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I need academic journal articles about JWs...
by somebodylovesme inonce again, for the sake of a research project, i am looking for any journal articles focusing on or discussing jws.
specifically, i am interested in sociological/psychological perspectives -- anything communication related would be especially helpful (e.g.
rhetorical criticism, organizational critiques).
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Was the "Beware the Voice of Strangers" talk given at all the conventions?
by somebodylovesme inquestion for all ye wise folks in the know -.
was the "beware the voice of strangers" talk (http://quotes.watchtower.ca/bewarethevoiceofstrangers.htm) given at the district conventions last summer?
i'm not terribly familiar with how that works.
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Come on, who really TALKS like this? "Your people are so joyful!" etc...
by somebodylovesme ini recently snuck a read of the km newsletter, which talked about assembly preparation.
aside from how ridiculous it is that they have to tell people not to push and shove (duhhh), i thought the quotes seemed a little, well, hokey.
i don't have it with me, so i can't quote it, but it was what i can guess is a commonly cited compliment: that the hotel manager/police/venue host said they are "thrilled to have jehovah's people" with them because "your people are so joyful" and so on.
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So what exactly IS an apostate?
by somebodylovesme ini was under the impression that an apostate was anyone who left the witnesses, was df'ed/da'ed, or was just actively opposed to them.
but i was reading in my hubby's old "reasoning book" that an apostate is one who professes to believe in christ (but not the jws), claims to serve god (but is not a jw), tries to pull away current jws or attack them.
so, by that definition, would someone who fades away and professes no religion still be considered an apostate if he or she didn't try to take anyone with them and did not attack the religion?.
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I'll bite -- what is the point of this?
by somebodylovesme inhttp://groups.msn.com/askjehovahswitnesses/home.htm
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Can someone be "saved" just by reading the Bible?
by somebodylovesme inawhile back, i read one of those pages with questions to ask jws.
one question was something to the effect of: "can someone be saved by just reading the bible?
" -- and the page said the bible says that this is true, but (obviously) witnesses teach the obvious.
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JWs and Evolution - Reasoning with the "facts" ?
by somebodylovesme ini am in the process of hunting down every "source" the jws use in their books to "discredit" evolution.
i think it could be fun.
for instance - robert jastrow, the first scientist cited in the reasoning book, wrote in the same book: "the fact of evolution is not in doubt" (the enchanted loom, pg.
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POLL: If you're not actively a Christian - do you celebrate Easter?
by somebodylovesme ini actually forgot it was easter this weekend.
someone mentioned it yesterday, and i was pretty embarassed to have missed that little line on my calendar.
oh, well; since we are not practicing any religion and feel no more affinity toward christianity than toward, say, sikhism, i felt no ache in not partaking in the bunny-rabbit traditions.
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What do JWs think of AIDS?
by somebodylovesme inthis might sound like a weird question... i know (obviously) jws despise homosexuality, drug use, blood transfusions, and promiscuity.
but those (as much as they might hate to admit it) are not the only ways people get aids.
i'm far from an expert, but babies can contract it from mothers, a faithful person (married or unmarried) can contract it from a partner who has not been so faithful, a person may not know they have it, and the list goes on.
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The 1975 Prophecy revisited
by somebodylovesme ini am doing a project on the rhetoric surrounding the 1975 armageddon prophecy.
i've read all the research and quotes online... now i am interested in any personal testimonies.
i have heard a few stories, such as witnesses accruing massive credit card debt in '74 and early '75 and quitting their jobs.