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  Yet more trolley (in)activity

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am currently having to spend a little time waiting for an appointment in the vicinity of a central london station.

  whilst waiting i am catching up on some work in a cafe.

  i can see a couple of trolleys and have been watching them for around an hour now.. not one person has stopped to take literature.

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  Don't the instructions for cart use state they have to wait for someone to approach them?

  Then they direct them to the web site.

  Easy-peasy-pioneasy!
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  So much "growth"! JW Land double sided coin

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm finding it more and more funny how every wt article for the public or congregation, including jw broadcast talks about all this "growth" and how fast jehovha's organization is speeding up!

  yet everything behind closed doors, insider information, elder letters and sales paint a very different picture.

  i have news for you gb members!

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  I imagine anything used for reading could be called a "literacy aid."

  And they do offer free home lessons in the form of a bible "study."
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  How dishonest was the Apostle Paul?

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  may be some of you will be shocked by this question.

  however, when i was studying the bible with critical eyes i detected that paul ( or saul of tarsus) misquoted the hebrew bible in order to get false support for his arguments.

  of course, this tricky kind of use of the "scriptures" was not only used by him, but others, like the author of the gospel of matthew got unsupported doctrines misquoting verses.

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  Ha. I never knew the roots of donut licking went back so far. Paul, you old dog you 😉
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  Girls if you're internet dating and want an idea for a good profile this one got me 137 messages in less than 24hours

  by KateWild in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  hi there guys,yes i do like having fun.

  i am am very fun loving and can have fun everyday if you like.i am retired now i have 16 kids to 16 different dads.

  i live alone as the youngest one who is 16 has just had a baby and has her own place two doors from me.

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  You be careful there Kate, that doesn't sound fun that sounds dangerous.

  Be safe.
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  How dishonest was the Apostle Paul?

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  may be some of you will be shocked by this question.

  however, when i was studying the bible with critical eyes i detected that paul ( or saul of tarsus) misquoted the hebrew bible in order to get false support for his arguments.

  of course, this tricky kind of use of the "scriptures" was not only used by him, but others, like the author of the gospel of matthew got unsupported doctrines misquoting verses.

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  OUTLAW - ah yes, I remember the account well.

  It was a Donut Shoppe in Corinth I believe and he stated "he really hates Corinth."
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  What can you tell me about this painting?

  by Esse quam videri in

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  Yes, why?
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  Jesus had Nowhere to Lay his Head....

  by Muddy Waters in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so jesus had nowhere to lay his head.

  he had a huge following and reputation... with no tv, publishing company, big bethel house, branch offices, literature offers, requests for field service time, judicial committees held in secret star-chambers, disfellowshipping & shunning rules and big procedures for "reinstatement"... .

  so why does wts do all these things??

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  The GB homeless...now that would be "good news."
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  Band Green Day and JWs

  by hardtobeme in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a few years ago i heard of a story about two jw's being at a green day concert.

  i think that the witnesses were bethelites.

  the person that told me that story said that the band was about to play but they couldn't.

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  This happened to friend of a friend of mine.😉

  There was a brother see, and he went up to the platform to give a talk and before he started asked if there were any Green Day, John Denver, smurf, Led Zeppelin or Liberace fans in the audience coz he could not continue if they were there as it would impede the flow of holy sprirt. So a goth, a cowboy, a small child, a hippy, and a little old lady walked out in tears, to the boo's of the ones that remained.

  Then the brother gave his talk on Showing Love in this Time of the End.
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  Charity and the Watch Tower Society (in JW.org)

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in defending the watch tower society, the governing body says in jw.org:.

  charity.

  we have provided material relief to those suffering from tragedieswhether man-made, such as the 1994 genocide in rwanda, or natural, such as the 2010 earthquake in haiti.. .

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  Charity, along with faith and hope - the three sisters they have abandoned.
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  New letter, re: Fully Utilizing Kingdom Hall Auditoriums

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  let the merging begin!!!.

  to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory.

  re: fully utilizing kingdom hall auditoriums.

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  sparrowdown

  I wouldn't put it past them ( the decision makers) to use congregation merging as a way of clearing out the dead wood aka the faders, the fakers and the fence-sitters aka the FFF.

  Their version of "GO HARD OR GO HOME!!!"