Topics Started by GeneM
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Greetings from Candace Conti
by AndersonsInfo incandace asked me to tell you thank you for all your kind expressions of support.
this really means a lot to her.
she wants you to know that she is coping well with all the stress and excitement, even though she's had years of anger and frustration because of being abused for so long, first by the molester, and then by the wt.
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How can the anthony morris the turd
by therevealer inbeing a vietnam vet work out.
born in 1950 means he would have been right in the middle years of the conflict..
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Where was Jehovah for people before The WTS?
by mrbunyrabit ini was just wondering, since the wts claims its the only true religion, and channel to god, where was jehovah for the people before the wts?.
how did they get to know truths?
i know it was "prophesied" that the true religion will die down, and come back at the end of the system, but um.... where was god for the poor people who didnt have th wts?.
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Watch Tower Pennsylvania Corporation Balance Sheet
by Marvin Shilmer inwatch tower pennsylvania corporation balance sheet .
today i added a new article to my blog addressing a dated and signed statement by the watch tower corporation of its financial worth.
this information is provided for benefit of a jury that has already found in favor of a single plaintiff to the tune of 7-million us dollars and will today be asked to consider whether punitive damages should be added to its finding for the plaintiff.
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The Little Aggravations: Things I Don't Miss
by simon17 inthere are some major problems with the jws, doctrinally, socially, and organizationally.
from shunning to crazy elder bodies to guilt trips, there are many things that were really bad.
this thread is devoted to the small, insignificant things that just really really irked you.
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My email to my mother - sorry a bit long
by darthweef inhello - i am new here .. just joined a couple of days ago, and have enjoyed the bit of lurking that i have done.
a breif history, i was raised as a jw, was active until i was 36, and was a regular pioneer for 7 years and a ministerial servant for 5 years, and was one when i left.
my reasons for leaving are not important at this point, but i have spent the last year or so researching the flood and more extensively the theory of evolution.. i have finally decided to broach the topic with my mother since after all this time, the last of my jw friends and my brother and sister have all decided that they should shun me now, and i want to make a last ditch effort to convey to my mother that i didn't leave the organization so i could do lines of coke off a cheap hooker, but because i actually believe that this is not the truth.. i'd love some feedback on the email and what you think the possibility of it actually breaking through the "permafrost" created by the society.
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Why are you a Christian?
by GeneM ini was having a discussion elsewhere on the internet about why people believe and why people don't believe in god.. i am of the opinion that people believe in god, not for evidential reasons, but instead because they have some emotional feeling that god exists.
no amount of logic will make someone like this stop believing (any more than trying to talk someone out of being in love).
the same goes for athiests.
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In my day...
by GeneM inwhats up with the bling'd out, kid raising governing body?
in my day governing body members we really old.. those were the days....
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Did Jesus ever use the name Jehovah?
by biometrics inwhile growing up as a jw this was a question i often wondered about: did jesus ever call his heavenly father by the name jehovah?
and if he did, why wasn't it recorded.. i know there's plenty of references such as john 17:6, 26 where it says "i have made your name manifest to the men ...".
however is there anywhere in the bible where jesus used the actual word jehovah?.
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Have you ever seen an article talking about...
by Diest inhow a spouse could get an obstinate unbeliever to leave the marriage?
i read someone talking about it on another board and i dont have a cd-rom to look it up.
it was supposed to have come been in an older publication and listed many tactics for how to get them to leave the marriage.