".
in my ten years as a jw, there was absolutely no emphases to the importance of this scripture.
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Ray Franz on Fear Among JWs
by compound complex into this day, in all countries, any persons among jehovah's witnesses who find they cannot conscientiously support fully the organization's teachings or practices live in a climate of fear, feeling they must constantly be on guard as to what they say, what they do, what they read, with whom they associate, from whom they receive letters, not feeling any sense of freedom even when among personal friends or close relatives if these are also witnesses.
as stated, in my personal experience i have had people phone who were afraid to give their name or who felt it necessary to use a fictitious name, some who even felt it necessary to take out a special post office box to be able to correspond without danger of their correspondence with me or other former witnesses being discovered.
they face a form of "hostage" situation, produced by the organization's authority.
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Top 10 Memorial Excuses
by rebel8 ingood excuses.
pinkeye.
(highly contagious, and you aren't supposed to touch other people's dishes and glasses.)tuberculosis.