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Health care law & JWs
by L3G inin the usa the affordable care act/obamacare has kicked in and as of the end of this month, those without paying for health care coverage thru an insurance company, unless they're somehow exempt, will have to pay an increasingly steep annual fine for not buying into the system.. so how will this affect those jws in full-time service?
is the org paying the premiums of bethelites, traveling overseers, spec.
pioneers, etc.?
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Anyone familiar with this new Oxford book (2013) on atheism?
by L3G inhttp://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199644650.do.
if so, please share your thoughts..
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Replacing Guy Pierce—how big is the pool from which to choose?
by L3G inrespectful_observer's thread on guy pierce's death,.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/277198/1/heard-a-rumor-guy-pierce-died-this-morning#.uyq-pv21x1n.
got me thinking.
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Are book studies still going on outside the USA?
by L3G intruthseeker's fine thread got me thinking.
there are plenty of forum members from europe, australia, and latin america here.
did the book study in publishers' homes end a few years ago at the time, or near the time, that it did in america?
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Chicago Archdiocese to release sex abuse documents
by L3G inthis is interesting and no doubt the wts legal department is watching the case carefully.. http://www.kasa.com/news/national/church-releasing-sex-abuse-files-on-chicago-clergy_42591990.
can you imagine the following line from here in a wt press release, or even in the wt mag?.
cardinal francis george, who has led the archdiocese since 1997, did not attend the news conference.
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Another revised Bible change
by L3G inas we continue to use the revised nwt, we will no doubt find more and more changes worth noting.
several others have posted how some of freddie franz's idiosyncrasies have been removed (like 'anyone urinating against a wall' and the ever-present 'proceeded to go' instead of just 'went').
here's another: gone are the places in the proverbs where the hebrew literally says 'the innermost parts of the belly' for conveying the supposed delight of juicy morsels of gossip.
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Questions on Gilead and the revised NWT
by L3G infirst, thanks to zound for posting the link re: the 135th gilead graduation.
watching it got me thinking.... .
some years back (2007-2009?
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My two cents' worth re: the revised NWT
by L3G ini've only posted a new topic twice before here.
mainly i've just commented on others' posts.
because of spending a few years as a lurker (until 7 months ago when i "came out" here), i feel that i have at least some pulse on this forum.
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Question from a newbie
by L3G inmy second post.
while lurking here, i've seen that some regular contributors have good resources or ability to find things in the wt publications.. i've got a relative who sometimes listens when i point out problems with the borg's thinking, but i don't have the resources to find something that would help me when talking to her.
perhaps someone here can find it and help me out.
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New here, well, sort of...
by L3G inbeen lurking here for years but finally decided to come out, at least partially.
of all things, the post of 'bats in the belfry' re: the supposed break up of gb member geoffrey jackson and his cute (ex-?
) fiancee a few days ago spurred me to do so.