my gran always told me that fs was god's way of taking up our time in spiritual things so that we were too tired and had less time to do sins and stuff.
so it didn't matter if you never found a soul in as it was a protection for yourself
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the real purpose of field service
by what_Truth? ini've been racking this around my brain for a minute now.
you've got people puttin in an average of 10 hours a month, giving away countless publications, and still only converting one or two families every 20 years or so.
this raises an obvious question, "if the door to door ministry doesn't bring in converts why do it?
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Other Church Versions of JW Urban Legends
by ValiantBoy ini have a cool evangelical friend that send me inspirational forwarded emails...uggh..love her to death, but find the emails annoying at times.
here's the latest..does it sound at all familiar?
a young university student was home for the summer.
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did anyone hear the one about the brother who visited an poor old lady who always gave him a gift of a bag of peanuts each time he called.
the brother's conscience got the better of him and he told the old lady that she shouldn't buy him gifts when she had so little money.
the old lady laughed and replied that they didn't cost her anything. since she lost her false teeth she could only suck the chocolate off her choc covered peanuts and she didn't like them to go to waste so he was welcome to them
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Movie Recommendations
by sandy inanyone have any movie recommendations for me.
i've been searching the internet but nothing has really caught my interest.
i love foreign films, dramas, comedies.
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zaphod
couldn't agree more about city of god.
fantastic acting, inescapable horror with moments of joy.
amazing.
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"Never was concerned about his destination, only about the trip."
by Schizm innow here's a unique way of expressing a person's idea of going to heaven:
obituary says: "mr. matlock was never concerned about his destination, only about the trip.
jim's concerns were put to rest as he passed very peacefully at home surrounded by his family.
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zaphod
Mr. Matlock was a member of the Church Of Christ, apparently. Being such, he did believe he was destined for heaven.
how can you presume everything that a person believes just from his church membership.
it is evident from this site alone that membership of a religion does not mean that you adhere to all of it's tenets.
not like you to make such an ill thought out comment, schiz
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Movie Recommendations
by sandy inanyone have any movie recommendations for me.
i've been searching the internet but nothing has really caught my interest.
i love foreign films, dramas, comedies.
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this is a really old film, but if you haven't seen it is well worth a viewing, "withnail and i"
richard griffiths is amazing.
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WTS wealth/assets how to be shared?
by greendawn inimagine a situation were the jw org is burst assunder with all the rank and file members leaving and then entering into a legal dispute with the wts over the assets issue: they want to claim most of it because they are the ones that really made it with their unpaid work and conributions in money or property.
they want to have the wts and all its daughter corporations.
on the other hand the wts the shareholders, the directors, will claim that the assets legally belong to them, they can boast of a legally protected ownership over them, they are registered in their name and they should keep everything.
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hi blondie
they must pay off all debts and obligations of the nonprofit and distribute all of its assets to another tax-exempt nonprofit corporation.
this hyperthetical corp. would no doubt be a further off shoot from wts, i would guess.
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Your BEST excuse for missing a meeting?
by ljwtiamb in.
even in our very best of times, we have all had to 'fake' one for the team.. what was your best zinger?.
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my best excuse
" i'm smoking a fag!"
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Forfeiting Scriptural Grounds
by little t inhas anyone been in the position of losing scriptural grounds for divorce?.
what forgives a guilty mate?
a. kissing.
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hi prof
that was the one that always confused me.
surely (in the controlling world of witnesses) the adulterous mate should forfeit the right to marry again.
but no. within one or two years they're back at the meeting with their new spouse (often the co-respondant) and it's all tickety-boo.
never could understand that one.
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Would you share a winning lottery ticket???..help please
by morty inok, so here is the situation...... yesterday, i had bought a scratch ticket and i won 20.00 bucks on it...i was heading back to the store to cash it in but, not all of it...i wanted $17.00 in cash and in addition i wanted another ticket..as i was heading out the door, my brother asked to come with me to grab a few things at the store as well...this was not a problem....he got into the van and we headed off to the store...once we arrived to the store, i was still smoking my cigarette so i asked my brother to cash in my ticket for me and grab me another ticket and my $17.00 bucks while i wait in the car.
he said "sure, no problem"...at the same time, he asked me for a loan of $10.00 bucks.
i gave him the money with no questions asked.
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you see, morty. if you had followed bible principles and had not engaged in the sin of gambling, then you would never have had to go through this anguish.
you should just sit at home and study your literature, then go to the meetings and always be good and kind and then no bad things will ever happen to you.
go on. study your watchtower. underline the answers. there, that's more fun than a nasty old scratch card, int it.
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Partners in The Truth (website)
by catchthis ini noticed the website below here on the google ads and wanted to see what type of people were advertising themselves on it.
lo and behold, someone doesn't think too highly of the ones who are looking for a mate!
just read the "general information" section.
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not exactly on topic, but elders with-holding info on people brought this to mind.
when i was studying an elder approached me to see if his son's fiancee could lodge with me until they got married.
she seemed nice enough and i agreed, after all she was introduced to me by an elder.
it wasn't until much later that i found out that she had only just been reinstated and was a heavy drinker and immoral even by worldly standards.
this elder would no doubt have been privy to this information and i suffered terribly as a result.
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