the society's view is more like "he that is not for us is against us"
for us = active member going to meetings and field service
They have a lot reasoning like this, too many things are either one extreme or the other, there is no in-between.
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One Devastating Bible Passage
by Farkel ini used the following quote from mark 9:38-40 in another thread, but thought it might be worthy to have people comment about it in its own thread: .
"john said to him: "teacher, we saw a certain man expeling demons by the use of your name and we tried to prevent him, because he was not accompanying us.
but jesus said: "do not try to prevent him, for there is no one that will do a powerful work on the basis of my name that will quickly be able to revile me, for he that is not against us is for us.
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1914--It is still there. The more they change the more they stay the same.
by jayhawk1 ina relative of mine had some jehovah's witnesses stop by and give her the august 1, 2004, watchtower.
much to my surprise, well not really, i found this on page 5 in the article gods kingdom government.
it says, "rather than being an abstract condition of the herart, god's kingdom is a real government thta has accomplished wonderful deeds since its inauguration in heaven it 1914.".
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You cannot weaken 1914 without weakening 1919. No 1914, no 1919 special attention from God as the only true religion
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I am attending an assembly.
by jwbot inthe circuit assembly is coming up in september.
there are several reasons i am going:it is at the maine center for the arts, at my college.
i really like this place, it would be interesting..my mother told me that i would not be shunned ("what would be the point on going?
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I'm not saying you can't enjoy being with your family, I'm glad that you can spend some time with them..
I just think that this may cause them to put increasing pressure on you and your choices in life
I know that if I went to an assembly the only conversation I would hear the whole day would be about whatever excellent point brother so-and-so brought up in whatever talk, and what an excellent demonstration that was, and didn't you enjoy the illustration used to get random point across.. and it wouldn't end there, I would be hearing it for the next week.. "we should try please Jehovah in EVERYTHING we do"
to me that is a waste of time, I would end up feeling more pissed off at my family than anything else..
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I am attending an assembly.
by jwbot inthe circuit assembly is coming up in september.
there are several reasons i am going:it is at the maine center for the arts, at my college.
i really like this place, it would be interesting..my mother told me that i would not be shunned ("what would be the point on going?
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Surely you're just building up their expectations that any day now you're going to realise how wrong your current actions are that you would like to return to Jehovah and have all you sins forgiven (blah blah..)?
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Diet
by desib77 inanyone have success with weight watchers?.
what works best for you when you want to lose weight?
i guess i'm mainly asking the ladies...it seems like it is always so easy for men to drop weight.
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eat less, exercise for at least an hour every day, drink 3 litres of water a day
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Michael Jackson (JW?) attends AME Church????
by blondie inthe pop star - who is a jehovah's witness - was mobbed by fans after he arrived at the first ame church and thanked some children for their support.. .
jackson's attorney, mesereau attended the morning service along with his famous client who was introduced to the congregation.. .
following the service, jackson walked to a nearby sunday school classroom to thank some children for sending him letters of support.. .
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if the link doesn't work try copy paste this one.. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw109271682213B226 he seems to go out of his way to spend time with children.. even if he's not proven guilty yet surely there should be some temporary measures to keep him away from them?
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Friday the 13th
by Elsewhere inboo!
one bad thing did happen this morning... i woke up to find that my personal domain is down.
i'm waiting for a response from my hosting company to let me know what is going on..
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I set three different alarm clocks for this morning because I HAD to be at work early
I slept through the first one, the second ones battery went flat during the night and
the third just didn't ring. I was testing it to see what the problem was and it worked
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TO ALL NEWBIES,,,,,
by kls inplease except our welcome to you all.
sometimes we may miss your intro posting but know that you are all welcome.
just jump right in and answer a post or start a new one.
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Can You Help Me Identify This Mystery Object?
by Englishman inthis has got me beat.. some weeks ago, my son's fiancee's father (phew!
) gave me this object as a curio to keep on a display shelf.
he said that he hadn't a clue as to what it was.
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this is a totally random guess..
if its made of copper/bronze, it would be a decent heat conductor.. and it has a screwy thingy and a thermometer, it might have been used to messure what effect increasing pressure would have on temperature..
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I thought this was excellent