Bonnie_Clyde

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  Will "New Scrolls" be a Release of Old Scrolls?

  by cameo-d in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  will it be new information found in these old scrolls?.

  (personally, i think it's all contrived toward a specific agenda).

  but what i am wondering is....is it "new scrolls" just because it's newly released?.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  New scrolls? What new scrolls? Revelation just states that scrolls will be opened. They could be old ones.
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  Did You Feel Better After Confessing Your Sins To The Elders?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did you feel "more right" with jehovah?.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  I never confessed my sins. I always felt it was between me and Jehovah. Besides, I didn't feel I ever did anything they wouldn't have done.
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  What is the WTS financial position?

  by Roddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i know this may seen an obvious question but i'm wondering if their downward financial situation is accelerating in the last five years.. we know of the large real estate sell-offs in brooklyn and their large bethel layoffs -- things they never report on in their publications.

  pushing more and more of the traveling overseer expenses to the local circuit and congregations.

  how they have taken a lot of shortcuts with regards their printing operations.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  In our circuit the Regional Building Committee told one of the congregations they were going to have to sell their hall and build a new one. Their hall was beautiful and there was nothing wrong with it, but it was built just before the RBC was formed so maybe it didn't meet their criteria. So the congregation obediently sold their hall, bought new property, then found out the new property was not suitable for building. For at least 3 years now all the witnesses have to drive another 10 miles to a hall in a neighboring city. Their old hall was sold to a local college and they got a real good price for it, but all the money was sent to the WT, and the local witnesses have no Kingdom Hall of their own.

  But they did what they were told...I think the phrase is, "strictly obedient."
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  JW self-defense...WT says we are too slow to use a gun!!!.......

  by oompa in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you gotta read this to beleive it!.....lately my mind is teaching s we had that "went beyond what is written" and this subject on self defence has cracked me up!!

  !.....you if gotta see this to believe it!....not just guns....but almost everthing is bashed...they did leave out the option of us carrying a sword o.j.

  style....or a spear.....this will make my list....(and you can have no privileges if you carry a gun at work...cop or security guard).......... *** g91 7/8 p. 12 self-defensehow far can a christian go?

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  The WT actually was, temporarily, lenient about using a firearm for protection. Awake! 09-08-75 p. 27: "In his Law to Israel, Jehovah God revealed that the individual had the right of self-defense. For example, regarding a thief who broke into a house at night, the Law stated: 'If a thief should be found in the act of breaking in and he does get struck and die, there is not bloodguilt for him.'" - Ex. 22:2. On page 28 the article goes on to say, "Peter's action...was not a matter of self-defense, but, rather, resistance to authorities and even against God's will....Accordingly, before buying a deadly weapon, one should certainly weigh both aspects--one potential danger against the other potential danger. He must decide which would be the greater risk." They actually gave us a choice....

  I thought the article was quite reasonable. Wonder if he it was written by Ray Franz? I've never seen this reasoning before or since.
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  Soon, you'll be able to live eternally...

  by Nicolas in

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  2. friends

  sorry for the misleading title.

  http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2007/09/end-of-aging.html.

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4003063.stm.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  They would have to change the retirement age if this happens.
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  A Celebration of Love and Life

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm almost in tears.

  just saw in the paper that my opthamologist is dying of cancer.

  he was one of the nicest men i've ever met.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  I'm almost in tears. Just saw in the paper that my opthamologist is dying of cancer. He was one of the nicest men I've ever met. Very well traveled, intelligent, caring, giving and just plain nice.

  Well there was a ceremony last Saturday at a local funeral home in his honor. 130 family members and close freinds from all over the country came to participate in this "Celebration of Love and Life." But this is unique...the doctor is still alive. The purpose of the afternoon was to celebrate his life while still living. I wish I could post the whole article, but here are a few excerpts:

  "The invitation to the celebration held a written statement from the doctor that said, 'This isn't just about me. It's about all of us. The stories and details might be different but the intentions and love they express would be the same for any one of us.' Accolades, memories, and testimonials flowed freely from both speakers and guests, along with laughter and tears. 'We had scheduled the celebration to go from 1 until 4 p.m., but we had to shorten it by about an hour because he was so tired.'"

  The newspaper stated this was the first service of its kind in our area, and the funeral home director isn't even sure that a service like this has ever been done anywhere.

  Bonnie

  Anyone here ever heard of this?
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  Local Needs Parts.....

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have not set foot inside a kh for over 5 years now.

  i suspect that i have been the 'subject' of the lnp's more than once.

  i suppose every time someone gets a face to face with me in the local shops, and the elders hear of it, i get another dishonorable mention on thursday night.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  A few years ago I remember a sister who took a college class which was free because her husband was an employee of the college. It wasn't even on a meeting night. There was a local needs talk about higher education. It was just a Spanish class.
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  How many of you id oor-to-oor in the snow?

  by badboy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  any takers?.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Lots of door to door in the snow with three kids. Often we had rural territory, but one trip to the door and I would come back freezing no matter how warm I was dressed. I was always pushing for the coffee shop.
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  Who was the first person to become a Jehovah's Witness in your family?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my mom,dad,uncles,aunts,and grandparents were all raised catholic.

  they were all baptised and married in the catholic church.. one day in the early 1960's,a witness preached to my uncle.

  he started a bible study and later had his immediate family join in.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Well I had two great aunts who were contacted by John Bohnet in the early 1900's. One of the aunts died in 1910 and I don't know how long she was associated before she died. Of course, they were Bible students back then.

  My grandmother started associating, probably around the World War I era, then two uncles in 1940, my immediate family wasn't until the mid 1950's.
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  So Far, How Do You Think President Obama's Doing?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  excellent.

  very good.

  good.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  He said a lot about WHAT he is going to do, but not that much on HOW. Well he did say that "Stimulis is Spending," so he will have to hit the American taxpayer pretty hard.

  Clyde says we need to change our terminology. Instead of "bail out" we need to say, "Looting of the national treasury."