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  I Come Bearing Gifts! Part 2 of 3

  by Shepherd Book in

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  2. experiences

  after finding out the truth about noahs flood (and many other things), there seemed little point in actively pursuing the witness lifestyle.

  one thing we were finally able to do was openly celebrate our sons birthday.

  we had celebrated his first birthday, but we did so secretly.

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  I Come Bearing Gifts! Part 1 of 3

  by Shepherd Book in

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  2. experiences

  i realize this is not my first post, but id like to introduce myself.

  my name is shepherd book.

  so i wrote to the watchtower society.. .

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  Recorded Conversation with elder

  by Shepherd Book in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  let's just say, hypothetically speaking, that an elder called me on the phone recently.

  let's also say, hypothetically, that i just so happen to be recording the conversation.

  let's then say he called me again and recorded it again.

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  Like Craig's List ... Only Worse

  by Shepherd Book in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am currently making a concerted effort to rid myself of all unnecessary/unwanted possessions.

  included in this purge are: .

  *purple triangles (vhs, never been opened, copyright 1991 by some book publishing company in ny) .

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  Great Post on Cognitive Dissonance

  by Shepherd Book in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just thought i'd share something a friend recently posted at his site.. here it is: http://ryansutter.net/wp/2007/07/25/539/#comment-699.. it's about cognitive dissonance and the role it plays in the lives' of witnesses and ex-witnesses..

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  Hoping someone can direct me...

  by Shepherd Book in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there was a thread in the last six months wherein someone proposed giving a #3 talk that started out by having the householder show a clipping from a catholic newsletter.

  this clipping gave warnings about researching other religions and talked about how only catholics have the truth.

  after the talk-giver spoke for a few minutes about how wrong the catholic church was for saying these things, the householder then points out that it was really a clipping from a watchtower, just with a few bits of lingo changed.. does anyone know which thread this was?

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  2007 diSTICT convention

  by Shepherd Book in

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  2. bible

  the district conventions for '07 have commenced as of this weekend.

  just wondering if anyone out there has any great stories to tell about it yet.

  anyone know the new releases?

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  Need a scan of old Awake!

  by Shepherd Book in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi, i'm hoping someone can post a scan (or email me) of the december 22, 1951 article entitled "noah's passender list".

  i believe it's on pages 14-16. this is for a huge research project i am doing.

  the cd-rom doesn't go back that far.. i would really appreciate it.. thanks!.

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  Publisher statistics

  by Shepherd Book in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  every year for at least the last half-century, the society has published statistics on the activity of jws around the world.

  i am hoping someone here can provide me with that information, or can direct me as to where it can be found.

  specifically, i am looking for usa-specific data: usa population (the way watchtower counts it - sans alaska and hawaii), number of publishers in the usa and number baptized in the usa.

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  Publication Authors?

  by Shepherd Book in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is my first post here ever.

  i was hoping some may be able to tell me the author(s) of any of the watchtower books - especially those from the last couple of decades.

  if you can back it up with anything, that'd be great, too.. thanks..

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