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  The new UADSP!

  by taoInitiate in

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  2. friends

  hey guys and girls.

  i think it's time we started a uadsp :.

  unseen apostate directorate of the south pacific.. who's going to head up the australian division?

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  I thought this was a good description...

  by taoInitiate in

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  the world is full of half-enlightened masters.. overly clever,.

  too "sensitive" to live in the real world,.

  they surround themselves with selfish pleasures,.

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  Differences between JW's in different countries?

  by taoInitiate in

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  2. beliefs

  this is a quote by ozziepost in another thread:.

  "a coupla years back the service department overseer at the bethel here complained to me that they couldn't get the australian elders to follow instructions, nor to do what they were told!".

  i think it emphasises something that i've been wondering about.

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  A paid clergy class?

  by taoInitiate in

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  "expenses are manageable, as there are no paid clergy and the meeting places are modest.

  " quote from wt website.. http://www.jw-media.org/beliefs/beliefsfaq.htm.

  this quote is rather interesting..."no paid clergy".... but notice what it doesn't say...yes there is a clergy, just that they're not paid!.

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  Governing Body, starting to doubt themselves?

  by taoInitiate in

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  i was thinking.... anyone who receives a large amount of criticism starts to doubt themself eventually.. so, unless the governing body is receiving power from another source (eg.

  heaven, and most of us here would doubt that), then i would think that they have to start to doubt themselves.. for example, the wizard of oz, i'm behind this curtain here, pretending to be powerful, but i'm really just a frail old man, who has no special power.

  my influence is a sham.

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  Figures for Df-ings, Da-ings, and WA's

  by taoInitiate in

  1. social
  2. current

  hi.

  just wondering if anyone has current figures on the number of disfellowshipings, disassociations, and walk-aways that are occuring from jw's.

  i've heard a lot of older figures, but i was wondering if there was a source for more recent data.. thanks for any help here.... taoinit

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  Ethics and JWs

  by taoInitiate in

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  2. beliefs

  i was sitting in a lecture on ethics today, pretty much an "ethics 101" class as.

  it is very secondary to what i'm studying.

  anyway it made me think about the.

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  The spring analogy

  by taoInitiate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think most witnesses (and ex-wits) will have heard of the "spring analogy" often used by witnesses in "youth talks".. it states that a young person who is "let on the loose" too quickly by his/her parents can be like a spring which is held tightly between the fingers and then suddenly released.

  both can fly off in any random direction.. i was just thinking this could probably be applied to those leaving any sort of constraining, or limiting, situation.

  (think cults, etc.).

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