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  Not JW related, but I've published a novel

  by JeffT in

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  it's an alternate history called "1910: war in the pacific," about a (mostly naval) war between the united states and japan after the japanese buy alaska from the russians it's now on sale on amazon in both print and kindle formats.

  it grew out of a short story i wrote a number of years ago.

  that story was just posted on jeffthomasbooks.wordpress.com.

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  it should be available on your side of the pond, although it may take a while to get listed there

  Alaska?
  
  
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  How Is The Governing Body Viewed Today By Jehovah’s Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  are they revered like the pope is to catholics??

  back in the 1960s , fred franz and n.h knorr were the only men that counted.

  after franz died, the governing body became more of an idolized entity.

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  One older brother LITERALLY used the word infallible to describe the GB, but I'm sure most JWs wouldn't go that far. Still for all intents and purposes they do view them that way even if they technically don't. As for one or two of them vs. all of them as a body, there seemed to be a little overlap, with Henschel getting grouped along with the past presidents out of habit, and the GB as the supreme entity arising from there.
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  I was privy to an irate phone witnessing conversation

  by joe134cd in

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  i happened to be privy to a phone witnessing conversation that my aged father was conducting, the person on the other end just climbed into him.

  he got real nasty and my father ended up hanging up on him.

  i could see that my father was distressed about it, but or course put it down to satan and persecution.

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  Out of curiosity was the "householder" trying to debate him or just plain angry?
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  Don't forget to donate!

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the lucrative events otherwise known as assemblies and conventions are cancelled, which i'm sure has hit the wts in the pocketbook a little.

  so the newest article on jwdotorg reminds us all yet again of the online recurring donation feature that takes credit and debit cards.. https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/global/making-electronic-donations-in-view-of-covid-19-precautions/.

  a 74-year-old publisher .

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  I donate locally

  That often can be the best way to do it 👍
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  Don't forget to donate!

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the lucrative events otherwise known as assemblies and conventions are cancelled, which i'm sure has hit the wts in the pocketbook a little.

  so the newest article on jwdotorg reminds us all yet again of the online recurring donation feature that takes credit and debit cards.. https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/global/making-electronic-donations-in-view-of-covid-19-precautions/.

  a 74-year-old publisher .

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  The lucrative events otherwise known as assemblies and conventions are cancelled, which I'm sure has hit the WTS in the pocketbook a little. So the newest article on JWdotORG reminds us all yet again of the online recurring donation feature that takes credit and debit cards.

  https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/global/Making-Electronic-Donations-in-View-of-COVID-19-Precautions/

  a 74-year-old publisher . . . says: “It is so easy; if I can do it, anybody can do it. It makes me so happy to know my donation is taken care of.”
  Brother Eduardo Paiva from Brazil . . . states: “Recently, I realized that it is a perfect way to continue supporting the worldwide work in times of emergency and difficulties. We can use this way to keep expressing our gratitude and love in these last days.”

  It concludes by noting that some JWs may not be able to donate as much as before, but they still continue to support "Jehovah's organization".
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  Find the Beatles Songs in the Picture

  by Simon in

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  some light entertainment ... there are apparently 39 beatles songs hidden in the picture, but depending on how to interpret some of them you may come up with more.. please post one each, to give everyone a go, and describe where the song is in the picture (so it's not just coming up with a list of beatles songs).

  also, check for existing answers - i'll post summaries to show the ones already identified.. .

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  Are either the man waving bye or the kids running into each other You Won't See Me?
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  Find the Beatles Songs in the Picture

  by Simon in

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  some light entertainment ... there are apparently 39 beatles songs hidden in the picture, but depending on how to interpret some of them you may come up with more.. please post one each, to give everyone a go, and describe where the song is in the picture (so it's not just coming up with a list of beatles songs).

  also, check for existing answers - i'll post summaries to show the ones already identified.. .

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  You forgot to add Hard Days Night to the list. What the heck I'll go again: The Man playing the hammer/ring the bell game has a bell at the top. Maybe its' name is Michelle?
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  Find the Beatles Songs in the Picture

  by Simon in

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  2. entertainment

  some light entertainment ... there are apparently 39 beatles songs hidden in the picture, but depending on how to interpret some of them you may come up with more.. please post one each, to give everyone a go, and describe where the song is in the picture (so it's not just coming up with a list of beatles songs).

  also, check for existing answers - i'll post summaries to show the ones already identified.. .

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  Hard Day's Night

  bottom left
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  JW's & the 7th angel

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  2. beliefs

  thank you john mieras.

  https://www.watchtower.exposed/2020/04/11/jehovahs-witnesses-the-7th-angel/.

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  Wow, how did I never notice that?

  Summary: So out of the seven angels with seven trumpets, current theology says that the seventh was blown in 1914 when Jesus supposedly became king. But 'present truth' ALSO holds that the sixth trumpet was blown between 1914 and 1918 during the 'cleansing' . . . So there's an obvious contradiction here 🤔
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  A perfect world

  by wasone in

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  the movie.

  released in 1993. i only recently saw on streaming channel axis tv.

  it stars kevin castner (butch) as an escaped convict who befriends a young witness boy( philip) who he has taken hostage.

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  As I recall there were several glaring inaccuracies that anyone around JWs would know better than to include. I forget if it was belief in hell or something else. I think the idea was to it just be a 'devout' religion and they eenie-meenie-minie-moed on Jehovah's Witnesses, and thought the story was more important than technical accuracy.