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What was your initial reaction to finding out the religion is a cult?
by make yourself in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
mine was filled with shock and anger but mostly anger.

it made me feel that way because i have never been lied to like that growing up in the religion with it being all you know.

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jwbrothers site under maintenance? or is it the April KM?
by bereanbiblestudent in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for some days the web site www.jwbrothers.org is under maintenance, when i saw the april km at my in-laws place i noticed the article about circulating talks and web site s that distribute them.

do you think it is a coincident or do you think they give in.. the article said that old talks would be taken out of context if you did not know why some things where said.. like a governing body member saying that if you could you should pick up a copy of "angels and woman".

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A bit of irony
by EmptyInside in
1. jw
2. friends
hi all, the first time i posted on here i was really depressed about being single in my late thirties.

well, it's kind of ironic that i don't care about that as much anymore.

and, especially since i'm dealing with more important personal issues, which is examining the faith i was raised in, jw's of course.
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NWT changes translation to not pray to Jesus
by sacolton in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
john 14:14new international version (1984).

the kingdom interlinear translation uses the westcott-hort text, and that's how it reads in the kit.

the kit's interlinear reads as follows: "if ever anything you should ask me in the name of me this i shall do.
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I've got a crush on a TV Preacher! Pastor Melissa Scott
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
added to .

quicklist6:46pastor melissa scott teaching on women speaking in the church part 1 - husbands wives ...pastor melissa scott teaching on women speaking in the church part 1 - husbands wives ...pastor melissa scott teaches from the los angeles university cathedral.

this is one of five brief excerpts posted here drawn from her full, one ...7 months ago4,440 viewsinthebrokenplacespastor melissa scott teaching on women speaking in the church part 1 - husbands wives .... 6:46 august 05, 2009education.
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Kingdom Halls, Assemblies, District Conventions - NO POWER POINT
by Nephilim in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm a good public speaker - when i have my power point.

this is because i am a very visual person.

when i had my notes everything seemed to get blurry.. it bothers me that there is this unwritten law that you are not allowed to give visual presentations in the kingdom hall... even assemblies equipped with multiple projectors (to view baptism) do not use power point or any type of visual stimulus.. hell even when they have 10,000 plus people they are still working a full day with just a man on stage talking.
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"Do not become unevenly yoked"--weird comment at meeting
by sd-7 in
1. jw
2. friends
i heard a really bizarre comment at one of the recent meetings.

someone, in quoting this scripture, of course went with the usual doctrine of not marrying/dating someone who is not a jw.

but one woman took it even further, by saying that this applied even to people inside the congregation who 'weren't spiritual enough' or didn't have some magnificent spiritual goals in life.
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"The Faux Pas of Modern Atheist Unity"
by leavingwt in
1. jw
2. friends
i enjoyed reading some of these criticisms.

the faux pas of modern atheist unity.

1. the plea for atheist unity.
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Lesson in Brainwashing...
by Albert Einstein in
1. jw
2. friends
jw have much to learn yet.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq4dzmdar8i.

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Was Jehovah God Ever Real To You?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
we were supposed to "love" jehovah god.

we were taught how wonderful a god he is and how fortunate we were to be his people.

of course, you can't see jehovah god.