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Favor please - Reuters article :)
by brizzzy in
1. jw
2. friends
hi ladies and gentlemen,.

a reuters article about me and the book just hit the wire.

i swear never to ask this again, but if any of you are big on social media, please feel free to "like" or share it or tweet it or whatever.
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The Interview That Almost Wasn't
by PublishingCult in
1. jw
2. friends
sorry if this redundant.. my first guest unflaked.

there was a misunderstanding with regard scheduling.

he is kind of a busy guy.
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Going to try quitting smoking again...
by sinis in
1. jw
2. friends
seriously this time.

its not the nicotine that drives me nuts (i chew the gum) it's that hand mouth desire or lack of it.

i am finding myself chewing on pencils or whatever else is around me.
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JW Talk Radio- My First Guest Flaked
by PublishingCult in
1. jw
2. friends
ok, my first guest has flaked on me.

this is a little disappointing because i was looking forward to a discussion about homosexuality and the bible that people could really sink their teeth into.. .

other the other hand, i am relieved.
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Is the Governing Body Guilty or not guilty of 1975 speculations going too far?
by Terry in
1. social
2. humour
the most disengenuous aspect of "official" pronouncements from the society can be identified.. it is in the positioning of the speaker/writer as a passive onlooker commenting on exterior happenings.. this bystander mode is clever by half.. why?

it spoon feeds information without taking any active personal responsibility.. sort of an "oh gee, wow--look at all this going on" stance, while taking a stand-offish tone, is printed in the official magazines and books approved for publication by the governing body as mouthpiece of jehovah.. think about that.

it is insidious incitement without responsibility.. the person (likely fred franz) who crafted these bulletins had gone through several previous incidents of failure and disappointment and was well aware of the effect of any speculations upon jehovah's witnesses in the past.. this makes what was printed all the more calculated and irresponsible in the extreme.. let us parse the language printed by the watchtower society with careful attention to what is said and left unsaid.. w68 8/15 p. 494 why are you looking forward to 1975?.
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Could Russell be " disfellowshipped" one day?
by jean-luc picard in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in fact russell never was a jehovahs witness.. in the proclaimers book, page 40 they write:.

stirrings of watchfulness.

in the 19th century, though, the religious climate led to stirrings of.
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Clergy-penitent privilege
by Honesty in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
three ministers or elders of the tinian congregation of jehovah's witnesses are asking the superior court to quash the government's subpoena that commands them to appear at a jury trial of a man accused of sexually abusing a girl.. .

bob morie, emyl lumba, and dwight manglona stated in their motion that the subpoena would be burdensome and oppressive since it requires the disclosure of privileged and protected information.. .

http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsid=109303.
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Uganda "Kill the Gays" bill could be passed in 72 hours...Sign the Petition
by unshackled in
1. social
2. current
this is barbaric.

we can help stop it by signing this petition.

here is the link to the site: http://www.allout.org/en/petition/uganda.
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Where to JWs park their cars when going door-to-door?
by bradp in
1. jw
2. friends
i am a christian and have handed out tracts all over my neighborhood,.

i'm ready to go to a new neighborhood and am trying to determine where to park my car without it getting towed.. is there a jw publication available that covers this kind of info?

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Which sentence is correct? Are both sentences correct??
by Iamallcool in
1. jw
2. friends
bob and his family is coming here tonight.

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bob and his family are coming here tonight..