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  Organization

  by JWdaughter in

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  2. beliefs

  how many religions have a central, organized body?

  i can think of 3 offhand-the wt society/jehovah's witnesses, the roman catholic church and latter-day saints/mormons.

  any others that have a main hq that sends out doctrine?

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  Blondie

  Thanks

  Just looking over some of the stories...many there are in pain as well.

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  Let's count the years together.....

  by AK - Jeff in

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  my years in = 43 total of those on this thread = 43. .

  make it progressive - add yours to the last one posted and keep adding - lets see how many years we have invested.. so we have 43 - now add yours and keep it going.

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  Organization

  by JWdaughter in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how many religions have a central, organized body?

  i can think of 3 offhand-the wt society/jehovah's witnesses, the roman catholic church and latter-day saints/mormons.

  any others that have a main hq that sends out doctrine?

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  Do the Mormons ...CONTROL...their members

  as hard as the JW's ?

  I always thought they had a different influence.

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  Jehovah's Witnesses are not False Prophets- Proof

  by Gilberto in

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  a couple of years ago after talking about 1975 and the generation change with 2 elders i asked them what we would call another religion if they were wrong with dates and had to change prophecies.

  no answer was forthcoming so i offered "false prophets?".

  one elder agreed we probably would, the other was deadly silent.. anyway i thought i would look up false prophets and found this... *** g93 3/22 pp.

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  Once again

  thanks for this...

  copied and put in my collection.!
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  Eve and Adam

  by MsMcDucket in

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  "lord, i have a problem.

  god asks, "what's the problem, eve?

  "i know that you created me and provided this beautiful garden and all.

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  LOL
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  What's You're Musical Time Line...

  by OpenFireGlass in

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  birth - 6 y.o.

  : john denver, waylon jennings(dukes of hazzard theme song), etc.... 6 y.o.

  : (started grade school... heard new stuff) joan jett & the blackhearts, & (can't remember the artist but the song was:) pac-man fever... and so on... 9 - 10 y.o.

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  Do polkas count?

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  'The Best is Yet to Come!!'

  by Gill in

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  do you remember this phrase from the watchtower society that was heavily bandied about during the late 1980's and 1990's, i think??.

  what was it meant to really mean?

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  Warlock

  LOL

  You're right.....I forgot that.

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  What Is A Good Friend To You?

  by minimus in

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  how would you describe a "good friend"??

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  On the day you die......

  If your family is there, ... and one or two trusted friends.

  Your life has been a success.
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  What kind of soil are you?

  by JH in

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  mark 4 1-20. .

  1 and he again started teaching beside the sea.

  and a very great crowd gathered near him, so that he went aboard a boat and sat out on the sea, but all the crowd beside the sea were on the shore.

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  dirt

  just dirt

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  Letter to Elders/Family

  by JimWood in

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  i know a lot of this has already been hashed out before, but for my own personal mental health i feel compelled to post this stuff.

  who knows maybe someone out there can use it towards their freedom.

  so here is the last letter my wife and i submitted to the elders: .

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  Lotsa detail

  in that letter !!

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