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New Light on Armaggedon?
by tdogg inso i had a discussion with my jw father .
i was pointing out the fact that we were taught that only those who follow the watchtower would survive the end.
he told me that there is now a small period of time at the end that those who were not jw could be 'pardoned'.
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Where were you in 1975?
by dins ini have a vivid memory of 1975 even though i was only 6 years old.
i remember the whispers and the fervor surrounding the year.
i even had an uncle who marked his calendar every day with big red xs proclaiming that he couldn't wait for "this evil system of things to end.".
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The WTS & the Pyramid of Paradox
by Nathan Natas inthe 1859 publication of john taylor's book, "the great pyramid: why was it built?
and who built it?
" ushered in the late 19th century diversion called "modern pyramidology.
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Elders on the edge of Violence
by i8emallup inas i read one letter from a judicial committee, which letter accused an individual of expressing violent thoughts about an unpunished.
child molester, i remembered 2 incidents where elders had revealed violent attack fantasies.. the po of my former congregation in wall, nj told me that he would like to "beat [a certain disfellowshipped wife of an elder] out .
of her chair" when she appeared at the kingdom hall.. .
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JWS slave class deaths
by formoretax inthis is my first post and i offer thanks for all of your thoughts, some of which are almost as crazy as my own.. i ran away at age 14 to escape and have never looked back.
the decision was difficult but nothing by comparison to the trauma which followed.
this organization is "evil" in all of its ways and should not be allowed to grow.
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Who Will Be Resurrected??
by teenyuck inaccording to the jw's, the men of sodom will be; no, that is wrong, they will not be; no, they will be...... i got this off of the website: .
http://www.catholic.com/library/stumpers_for_jehovah_witnesse.asp.
the men of sodom will be resurrected (wt, 7-1879, 7-8).
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JW becoming normal religion
by Realist inam i wrong or is there a trend to make the wt to a normal religion?
first they gave up to predict who the new king of the north is.
then they stopped predicting the end of the world.
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A Plea For Responsible Reporting
by hillary_step inmany hundreds of people read this site who are not subscribed, and i would suspect that the vast majority are jw's looking for answers to an internal turmoil that they may be living with.. the information posted on this board does get read and then passed among many congregations of jw's.
this information is a powerful force and is a wonderful thing for those who are seeking to be informed, and a not so wonderful thing to those in brooklyn who are seeking to harness the boundaries of knowledge.. given this scenario, and how much credibility can be lost by xjw's who perpetuate gossip and innuendo, can we check our sources and facts very carefully before we post information to this board.
there is no particular nobility in being first with news about some aspect of wts life.
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Letter to Dateline from WBTS
by staceman inthis may have already been posted, but here is a link to the letter written to dateline rejecting the offer for an on-camera interview.
and the reasons why...... .
http://www.jw-media.org/releases/rgreenberg020702.pdf
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The friends, the truth and loaded language
by detective inas many people already know, using the term "the truth" to describe an organization's teachings is a brilliant way to constantly reaffirm it's validity subconsciously.
it's a great use of repetition to establish as fact that which is only opinion.. i keep hearing the phrase "the friends".
aside from the fact that i really don't like the terminology, i couldn't help but wonder if this isn't just another use of repetition and loaded language to enforce the belief that all of the people who share the same religion actually are your friends.. in some ways, i think it would be beneficial for some folks to drop "the truth" and "the friends" from their vocabulary so that they aren't continuing to immerse themselves in group-lingo that's intended to elicit certain emotional responses and associations.. what other loaded language can you come up with that is quasi-specific to jehovah's witnesses?