Posts by neat blue dog

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New JWism in April broadcast?

by AuntBee in

does anyone know what it means to be "securely wrapped up in the bag of life"?

is this a new special wt terminology?

they said it or a slight variant of it, several times in the broadcast, perhaps 3?

neat blue dog

That one takes the cake, er, garlic bread.

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neat blue dog

Is the data consent form coming to the USA, or only Europe??

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Movie-goers can be fickle (great movies that should've enjoyed huge box-office success)

by LoveUniHateExams in

just thought i'd start a thread about this topic.. john carpenter's the thing (1982) was a great film, one of his best imo.

for me, it's right up there with alien (1979) as one of the greatest sci-fi horror films ever made.

and yet one film made anything between $100 - 200 million at the box office whereas the other made only $19 million.

neat blue dog

The Star Wars prequel trilogy. Oh wait, they were commercially and critically successful.

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My search for religion.

by joe134cd in

since leaving the jws i have become more interested in finding out about other faiths.

here are a few of my findings.. lds: i just couldnt get my head around the mental gymnastics i would have to do to understand their doctrines and theology.

i attended their services twice.

neat blue dog

Hi joe134cd, thanks for sharing your spiritual journey. As a Christian, my personal opinion is that when the Bible says to avoid "sects" and other similar thoughts, this applies to all denominations. Any subdivision of Christianity is in effect a sect, and as such there can be no true religion in the sense of any one denomination that 'has it'. What makes Christians different than ancient Israel is that now God deals with individuals and their personal faith. Not that it's wrong to fellowship with other Christians, even in church settings, but I don't think it should take precedence, and I'd never want to get dogmatic/set in my ways or 'go beyond the things written'. Do your best to maintain you personal autonomy, and never give your faith away to humans.

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I got back from the memorial . . .

by neat blue dog in

it was pretty mundane for the most part, same songs, same outline.

the only new thing they added was the video at the end, where stephen lett speaks to the visitors and commends them for coming and recommends they go to jwdotorg and also start a bible study.

they also showed a bar graph with figures increasing every year for jws, memorial attendance and memorial partakers.

neat blue dog

For those that missed it:

I already said April Fools 😄

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How long since your last memorial?

by NewYork44M in

jw
friends

this is my 15th year without going to the memorial.

based on comments, it seems i did not miss anything.

.

neat blue dog

21 1/2 hours.

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I got back from the memorial . . .

by neat blue dog in

it was pretty mundane for the most part, same songs, same outline.

the only new thing they added was the video at the end, where stephen lett speaks to the visitors and commends them for coming and recommends they go to jwdotorg and also start a bible study.

they also showed a bar graph with figures increasing every year for jws, memorial attendance and memorial partakers.

neat blue dog

aaand . . . April Fools

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I got back from the memorial . . .

by neat blue dog in

it was pretty mundane for the most part, same songs, same outline.

the only new thing they added was the video at the end, where stephen lett speaks to the visitors and commends them for coming and recommends they go to jwdotorg and also start a bible study.

they also showed a bar graph with figures increasing every year for jws, memorial attendance and memorial partakers.

neat blue dog

It was pretty mundane for the most part, same songs, same outline. The only new thing they added was the video at the end, where Stephen Lett speaks to the visitors and commends them for coming and recommends they go to JWdotORG and also start a Bible study. They also showed a bar graph with figures increasing every year for JWs, memorial attendance and memorial partakers. He said that since the number of partakers has been steadily rising in recent years, it is proof of God's blessing and the nearness of the end, seeing as these figures can't be sustained for too many years without exceeding 144,000, therefore evidently the end must be close.

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Roll Call for the benefit of Newbies and Lurkers. In One Sentence tell why you left the Org.

by Wasanelder Once in

roll call for the benefit of newbies and lurkers.

in one sentence tell why you left the org.

not 2 sentences.

neat blue dog

I re-read the Bible and saw that their teachings cannot be backed up by it.

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Go to memorial tonight and chug the entire cup when it's passed to you

by Bad_Wolf in

jw
friends

has anybody done this?

i'd love to hear the story.

i wonder how they'd scramble to fix that if somebody chugged the whole glass, and even more if was set up with two people to sit in places to get both glasses at the same time.

neat blue dog

Perry, good to see you again. I haven't seen you in a while but I always enjoy your posts.