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how are the dubs reacting to swine flu?
by highdose ini'm just curious as the offical govement advice about swine flu is to stay away from public areas if poss and if you have swine flu to stay from everyone full stop!.
but my experiance of jw's is that they would go to the hall wether they were infectious or not.
many is the time i've sat behind someone coughing or spluttering away!
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"What makes one HAPPY?"
by quietlyleaving inthis topic is being discussed on another forum i've begun attending and i wondered what jwn members think enhances well being and happiness.. a psycholgist who has studied the subject was surprised that money is not at the top of most people's lists - social support including family, friends and such networks occupies the top spot.
(no surprise then that this is the wts' ultimate disciplinary method).. what do you all think?.
what are some other ways of achieving and maintaining well being and happiness?.
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Marty Stuart concert & 2 young Hutterites were there!
by Hope4Others ini'm not really a marty stuart fan but the casino here in town brought him in....it was awesome.... .
i was 5 feet from the stage, there were 2 hutterites from the colony sitting next to us....young guys in love.
with marty.
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I need some good sriptures & reasoning to refute Jesus = Michael Archangel
by androb31 ini have a lot of good stuff at home on the subject but i'm at work and could use some help for a friend who was just conversing w/ a jw..
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AllTimeJeff: When you get a moment, Your take on this would be appreciated.
by palmtree67 inthis is one of the first major incidents that made me start questioning.. our hall had 5 elders and 2 ms's.
we also had various other brothers, all doing fine.
some of the brothers who didn't have priveledges did magazines, literature, etc.. one day, the elders decided the brothers were not reaching out enough.
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Lack of education does not = stupid.
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[endif] in combatting cult mind control, steve hassan writes:.
in principle, i am against banning cults from college campuses unless they expressly violate rules of conduct that every student organization is expected to follow.
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Attending another church is grounds for disfellowshipping
by passwordprotected ini'm listening to part two of hobo ken's first judicial committee meeting.
the part of the proceedings i'm at is where the 3 elders on the committee are interrogating hobo about his fellowship with my wife and me (we had started attending a church, this had become known to our respective families, so to save them having to testify against us we dad).
one elder in particular has a thorn up his backside (and he knows who he his) because hobo, iknowall and their kids went on holiday with us pre-hobo's disfellowshipping.
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Is the WTS preparing for a MASS EXODUS?
by passwordprotected inhobo ken and i were chatting about this yesterday.. the wts has past experience of losing vast numbers of members very quickly.
from their post-25 and post-75 experiences they will know how best to prepare their organisational structure to remain afloat when they experience another exodus.. we're only 5 years from the 100 year anniversary of ct russell walking into the dining room and announcing the gentile times had ended.
since then, millions of people have molded and adjusted their lives and personal expectations based on the date 1914. the wts must know that 2015 is going to bring with it one or two upset jws.... so, is the wts preparing for a mass exodus right now?.
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Is the NWT the best...
by Narkissos inwt publication ever?.
or the worst?.
: in nwt i include the "study editions" with cross-references and footnotes, and the kit..