MARTINLEYSHON
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What are your reasons for not joining another religion?
by MARTINLEYSHON ini am going to start this debate of by saying that those of us who were raised in the so called truth, and i being one of them, can only come to terms with our past by accepting that our parents infected our minds like a virus infects a computer.
we wouldn't categorise children according to their parents' political stance, since they are too young to make up their minds about such matters.
but they (jw) segregate them from the world.
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Were YOU Gossiped About In The Congregation?
by minimus indo you know who the worst offenders were??
the elders.
the elders, because they were "shepherds and overseers" believed they had the right to talk about you, your family, your job, your personality and so forth.....they pick apart any male in the hall under the guise of seeing whther someone "might qualify for privileges".
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Do you believe that Demons really Exist.
by MARTINLEYSHON inthe reason why i have asked such is question is that i served as a congregation elder for 12 years.
i served as the presiding overseer for 10 years, and as chairman and media spokes-person for a particular region.
during my time within the organisation that being almost 30 years, i have concluded that there is, as far as my own experience is concerned grave doubt in my mind as to the existence of the devil and his demonic hoard.
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Financial Accounts
by MARTINLEYSHON init has been some time since i posted.
i am delighted to see that this site is as busy as the day i joined some years ago.
elsewhere you are the fountain of knowledge.
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anyone here know their IQ
by orbison11 in.
just wondering if any here know their iq?.
my son, just recently coming back into my life, told me he had his done,,,,and i was wondering,,any here know of theirs, and how it might have affected their lives, their outlook, etc.
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Why are there more JWs on Social Security Beneifits than any other Religion
by MARTINLEYSHON inon a per capita ratio jws ethos for claiming off the state is higher than any other religion.
does anyone have the answer?
i remember in the late 80s the borg came out with an article "uses and abuses of the welfare system".
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The governing body worried? Should they be!
by MARTINLEYSHON inhi everyone its ben a few years since my last post, would like to extend greetings to old and new members.
the events that has happened over the last few years must be of great concern to the gb for example: .
jws have always maintained that they are the most hated religion in the world, and yet when i have asked the question "which religion do you hate the most" to many of my friends the common answer is muslims, they do not even deliniate between the extreme factions and the mainstream.. the second major concern for the gb is the growth of jws i left almost 6 years ago and still there is no growth in real terms for them, still around the six million mark i believe, and yet i read an article the other day that stated the mormon religion is the fastest growing religion in the world, with 11 million members.
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JW says high gas price fulfills bible prophecy...the end is near
by DevonMcBride inhere's a gem from a jw group on myspace.
http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewthread&entryid=5886853&adtopicid=27&categoryid=0&issticky=0&groupid=100229164&mytoken=20050903180812.
okay so i know this doesn't directly effect me because i don't quite drive yet, but indirectly it does effect me.
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Did You Ever Aspire To Be Anything Special In The Organization?
by minimus ini never wanted to go to bethel but when i was a teenager, i wondered what i would need to do to become a circuit overseer.
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Which country has the best comedy shows?
by sleepy in.
we have had some pretty amasing classic comedy in britian over the years.. faulty towers, the office, alan partridge,ali g etc.mind you weve had some very crap sit-com 2.4 kids etc.. who does it better the brits or the yanks?.
sorry ozzies cant think of any from down under.