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Where are they now?
by RunningMan inthere has been a fair bit of discussion regarding witness kids, and whether they stay in the organization or leave.
looking around me at the the dc this weekend, i began to wonder whatever happened to my old group.
when i was younger, i grew up in a congregation that had a lot of kids.
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Volunteer Work is Never Encouraged
by Mary ini always find it so annoying whenever there's a wt study on the good samaritan.
no one at the hall ever suggests that the idea behind it, is that we should be helping our "enemies" in a charitable way, such as feeding them, clothing them, helping them out in a physcial way.....nope they always turn it around to where it only means we should be preaching to our enemies, cause lord only knows, actually helping someone out in a charitable way means less than nothing in the organization.. anyhoo, the last time we had an article on that (couple of years ago), i specifically put up my hand and said "this is not talking about preaching to our enemies.
the samaritan did not preach to the jew nor vise versa.
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Just How Much of NY City does the Org Own?
by Sentinel ini've lost track of how the org is doing in ny city.
does anyone know how close their buildings are to the former twin towers?.
i've heard that they own quite a lot, perhaps as much as a fulll city block.
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Bethel Boys Will Be Boys
by zenpunk in.
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i found this article facinating...i lived close to watchtower farms and had first hand heard about a lot of this activity.
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District Convention - Portland Maine
by proandcon in"thrilling convention"...only took notes of comments / observations not including:.
- typical "gloom and doom" (real heavy since 9/11).
- "do more" (especially as some one of a kind robotic drones demonstrate).
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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?
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Comments...re Malawi Bethel Complex
by proandcon inexperience from malawi:.
we just received this wonderful experience and thought that you would.
enjoy.
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Current JW Urban Legend about Dateline
by bboyneko inapparantly it has been circulating that barabara anderson was wearing a cross in her interview :) (not true).
any others been going around?
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new massachusetts law
by troucul inanyone have any opinions on what effect the new massachusetts law will have on dubba's?
(priests have 30 days to report any sexual abuse-or they will face criminal charges).
if you ask me, i foresee the borg's defense as:'we don't have priests, therefore the law does not apply to us'(by altering their terminology they can create loopholes).
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The Elders are coming!!!
by lv4fer inelder concerned called me last night.
we talked about a few of my concerns and why i haven't been to meetings/service in the last few months.
he has set up an appointment with my husband and i for next monday.