It was a big deal in the UK. 1975 was featured for the first time for us in a talk at the 1966 assembly held in Cardiff. Many witnesses had travelled to Cardiff by ferry via the Severn estuary. On the journey home, the ferry was packed with JW's and the talk was of little else.
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1975 - JWs in other countries, not just the U.S. also knew about the prediction
by deegee ini have been wondering, if the 1975 prediction was just a rumour started by the rank & file as the wt claims, then how did jws in other countries, a part from the u.s., also come to know about the prediction?.
i started studying with the jws during the 80s when i was a child.
while attending one of my first meetings during that time, a brother commented during the wt study that armageddon did not come in 1975 because it was not known how many years after adam, eve was created.. at the time, i hadn't a clue what the guy was talking about.
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UK Charity Commision reports on Moston, Manchester Congregation.
by snugglebunny inhttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/investigation-leads-to-improvements-in-safeguarding-at-jehovahs-witnesses-charity.
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Dunkirk.
by zeb ini have just seen the film "dunkirk".
do yourselves a big favour and go see it.
(not for kids).
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It was very good. Although that Heinkel bomber seemed to be a threat for most of the film. Plus the UK rolling stock used in the railway scenes were way too modern.
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What Music have you Been Listening to this Last Year ? Post You tubes if you Like !
by flipper inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktxjuyiat4.
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Meanwhile, Verdi rips your heart out..
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What Music have you Been Listening to this Last Year ? Post You tubes if you Like !
by flipper inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktxjuyiat4.
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Fabulous Joe Cocker, sadly died a couple of years back. The buxom blonde is quite easy on the eye..
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On the Subject of Demons, I Have a Story to Tell.
by snugglebunny ini have posted the full story on a fb site.
so my apologies to anyone who's already read it.
some of what i've written is what was told to me by my father.
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Hope you still go to matches!
Yes we do! Here you go, boxing day game at Newport County. We went 2 - 0 down then won 3 - 2.
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Help/Advice on Birthday Present
by Phizzy ini have a very xjw type problem, i am invited to my cousin's 70th birthday party, and really don't know what to buy him.. i only met him a couple of months ago, as my jw parents never encouraged the non-jw side of the family, so i don't know much about him, except that he is retired and his hobby is sailing his boat.. i don't have contact details for his kids etc to ask them for ideas, so could you come up with something please ?
not too extravagant, i am a poor pensioner !
but, it is his 70th.. thanks in advance for any tips !.
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A dictionary. A really big comprehensive dictionary.
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How do I delete my posts?
by The Doc 58 init's been 9 years and it would be nice to get them off the internet.
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Don't delete a thing. Your posts are a part of you - for better or worse - and we all have to live with the consequences of our actions. Sometimes those consequences are good, sometimes they're not. But erasing stuff as though it never existed isn't cricket IMHO.
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Demons and the Witnesses
by corpusdei inok, this one is a little long, but i think it's worth reading.
in putting this together, i came across a fair amount of interesting information about the witnesses and their belief in demons.
there's a lot that i'll be interested to put to the next witness i come acoss (if any of them still quite dare to talk to me after last time.
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The demons brought my Dad into the JW's. https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5681453662732288/on-subject-demons-have-story-tell
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On our Tendency to Hang Labels on Others
by snugglebunny inback to my favourite pet hate of "labelling", ie, someone has such and such an opinion so consequently he must therefore be a part of this or that particular group.
what tosh.
(btw, i've decided that it's ok for politicians to be labelled.
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Back to my favourite pet hate of "labelling", ie, someone has such and such an opinion so consequently he must therefore be a part of this or that particular group. What tosh. (BTW, I've decided that it's OK for politicians to be labelled. This post is about human beings after all.) For example, people say that they - or someone else - is an atheist. Or an agnostic. Or a Creationist. This is total bollox IMHO. It's just not that black or white.
Maybe - just maybe the person being labelled as an atheist thinks it would be really arrogant to state categorically that there definitely is a god, sight unseen, and as a result he's not going to buy into it on the basis of the evidence so far...Is he a true atheist, or is he simply tending to lean in that direction at present?
And maybe - just maybe the person being labelled as a Creationist thinks it would be really arrogant to state categorically that there definitely is not a god, and as a result he's not going to buy into God being non-existent on the basis of the evidence so far... Is he a true Creationist, or is he simply tending to lean in that direction at present?
And even more maybe - maybe the agnostic isn't so open minded after all and is simply playing safe in the hope that there really is a God but that he doesn't actually have to do anything about it and can therefore plead ignorance if he's ever called to task.. :-)