Topics Started by JAVA
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Living Church of God & the Watchtower
by JAVA ini?m sure most of you have seen some coverage about the murder/suicide by a member of the evangelical church called the living church of god.
the church was founded in the mid-1990?s when it split from herbert w. armstrong?s worldwide church of god.
the living church observes the sabbath on saturday along with other old testament rituals.
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Jim Penton's Mailing Address
by JAVA ini received the post below, and wondered if anyone on the forum has penton's mailing or e-mail address?
if so, please send it to [email protected]
thanks, java
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1981 Ph.D Thesis on JWs
by JAVA ini just got my hands on william zellner's 1981 thesis, of another world, the jehovah's witnesses.
the 124-page work was in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a ph.d, through the sociology department at south dakota state university.
zellner's work looks at how the witnesses recruit new members and retains the converts the last part of his abstract says:it is argued that the social characteristics of a group are more important in the conversion process than in the group's message.. .
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JWs: Portrait of a Contemporary Religious Movement
by JAVA ini ordered jehovah's witnesses: portrait of a contemporary religious movement, by andrew holden, from amazon.com.
has anyone here read this book?
the book description from amazon.com reads: .
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How would the elders handle 30 counts of rape?
by JAVA ini read the story below from my hometown paper, and wondered how the elders would have handled this if it was brought to their attention?.
jamestown man indicted on 30 counts of rape.
associated press .
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Healesville VIC Australia
by JAVA inis there anyone on this forum living around healesville vic, australia?
a chap from that area has been writing me, and it would be nice to put him in touch with another former jw from healesville.
thanks!
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Smurfs & Cabbage Patch belivers
by JAVA ini'm reading a riveting memoir of a woman's immersion into fundamentalist faith, and her decision twenty years later to leave it behind.
it's called, this dark world, a memoir of salvation found and lost, by carolyn s. briggs (published by bloomsbury, ny, 2002).
i thought some might enjoy reading the following on pages 190, and 191:.
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Newsweek--Spiritual Influence article
by JAVA insome might be following the andrea yates trial (the mother who drowned her 5 children).
the march 18, 2002 issue of newsweek, has an article on page 8, entitled "examining a spiritual leader's influence," that's about the yates trial.
i'll list some quotes from this article:.
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France fines Watchtower Millions
by JAVA inthe other day my spouse heard a report on npr about the french government fining the watchtower millions of us dollars (40 million?
) for the so-called contributions they squeeze out of people.
did anyone reading this hear that report?
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Good Trade?
by JAVA ina salesman is driving toward home when he sees an indian thumbing for a ride on the side of the road.
as the trip had been long and quiet, he stops the car and the indian gets in.. .
after a bit of small talk, the indian notices a brown bag on the front seat.