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  Paradise lost - found!

  by dmouse in

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  hey, my mum was having a clear-out today and decided to throw away her old society books (she ain't in now...yippee).. i was helping and came across an old 'paradise lost - paradise regained' book that we used to study as a family when i was just a nipper.. it's in remarkably good condition considering five kids used to man-handle it about 30 years ago.

  it wasn't a children's book really, but the simple language used, to appeal to all sorts of laymen, made it suitable for that purpose.. scanning through i came across loads of pictures that really brought memories flooding back, i'll post some more when i get the time.. somebody recently posted a thread about the jw belief that dinosaurs were about at the same time as humans.

  well the picture on the inside cover shows a dinosaur (top left) wandering about the desert and people too.

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  OK I followed the link, duh. I thought the story was aimed at JWs, actually it is aimed at any religion. The author also has some variations for specific religions. Here is the dub one:

  Jehovah's Witnesses - Everybody in town should kiss Hank's ass, but only 144 are going to get a million dollars after Hank burns the town down, which we think will be Real Soon Now. Then he'll kick the shit out of anyone who didn't kiss his ass, and send the rest to a nicer, newer town. Here, have a pamphlet; it describes what we think we mean. We'll be back tomorrow to tell you why everyone else is kissing Hank's ass wrong.
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  Paradise lost - found!

  by dmouse in

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  hey, my mum was having a clear-out today and decided to throw away her old society books (she ain't in now...yippee).. i was helping and came across an old 'paradise lost - paradise regained' book that we used to study as a family when i was just a nipper.. it's in remarkably good condition considering five kids used to man-handle it about 30 years ago.

  it wasn't a children's book really, but the simple language used, to appeal to all sorts of laymen, made it suitable for that purpose.. scanning through i came across loads of pictures that really brought memories flooding back, i'll post some more when i get the time.. somebody recently posted a thread about the jw belief that dinosaurs were about at the same time as humans.

  well the picture on the inside cover shows a dinosaur (top left) wandering about the desert and people too.

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  dmouse:

  I was wondering, apart from such pictures, did the Society ever say anything about dinosaurs being destroyed in the flood IN PRINT.

  Check the Aid book, under Flood. It mentions there that the dinosaurs died out, at the latest, at the time of the flood.

  Elsewhere:

  ROTFLMAO!!!!! That story is hilarious!!! Where did you find it?????
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  Data Protection entry for WTB&TS of Britain

  by nicolaou in

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  business or other contacts .

  business associates and other professional advisers.

  voluntary and charitable organisations.

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  PURPOSE 9

  Crime Prevention and Prosecution of Offenders

  hahahahahahahaha

  yeah that will happen!!!
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  Can "Born-Into-Its" Ever Be Happy?

  by Englishman in

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  just wondering....take a 40 year old male ('cos he's an ex-elder!

  ) who's been born a dub.

  he becomes disenchanted with dubdom and eventually decides to leave.

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  Its like you people are reading my mind!!!

  Eman, as a born--into-it, pushing 40, I have the same questions. I notice most of the ones that are replying in the affirmative to your question are much younger(I'm looking at you, Tink!!)

  So many things that have been missed, most of which are simply no longer attainable. A person has grown up with all the promises dangled in front of them, only now to realize what a fantasy it all was. Yes, you can go on, you can start over. But how do you reconcile to the fact that arguably your very best years were wasted, and now they are gone? How do you cope with the idea that you are not going to cheat death, you are getting older, that this life is all there is?????

  Gary,

  I also appreciate the quote on goals you posted. the part about depression being a result is very true.
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  Will the WTS Say that this News Article is from Satan?

  by Funchback in

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  at the recent district convention, it was hammered home time and again.. at the meetings, it is stated from the platform frequently.. the media is a tool of satan and we shouldn't believe everything we read about jws in the media.. however, in the wts' mind, only the negative media should not be believed.

  but, if the media is positive, it will soon be printed in a wt magazine or read from the platform at a kingdom hall near you.. ----------------------------------------------.

  http://www.nationnews.com/storyview.cfm?record=41162&section=lo.

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  The dollar or two I give for an Awake or Watchtower magazine, is not simply to get them to move on, but I do find some thought-provoking articles in both publications.

  A buck or two!!!! Then she wonders why they keep calling on her!!!!!
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  FASCISM VS THEOCRACY - children are intimidated to begin service early

  by garybuss in

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  fascism.

  fascism

  fascism

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  Gary,

  Another awesome piece of writing!! Excellent comparision!!!
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  Watchtower Society joins Political Lobby !

  by Amazing in

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  jehovah's witnesses in russia are working with scientology, the unification church, mormons and others in a joint political effort to lobby the russian duma (similar to the us congress) for certain issues.

  the name of this joint political lobby in russua is:

  public committee for the defense of freedom of conscience.

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  Amazing,

  Very interesting read.

  One question, is there any other reference other than the theonet article that can substantiate the Watchtower's affiliation with this organization?
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  Sept 1 2003 WT: Is There Only One 'True Church'?

  by Mary in

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  the latest wt magazine starts out by quoting a catholic cardinal:

  just as there is one christ, so there exists a single body of christ, a single bride of christ: 'a single catholic and apostolic church.

  ........although pope john paul ii insisted that the document dominus iesus contained "no arrogance towards, or disrespect for other religions", protestant church leaders reacted strongly to it.........in june 2001, one minister said that the document was the work of "a powerful faction in the roman catholic church....scared silly by the spirit of openness introduced by vatican ii".........it appears that the....catholic curia was disturbed by what has been called religious relativism........[which is] the emergence of a pluralist theology----saying basically that one religion is as good as another...... what then, is the right view?

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  Ok about Malawi. Those accounts are awful, and the idea that the org was somehow responsible is disturbing. But, um, what about the people that carried out these horrible atrocities over a 25 cent card? What was going through their heads? How did they justify murder and rape? Just something to ponder...

  Was there ever any outcry from the world community? Where was Amnesty International back then?

  Whatever happened in Malawi? I know Banda died or was deposed. Outside of Watchtower publications, I have rarely heard of it in the media. What kind of government did they have at the time, or now?
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  Can the Watchtower sue one of it's own members?

  by JH in

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  if an active or inactive jw would post something on this forum or any other board that the watchtower would consider to be their legal property, could they sue this jw even if he isn't df'd?.

  or generally speaking, could or would the watchtower society sue one of it's own active members who would post any sensitive document that is their legal property?.

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  If an active or inactive JW would post something on this forum or any other board that the Watchtower would consider to be their legal property, could they sue this JW even if he isn't DF'd?

  No, they would never take a brother to court. They would DF him/her first, then start the lawsuit.
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  Watchtower Legal's letter to Dirtclod.com (faxed image)

  by Jourles in

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  i am starting a new thread so folks do not have to search through several pages of posts to find this image.

  the original thread was here.

  i received the following fax this morning from my old isp(dirtclod.com was coincidentally moved the same day i received notice regarding this copyright infringement for bandwidth purposes) and was seven pages in length.

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  Elsewhere:

  NEVER!!!