AllAlongTheWatchtower

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  Article in paper, possible impact on WTS?

  by AllAlongTheWatchtower in

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  "fund helps exiles of polygamous sect".

  salt lake city- a fund for young people cast out of a southern utah polygamous sect has helped about a dozen since it was created two months ago.

  so far, $6,600 has been spent on school tuition, books, a desk, appliances, utilities and car insurance.

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  For the ladies:

  by AllAlongTheWatchtower in

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  is it ok to lie, or lie by omission of information, to your wife, if the motive is saving them stress or grief?.

  i feel that my wife and i have a very good relationship, very open, we usually tell each other everything.

  as i revealed in someone else's topic recently though, i am a pizza delivery driver...and last night i escaped an attempted robbery.

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  Watchtower deliberately lying?

  by AllAlongTheWatchtower in

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  2. beliefs

  i remember a topic a couple months ago, something about whether the gb actually believed in what they taught.

  other topics have been similar lately, and today i noticed the topic about google 'proving' that the wts deliberately lies.

  but is it deliberate?

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  Pentecostal evangelism in Africa

  by AllAlongTheWatchtower in

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  in most modern western civilizations, i tend to believe in the "live and let live" way of thinking; though i am atheist, i understand that some people have a need for religion in their lives.

  as long as that religion is not dangerous in any way (like jws and wcg are, among many others), then fine, do as you will.

  reading articles like this really gets me steamed up though:.

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  Posting Here: secretly or openly?

  by AllAlongTheWatchtower in

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  2. family

  just curious, how many of you have to hide the fact that you post here from family?

  i'm especially thinking of those with spouses who are in, while they themselves either never were, faded, dfed/daed, etc but if you are a child hiding it from parents, that applies too.

  if you are posting secretly, how secretive do you have to be?

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  Anyone else have an aversion to singing?

  by AllAlongTheWatchtower in

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  2. friends

  i was reading the threads http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/129051/1.ashx (remember the song make the truth your own?

  ) and http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/9/136242/1.ashx (the messages are always there), and was reminded that i had been intending to post something along these lines before and never got around to it.

  note: i was raised in the wcg (armstrong), not a jw, but i've found they're similar in many ways, and i believe this to be another one:.

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  What is/was the last most believable date for second coming/Armageddon?

  by AllAlongTheWatchtower in

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  2. bible

  i was never a witness, i joined this site after my wife started studying with them, and i got upset over some of the things that resulted from that.

  however, i grew up in a similar high-control group called the worldwide church of god.

  much like the witnesses, in the mid 70s ( i forget the exact year, i was only in elementary school in those days, but it may have been 75, just like jws), there was a big push toward the end being at hand, the great tribulation is coming, etc etc.

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  Hyksos; Israel-Japan connection?

  by AllAlongTheWatchtower in

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  2. bible

  let me first establish that this is pretty shaky ground, and speculation on my part, so please don't flame me if i have things all wrong.

  a couple weeks ago i think, i remember a post about moses, and the authenticity of the bible, in which it was mentioned that the tribes of israel may have actually been an asiatic people called the hyksos.

  i found it interesting, but had never heard of the hyksos before.

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  Specific banned shows, songs, etc...?

  by AllAlongTheWatchtower in

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  2. beliefs

  i know the society tells people not to listen to rock n roll cause its from teh satan, not to watch r rated movies because they're "worldly", etc.

  but i was wondering if folks had any specific instances where one song, one show, one movie, or whatever was singled out as being particularly 'evil', and banned on an individual basis?

  i was never a jw, but was in the worldwide church of god...the two are rather similar, i've seen many (and made quite a few myself) comparisons on the board; and i can remember as a child that every once in a while certain things would get brought up as being more evil and worldly than others.. examples of specific bans:.

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  "God Boards"

  by AllAlongTheWatchtower in

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  2. beliefs

  you've probably all seen them; those church message boards in some prominent place along the road so passing drivers can read them.

  most are simply informational, like "sunday services at 12pm" or the like.

  some use little witticisms to gain attention, and these are the ones i'd like to talk about.

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