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Another possible reason for smaller mags. . .
by breakfast of champions ini was thinking this as i was reading through a foreign language wt yesterday afternoon.
the wt needs so many translators to translate their crap into 200 or whatever languages.
can you imagine the mental gymnastics these people need to do in order to translate stuff like the "generation" teaching into another language?
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Reading is NOT Overrated!
by White Dove inhow do you read?.
i find myself attracted to certain authors and book series.. which reminds me, i need to download the grapes of wrath.. i love steinbeck's writing of historical fiction.
looking into the history of frontier america is so interesting when written in story form.. i read from most genres.. what's your poison?.
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Odd question in July 15 2012 WT
by breakfast of champions inwhat if a powerful government were to hatch a plot to exterminate jehovah's witnesses as an organization?.
they ask this question at the bottom of page 23 of the july wt, and i thought the wording was kind of strange.
the target is not jws "the people" (as in nazi germany) but the org alone.
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My cong were all copycats
by usualusername ini am not an expert in control groups but my cong had this odd habit of copying each other in weird ways:.
jobs.
window cleaners.
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Was everyone surprised by how nice worldly people can be?
by Inisc ini, like most born ins grew up being taught that everyone who was not a jw was inherently wicked, that they were dishonest, unloving, selfish, bad parents who don't care about their children, and also sad empty people with no direction in life.. as i grew older i started to see that this wasn't always true with every one, that what i was taught wasn't equating with what i was seeing.. by high school i could see that my friends at school, (yes worldly friends eek!
) we're actually decent people with morals, they may have engaged in a little fornication here and there but not promiscuously, and they were good honest people, with goals and parents that cared for them.. but after high school i was phsycologicaly bullied into ceasing contact with my friends altogether, leaving me with little contact with outside world, and the cult mentality had more room to grow, not fully, but enough to unconsciously not fully trust 'worldly' people.. however, once i'd left the org and began to meet people again, i was amazed at actually how good, honest, loving, kind, and caring many people can be!
who love their spouses and children and try their very best to be good parents and partners.
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Where is Outlaw?
by Iamallcool inhe is one of my favorite posters, i look him up from time to time.
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How did/does your congregation view going out to eat AFTER the Memorial?
by OneDayillBeFree infor us it used to be a big no-no, but i think it has slowly grown more acceptable since many of our elders would be starving during the whole reject jesus party.... i always thought it was a bit funny when i saw brothers and sisters almost celebrating with a big feast and drinks on the night that the good ol' messiah sacrificed himself for all humankind!
it seems now more recently that since it is the only thing witnessess can celebrate, they go all out!
maybe i'll join in the festivities too.. so what about you guys?
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Lindsay Lohan's Changing Face - 25 Years in 60 seconds morph
by Scott77 inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_0mi5q-exz8#!.
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55 REASONS JWS WILL NEVER BE REFORMED--Frank Toth
by blondie inmy husband and i had a nice visit with frank toth at grace gough's home.
it was great.
he has written a few things.