willyloman

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  When did the watchtower become a cult?

  by Gadget in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from looking at various cult information, and warning signs of an unsafe group i beleive the jw's to be a cult, but how did they become one?

  it started as a religious periodical in the 1870s, and somehow progressed to being a faith, a religion, and then from there progressed to become a cult.

  when did this happen, and how?

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  willyloman

  About two months ago, for me.
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  Comments You Won't Hear at the 12-7-03 WT Study

  by blondie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  wt quotes will be in

  it is under the guise of making them feel wanted but it is more likely a passive-aggressive means to show women what their place is and to stay there.. .

  fear of god impelled two women to defy a pharaoh.

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  willyloman

  It would be far better for them to scrub this week's WT and instead study the recent issue of Newsweek, which contains a lengthy and fascinating study of how women have been portrayed in the bible and in the early Christian church and how closely these portrayals heed the official male-dominated-society party line.
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  What Do You Try To Do To Get JWs OUT??

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you try to get any friends, relatives or witnesses in general, "out"?

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  willyloman

  In my experience, it takes:

  • Love
  • Honesty
  • Willingness to do research and answer questions
  • A sense that you are moving TOWARD something, not AWAY

  Some people will be drawn to these qualities; others will not.
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  How many of you have a job?

  by Joker10 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is a serious question.

  how many of you have jobs?

  from the number of posts and the times people complain on here, it looks that many of you don't.

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  willyloman

  I have 3 jobs, 2 kids and another on the way, got a man, and a mortgage....and still I have time to occasionaly post on here.

  Finalist: Mother of the Year!
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  Did You Dedicate Your Life to Serving Jehovah?

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember at the age of 14, i was studying with a very well respected elder in the congregation.

  me, him, and my dad studied together.

  every once in a while during the study, he would turn to me and ask me "have you dedicated your life to jehovah?".

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  willyloman

  It seemed like a good idea at the time.
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  What should I do if the Internet goes down ?

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. humour

  every year we grow more and more dependent on the internet.

  but would you know what to do if your connection suddenly went down?

  no one knows when the internet will fail.

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  willyloman

  If the internet goes down, we all show up at Simon's house and continue the conversation. Put the coffee on, man. You do have coffee in your country, right?
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  The BRONX BROTHEL SCANDAL

  by badboy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

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  i understand there was once a scandal about a kh where the sisters were pimping.. any1 know anything about this.

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  willyloman

  Sounds too far-fetched for me...

  No, seriously. Anybody here from New York who knows geography?
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  Return To God, and He WIll Forgive You in a Large Way!

  by AwakenedAndFree in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did you leave the watchtower society and the true god ,too?.

  i believe that god still helps some of the of the ones still "traped" in the org.

  - god helped me greatly while i was still in.

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  willyloman

  "You deserve a better god."

  Or maybe it's like this: We get the god we deserve.
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  KingDumb Halls Want Court Order To Keep Pedophile Documents Secret!

  by Country Girl in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  congregations want court order .

  by jim mcbride.

  jehovah's witnesses congregations in amarillo and dumas are seeking a court order protecting them from releasing documents in a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims a former church elder sexually abused her.

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  willyloman

  "I don't intend to minimize my offense, however, plaintiff implies that abuse took place from 1988 through 1992 when, in fact, there were only two instances of sexual contact," Kelley's court response states.

  In other words, he only did it twice, so it doesn't count! Interesting defense. These people really do think they're invisible.
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  The BRONX BROTHEL SCANDAL

  by badboy in

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  i understand there was once a scandal about a kh where the sisters were pimping.. any1 know anything about this.

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  willyloman

  Blondie: Narrow your search to a New York town, the name of which is something like, or sounds like, "Arise." Does that help?