kgfreeperson
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JWs and 9/11
by kgfreeperson ini couldn't find anything using search, so maybe somebody just needs to point me in the right direction.
but i don't remember any discussion about what jws thought was happening when planes started flying into buildings and the hysteria in the nation began to build.
i do know about the reaction of the watchtower, locking their doors against people in need.
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What did the Watchtower say following 9/11
by kgfreeperson inthere have been some references from time to time about how jws felt about 9/11 and how the watchtower responded, but i'm interested in what, if anything, the watchtower said specifically.
i don't have access to any of the publications, though.
can anybody enlighten me?
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John Dominic Crossan
by kgfreeperson ini've been listening to john dominic crossan on the radio and am fascinated.
what are your opinions of him as a biblical scholar?
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privileges
by kgfreeperson inwhat people can give public talks?
(i.e., do you have to be an elder?
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ratio of active to gone
by kgfreeperson inif there are 6 million active baptised jws in the world, how many inactive, df'd or da'd jws do you think there are?
what effect do you think this number of not-active-for-whatever-reason has on the potential growth of jw?
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incidence of certain syndromes or diseases?
by kgfreeperson ini have seen the study on an unusual percentage of schizophrenia cases coming to emergency rooms being jehovahs witnesses, but i wonder if there have been other studies on what diseases/syndromes jehovahs witnesses tend to have.
i'm noticing, for example, a lot of fibromyalgia and depression, but i wonder if anyone has actually studied if the incidence is actually higher among jws than in the general population.
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"apostate" columnist
by kgfreeperson insylvester brown began his first column in the st. louis post-dispatch talking about his experience going door to door as a very young jw.
later in the column he indicated he is no longer a jw.
will jws be subjected to disfellowshipping if they admit to reading his column?
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subject of new study book?
by kgfreeperson ini'm sorry, but i'm not very good at searching.
so this may have been discussed and i missed it.
i understand after two years, isaiah is done.
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Clues for the Clueless
by kgfreeperson inclueless, that is.
i got a lovely send in my inbox but i can't reply to it (i get a page not found message--same thing i get when i try to edit a post).
i suspect my problem is that i have a macintosh (os x) and use netscape.
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What books are/have been helpful to you?
by kgfreeperson inblondie's citing of the book on emotional blackmail made me think about books i have found helpful in working through "issues" and i wonder what other people have relied on and found especially important.
i first bought "taming your gremlin" when it first came out in the mid-eighties.
it's just been reissued and i'm working my way through it again.