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  So how did JF Rutherford function...?

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

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  every picture i have seen at him at beth shirim and other private places are with a bottle of alcohol.. while for me personally i couldn't care less anymore.... for jw's this is low moral character.

  so i'm an going to guess he was a functioning alcoholic... how did that work with his closest workers?

  was he gay too?

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  It's possible cob ..
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  So how did JF Rutherford function...?

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  every picture i have seen at him at beth shirim and other private places are with a bottle of alcohol.. while for me personally i couldn't care less anymore.... for jw's this is low moral character.

  so i'm an going to guess he was a functioning alcoholic... how did that work with his closest workers?

  was he gay too?

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  vienne I'm not sure where I saw it but there is a video (film) of Rutherford with a bottle in his hand I saw.
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  So how did JF Rutherford function...?

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

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  every picture i have seen at him at beth shirim and other private places are with a bottle of alcohol.. while for me personally i couldn't care less anymore.... for jw's this is low moral character.

  so i'm an going to guess he was a functioning alcoholic... how did that work with his closest workers?

  was he gay too?

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  Every picture I have seen at him at Beth Shirim and other private places are with a bottle of alcohol.. while for me personally I couldn't care less anymore...

  For JW's this is low moral character.

  So I'm an going to guess he was a functioning alcoholic... how did that work with his closest workers? Was he gay too? His anti-wife statement in the Children book makes me think he was not hetero.... that's fine too but let it come to light if true...

  Now I can only imagine him walking though bethal with a flask tucked in this jacket... probably why is talks were so offensive... he had whiskey goggles on
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  DId you ever fall asleep at the meetings, Assemblys??

  by karter in

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  if i'm tierd i fall asleep anywere so the meetings ect were no diffrent my wife would always try to wake me but im a deep sleeper.

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  LOL James well I was embaressed.. but so was he actually we left at lunch that day for no reason I knew of lol

  Now as I think back my dad used to have problems with REM sleep... sleep paralysis didnt work for him so he often was dreaming at night and having conversations and walking
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  DId you ever fall asleep at the meetings, Assemblys??

  by karter in

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  if i'm tierd i fall asleep anywere so the meetings ect were no diffrent my wife would always try to wake me but im a deep sleeper.

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  Yes all te time at conventions or asemblies fell asleep. One time my father fell asleep... he always did... and woke up with a start screaming...lol... a bad dream I guess. ..However in Kingdom Halls it was bad. I rmember just before I learned god wasnèt real falling asleep in the TMS hearing about how Joshuas slaughtered Canaan.. In my dream Joshua had a spear and was coming right at me ... I woke up with a start and threw my bible in between my chair and the speakers stand... I recovered it quietly as they switched speakers...
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  A big question, why writtings or book?

  by Crazyguy in

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  we often have debates on this site about what was written in the bible and why.

  there are also debates about which bible is better .

  then there's the debate about if the quran is really the better book or more accurate.

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  It must be because god is a comedian and enjoys humans arguing over a jumbled book. He must be laughing at us...
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  What are your beliefs now, religious/non religious?

  by Jules Saturn in

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  what are your convictions now that you are no longer one of jehovah's witnesses?

  are you a born again christian?

  have you joined another denomination of christianity?

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  I often post and simplify my beliefs as atheist. However like Dawkins I am 'a deeply religious non-believer'. I study alot on String and M theory recently and if there is a spiritual journey this is it. This is the ultimate mystery. No god though. I lean perhaps towards Buddhism or Taoism but don't limit myself.
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  Which Bible Translation

  by moreconfusedthanever in

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  i have seen a few comments about the nwt being an altered version of the bible and i must admit that when they released the new one it did not sit right with me.. i want to read the bible but not the nwt.

  i also do not want to read one that has the thee and thou and ye etc because that will do my head in.. what translations do you recommend?.

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  I would actually suggest reading the deutro canonacals... four a number 4 I would take the Jerusalem bible as well.
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  Which Bible Translation

  by moreconfusedthanever in

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  i have seen a few comments about the nwt being an altered version of the bible and i must admit that when they released the new one it did not sit right with me.. i want to read the bible but not the nwt.

  i also do not want to read one that has the thee and thou and ye etc because that will do my head in.. what translations do you recommend?.

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  I would recommend Greens Interlinear along with a KJV and if any other I suggest the NRSV
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  Convention invitations

  by dothemath in

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  so everyone is supposed to get all excited about the invitation work starting tomorrow, according to the announcement from the platform.. maybe this makes sense if you're giving out invitations in the city where the convention is, but what if you're many hours away?.

  a huge part of western canada is scheduled to attend edmonton alberta this july.

  so how does that go over giving out invitations in winnipeg, about a 13 hour drive(that's just driving time).. i know some are actually planning on flying there, so i can't see getting excited about getting the public to make the trek.. i was curious how this is going over in other areas?.

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  I live on Vancouver island... For anyone to take a car o the convention in Vancouver (the mainland) cost 200$ or so round trip for ferries. Now lets add a hotel. 7000$ is that disgusting city (YES IT IS! The surrounding mountains are paradise but the city is disgusting.) Now lets add food 3 days 100 dollars ... gas.. 50$... Over 1000 dallars to see a religious event...