startingovernow
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Has there been a JW Facebook directive?
by Gregor inor is it just the usual internet cautions?.
i have an jw aunt who abruptly de activated her fb account yesterday..
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She Would Have Been Better Off A JW
by DJQuimica inwell i have been wanting to tell this story for some time now.
does anyone believe that a person is better becoming a jw?
i ask this question because i have carried this around with me for some years now.
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Pentateuch
by Pippa inhello.
can anyone tell me who wrote the pentateuch?
i'd be interested to hear.. pippa.
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College
by AllTimeJeff ini know i have threatened to do this before, like when i first left.
but i am thinking of going to college.
this time, i feel determined.
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Watchtower's Official Policy Concerning College
by VM44 inis it official watchtower policy that an elder cannot remain an elder if he allows his children to go to college?.
also, is it official policy that a person cannot have "privileges" or even pioneer if they are attending college?.
if it is, can someone post scans of the official boe letters stating the watchtower policy concerning college?.
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What proof for 6000 years of human existence?
by startingovernow ini noticed this paragraph in blondie's comments:.
q 5. what has especially distressed jehovah?.
5. satan's revolt is still going strong.
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More Misc Ramblings About Gilead
by AllTimeJeff inhonestly, i can't remember if i told some of this already, so if i repeat myself, please allow me this.
i am practicing for old age..... it is now 6 years since i got the "long form" application for gilead, with over 120 questions to answer.
5 years since i got my notice that we were selected to attend the 119th class of gilead from april-september 2005.. prior to this, i really wanted to be a co. i won't belabor the point about my ex jw wife wanting to go overseas, but suffice to say, her goal won out over my goal.
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did you like being called "brother" or "sister"?
by highdose ini always found it very patronising, particulay as most of the jw's who did that treated me very badly and not like a sister at all!.
i also hated when brothers would say " i've met a lovely sister and i'm planning to marry her!
" sounds so incestuous!
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Is it brainwashing?
by jgnat ini've had a bit of a semantic tousle with a member of this board on whether the coercive techniques used by the wtbts to obtain and retain members is "brainwashing".
i say "brainwashing" is not a good description of what goes on, i prefer "mind control", or coercive and deceptive techniques.
he argued to call it something less than "brainwashing" is to water down the destructive effects of the wts on it's members and former members.