cyberguy
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AIDS/HIV, Watchtower, and Frontline
by cyberguy inwhen i was in the jw-office, working at circuit and district conventions, there was a real scare/effort to baptize those with aids/hiv after everyone else was finished.
i can understand this safeguard, but the wts position on this in the us and the western world, is that it is primary a gay disease (most infected that i knew, wanting to be baptized as jws, were not gay but former drug addicts, sharing needles).
their view is, gods punishment on a debauched lifestyle!.
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Illegal immigrants and the increase in JW #s in the USA
by cyberguy ini asked a jw fiend of mine, an elder in a spanish congregation in the usa (ohio), how many of those attending were illegal immigrants.
i was a little surprised by his answer that nearly all of them were!
i suspect this is true of most of the jw spanish congregations in the usa.
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Hey, watch the language!
by cyberguy inive used many expletives in my life, especially when ive hit my finger with a hammer!
however, ive seen some words and expressions used recently on this board that should be edited-out in my humble opinion!
okay, if you absolutely need to use a curse word, just put the first letter then some ***.
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1 Awake! + 2 WTs each month?
by cyberguy inhow does the new arrangement work with only 1 awake released each month but 2 wts?
when i was in you could distribute pairs of magazines of the current issues.
now it seems a little lopsided.
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Inspiration or perspiration?
by cyberguy inmany chiasmic movements like the jws, quote 2 timothy 3:16, all scripture is inspired of god, to promote the concept that everything written in our modern bible is gods direct thoughts, that the bible contains secret messages that only by revelation by a superior being, can anyone know without divine revelation.
one cited expression is the bibles phrase circle of the earth.
(they have some ridiculous explanation on the hebrew, which is completely idiotic, from my recollection.
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Cyberguys one year anniversary! Free at last! Free at last!
by cyberguy inhey everyone!
its been one year since i attended meetings of jws!
i've done the slow-fade thing since then, had several road-bumps, but i have no regrets!
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MICHAEL, Jesus or someone else?
by cyberguy inwhat is your view?
is the michael in the bible jesus or someone else?
i've heard and read much debate on this important question, but i would appreciate your views!
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2 new GB added -- here's the current list as emailed to me
by cyberguy ineffective september 1st 2005, the governing body profile will be as follows.
the numbers next to their names are their ages.. carey barber - 100. john e. barr - 92. samuel herd - 70. geoffrey jackson -50. theodore jaracz - 80. stephen lett - 56. gerrit losch - 63. anthony morris -55. guy pierce - 70. albert schroeder - 94. david splane - 61. daniel sydlik - 86. .
we have two new members of the gb both of whom we have come to know fairly well -- brother anthony morris iii and geoffrey jackson.. brother morris, has raised two fine boys that are in bethel.
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Is the UN still an issue with the JWs?
by cyberguy inis the un still an active issue with jws?
i've mentioned the duplicity to several active jw's (i.e., their becoming "associates" and "partners" as an "ngo") and they're very defensive, regardless of the evidence.
has anyone made any inroads in removing the thick "scales" of unquestioning devotion to the "organization" due to the un issue?
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Jehovah's Witnesses: The African American Enigma ~~ has anyone read this?
by cyberguy inhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0963129368/qid=1122010917/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl14/104-5402547-2187102?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
has anyone read this?
looks kind of interesting.