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Fear and guilt
by William Penwell inwent to a borg assembly the other day.
the only thing i remember is them preaching fear and guilt, fear and guilt.
i heard a jw sister say how she pioneered because she felt so guilty.
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Gender discrimination?
by teejay insixty minutes covered this story a month ago and meet the press brought it up again this morning when rumsfeld was interviewed.... when stationing troops in foreign countries, the u.s. military tries to abide by the rules of the country.
in saudi arabia, the custom for women in public is that they wear an abaya, a floor-length, long-sleeve, loose-fitting garment that covers everything but the face.
air force lt. col. martha mcsally filed a lawsuit against the pentagon, arguing that the policy was discriminatory because men are not required to dress in traditional muslim garments.. when interviewed on sixty minutes, mcsally was so offended by the garment that she would not put it on just to demonstrate what it looked like.
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What about normalcy? Is it even an option?
by watergoddess inwhat about normalcy?
is it even an option?
am i hoping in vain for something that wont come?
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JTs life story
by jesussaves injt, i believe i read your jw experience on the web last night.
i did a search for bethelites and stumbled across it.
so you were one of the jw elite?
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JW's Say To Love Your Children..........!!!!!!
by ladonna ini get this in my email.
thought i'd share this one!!!!!.
children need a sense of security to overcome their fears, especially in .
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Contradictions-1/1/02 WT
by Mister Biggs inscanned for your convenience.. contradiction #1:.
um, doesn't the gb elevate itself above the so-called 'rank and file'?
not to mention the elders, the minsterial servants, the pioneers, auxillary pioneers, co's, do's, and attendants.
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Living forever or immortal ?
by Simon injust a thought ... when describing jws and what they believe, be sure to tell people that they think they are immortal and will never die as this seems to sound a bit more 'looney tunes' than that they will live forever.. well, does to me anyway.
did you ever imagine how it sounded to joe public on the door while you showed them a crappy picture of 'paradise' from the livre forever book?
i'm sure the person was thinking:.
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What's Wrong With This Picture???
by Mister Biggs inevery memorial that i ever attended, all the attendees wore serious or solemn expressions.. for crying out loud, as quoted in the friggin' article, it's supposed to be the commemoration of the death of christ!.
from all the visible faces in the pictutre below, only three appear to not be grinning.
my favorite is the guy who appears to be sleeping (he is the one to the left shoulder of the closest attendant).. .
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a little about myself, part one
by shecky2 ini've been posting here for a few months now but i suddenly realized that i don't say a whole lot.
so i thought i would tell you all a little about myself.. i was born in a little village on the base of the andes mountains called urumbamba in peru.
my father, a local witch doctor left my mother when i was born because he thought my mother had given birth to the devil.
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From The C.O.'s Lips
by Mister Biggs ina talk about love from thurday, january 3rd.
a portion of his talk (which i taped) regarding the 1st century congregation, verbatim:.
"...there would be needs to be met, physical needs.