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Another story on changing magazine pics
by behemot inin my country a few years ago there was the (unwritten) rule that skirts long to the shoes were not ok for sisters.
unfortunately in brooklyn it seems that nobody knew about this, so once, much to the embarassment of the local branch that was upholding the rule, a wt issue came up that had on one page a pic of a sister preaching who wore just that kind of skirt; and on another page a pic of a witness party with a sister sitting on a sofa whose skirt covered her shoes.
result?
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Why Hong Kong was given back to China :-)
by InquiryMan inthis is a thought on why hong kong was given back to china (as reasoned by a staunch jw).
cut from beliefnet.
i remember a co gave a talk, that one of my sisters found very objectionable.
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Journal of Church and State: WT NO-BLOOD EXPOSE'
by AndersonsInfo in(baylor university, waco, tx) an essay entitled, "jehovah's witnesses, blood transfusions, and the tort of misrepresentation," found in the autumn issue of baylor universitys prestigious journal of church and state, published december 13, 2005, exposes the vulnerability of jehovahs witnesses religious organization to massive claims for compensation because of the religions misrepresentation of the medical risks of blood transfusions.
this milestone essay critically examines one of the religions main publications for teaching their children and new recruits about their blood beliefs, how can blood save your life?
the peer-reviewed essay details many misrepresentations of medical facts, which the religion partly relies on to support its blood prohibition, thus denying its members from making fully informed medical decisions.
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JWs and the holidays at work
by limbogirl ini had lunch this week with some business colleagues and one of them complained that at her office there is now a "no merry christmas" policy which includes not saying merry christmas, not decorating the office for christmas, no christmas party, no secret santa games or exchanging of gifts.
i asked why all the rules and she said that there is one woman (out of nearly 150 employees) who is a jw and office management has decided the best way to handle the situation without excluding this woman or offending her in any way is to eliminate all reference to the holidays.
as you can imagine the other employees are in an uproar.
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Exposé JW/UN
by InquiryMan inwhile browsing some books in a book shop today, i discovered a most interesting title: joy of sects written by sam jordison.
it is a brand new title, see the following link.
http://books.guardian.co.uk/top10s/top10/0,6109,1643175,00.html
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SERVICE REPORT 2005 : WATCHTOWER FEB 1ST 2006
by BluesBrother ini have had a quick look and found no references to this, so - here goes..as in the mag we picked up on sunday.. worldwide % increase over 2004 = 1.3%.
memorial partakers 8524 (compared to 8570 in 2004).
most european and nth american lands show pretty static figs - britain 1% increase, canada 0%, germany 0%, france 1%, usa 0%... but spare a thought for the inhabitants of zambia where 1 person in 90 is a reporting witness, must be hell going down to the local market!
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Z, are you there?
by Hellrider ini`m discussing with a jw on another forum.
he claims (of course...) that the new testament also was written first in hebrew.
i have refuted all of his claims, but he won`t listen (of course), and then i insisted that he provided me with a photocopy of this supposed "nt-original".
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why do witnesses call the new testament "greek scriptures"?
by in a new york bethel minute inanybody know how the witnesses managed to demonize the expression, "new testament/old testament"?
my jw mother said "it's because when you call the hebrew scriptures the old testament, it makes them sound out of date, but they're really not because there is so much we can learn from blah blah blah blah blah blah".
any thoughts?.
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Anyone have scan of 95(?) Newsweek article re: generation change?
by ithinkisee inmy faded ex-jw aunt had no idea the generation thing changed.
i was gonna give her the wt articles and stuff but wanted to also give her a scan of the newsweek article.. .
ithinkisee
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THE NEWS IS BIGGER THAN DATELINE, BBC, CBC, ETC.
by AndersonsInfo inif i told you that something bigger is on the horizon than dateline, bbc, cbc, sunday (australia), and all other tv programs which exposed the sexual child abuse cover-up by watchtower in 2002-2003, would you believe me?
have i ever misled you?
i'll answer that--no!