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  Is There Anything That You Would NEVER Forgive?

  by minimus in

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  anything??

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  cheating of any kind
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  Are the witnesses less sincere today?

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  i was ready larcs thread talking about the way it used to be.. started to think, as time has gone by, with all the changes the organization has made, are the witnesses less sincere today than they were perhaps 40 years ago?.

  i was two when my mom got baptized, so all i knew growing up was the watchtower.

  i remember some of the 70's, and all of the 80's.

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  I do think that people in general are less sincere in everything today. It tends to be the older generation that stick to their guns in any aspect of belief, or indeed, life! I'm not implying that there are no sincere younger individuals anymore, just fewer of them. That's just the world we've been raised into. It's not a sincere world, and society as a whole is not sincere. Look at our politicians as a case in point. Actors to a man!
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  The things that went on...

  by shamus in

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  the things that went on behind closed doors in kindumb halls appalls me.

  i just can't even put into words the things that i have found out over the years... how horribly elders treated people, how everything was kept secret... .

  it disgusts me.

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  You tend to find no more "getting up to's" than in any other body of people head for head, it's just that as JJW's these things shouldn't be going on so are more shocking. It would seem.
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  Reading Apostate Literature.

  by Blueblades in

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  the wt.society forbids the reading of apostate literature.. they claim that all religions have apostatized.. they claim that the catholic church is an apostate religion.. yet they use the bible that they ( the church ) canonized during the face off of which books should be canonized and which ones should not.. simply put, how does the wt.society know which books are inspired and which ones are not?.

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  Not sure why any would insist Rutherford started WTBTS although he was president when the name changed. Maybe that's it.
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  fear of flying

  by petespal2002 in

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  i am in need of support!!.

  i'm meant to be flying to washington from the uk in december and am frightened of flying.

  well, not flying exactly, more the falling out of the sky bit.

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  Hello all,

  I am in need of support!!

  I'm meant to be flying to Washington from the UK in December and am frightened of flying. Well, not flying exactly, more the falling out of the sky bit. Does anyone out there share this fear and/or have some tips to share.

  Thanks.
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  No windows-really

  by petespal2002 in

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  i keep reading about kingdom halls having no windows.

  is this just an american thing coz i've been in plenty and never been widowless yet?

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  Thanks for all the replies. I had read that JW's disallow windows, and if this was an allegation people really believed when I know it's not true, what else are some people making up?
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  No windows-really

  by petespal2002 in

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  i keep reading about kingdom halls having no windows.

  is this just an american thing coz i've been in plenty and never been widowless yet?

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  I keep reading about kingdom halls having no windows. Is this just an American thing coz I've been in plenty and never been widowless yet?
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  Rutherford was right!!

  by why144000 in

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  as a lifer in the jw community and having done a fair bit of research about 'our' heritage i completely agree with judge rutherford on only one thing.

  religion is a snare and a racket.. .

  (jehovahs witnesses say they are the third largest religion in france)

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  It certainly is
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  stress related illness

  by petespal2002 in

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  is it only me, or does there seem to be a higher than normal percentage rate of stress and anxiety related illnesses within the congregations?.

  could it be that thay feel they have to attend all meetings, be regular in the field ministry etc.

  as well as holding down a job, caring for a family and day to day stresses and strains?

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  I am sure I read something to that effect in a national newspaper, but can't remember where.
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  Looong assemblies.

  by avishai in

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  when i was a kid in the early 1970's, i remember assemblies being longer thatn they are now, but because i was little, i do'nt remember.

  also, i've heard in the 50's & 60's they were even longer.

  how long were they?

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  Look at all the literature from the 50's and 60's. This proves the society believe peoples attention spans are shortening, or they assume we are all getting dumber. Who today would happily study the Babylon book, or a WT article witn noooo pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Back then also topics tended towards the more doctrinal, wheras today they are more lifestyle related, ie. how you should be living it.