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  No New Order?

  by techton in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm a newbie here...but i remember posts about jesus never having mentioned the prospect of eternal life on earth.......my personal theory is that as the numbers of jw's began to go past 144,000 in the mid-1930s, it was felt that an explanation had to be offered to the rank-and-file, and the idea of the "great crowd" living eternally on earth fit the bill......so much so that an explosion of numbers began because no one wanted to be left out on the prospect of eternal life in paradise.. if a business can tell people something, and it dramatically increases traffic, isn't the temptation too great?

  wouldn't, in time, the benefits seem to outweigh the negatives (such as a compromise to honesty, and, in fact, wouldn't the original lie be lost to the sands of time?.

  my dad (a widower, who has been in the org.

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  I need advice quickly please

  by alison in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  about a few days ago i went to hand in my final paper at a university in manhattan.

  i won't go into details about the school because i want to keep it to a certain extent personal.

  there is this professor that is 38years old but he looks like he is 26 years old.

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  Oh catalytic converter, where art thou?

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the p0420 code is showing up again on my car... everyone i talk to agrees that the problem is with the catalytic converter(s).

  the problem i am having is that no one (including the dealer) can tell me how many or where my catalytic converter(s) are.

  i have heard people say that there is 1, 2 and even 3 catalytic converters.. so far the most plausable (and financially disturbing) thing i have heard is that there is one "catalytic converter" just before the muffler and two "pre-catalytic converters" attached to the exauhst manafolds on each side of the v6 engine.

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  Chevy's for lunch in So. Cal anyone?

  by ApagaLaLuz in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  alright, why should we let the northerners have all the fun.

  why dont we meet up next week for lunch somewhere?

  i was think making the chevy's in ontario, since it was mentioned before.

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  Nice encounter with a JDub

  by BoozeRunner in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hey folks, i havent posted in a while, but this experience was worth telling.

  last wednesday while at work (a family retail shoe store),.

  an older sister from my last congregation came in to make a purchase.

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  Ask A Good Question

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  go ahead.

  ask anything that you want to ask.

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  I guess it's my turn to sit on the sidelines and watch in frustration.

  by TheSilence in

  1. social
  2. family

  it has happened... my sister is pregnant... and i have very mixed emotions about it.. i am so happy for her, i know they've been trying for a while and it's what she really wants.

  it will make her happy.

  and i love my nieces and nephews, i know i will love her child just as much.

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