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  Comments You Won't Hear at the 12-14-03 WT Study

  by blondie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  " men take the lead, women merely "support.".

  what contributed to priscilla's zeal and courage?

  (luke 8:1-3).. yes, the privilege of doing the marketing, cooking, cleaning up, and laundry of 13 men while they did evangelizing.. wt 12/1/75 p. 717 christian greatness comes from serving.

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  AnnOMaly

  One elder once tried to be a scholar and asked if they had husbands. One sister said no, because they were listed as virgins. He made the connection that a woman with a husband could not be a prophetess because of the headship arrangement. I raised my hand and tactfully pointed out that Huldah, Deborah and Isaiah?s wife all had husbands and were prophetesses, so a woman did not have to be unwed to be a prophetess. Boy, did his face get red and it wasn?t from embarrassment.

  Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful, Blondie! I would've loved to have been there.

  Regarding Vashti, it says in the Bible account that she was to appear with the 'royal headdress.'

  So, in the words of Tom Jones, 'she could keep her hat on.'
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  Comments You Won't Hear at the 12-14-03 WT Study

  by blondie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  " men take the lead, women merely "support.".

  what contributed to priscilla's zeal and courage?

  (luke 8:1-3).. yes, the privilege of doing the marketing, cooking, cleaning up, and laundry of 13 men while they did evangelizing.. wt 12/1/75 p. 717 christian greatness comes from serving.

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  AnnOMaly

  she showed deep respect for her husband (AN UNBELIEVER), King Ahasuerus, unlike the king's former wife, Vashti. (Esther 1:10-12; 2:16, 17)

  Giving poor Vashti bad press again.

  If our husbands threw a big party for their male pals that lasted for days and they all got drunk out of their skulls, then our husbands told us to parade in front of them all, naked or in our underwear, to 'show off our beauty', do you think any of us would say, "Yes dear, right away"?

  (see Josephus [Whiston's trans.], Antiquities of the Jews, 11.6.1 (190, 191 and footnote))
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  Comments You Won't Hear at the 12-14-03 WT Study

  by blondie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  " men take the lead, women merely "support.".

  what contributed to priscilla's zeal and courage?

  (luke 8:1-3).. yes, the privilege of doing the marketing, cooking, cleaning up, and laundry of 13 men while they did evangelizing.. wt 12/1/75 p. 717 christian greatness comes from serving.

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  Yep. That article left me unmoved too. The Vomit Alert part was almost as vomitworthy as some of the stereotypical pigeonholes women were put into in the old Family Life book!

  I loved the point you made about the word 'evidently.' I've noticed the same thing! Whenever 'evidently,' 'without doubt' and 'apparently' appear, loud warning bells sound in my head!
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  Bad experiences of Christmas Day Ministry

  by stillajwexelder in

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  the worst experience i had was working with my young daughter and a guy came to the door and told me to f---k --f - and then slammed the door in our face -- i used to hate going out in field service on christmas day with a passion.

  what is the worst experience you guys have had?

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  Always had a problem going out on Xmas Day. FGS, can't we leave them alone ONE day? And then to go out New Year's morning. Madness! Sheer madness! Besides which, when is there a time when all family members would have a day off together? Not JWs - it should be spent 'God-bothering' instead!
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  No-Blood Card No Longer Issued/Dated Annually

  by AMNESIAN in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  december 2003 our kingdom ministry for the usa

  "provisions to help us abstain from blood"

  "baptized publishers who have previously completed an advance medical directive/release card or identity card with no print date or a 3/99 print date will not need to complete a new one this year.

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  What gets me is the pointlessness of children's id cards anyway! It can only give the parents' preferences and religious background. If a kid's been in an accident and and docs say it needs a blood transfusion, the parents can try to negotiate with the doc if they so wish, but if it is clear that a blood transfusion is the only way (and remembering that time is of the essence), they'd just put the child into Court custody and pump the stuff into it anyway!

  Very interesting about the "allogeneic" 'misprint.' I always wondered what the mysterious withdrawal of the card was about.

  Btw, it has come to my attention that, regarding this year's 'card signing ceremony,' it is 'business as usual' for the those in the UK - no using last year's, and to make sure the medical personnel know it's you, a small photo should be kept with the card. Can anyone from there confirm that?
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  "Questions From Readers" or "Questions From Writers"?

  by logansrun in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  is it just me, or does the "questions from readers" segment in the watchtower these days sound phoney?

  i know years ago they had the initials of the questioner along with their country of residence underneath their questions which seemed more, oh i don't know, realistic.

  (the things people used to ask about!

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  There was one this year - "Is it wrong to take the life of a very sick or old pet?"

  Oh come on! Please stop wasting our time!
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  Whos Your Friend/SoulMate Here???

  by ScoobySnax in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  don't say everyone.......i've seen the simmering...and poison!!.

  who here do you really click with, someone who seems to understand just where you're coming from.

  don't mention a long spiel, just the one or 2 that seem to be on your wavelength.. i'm interested to know as i'm completing an analytical graph data sheet to show who clicks with who most, in a projected sample forum example, and then hope to present my findings on the net.. ok thats bull, but i was just interested anyway.... scoob

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  I have two or three here. They know who they are.
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  RAY FRANZ - e-watchman's strong rebuke

  by Noumenon in

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  2. friends

  the author of www.e-watchman.com has been getting stuck into ray franz lately, accusing him of having weak faith, etc.

  his rebuke of ray franz is quite stinging in the latest q & a posted on his site... is ray franz aware of this and would he be willing to offer a response to e-watchman?

  i'd love to see ray's reply.

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  In this instance - I don't generally read e-watchman's site - tried to read a couple of his essays once but lost patience with his pompous, arrogant style - in this instance, I believe e-watchman is talking out of his backside.

  Although nobody should view Ray Franz as some kind of 'deity' or guru - he must have his faults like the rest of us, his understanding of certain doctrines MAY be open to question - but he has a damn sight more than the 'meagre faith' e-watchman says he has. It took guts, it took FAITH to stand up and do what he did in the face of Goliath-like opposition. And it is all very well to slate RF for supposedly speaking for God, but isn't that EXACTLY what e-watchman does all the time? The audacity of the man!
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  Does the average witness still believe in Armageddon?

  by czarofmischief in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i havent' been to kingdom hall in over a year, and i haven't talked to any dubs other than my parents for three years now.

  i was wondering if anybody still had any contacts in the truth and how the average dub is feeling about the immediacy of armageddon?.

  i remember growing up that this was an omnipresent motivation, especially when the whole "peace and security" thing happened in the early nineties, and we were expecting "sudden destruction" after the collapse of the soviet union.. but safe to say, i'm not worried about armageddon anymore - and i was wondering what the feeling was in the congregations.... czar

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  AnnOMaly

  Since the 'generation' change, extra sand has been put into the hourglass (in the average JW mind).

  That's why the new yeartext is "Prove yourselves ready" along with the article about today's 'watchfulness taking on greater urgency.' It's banging the '1914/we're in days similar to Noah's' drum again.

  HYAH! MUSH, MUSH!
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  Interesting article: Everybody Hates Us

  by greven in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is an article describing why evangelical christians are universally disliked.

  the jw's could learn a thing or two from this examination.

  i have repreduced the article here and highlighted in bold certain points.

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  AnnOMaly

  Yep, that's a keeper. Thanks.

  Christians are still imperfect people and have all of the same faults, desires and problems as everyone who is not a Christian, we still must try to always improve, not because it is required to gain salvation, as the JWs teach, but because of our love for our Lord Jesus, and our desire to be like Him.

  I'm with you there, Borgfree.