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  I have a Grandson!

  by watson in

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  my first grandson, and he is beautiful.

  i remember so clearly thinking i would never graduate from high school in this "system of things".. .

  this boy will play soccer/football/basketball/band/baseball/camp, whatever the h, e, double l, he is passionate about.. .

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  Just thinking....my grandparents didn't think I'd see my Senior Year in High School. I'm starting a college fund for mine..
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  1973 "Divine Victory" International Assemblies

  by Bungi Bill in

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  2. friends

  how many here attended the "divine victory" international assembly that was held 12- 16 december in christchurch, new zealand?.

  the venue was lancaster park.

  if the truth be known, that stadium was probably a casualty of the february 2011 earthquake?.

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  watson

  Oakland California

  Baptized there
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  May Jehovah rebuke you

  by Londo111 in

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  2. bible

  8 despite this, these men too are indulging in dreams, defiling the flesh, despising authority, and speaking abusively of glorious ones.

  9 but when michael the archangel had a difference with the devil and was disputing about moses body, he did not dare to bring a judgment against him in abusive terms, but said: may jehovah rebuke you.. the watchtower uses this passage in jude against its critics, and applies the term glorious ones toward those in the watchtower hierarchy.. however, a little research will uncover that these glorious ones are as some translations say, not human religious leaders, but angelicmajesties.

  the word for speaking abusively is blasphemeo which means to speak reproachfully, rail at, revile, calumniate, blaspheme.. similarly, bring a judgment against him in abusive terms, a similar word blasphemia arises, which means slander, detraction, speech injurious, to another's good name.. here jude contrasts those who thought so much of themselves, likely gnostics, so as to blaspheme angels, to the archangel michaels approach toward the devil.

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  watson

  All Jehovah's Witnesses view Jehovah as their person hit man.
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  THE QUOTE THE WBATS DENIES MAKING OF 1975!!!

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

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  the wtbats like to state "we never stated when the end will come" when they blatantly have:.

  1969 "if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.

  because all the evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years.

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  watson

  Yes, I remember.. I lived it. I slip up on my "theocratic" lingo sometimes. Those were the days when we had a prez, none of this "rule by committee" stuff!!
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  JWs took off from work in 1975?

  by skeeter1 in

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  a friend of mine is an electrician supervisor.

  back in 1975, one of his employees was a jw.

  the jw was so convinced that 1975 would bring the end of the world, that the jw took off from work (like, the first week in january) and sat on the top of a north carolina mountain waiting for armegheddon.

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  At our hall, the Congregation Servant (Pre elder arrangement) posted a countdown on the "News Board". The Circuit "Servant" told him to take it down....anyway, the Congregation Servant and his wife bought a 27 foot travel trailer around that time and lived in it. They lived in that travel trailer until he died about 30 years later. They "kept it simple".
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  THE QUOTE THE WBATS DENIES MAKING OF 1975!!!

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the wtbats like to state "we never stated when the end will come" when they blatantly have:.

  1969 "if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.

  because all the evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years.

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  watson

  Whaaa???
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  THE QUOTE THE WBATS DENIES MAKING OF 1975!!!

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the wtbats like to state "we never stated when the end will come" when they blatantly have:.

  1969 "if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.

  because all the evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years.

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  The Governing Body never said this. Just some over zealous writers back in Brooklyn. Some of us just didn't know how to read between the lines.
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  Could this be the Atom Bomb when it comes to waking up Someone? Could it Work?

  by BU2B in

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  could this be the home run swing when it comes to waking up a spouse?

  could it work?

  yesterday i was checking out this website http://howcultswork.com/.

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  Hopefully, if they go there they won't click on "About" at the bottom of the page..
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  How the Governing Body celebrated after the launch of the new NWT!

  by 3Mozzies in

  1. social
  2. humour

  we can only imagine what they did on that night .

  for more of my mock wt & awake covers, click 'here'.

  cheers.

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  watson

  Great shot of Lett. He actually looks like that when he gives a talk!
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  Hello, its good to be back, seriously!

  by AllTimeJeff in

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  for the last year or so, the opening lyrics to gloria estefan's "always tomorrow" have been howling at me.. i've been alone inside myself, far too long.

  never really wanted it that way, but i let it happen..... .

  (btw, the message in that song is great for former jw's, if you want to think about the lyrics that way....).

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  watson

  Glad you're back, ATJ.