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  Womens Right`s are they Wrong?

  by dido in

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  women today fight for `women`s right`s` but are they doing women any favours?

  as far as i can see, they have just made it harder for them.

  now they are expected to have the kids, work full time, clean house, cook, babysit, taxi drive, nurse, etc., i think they have done us a disservice, by trying to be `equal` to men in the workplace.

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  What has this board given to you?

  by Crumpet in

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  2. friends

  having cooled down a bit in the garden i got to thinking about what this board has given me and wondered what anyone else feels they have gained from it.. for me its been invaluable and even life changing:.

  1) freedom from the brainwashing - when i came here i had already read ray franz's books and still believed it jws had the truth - hat i was basically worthless and that i would die at armageddon.

  the reasoned conversations and help of the posters from all over the world has enabled me to have freedom of thought - something i didnt even know i didnt have until i spent time here.. 2) friends who empathise and know from an experience what i have been through in a way outsiders can never possiby understand.. 3) entertainment - unbelievable laughs and moments of humour that have cheered me up so many times.. 4) association - via the aposta bbqs and telephone chats i can now have so i don't feel so isolated and to some extent alleviates the awful pain of separation from my loved family.. 5) information - from this board and posters here i have found out things that were my right to know but would never have learnt otherwise - my sisters marriage, my aunts tragic death.. 6) reunions - i have now met at least one person who knows me from my childhood and has grown into a man of such kindness and patience that i would have missed out on completely had he not been here and been kind enough to hold my hand - even when i've been an irritating totured little idiot!.

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  How would the Governing Body treat Jesus if he were on earth today?

  by unbrainwashed in

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  they would criticize him for "independent thinking" and eventually disfellowship him for apostasy for not going along with their religious system and doctrines, don't you think?.

  oh wait...that's kind of like what the sanhedrin did to him 2,000 years ago..

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  Why do the majority of "newbies" disappear ???

  by kid-A in

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  2. friends

  i have noticed that, in general, there is a "core" of regular posters on jwd that have been members for several years.. however, it seems the vast majority of "newbies" disappear after a couple posts, days or perhaps a week.

  how many "welcome" or "introduction" .

  threads have we had here where the new member disappears within a day or so, never to post again?

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  What if they're right?

  by LovesDubs in

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  did that mentality keep you in fear and prevent you from leaving?

  how many times were we told that the kingdom halls would be our ark and that we needed to keep going to the meetings so that we wouldnt miss the announcement that the great tribulation was beginning and the doors of the ark were closing...even though the bible says nobody knows the day or the hour?

  did any of you ever pray for your relatives to die so they would have a ressurection and not be destroyed at armageddon?

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  Scriptures You Will Not Hear at the 14-05-06 Church Sermon

  by scout575 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "but a certain man named ananias with sapphira his wife, sold a possession, and kept back part of the price, but his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

  but peter said , ananias, why hast satan filled thine heart to lie to the holy ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the field?

  ( acts 5:1-3 ).

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  What does the term 'Borg" mean?

  by south african beef in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i can understand some of the shorthand terms used on this site but could anyone elighten me on the above?

  also please list any terms that pertain to this site with their explanation so that i can understand everybody's threads a bit more easily.

  thanks in advance for your help.

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  UPDATE 2: Since Freedom is Free, Why is it Taxed?

  by RichieRich in

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  2. friends

  yesterday after school i had to go work on a project with friends.

  mom said be home by 5, but there was a huge accident a mile from where i live, and i sat on the road for like 10 - 12 minutes, and was 5 minutes late getting home.

  mom was there (didn't go to work- guess why) and she was pissed.

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  Is there anything that's disconinued that you'll love to have around today?

  by JH in

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  2. friends

  sometimes we get attached to certain products and they get discontinued for some reason.

  i miss my marcelle shampoo.

  it was the perfect hypoallergenic shampoo for me.. so, what do you miss?

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  Hello, I'm new - does anyone else feel the same as me?

  by Zalrahs in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was raised in the jw cult from birth until i left when i was 18(i am now 34).

  i hated it from the beginning, but because my mom was so strict, there was nothing i could do about it.

  (my dad didn't belong to the jws but i didn't get much sympathy or support from him - he didn't want to "rock the boat".

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