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sex before marriage
by Most Noble in
1. social
2. relationships
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I am VERY surprised that........
by Iamallcool in
1. jw
2. friends
i am very surprised that a very pretty lady that is i/o psychology doctorate major, she would like to go out with me on date.

she knows that i do not have any college degree.

to be honest with you, i am pretty much intimidated by her intelligence.
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Thinking can undermine religious faith, study finds.
by whereami in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
thinking can undermine religious faith, study findsthose who think more analytically are less inclined to be religious believers than are those who tend to follow a gut instinct, researchers conclude.those who think more analytically are less inclined to be religious believers than are those who tend to follow a gut instinct, researchers conclude.

(uriel sinai / getty images / april 26, 2012).

by amina khan, los angeles times.
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Where To By Crisis of Conscience
by binadub in
1. jw
2. friends
maybe this information has surfaced here before, but if so it is worth repeating periodically:.

a couple weeks ago i was shocked after doing a google search for crisis of conscience when it brought up amazon with four distributors selling the book in soft-cover for collector prices between $169.95 us to over $650, with only 4 copies available.

hard cover was not available new, and used copies were being sold for over $50-75.
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Nathan Knorr's own circuit assembly badge?
by FatFreek 2005 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
for what it's worth, the following image was sent to me in an anonymous email so i can't testify to its authenticity.

she (or he, since it wasn't signed) says he/she was one of the bethel housekeepers and spotted the name tag in a waste basket.

at that time, the early 70's, knorr was regarded by many, including this person, (though disliked by even many bethelites) as god-like.
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The very WORST and BEST places to find out what the Bible REALLY teaches?
by Fernando in
1. watchtower
2. bible
worst - religion/ists (pharisees, sanhedrin/gb, ruling religious clergy class).

best - direct from the source (our heavenly father, his son, the holy spirit, john 14:26; 15:26; 16:13; 1 john 2:27) by pursuing their full and counterintuitive "unabridged gospel" message to all humans (rom 10:16,17; isa 61:1; john 8:36).. next best - spiritually strong persons of faith (acts 8:12,26-40, especially verse 35).

your thoughts, suggestions, websites, videos, constructive criticism, quotes - anyone?.
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Bro. Lett (Governing Body) borrowed illustration from an outspoken WT critic
by fugue in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we're discussing this over on jwr:.

http://www.jehovahswitnessrecovery.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=12805.

a jdub has posted a video of a talk that stephen lett, a member of the governing body, just gave at a special assembly day in iowa.
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Is this $h!t Written for Idiots?
by Yan Bibiyan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
like the warning given to.

it comes from god through.

"...they obeyed the warning that god had sent by means of angels".
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2011 Yearbook= BEARDS are still for non-Witnesses ONLY!!!! Beard Fear?
by Witness 007 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
1960's the watchtower pictures showed jesus clean shaven and with short hair {watch 1954 p.511 "why do watchtower books now show jesus with short hair and no beard?

....because he is shown that way in representations that are older than the traditional effeminate looking pictures..."}.

yearbook 2011 p.57 "a bearded man named eric showed up at a congregation in the united states {oh god a bearded man!!!
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What is your favorite quote?
by Iamallcool in
1. jw
2. friends
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