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  R Rated Movies

  by Swamboozled in

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  for those of you who tried to follow the no rated r movies "suggestion", what rated r movie did you run out and get after you decided the society could shove their "suggestions"?

  i was dying to see both matrix movies, so they were the first i rented.

  swam

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  Never cared whether the Watchtower rated a film as objectionable or not. All the Dirty Harry films were rated R, but that didn't stop my exwife and I from seeing them even though I was an elder at the time. In fact when we went to the cinema to see The Enforcer back in the 70s there was an elder-pioneer from another congregation in the same queue to see the film.
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  Remember when KH's had a piano and real singing?

  by WingCommander in

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  the thread about got me thinking about my very early childhood, back when witnesses were allowed to be social and have get togethers.

  they also had a piano in every congregation i ever attended, and an older sister would always play the kingdom melody.

  there was actual singing - not mindless droning and humming.

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  Sure do. Brings back some fond memories.

  We had two sisters who rotated the piano playing duties. One was in her 30s and she played the songs by the book, nothing added. The other sister was in her early 70s and as a young woman had played honky tonk piano on stage and in night clubs. She always jazzed up the songs, which brought a few giggles from us younger ones.

  But there was a meeting where the younger piano player left during the meeting due to an illness and the older sister was away on vacation so at the conclusion of the meeting the Congregation servant asked if someone would like to play the closing song. A brother who was irregular about meeting attendance volunteered. Earlier in life he had played with an orchestra and was a talented pianist. Unfortunately this evening he was sauced. Not that I blame him, he probably needed the spirits to get through the meeting. However, because of his inebriated state the kingdom song had a slightly different musical score. It was hard for me to keep from bursting out laughing. Don't think they ever let him play again at the KH after that.
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  My Part in Apostate History

  by noni1974 in

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  i went to my local library to find in search of christan freedom by ray franz.they didn't have it.so i asked if they could try to get it from another library for me.they took my name and address and phone number and told me i would get something in the mail when they got it.. .

  i got a letter for them last week telling me it was in.i went yeasterday to pick it up.i was happly supprized to find out they had bought it from amazon .com.now it will be in the library system for others to read.i'm planning on doing the same for c of c.if they don't buy that one i'm going to donate my copy to them.this is my little part to help others who have questions and want to read up on jw's.. .

  i know it's a small part and all i did was ask.boy am i proud.

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  Don't know if it still happens, but back in the 80s when Crisis of Conscience first came out our local library had 3 copies. But within a year all 3 were stolen or misplaced. Also lost or stolen was the library's copy of Timothy White's A People For His Name and Barbara Harrison's Visions Of Glory. None of the books were rare editions or autographed by the authors so they weren't valuable in a monetary sense.
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  What outward signs of apostacy are evident in your house?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  if the elders came and inspected your home - what would they find?.

  a casual look around reveals a box of "narnia" tissues on my desk, 12 or 14 non-witness translations of bibles on my shelves, many non approved novels [wifey's] on the reading table, plenty of 'apostate literature', a book or two on meditation, a hypnosis cd for weight loss, prob many toys that are not witness approved in the g-kids room, a half eaten birthday cake, a birthday balloon, xmas wrapping paper in the closet , a couple of r rated movies, music that is not acceptable.. that is just at first blush.

  how is your house?

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  The JWs would probably be shocked just coming up the walkway to my house. I have a statue of St. Francis in the front to greet them. Near the rose garden is a statue of St. Patrick and across the walk is a statue of Our Lady. On the wall above my bed is a Jerusalem Cross and on the left side of the dresser mirror hangs a Catholic Rosary, and on the right is a Russian Orthodox Rosary. However, the JWs would probably consider these items Babylonish rather than apostasy. Though I do have Crisis of Conscience and In Search of Christian Freedom in my library. Possession of these books would probably get one the apostate label
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  Have Witness Funerals and Memorial Services Changed?

  by Athanasius in

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  after reading the thread on mickey spillane's memorial service it sounded like the jws are changing their funeral program.

  or was this because of spillane's celebrity status?

  in the past the witness funeral outline told the elder conducting the memorial service not eulogize the deceased, but to promote watchtower doctrines.

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  After reading the thread on Mickey Spillane's memorial service it sounded like the JWs are changing their funeral program. Or was this because of Spillane's celebrity status? In the past the Witness funeral outline told the elder conducting the memorial service not eulogize the deceased, but to promote Watchtower doctrines.
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  What Did You LOVE About Being a Jehovah's Witness?

  by Seeker4 in

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  ok. minimus had his 'what did you hate about being a jw' thread, so i want to take a different tack on this.

  i'll even start it.

  i loved some of the get-togethers we had.

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  Nothing in particular.
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  HELP

  by ColdRedRain in

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  i need to get some apostochecks for the assembly later today.

  i wanna leave a major suprise in the cont boxes and i don't have much time.

  can somebody please give me some?

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  I like the $3 Russell bill that Comments From the Friends used to print. It had Russell's picture on the front and his pyramid on the back. The logo said that "the Watchtower was as phoney as a three dollar bill." When I attended a DC back in 89 I dropped a few in the contribution boxes. The JW money changers must have thought the apostates had infiltrated the convention.
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  Good Bible translation?

  by grey matters in

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  i quit reading the bible when i left the org.

  i would like to start again, but am averse to reading the nwt.

  has anyone found a translation they like?

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  I like the Revised English Bible and the New Jerusalem Bible.
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  Can someone tell me from which booklet this comes from?

  by avengers in

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  That ribbon looks like it was from a Laymen's Home Missionary Movement convention. They hold their yearly conventions in Pennsylvania and still use the Cross and Crown symbol. This group was founded by Paul S. L. Johnson who broke with Rutherford in 1917. They publish The Bible Standard and The Present Truth magazines. They have a website so this should be easy to research.

  Rutherford banned the Cross and Crown from Watchtower publications in the early 1930s.
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  What Things Did You Hate About Being A Jehovah's Witness?

  by minimus in

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  anything in particular?

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  District and Circuit conventions, Field Service, and Circuit Overseer's visit.