Yerusalyim
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To Rick on H2O...
by Simon ini just posted this on h2o and though i'd put a copy here as well.... hi rick,.
i just thought it may be appropriate for me to express my appreciation for your site and what you have accomplished over the last few years and i'm sure will continue to do.. like many others, h2o was one of the sites which helped to open my eyes to the watchtower society and beliefs and practices of jehovahs witnesses and realise that there were things seriously wrong which a lot of other people saw as well - it wasn't just limited to our local congregation.. i did participate on h2o occasionally as caliban but never really kept up-to-date with all the posters, personalities and what was going on between them.. the reason i decided to create an alternative forum, www.jehovahs-witness.com, was because at the time it appeared that the very pro-jw community was well served by witnet and the anti-jw's had h2o but that it may have been a bit too much for the 'mildly curious' jw to visit.
my idea was to have a forum more like witnet which would gradually allow more open discussion than was allowed there without being too off putting to many as a way of introducing the issues to them more gently.. i'm sure your views and standpoints have changed over the years and mine have too.
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Wow this board is busy
by onthefence ini guess that might say something in and of itself.. thanks to everybody who replied to my last post i just got through reading the responses.
i have to say i didn't clarify my last post very well as i was pretty emotional at the time.
i would definately fade out of the congo slowly if i could but the thing is i'm still living at home so it would be very hard to do.
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Strewth Sheila, It's OK To Have A Grope Ain't It?
by Englishman incan someone please tell me exactly what constitutes a df'ing offence?.
i recently read a post where someone said that they were df'd for committing "adultery in the heart", someone else for gambling, someone else for smoking etc etc.
it's all very puzzling, back in the 60's the wtbts had a down on "petting and necking" but it wasn't df'able.
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Sheep / Goat / Righteously Inclined / Meek Like??
by Big Jim inthis will probally sound like an elementary question but it is one that the wittnesses have never giving me a solid answer on.. are you born a sheep or a goat?.
are some born more righteously inclined?.
if the answer is yes, then why?
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for all to see: Charitable brochure
by stephenw20 inthe lovely folks over at the observer.
have posted the wtbts charitable planning brochure on their site.. wonder where they got it.. *eg* .anyway.
please have a look..... and while looking just repeat ......."the system is going to end soon".
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666 for dummies (The Number of the BEAST)
by Focus inrevelation 13:18 here is wisdom.
let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six.
and here is this very wisdom explained by charles taze russell (the founder of the watchtower), in the january/february 1882 edition of the watchtower on pages 9 and 10:.
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Celebrate with me today
by Esmeralda intoday, april 20th, is the fourth anniversary of a very special day in my life.. the anniversary of my rebirth.. this rebirth was not a religious experience, but it was something totally pure, amazing and healing.. it had nothing at all to do with the society, or rather, of freeing myself from it.
it was however, a giant first step in that direction.. today is the fourth anniversary of the day i got letter that changed everything.
the words on the pages were alive, and magical: they released me from my old life and for the first time.
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One more question NOW with my answer
by Yerusalyim ingod tested abraham by telling him to sacrafice his son issac.
since god is omniscient (knows all, knows the end from the beginning) he already knew abraham would go through with it unless god stopped him.
what was the purpose of this test?.
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Witnesses Can Keep Visiting
by orbison intodays newspaper.
st-jerome, quebec, canada.
a quebec judge has ruled in favour of jehovah's witnesses in the challenge of a blainville bylaw requiring a permit for door to door visits of a religious nature.. justice jean crepeau said that to lump witnesses in with sales people is degrading.
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Dubs and Horsies
by Stephanus ini've gotten the impression that gambling is not looked upon kindly by the 'tower.
is it officially condemned, i.e.
is it a disfellowshippable offence?.