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Quickbuilds
by JW83 inthere is a quickbuild going on in our area this weekend.
i drove past today & it made me sad - they were the best part of being a dub.
i used to go with friends, & it was cruzey - checking out guys & socialising & working hard.
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It's official - 20 years out and free
by Lady Lee inok 20 years out only 10 years free (cuz sometimes i'm a slow learner).
yup may makes 20 years since i officially got the boot.
20 years since i lost my entire way of life and had to start all over - no money, no home, no education, no job.. there's a sad kind of irony here in that except for the education i'm sort of in the same boat.
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Can someon explain the 70 years prophecy to me?
by ithinkisee ini am reading gentile times reconsidered.
great book.
but when you read it you definitely have to have a clear understanding of the 70 years prophecy as interpreted by the society - otherwise the explanations sound just as garbled as the society's (except reconsidered has a lot more actual references).. can someone explain it in simple terms?
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Preach the Good News ... how?
by OldSoul inthis thread is for jehovah's witness lurkers and posters here.. acts 13 shows paul and his traveling companions entering a synagogue, speaking before false worshippers in a group setting.
other examples of this particular kind of preaching to unbelievers are:.
acts 2:43-47. acts 5:17-21. acts 5:41, 42 (also house to house).
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Victims call for Congress to probe clergy sex abuse incl JWs
by Dogpatch invictims call for congress to probe clergy sex abuse by marie szaniszlo wednesday, may 18, 2005 - updated: 02:28 am est.
a group of victims and their supporters are lobbying for congressional hearings into clergy sexual abuse, a crime that occurs in every religion, often facilitated, they say, by laws that vary from state to state.. ``if they heard what i've heard, i believe congress would be blown away,'' said john harris, who says he was raped when he was a 21-year-old college student by the rev.
paul shanley, one of the central figures in the archdiocese of boston's scandal.. harris was one of a half-dozen people who met monday with u.s. rep. stephen lynch (d-south boston) to urge him to call for bipartisan hearings into the ``epidemic'' that became national news in 2001 with boston's scandal, but is hardly unique to the roman catholic church.
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Sitting in the parking lot reading Gentile Times Reconsidered when ...
by ithinkisee ina "sister" from a neighboring hall started walking up to my window with her bible and the magazines.. i didn't know who she was, but i said "oh shit!
" and dropped the book.
she came up and i did the friendly "hahah .
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New Letter to all Congregations 5/16/2005
by TheListener ini just got a sneak peek at a letter to all congregations.
it will be read at this week's service meeting.
i can't remember it word for word but the gist is: .
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Where was J.F. Rutherford burried?
by Stealth ini have heard speculation that he could be burried in san diego at beth sarim or somewhere on statin island ny.
why is this such a big secret to the wt?
is there anyone still alive who knows where rutherford was burried?.
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Looking for Society quotes on discipline . . . .
by ithinkisee inone of the traits of a cult is as follows (from hassan's book).
group members cannot see the control by guilt and like other abuse victims are conditioned to blame themselves when things are wrong, even grateful when a leader points out their transgressions.. .
i am looking for society articles with examples of people grateful for the discipline they received and how we should also have that attitude.
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Crazies in the kingdom hall ... but I understand them.
by ithinkisee inthere are some people (ex-elders) in my hall that are turning really creepy ... falling in and out ... in their 50's ... .
people say they can't understand how they used to be these cool elders, and now they are totally weird.
their kids are around my age and it is killing them to see their "previously elder father" falling in and out of the truth.