Posts by neat blue dog

Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.

C.S. Lewis

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Board assistance for Debela!

by Atlantis in

friends, debela wrote to me several times requesting a video she says that i posted here:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5719452662366208/2-videos-if-you-want-them .

her description at the bottom of the page sounds like a watchtower edition and not a video.

neat blue dog

This is the Spanish version of what she's looking for:

https://youtu.be/3P7B3zV3Vco

I've got the original English file from jw..org, I'm not sure if it was ever leaked here.

It was shown during the service meeting last fall, and it features a clip from the annual meeting with the awkward blooper edited out.

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Has anyone noticed the JW movies are trying to normalise their lifestyle?

by truthseeker in

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friends

having watched the prodigal son returns movie produced by the organization and a recent mini-clip of a brother in london who is shown jogging and doing normal everyday things while wanting to "reach out" it occurred to me that the organization is trying to normalize their bizarre lifestyle and beliefs for the benefit of non-witnesses.. what do i mean by normalization?

they try to make the witnesses look like just another christian denomination who are reasonable while their members live and enjoy normal lives that appear to be within the mainstream.. they do this by not mentioning anything to do with higher education, armageddon or the urgency of the end of the world nor is their discussion or mention of the blood issue.

these are things mentioned often at kingdom halls and in study articles.. watching the prodigal son returns, the family appears to live a normal life, going to meetings and studying.

neat blue dog

I think you missed the point of the London/jogging clip. He was spending too much time excercising, and was not appointed a MS at first.

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Governing body member engaged... Again!

by OneDayillBeFree in

just found out that the australian governong body member known as geoffrey jackson got engaged to a sister about two weeks ago.

it really shocked me at first but then i remembered how other members of the gb have remarried in the past like daniel sidlik.

what made me say "woah" was hearing that the holy bride to be is really young!

neat blue dog

It is only a girl that took a picture(photo) with him....It SEEMS, but she is not Rae!

Finally! That picture and rumor have been passed around long enough and nobody can tell that the young girl with him in that older pic is not his wife but just a photo op. That's why he looked uncomfortable. Glad SOMEBODY has eyes.

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JWs at Rolling Stones Concert!

by Atlantis in

was this done for an advertising stunt?

received this in an email.. ------------------------------------------------.

.. a few days ago in porto alegre there was a rolling stones concert.

neat blue dog

DP

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JWs at Rolling Stones Concert!

by Atlantis in

was this done for an advertising stunt?

received this in an email.. ------------------------------------------------.

.. a few days ago in porto alegre there was a rolling stones concert.

neat blue dog

Double Post

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JWs at Rolling Stones Concert!

by Atlantis in

was this done for an advertising stunt?

received this in an email.. ------------------------------------------------.

.. a few days ago in porto alegre there was a rolling stones concert.

neat blue dog

The branch office charges the congregations $40 a piece for the carts, (and they're only available in 2's), so 39 carts cost them around $1,500 dollars. Just saying.

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genuine english guy seeking jw lady

by english_gentleman in

hi, i believe that a lady is put on earth to satisfy the needs of her partner and respect his views in all matters.. i realize some here may consider that old fashioned and not based on sexual equality.. yet a lady and man are not created equal because the lady gives birth and the man must sire many children.

if you are a lady under 30 and keen to meet me, willing to cook and breed, then please message me here.

please do not contact me if you disagree with my views, we can agree to differ.

neat blue dog

This is like when people get outraged of a story from The Onion. Of course it's satire! 😂

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the Governing Body - a legal entity?

by neat blue dog in

i know the gb used to be one and the same as the board of directors of the wtb&ts, they made a differentiation in the '70s, and then in 2001 they completely split, all gb members resigning their corporate positions.

but my question is, is the governing body itself a legally recognized entity?

the reason i ask is because of a questionnaire document leaked in a recent thread.

neat blue dog

I know the GB used to be one and the same as the board of directors of the WTB&TS, they made a differentiation in the '70s, and then in 2001 they completely split, all GB members resigning their corporate positions. But my question is, is the Governing Body itself a legally recognized entity? The reason I ask is because of a questionnaire document leaked in a recent thread. In the fine print disclaimer, it says in part:

I understand that the transfer of my personal data to the . . . ecclesiastical Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses (the “Governing Body”) in the State of New York, United
States of America, may be necessary.

Any thoughts?