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  1930s Article on Disfellowshipping

  by Shepherd Book in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  back when i was just lurking on this board, someone posted some information from an old wtower or awake!

  that showed the society was against disfellowshipping.

  the society said it hurt people, and that if people choose to disagree with the borganization, they should have full liberty of conscience to do so.

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  bennyk

  I believe the article you seek is "Dwell in Peace" from April 1920. Sorry -- I don't have a copy handy.
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  Your Cong = Which Songs or Band were "Demonic?" Did you toss albums?

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  let me start = "kiss" stood for knights in satans service, "ac/dc" was anti-christ devils children.

  "hotel california" was demonic who knew!

  "yummy yummy yummy i've got love in my tummy.

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  bennyk

  Based on the fact that half the time one can barely understand what they're singing forwards [sic!], it seems unlikely one would understand anything at all when it is sung or spoken backwards. And in any event, if a faithful Witness heard something that objectionable (even subconsciously), wouldn't that neccessarily result in an unwillingness to continue listening to the song?

  -- bennyk (of the "yeah, my little sister tossed my Led Zeppelin albums" class)
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  Mr. Flippers Son Gets Latest Letter from Witness Mother- He Does Not Reply

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello my friends.

  well , my son got the latest, i think last letter for awhile, hopefully from his witness mother .

  of course she put lots of guilt on him again about not being a witness !

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  bennyk

  You can always visit the Kingdom Hall nearby you. It doesn't cost a thing.

  It may cost you a great deal: Your family, your friends, your sanity, your future, -- maybe even your life.
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  Feb 15th Watchtower Study Edition - NEW LIGHT - Article in PDF

  by AlphaOmega in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the generation seeing the sign .

  ' previously, this journal has explained that in the first century, "this generation" mentioned at matthew 24:34 meant "the contemporaneous generation of unbelieving jews.

  not the whole magazine, but this is the new light article.. .

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  bennyk

  Does anyone know of the thread that mentioned that this was actually a teaching from the 1930s ?

  (Actually, 1927) Your wish is granted: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/143844/1.ashx
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  They want to make me an elder :-O

  by outofthebox in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is the third elder that tells me that the body of elders will recommend me as an elder in the next visit of the co.. what do you think i should do?

  some facts:.

  i am still 'in' because of my family.i am ms.i am doing 10+ fake hours (well, some months it is fake), so they see my "spiritual" progress.-ootb.

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  bennyk

  Skeeter1 writes:

  But, what will you do when it comes to a serious issue like pedophilia & blood?

  I am unwilling to give you advice on this subject -- except: Do NOT accept an appointment as Elder if you will be unable to do the right thing when push comes to shove.
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  The Third Wave...a 1972 Social Experiment....

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/auxiliary/psychology/frank/thirdwave.html.

  this is a fairly long read.

  please read it.

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  bennyk

  there was another one where people were instructed to give electric shocks to people to the point of (as far as they knew) killing the subject and most followed the instructions of their superior.

  Right; documented in Obedience to Authority by Stanley Milgram. Scary stuff.
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  Famous Last Words

  by faundy in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  it's a little-known fact that stingrays like foreplay, as i will show you here.... .

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  bennyk

  "I'm dead, Jim." -- Dr. Leonard McCoy (Star Trek)

  The nurse reached in under the covers to feel the patient's feet: "He is yet alive. No one ever died with warm feet." The man opened his eyes, briefly. "Joan of Arc did..." (true story)

  "I sure hope I don't have another night like that one..." -- Humphrey Bogart (and he didn't!)
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  Which WT teachings did RAY FRANZ mean were "an insult to Jesus Christ"?

  by yesidid in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in another thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/147300/2.ashx .

  don cameron quotes ray franz:.

  "it would be an insult to christ jesus to say that he selected this organization on the basis of what it had been teaching as of 1919.. to which teachings would you say he was referring?

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  bennyk

  (Recycled old post [23. Oct. 2006]:)

  W 01. April 1986 QfR:

  Do we have Scriptural precedent for taking such a strict position? Indeed we do! Paul wrote about some in his day: "Their word will spread like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of that number. These very men have deviated from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already occurred; and they are subverting the faith of some." (2 Timothy 2:17, 18; see also Matthew 18:6.) There is nothing to indicate that these men did not believe in God, in the Bible, in Jesus’ sacrifice. Yet, on this one basic point, what they were teaching as to the time of the resurrection, Paul rightly branded them as apostates, with whom faithful Christians would not fellowship.

  This is most fascinating. When the F&DS was supposedly appointed in 1919, the Watch Tower Society was still teaching that the Resurrection had begun in 1878 -- a teaching not altered until 1927 -- and which teaching the WTS now rejects as false. Does it not bugger the imagination to believe the Lord appointed over all his belongings an organisation that (by its own published standard) would be 'rightly branded apostate, with whom faithful Christians would not fellowship'?
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  Do you condemn the Society's no-blood policy and still do not DONATE BLOOD?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  it's your decision to make.

  it would be as wrong of this community to insist everyone donate blood as it is of the cult to insist otherwise.

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  bennyk

  That is the case; however:

  On May 28, 2002, the United StatesFood and Drug Administration instituted a policy that excludes from donation anyone who spent at least 6 months in certain Western European countries, (or 3 months in the United Kingdom), from 1980 to 1996. (wiki).
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  NEED HELP WITH 'NEW LIGHT' & THE GENERATION DOCTRINE

  by Mary in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was talking to gumby today and he told me that one elder that he knows said: "...he heard a gb mention of some new light about the "generation".

  he said the gb member said they now believe that scripture applied to only the annointed...".

  have we had any discussions on jwd about this?

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  bennyk

  The first thread regarding this "New Light" is here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/143678/1.ashx

  The rebuttal to their new light is here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/143844/1.ashx

  Hope this helps!