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LA Times Story on Religious Fanatics Who Kick Out Teens
by willyloman inthe story on the front page of the la times today talkes about 400 teenage boys who have fled or been driven out of a reformed lds wing in utah.
several quotes in the story will remind you of the wt's own twisted practices.
examples:.
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WTS Sells Entire Brooklyn Complex, Shuts Down Printing Operations
by willyloman in(brooklyn, ny)--the watchtower bible and tract society, the governing arm of the jehovah's witnesses, announced today it has sold its extensive real estate holdings in brooklyn for an unspecified sum.
the buyer was not named.
the society's headquarters includes several factory buildings, printing operations, hotels and living quarters and currently houses more than 1,000 volunteers, according to j.r. brown, director of public affairs for the wtbts.
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Modern Humans Older Than Thought
by willyloman indubs are always saying the aging techniques of scientists are flawed, resulting in a "conflict" with the bible chronology.
here's an example of scientists correcting their dates.... by revising them upward!
in other words, humans are even older than they thought.
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Playwright Arthur Miller Dies at 89
by willyloman in.
i suppose its only fitting, given my assumed name on this forum, that i should be the one to post this.. miller was the pulitzer prize winning author of 'death of a salesman'' which is a poignant tale of a man hanging on to a way of life long after it died, much the same way i stayed in "the truth" for at least 10 years after i realized it wasn't.. here's a link to the news story, fyi:.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6953165/?gt1=6190.
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What if Revelation is Past, not Future?
by willyloman inther is a new series of books planned that takes that approach.
some controversy has erupted in the "christian" press; here is an excerpt and a link:.
new take on rapture puts authors in apocalyptic feud .
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I Voted Today
by willyloman inthis is the second time i've voted this year and i feel great!
what a wonderful thing it is to be able to freely express yourself, take some responsibility, and at least feel like you have some choice in who leads, who calls the shots in this world in which we all live.
and what a contrast with the local kingdom hall, where you don't get to choose the po, you don't get to pick the co, you have no say in who, what, when or where.
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Daughter Dissed by Dub
by willyloman inthe short version is: my daughter fell in love several years ago with another teenager; both were dubs in good standing, both later reproved for expressing that love in some manner not platonic.
boy moves away.
girl moves away, in another direction.
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MA paper's lame JW interview
by willyloman inthis appeared in a massachusetts newspaper:.
jehovah's witnesses - who are they?
by joel beck with information from www.jw-media.org .
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Anybody see ex-JW, now Catholic, on TV last night?
by willyloman injeff schwehm, an ex-jw who sometimes posts here, was on ewtn, the catholic network, last night.
he posted an announcement on this forum several days ago.
i thought he came across as a very nice man, sincere and full of conviction.