Bonnie_Clyde

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  Was Jesus born in the fall or in the spring?

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

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  we all know it wasn't december.

  the wt has always said the first part of october.

  the reasoning i remember is that they calculate that jesus' ministry was 3-1/2 years long; and since jesus died in the spring of 33 ce, he must have been baptized in the fall of 29 ce.

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  We all know it wasn't December. The WT has always said the first part of October. The reasoning I remember is that they calculate that Jesus' ministry was 3-1/2 years long; and since Jesus died in the spring of 33 CE, he must have been baptized in the fall of 29 CE. Since he turned 30 years old when he was baptized, he must have been born in the fall.

  On TV the other day, I heard a commentator say that Jesus was born in the spring, but he offered no proof, other than that the shepherds were in the field at night. Clyde commented that would make sense because the spring is when the sheep would have their young lambs

  Two questions: 1) How did the WT calculate the 3-1/2 years? Did it have anything to do with Daniel's prophecy of the 70 weeks of years? - 2) Does the Bible say Jesus was exactly 30 years old when he was baptized?

  And, really...it doesn't make any difference.
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  Cancelled bookstudy- but do you remember 4 day Assemblies!!!

  by Witness 007 in

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  assemblies used to go for 5 days which caused problems for brothers with work so....it was changed to thursday to sunday......then half of thursday to sunday.....then 3 days only.

  does anyone remember this....i remember 3 and a half days.

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  Actually I remember 8 day assemblies--1969.

  Also 1958, the international assembly in New York City was 8 days. There was a big one in 1963--seems like it was 6 days. I was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bonnie
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  Suicide

  by is there help out there in

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  the holidays are a time when some people get depressed and commit suicide.

  has any one in there congration commited suicide and what was the reacion by the other members.

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  I've personally known 4 JW's who have committed suicide. One was an ex-CO's wife, another had been a ministerial servant, one was the teen-aged daughter of a ministerial servant, and the one that upset me the most was my cousin. He was an elder, had just finished auxiliary pioneering in the month of February--it was a bitterly cold month (maybe that had something to do with it). I've heard of several others--people I didn't know.

  Bonnie
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  Forty Years!

  by Blueblades in

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  wow!

  today we have been married for forty years!

  where did the time go.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Congratulations! Today, that is a real accomplishment.

  Well I have one for you--Clyde and I will be married 45 years this coming Sunday, December 28.

  Bonnie
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  More proof of Global Warming

  by BurnTheShips in

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  people freezing to death.

  o fortuna!.

  http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20081222/gpg0101/81222109/1207/gpg01.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  SixofNine - Try this...http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944914,00.html

  Just google "1972 ice age". This is not a vague memory.
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  More proof of Global Warming

  by BurnTheShips in

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  people freezing to death.

  o fortuna!.

  http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20081222/gpg0101/81222109/1207/gpg01.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  35 years ago scientists were telling us we were going into an ice age. Even the Awake magazine picked up on that.
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  Society's view of stained glass windows

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

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  back in the 50's the society used to criticize the churches for their stained glass windows.

  now they proudly point to their assembly hall in jersey hall with their chandeliers and stained glass windows.

  i know there are a number of kingdom halls with stained glass too.. i think few congregations owned their kingdom halls in the 50's.

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  they proudly point to their assembly hall in Jersey hall with their chandeliers and stained glass windows.

  Where is this KH? Are there any pix?

  Sorry - I was referring to the Stanley Theater assembly hall in New Jersey, I believe. I have a picture around here somewhere but wouldn't know how to post it if I could find it. I was reminded of this theater the other day when I got a travel brochure from a travel agency that sells tours to Bethel, Stanley Theater and the Holocaust Museum in DC. It specifically mentioned the chandeliers and stained glass.
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  Society's view of stained glass windows

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

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  back in the 50's the society used to criticize the churches for their stained glass windows.

  now they proudly point to their assembly hall in jersey hall with their chandeliers and stained glass windows.

  i know there are a number of kingdom halls with stained glass too.. i think few congregations owned their kingdom halls in the 50's.

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  Thank you Yknot for the references. I can't count the times when we drove past a church in the 50's I'd hear some comment about stained glass windows.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 12-21-08 WT Study (HEARTFELT)

  by blondie in

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  comments you will not hear at the 12-21-08 wt study (october 15, 2008, pages (12-16)(heartfelt).

  review comments will be in red.

  wt material from today's wt will be in black.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  So she prayed to God: "I don't know who you are... , but I know you're there. Please let me know you!" A short while later, Jehovah's Witnesses visited her and gave her the com­fort and knowledge she had sought.

  And if the Mormons had called, she would have thought they were the answer to her prayer.
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  Society's view of stained glass windows

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  back in the 50's the society used to criticize the churches for their stained glass windows.

  now they proudly point to their assembly hall in jersey hall with their chandeliers and stained glass windows.

  i know there are a number of kingdom halls with stained glass too.. i think few congregations owned their kingdom halls in the 50's.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Back in the 50's the Society used to criticize the churches for their stained glass windows. Now they proudly point to their assembly hall in Jersey hall with their chandeliers and stained glass windows. I know there are a number of Kingdom Halls with stained glass too.

  I think few congregations owned their Kingdom Halls in the 50's. In our area we rented a room at a hotel and later rented a dance hall (it was above a saloon), and that's where the meetings were held until we bought some property and built our own KH in 1959. Up till then we were so proud that we weren't commercialistic like the churches--with their "stained glass windows." Now we just don't talk about it.

  Bonnie