Crooked Lumpy Vessel

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  Birthdays..... Now A Conscience Matter

  by Latte in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from our readers (awake!

  july 8 2004)

  pinatas i read with interest the article ?the pinata - an ancient tradition?

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  Where is the MONEY REALLY GOING? -- Special Assembly Days, etc

  by EyeDrEvil in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have always wondered why it cost so much to "rent" the space used for local special assembly days and circuit assemblies.... in our case, the society built a large assembly hall, on donated farm land (= free), in the middle of some corn fields 20 miles outside of columbus, ohio... the property has a couple of apartments where some of the travelling overseers live, who help with the upkeep of the building.

  cleaning the building was taken care of because of our "privilege" to go out the day before the assembly to get it in good shape (free housekeeping and maintenance work).. so, the society owns the building.

  it was built on free land.

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  Time! Where do you find it?

  by Crooked Lumpy Vessel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my hubby and i were trying to put together a reasonable schedule once.

  we had meeting on sunday, ministry school on tuesday, book study on wednesday and service on saturday.

  ok we have the watchtower before the sunday meeting that needs to be read, all the scriptures looked up and hidden definitions to research, same with the book study, the service meeting and if you had a part on the school, you had to spend time putting that together.

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  What makes you get through the boring meeting!

  by DaCheech in

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  2. friends

  i sing the songs with different words (we are lying, uhm uhm uhm), (you are fooled by the gb, uhm uhm hum)

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  how much Nepotism in the congregations?

  by badboy in

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  2. friends

  know any examples?

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  Disturbing phone call yesterday....

  by codeblue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i would have posted this yesterday but for some reason it was unavailable.. i called one of my jw sisters, my turn to call.. a couple of months ago we all got together...hadn't seen any of them in 5 years.. well...she met my hubby and she said what he said was bothering her...i said: oh, i wasn't in the conversation what was it that bothered her....(my first mistake) seems like he brought up the un letter and something about what the real good news is.. she then started her hitler/nazi questions saying she is concerned about my spirituality....... i told her i have a relationship with jehovah and that is what matters...didn't stop her...i also told her i am a big girl and have taken care of my spirituality since i married the first time and left home.. i got off the subject by calling after my dog...and i was shaking the whole afternoon.. ya all know i am fading....geez...i wasn't prepared for this conversation...i am debating on telling her if she wants to continue a relationship with me then she needs to respect my spirituality and not question it...according to romans 14 where it says: each one has an accounting before god.

  while i was married to husband #1 she never wanted to hear anything negative...so i had no support during that time and during my divorce as well.. she mentions she is concerned about my spirituality cause i don't talk about meetings or field service.

  i would like to reinforce the fact that she doesn't like negative conversations, remind her of my marriage and divorce and after my divorce when i wanted to have an ear to listen to me, but she didn't...so since she set the rules of no negative comments that is why i chose not to talk about meetings or field service because they are negative>.

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  Thank you SAHS and MarkfromCali

  by Crooked Lumpy Vessel in

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  for your kind words....thank you for the hug.

  i know part of me is through a metamorphous.

  i have learned a lot of truth on this board and there is this battle going on inside me.

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  Blatant Lie, or is it possible?

  by pseudoxristos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  quote of a witness, while discussing the jan 1, 1989 watchtower versus the 1989 bound volume:

  "the apostle paul was spearheading the christian missionary activity.

  he was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our 20th century.

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  Poll: Anyone thought they sinned against Holy Spirit? Any anxiety or anger?

  by SAHS in

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  2. friends

  certainly not that i would ever imply that anyone would have sinned against the holy spirit, but i was just wondering how may people either think they may have done this, or in the past thought they may have, or if they felt they were ever a victim of that wt scare tactic.

  if so, did you at some point in your life feel anxiety over it?

  did you ever feel anger about being misled into thinking you had when you realize now that you really couldn?t have (at least by that time)?

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  Coincidences

  by Descender in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had a funny experience the other day.

  i went out with a girl who was into astrology, i personally don't give that sort of thing much credence.

  but as she got to know me, she kept on getting a more and more surprised look on her face.

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