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What's the purpose of restrictions after reinstatement?
by truthseeker inthe parable of the prodigal son.
i will set out and go back to my father and say to him: father, i have sinned against heaven and against you.
" "my son," the father said, "you are always with me, and everything i have is yours.
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Did Charles Russell run a brothel?
by hotchocolate ini just watched a youtube video where it was claimed russell ran a brothel in new york.
has anyone heard this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lrslvuiwgk.
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can a person be disfellowshipped without knowing?
by Crooked Lumpy Vessel incan a person be disfellowshipped and not know about it?
me and my husband have been shunned the moment we stopped attending meetings.
no one has ever called and only a few have come by over the last 2 years.
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Life as a Jehovah's Witness viewed as a performance
by slimboyfat ini am reading the presentation of the self in everyday life by erving goffman at the moment.
it sheds much light on the experience of 'performing' the role of being a jehovah's witnesses: how a witness will strictly adhere to watchtower standards when we are 'frontstage' with an audience either of peers or outsiders, and how they may relax those standards when they are 'backstage', not in a setting where their fidelity to the identity of 'jehovah's witness' is being scrutinized.. an interesting point it makes is that we can present our roles either with 'sincerity' if we believe in the performance as much as we would have the audience, or with 'cynicism' if we perform our role without believing in it, but expecting that the audience will.
but rather than being a neat spectrum from sincerity, through ambiguous sincerity, all the way to cynicism, goffman argues that a performer will tend to one extreme or the other: either believing utterly in the role he is presenting, or presenting it totally without conviction for the benefit of the audience only.
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Does Coming To This Site Make You Feel Better?
by minimus ini recognized, when i first started searching the web, that there are tons of information regarding jehovah's witnesses.
most is negative toward the religion.. coming onto jwd/jwn gives one a different perspective.
you get to interact with those thinking about leaving, those who have already left and even some who never were in the cult but are fascinated by the experiences of those that were in the "truth".. when you are on this site, how does it affect you??
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I'm Finally Registered!
by SuspiciousMinds inwow - finally!.
after several months of reading this forum daily, i'm finally registered and able to post!
i know many of you well from reading current threads almost daily since last summer.
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Being a Jehovah's Witness - What did it do to your mind?
by jambon1 ini was raised in a non religious household that was very stable & loving.. through circumstances, i bacame a jw.. .
during the 10 years that i had the misfortune to practice the religion, my young energetic & happy.
mind became negative, worried & depressed.. .
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Hello everyone
by african GB Member ini am african gb member, i have just joined, looking forward to contributing to discussions on this forum.. .
thank you in advance for welcoming me on board.. african gb member.
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Extreme Makeover Home Edition featuring a JW
by startingover inthe story about this was posted here earlier when it all started in fresno, ca.
the community rallied behind this jw family, and one church even gathered enough donations from it's members that they paid off her $25,000 mortgage.. this was in the paper this morning.
she and her family were at the church that donated the money for her mortgage to watch the show.
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Judicial Committee Meetings
by Pathofthorns ini saw this interesting post on h20.
most publishers are unaware how things really work many times in the back room of a kingdom hall.
sure there are lenient elders, many do try to show mercy.