Very few JW's in this area have pets because a pet takes up too much time that could be better utilized in hawking Watchtower comic books.
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WT Policy on Deceased Pet Remains
by KiddingMe inwe will be putting our beloved pet of 13 years to rest soon.
is there a wt policy, written or unwritten on what could be done with the ashes after cremation?
i assume it's basically the same for pets as with humans but i'm not real clear on what that is.
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Church Group Dies in Fiery Crash
by designs ina group of seniors from a baptist church were on their way back from gatlinburg va. where they had preached to the locals.
their bus blew a tire and veered into traffic catching fire in the accident.
8 people died and 14 others were injured.. how do people of faith come to terms with those considered faithful meeting such a tragic end and causing the deaths and injury of others.. ap news service.
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Honesty
Everyone is going to die one day according to the Bible.
Usually, Christians don't fear death and although most of them love life they look forward to spending eternity with Jesus.
The few remaining JW's in my family can't get a grip on the concept.
It blows their minds when they hear a nonJW family member say that they look forward to going home.
JW's also get blown away when they ask a 'householder' if they can pick a date that they want to die and the 'householder' tells them that they have been prepared and looking forward to leaving this world and going home to Jesus.
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Church Group Dies in Fiery Crash
by designs ina group of seniors from a baptist church were on their way back from gatlinburg va. where they had preached to the locals.
their bus blew a tire and veered into traffic catching fire in the accident.
8 people died and 14 others were injured.. how do people of faith come to terms with those considered faithful meeting such a tragic end and causing the deaths and injury of others.. ap news service.
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Honesty
They were on the way home to Statesville, North Carolina
They had been to an annual Fall Jubilee in Gatlinburg, Tennessee (not Virginia) which is an event which features gospel singers and speakers.
The bus crossed the median of I-40 near Jefferson City, TN. hit a SUV occupied by a family from Knoxville and then struck a tractor-trailer in the side of the trailer.
The truck's cab caught fire and the bus had suffered some heat damage. The bus was transported this morning to the Tennessee weigh station on I-81 to be weighed (one of my friends saw it on I-81 headed south towards Knoxville and told me about it when he saw it. I had called him last night at 9:15 P.M. and told him that he may be delayed in traffic because of the wreck. He had been sleeping all afternoon and din't know about it. He has a daily run from Sparta to Greeneville, TN. and we talk every morning as he drives to and from Greeneville).
The truck driver died at the scene. No information on gender or identity.
A passenger in the SUV also died at the scene. No information on gender or identity.
6 people on the bus died at the scene. All were senior citizens and church members.
8 people died at the scene and most of the injured from the bus were transported to UT Hospital in Knoxville.
At least 7 are in serious condition, 2 are in critical condition and 2 are stable. 2 injured people were treated and released at the scene and were not transported to UT.
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HELP. ELDERS COMING TO TALK WITH THE FAMILY
by Thoughtless inso after the annual meeting, on sunday, the elders want to talk with my family.
i do not like this one bit.
perhaps i am being exposed.
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Honesty
Why do you want to study the July Watchtower?
That poison spiritually kills you.
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HELP. ELDERS COMING TO TALK WITH THE FAMILY
by Thoughtless inso after the annual meeting, on sunday, the elders want to talk with my family.
i do not like this one bit.
perhaps i am being exposed.
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Honesty
Why do you have to attend?
You are over 18, aren't you?
Let the family handle them while you go out with friends, go to the park, go fishing, go to a movie or whatever you do for pleasure.
You don't owe the elders anything.
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My Mom Is Finally Seeing The Light!
by minimus ini am very happy that my dear old mom is finally seeing the truth about the "truth".
what hit her like a ton of bricks is the latest wt.
study article that exalts the governing body and pretty much negates everything the bible students and russell, the founder of the watchtower, ever said was truth!.
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Honesty
Congratulations, minimus!
Don't push too hard and it won't be long before she gets real happy about knowing TTATT.
Even if she keeps going to meetings just for the social aspect she might start talking and who knows how many other JW's will wake up because of what she shares with them.
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WT and dual prophecies
by leaving_quietly ingrowing up, i knew of two, maybe three dual prophecies in the bible espoused by wt, matt 24 being the main one (last days), daniel 4 being the other (2520 years), and possibly one other, but i can't recall from back then.
nowadays, it seems as if nearly every prophecy in the bible has two fulfillments, according to wt.
prophecies in jeremiah, malachi 3:1 (yep, right from the 7/15/13... how they get the "jesus inspected the spiritual temple" thing and now that russell was a forerunner to fds 2.0), even psalm 37 has a dual prophecy... most often applied to "paradise earth", it also applied during solomon's reign, when it was a time of peace.
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Honesty
Freaky Freddy Franz was a master when it came to writing fictional stories about 'types' and antitypes' and how the Jehovah's Witnesses were fulfilling them.
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who signed your blood card?
by losingit intwo elders in my congregation signed mine bc hubby couldn't bear the repercussions of either 1- saving my life by allowing the blood transfusion, which would probably lead to him being df'd, and 2- me dying bc he did not allow the blood transfusion and having my parents call him a murderer.. isn't that so nice?
when i most wanted him to represent me, he didn't have the guts, even hypothetically.... so, who signed your blood card?.
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Honesty
It has been so long since I had one of the Death Wish cards that I don't remember if it was signed before I tore it up.
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Nothing.
Most of them would discount any scandal as lies coming from (insert the "A" word).
And the rest of them are so afraid of being shunned that they keep their mouths shut and bob their heads up and down at every mind numbing Watchtower Study along with the other drones.
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Discussion w/ Wife: I Welcome Your Suggestions
by breakfast of champions inso these last few wts have definitely eroded my wife's faith in the org.
she is definitely seeing the bs, and i even overheard her talking openly about it to a family member.
good for her!.
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Honesty
Google "Christian preaching work" and also go to jwfacts.com and look at the information on preaching.
There is a lot of information that may open her eyes even more than they are now.
As for war, there are many individual Christians who don't believe any one should war against tehir fellow man.