somebodylovesme
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Back after quite awhile away .. thought I'd say hello and give an update :)
by somebodylovesme ini doubt anyone remembers me, but i used to be around these boards i bit.
i think my last post was in the summer of 2004. as a refresher, my husband is an inactive jw.
we've been married for two and a half years now, and we're living hundreds of miles from where he grew up and attended meetings.
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Lawsuits filed against the Watchtower -- is there a website of decisions?
by somebodylovesme inagain, i am here to draw from the infinite wisdom of this board.
i know there have been several lawsuits filed against the watchtower for several reasons (custody, shunning, blood transfusions, etc) ... i found minimal information on some of these cases, and the search feature on this board hasn't been treating me kindly.
i was wondering if anyone knew of a website that has further information about different types of lawsuits brought against the watchtower.
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What is the difference between Creationism and Intelligent Design?
by somebodylovesme indrawing once again from the infinite wisdom of this board.... i'm having a hard time figuring out the distinction between creationism and intelligent design... is id just creationism with a pronounced christian tie?
thanks in advance.
slm
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Children's Books You'll Never See
by somebodylovesme ini never cease to find this funny...
real children's books you'll never see
"you were an accident"
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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.