Topics Started by The_Present_Truth

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For all the newbies.. the Belief-O-Matic...what religion should you be? Test your religious beliefs.
by jemba in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i noticed that this thread has been done before by blacksheep but i loved doing this test and i loved the results i got... apparently i need to look into reformed judaism.

jemba .

sorry firefox wont let me cut n paste but heres the website:.
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How will Obamacare affect the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society?
by The_Present_Truth in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i'm not sure if this has been addressed here or not but i've been curious as to how obamacare stands to affect the wtbts and those serving at it's branches in the usa?

has anyone looked at this?

seems the catholics are all shook up about what obamacare stands to "make" them provide their "employees".
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WE CAN DO THIS....if you think the idea is as good as I do!
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
i have long had an idea that i think is a very powerful tool in reaching even hard-nosed jw's.. .

it would consist only of actual photographic scans of various documents, articles, photographs such as these from marvin shilmer's blog: (see next panel).

there would be no extraneous non-official text whatsoever.. it would be published the size of an old life magazine and sent anonymously to jw's at their homes.. the cover would clearly contain the words: "all contents originally published by watchtower bible &tract society".
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What if EVERTHING you believe to be true.....is a LIE?
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what if everything you thought was true turned out to be a lie?.

what if some of the most important "facts" turned out to be false?.

does seeing your strongly held convictions shattered, refuted, disproved hold out liberation for you or a sense of doom and embarassment?.
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Witnesses are saying "END IS RIGHT NOW!"
by free2beme in
1. jw
2. friends
i have witness friends telling me, that this is the end right now!

that this globel issue of the nations of egypt, libya and others ... is the sign they looked for.

now with what is happening in the usa, wisconsin to be exact, more trouble is rising and this is it.
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I'm so very saddened right now
by sooner7nc in
1. jw
2. friends
i just received this from an old friend on fb.

i can't hang with an apostate or someone cheering.

on apostates...of course, if jw's are not your cup.
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Is anyone on here from Milwaukee (or Wisconsin for that matter?)
by Joliette in
1. jw
2. friends
milwaukee, wi, born and raised!

but leaving in two years.
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Verifiable Former Bethelite Willing to Answer questions
by Uzzah in
1. jw
2. friends
i am a former active poster here, former elder, former bethelite and pretty much known by people on the xjw boards since the mid 90's.

gawd that makes me sound old.. i notice that a great deal of uproar is being made by allegations of a hide in the closet alleged bethelite.

to counter the damage caused by this claim, i am happy to address any questions people may have about bethel, protocol, etc.. i was at the canada branch for 11 years, worked in multiple areas including the legal department, service desk and writing dept.
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Can you recommend some movies/videos?
by OnTheWayOut in
1. jw
2. friends
an ex-jw meetup group i attended just watchted worlds apart together and the host wants to do this type of thing more often.. i would love to see religulous, but the group would be divided on such a movie.. i suggested the documentary, jesus camp and september dawn.. do you have any suggestions i can pass along?.
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"How Awful This Place Can Be!" Life at Bethel by Keith Casarona
by Dogpatch in
1. jw
2. friends
remember the video of all the nice dudes who were on the governing body in the 70s?

(here's a refresher).. well this is what their lives were really like - the same as when i was there.

by the time it got to the end, all was left was chicken backs.