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  What went through your mind when you saw this Picture?

  by John Aquila in

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  Village Idiot

  Some of them looked like hippies with those bands on their heads. The ones up front were also looking in every direction except that of the people (the faithful) they were supposed to have been attacking.
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  First President Of The Watchtower Society

  by William Penwell in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was reading on wikipedia about the watchtower society and it lists a william henry conley as the first president of the wt society (1881-1884).

  i was wonder if this is correct and why the modern jw's have eliminated him from the societies history?

  the only thing is the society was not incorporated till 1884 with russel as president.

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  Village Idiot

  Charles Russell may not have been the "first president" of the IBSA/JWs but he sure was the founder.
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  Was Anyone Disfellowshipped Twice? How About Three Times?

  by anewme in

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  2. friends

  years ago there was this guy ****** ******* i'll never forget him.

  disfellowshipped 3 times!!!!

  at the last dfing announcement the brother got up there and yelled into the mic .

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  I knew an elder who was disfellowshipped three times. Twice for pharmaceutical drug abuse and once for adultery.

  He was in my judicial committee.
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  search box not working

  by lefty in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  using a samsung galaxy s4 , the search box opens, but once selected the box diappears.

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  The search box works fine on my PC.

  Oh, and welcome to the forum. Tell us a little about yourself.
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  Watch Tower Society owns web domains: www.MT2414.com and www.PS8318.com

  by Gilgamesh in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  (my apologies if this was already discussed somewhere else.).

  i noticed that the domain www.mt2414.com was taken, and when i tested it, it was a mirror of the log in portion of the www.jw.org site, where you can look up assemblies, kingdom halls, and make either one time or recurring donations.

  so i created an account there (you can use fake form information as long as it's a real email address for email verification).

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  I tried mt2434.com but had no luck. I wonder why.
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  Was Anyone Disfellowshipped Twice? How About Three Times?

  by anewme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  years ago there was this guy ****** ******* i'll never forget him.

  disfellowshipped 3 times!!!!

  at the last dfing announcement the brother got up there and yelled into the mic .

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  Village Idiot

  So Randy, would you like to tell us about your disfellowshippings?

  Oh, and welcome to the forum.
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  Women going topless in NYC.

  by Fisherman in

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  2. humour

  within the past couple of days, women in nyc are going around topless in public.

  i read in a news article, that in new york city, there are no laws against women going topless in public.the article says that family people are getting offended and they want to stop topless women in public.

  in europe women show their breasts on on tv, the beach, and breast feeding in public.

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  But think of all the car accidents that will occur.
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  JW org: all take and no give?

  by Half banana in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just a thought here, prompted by oppostates thread on magazine money owed to the org..

  if an average congregation coughs up $3500 per year just on mags alone... and there are 114,416 congs world-wide; that would mean that jw suckers are feeding the ravenous maw of the org by $400,456,000 (heading towards half a billion dollars) each year.

  this does not include other literature, or ...money so cleverly pledged in perpetuity for khs that the punters will never own even if they pay for them and build them, not to mention the vast income from property appreciation and major stock investments... and then there is the shameless raiding of family inheritances plus other sundry monies gifted to them..

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  Half banana:

  "...then there is the shameless raiding of family inheritances plus other sundry monies gifted to them."

  Jesus to the Pharisees:

  “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions! 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’ 11 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)— 12 then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother. 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.” - Mark 7:9-13 New International Version
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  Epigenetics and Why Women are Stripey

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  take five minutes to learn something new today.... here is a very brief introduction to epigenetics with an interesting practical example.. ....

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  Village Idiot

  Thanks cofty. The scary part is when he says that what your grandparents did might have an influence on what you do now.
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  Lurker - just joined

  by Je.suis.oisif in

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  2. experiences

  hi all, nothing to report just now.

  wanted to add name to list of those awakening.

  been lurking for nearly a year.

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  Village Idiot

  Welcome Je.suis. Hope you join in the excitement of JWC.