Topics Started by Bonnie_Clyde

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Length of creative days.
by dothemath in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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now that we're starting to read the bible at the beginning again.........i was wondering if this subject has ever been discussed.. the length of the creative days........used to be considered 7000 years in length.......stated rather dogmatically up until around the mid 1980's.

(aid book says this......insight book does not) of course....this is quite rediculous.......... more recent publications don't stress this .........just periods of time.......... yet there was never anything published to indicate how wrong this old view was.........done very gradually.......i think some still think the creative days were still 7000 years long.. if this topic has come up before.....maybe someone could post a link to it..
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Yoga - Recent article
by Bonnie_Clyde in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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i'm sure there was an article during the last year or two confirming that yoga is not for christians.

i went back through a bunch of magazines but can't find it.
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Circuit Accounts Servants Confesses how the SCAM WORKS!!
by JT in
1. jw
2. friends
yes, i too have wondered how an assembly that is held in a fully paid for assembly hall, with no food service, could possibly have $10,000 in expenses.

i suppose the bethel speakers have transportation expenses - maybe $1000 or so.

as for rent on the assembly hall, well you have already paid for it once, why pay again?
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Circuit Assembly Report
by Hapgood in
1. jw
2. friends
coming out of the lurking mode to give you all a report on the 2 day ca that i attended this past weekend.

i always enjoy other reports that have been posted so i thought i would share my observations.

i attend with my jw hubby to keep him company so he doesn't have to go alone, that's the only reason that i go.. i didn't take any notes, so i'm doing this by memory.
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Would You Have Given Your Life Up For Your Brother At One Time?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
jw's are all supposed to be marked by the love they have for one another.

the love is called a great one because it is a "self-sacrificing"one.

theoretically, a witness would simply die for another witness because of the brotherhood---no questions asked.
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BBC Documentary: Apocalypse Now And Then
by sonofapreacherman in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
did anyone else see this show last night?

it was on the more obscure bbc4 (available in the uk on satellite or cable).. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/listings/programme.shtml?day=yesterday&filename=20031029/20031029_2200_4544_28579_40.

the programme looked at recent media preoccupation with the end of the world (asteroid collisions, global warming, etc.).
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tattoos...did you rebel and get one?
by morty in
1. jw
2. friends
after i left the "troof" the first thing i did was run out and get a tattoo.now ,some 18 years later i still dont regret it.i even have gotten a couple of new ones in the past couple of years......i mean not that i am covered in them,but i think if a women has them ,there is nothing wrong with that has long as they are not all over everywhere.ie...neck,face or lower arms......... i just think it is sexy on a man..( a few....not on the same areas as the women ..ie..face and neck as well.

) but for a women to have them all over her is not attractive....i think for a women to have a couple in a suddle place..( like for your partner to see or find.lol) is sexy as well...this girl in our town, has them covering her face and arms.i just think she looks scary......(i do also think that they must be done professionally and kept realistic.

)...i know your not to judge a book by its cover but, this girl wonders why, parents will not let children to her house to play with her child?
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Comments You Will Not Hear At The 10-19-03 WT Study
by blondie in
1. watchtower
2. bible
comments you will not hear at the 10-19-03 wt study

review comments will be in black and parentheses ()

wt quotes will be in
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Watchtower Signs With GMCVB!
by Voyager in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i guess the watchtower thought that they were going to hide this one in the fine print.

the gmcvb stands for (greater madison convention & visitors bureau).

this (bureau) is a department of government.
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Why do Jehovah's Witnesses lie to recruits?
by jerome in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
first let me say this.. i have constantly been hearing of the legendary honesty/intergity of the jehovah's witness for some time now.

i have also been informed that they are the happiest people on the entire earth.. my problem is this:.

when a jehovah's witness comes to your door and you actually decide to give them a few moments of your time they never give the whole story as to what you would be getting involved with when you join the watchtower.. case in point.