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  Found an Old Letter

  by Scully in

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  2. friends

  i was going through an old file folder a few days ago and came across this letter i wrote to our old congregation regarding renovations that had been proposed.

  at the time, i was very upset with the way the proposals were steam-rollered through (i think the sentiment comes across nicely in my letter lol).

  has anything like this ever happened elsewhere??

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  The Privilege of Handling the Microphones

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  one of the most unbelievable privileges that a brother could have was being a microphone handler.

  elders would discuss brothers for hours and see whether or not we would allow them to mow the lawn or handle a mike.

  i always felt that these brothers were doing us a favor but if they didn't get a minimum of 10 hours in per month, they were dog crap and couldn't have any privileges.

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  Re: Mad Apostate's form letter

  by Mulan in

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  2. friends

  in regards to the following letter, that mad apostate posted last week: .

  to whom it may concern: .

  your harassing inquiries into our personal affairs are not welcomed, and any further attempts at such will result in legal action against the individual harassers, the --city--, --state-- congregation of jehovah's witnesses, the watchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc., the christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses, inc., and all associated watchower legal entities.

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  Jehovah is sifting the organization

  by YoYoMama in

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  2. friends

  jehovah keeps sifting and cleanning out the organization.

  this board is proof of that sifting work.

  congratulations on being cleansed out of jehovah's organization because of your inmoral and prideful lives.

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  Fight Watchtower Arrogance Personally!

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i recently attended a wedding of two nominal witnesses.

  who couldn't use the kingdom hall because they were.

  irregular/in active in field service - although fairly.

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  Validity of 607 BCE date

  by stevieb1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anyone on here ever come across the tiniest shred of evidence supporting this date for the fall of jerusalem.

  i understand rolf furuli is about to but something out on this subject (see elihubooks.com), however even a table of contents has been a long time in coming from this site.

  if no evidence exists what can he possibly be writing about?

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  Gleaning at Bethel

  by Black Man in

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  2. friends

  want to see bethelites act like greedy scavengers?

  just check out the tail end of bethel family breakfast, lunch or dinners.

  for those not familar with this phenomenon, gleaning was when bethelites could basically bring their tupperware dishes down and store up on the leftover meals once the family was dismissed (usually by prayer, except for the bethel dinner).

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  JUSTICE #9 - We're Gonna Get You!

  by Amazing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was very close friends with brother "kind" who was a jw for over 30 years.

  kind did not know this file existed.. one evening, bro.

  the po was on the committee, and bro.

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  What is an Amicus Brief

  by 3acrewood in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi, waiting, and all others concerned about this amicus brief:.

  just to set the record straight - i have been a legal secretary for over 20 years, and i assure you there is nothing shady about the society filing an amicus brief in regard to this swaggart thing.

  an amicus brief is filed in cases in which the verdict could set a precedent that would or could have an adverse affect on other parties not involved in the suit (i.e., other religious organizations, corporations, etc.).

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  The three wise men

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just a thought.... looking through the greatest man book, something just occurred to me which i can't recall has ever been highlighted (but please correct me).. i always thought it a bit strange that jehovah allowed the three pagan astrologers to find jesus especially as they were obviously guided to him by satan's star (remember they were led to herod first who wanted to kill the messiah).

  what purpose did it serve?.

  well, a few pages earlier in tgm book, we see mary presenting a dove as a sin offering at the temple - this was the cheapest offering that was acceptable which must have meant that they were pretty poor at the time.. shortly after the three wise men visited the family had to flee to egypt when herod started to kill all the young boys in an attempt to kill jesus.. what would they need to travel and live as exiles for a couple of years?.

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