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  So i ditched my book study 2 night... and felt like sharing a thought

  by XOCO in

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  and it felt good "lowest sum of the earth" are we that evil because some of us decide to leave and choose a life that we want wheather it be with some goals and asperations or seeking another route of worship/non-worship, while still being alive on this earth today .

  xoco.

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  You rock XOCO! carmel
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  Question: Can the end come before a witness is given in China, etc.?

  by Olin Moyles Ghost in

  1. watchtower
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  i have enjoyed reading this board off-and-on over the past several months.

  the collective knowledge on this board is impressive.

  anyway, to my question...

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  ...why does "in all the world" need to mean every living individual? The gospel had reached every continent over a hundred and fifty years ago. The Jews had begun returning to their homeland with the signing of the Edict of Toleration in 1844 and the end of the "Gentile Times" (when the control of Jerusalem by non-Jews) has come. The three promises of Christ for the timing of His return could be said to already have been fulfilled... carmel
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  gospel preached in all the world...and then the end shall come

  by tula in

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  2. bible

  just thought you all might be interested in some information on the "last uncivilized tribes" .

  there is also a short film here you might find interesting:.

  watch the film uncontacted tribes .

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  The "end" has already come! Ya missed it! carmel
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  What J.W teaching did you find the hardest to accept??

  by karter in

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  2. experiences

  for me it was the fact that god is allowing all these innocent people to get killed to prove a point ,i mean it was a big bet he had with satan.. i explained it to my wife this way if i had our children killed in the most horriable way just to show they couldn't live without me how does that make me look?.

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  This was back in the late 50's. Every Witchtower had something bad to say about the Pope andthe catholic church. When I found out many "stories" were actual lies, I began to ask about other claims. Not the thing to do for a ten year old! carmel
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  mrs. robinson

  by mentalclearness in

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  2. relationships

  well i need some advice.

  i am 32 years old and involved with a guy who is 25 years old.

  he is is super smart and very responsable, treats me with loads of respect and we have a really good connection.

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  By the time I was 25 I'd been married nearly six years. Still married to the same lady. Go for it! He sounds like good material. carmel
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  What lengths did you go to, to not miss meetings?

  by exwitless in

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  i posted this in another thread, but i thought it would merit a thread.

  the elders in our cong.

  likened missing a memorial to an "unforgivable sin".

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  I, on the other hand, found any possible way to skip going to meetings. Got my fanny beat to a pulp many time for skipping out , but it never succeeded in motivating me to want to attend. carmel
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  The Brand New 2008 Looking For Love Thread

  by Tired of the Hypocrisy in

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  on another thread i read about someone being denied by eharmony and was wondering if there are any exjw dating sites.

  i wish i knew of one, but thought since someone else mentioned some folks have made a connection here that it would be a good idea to have everyone that is interested raise their hand and say if they are looking for love in all the wrong places or just looking...... i hope this post is not out of line or off topic.. i guess i will start even tho i am married.

  ok, anyone interested in chatting with a fat old married cowboy?.

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  Hi ya handsome! horsey
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  Question

  by Outaservice in

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  hearing all kinds of 'horror stories', i'm wondering if anyone here has ever had a computor virus actually totally ruin their computor, so that you had to buy a new one?

  or is this an unfounded rare thing?.

  outaservice .

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  Time for a MAC! OS2 guy
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  In winter mode...

  by Gregor in

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  i grew up in southern california's san fernando valley and lived in santa barbara and central california until i was 49. we then moved 600+ miles north to portland oregon and later the columbia river gorge (trivia - portland is about 30 miles further north than montreal canada).

  when i lived in california i always looked forward to winter - cool rain and overcast.

  i relished it.

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  time to consider that electric blanket my man! Glad to see you're getting the cold, we're getting drenched. I live on a steep hill on the north side of Astoria, so the bleedin ice is a real pain. Thinking of becoming a snow bird myself as the winter brings on the achy joints... carmel
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  The Tower ate many Baby Boomers

  by Alex Delta in

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  i do some thinking every once and a great while and had a little brain storm which to most of you is just a cloudy sky.

  looking back into history i put one and two together and see that the baby boomers came to be after the 4 first false prophecies of the tower which were in 1914, 1915, 1925 and 1945. after all this jazz happens they have a huge fall out and change and twist their doctrine to set up their next sales pitch, and wouldn't you know it, who's there for the towers perfect meal, baby boomers, the tower chew's away and gets pretty full for they're plenty of them, those ingredient were perfect.

  these people grew up with wars, tons of protest's, scandals you name it there was plenty of things happening to them, add a little this and a dash of that and that's what the tower loves to feed on the feared.

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  A lot of religion is motivated by fear, the JWs are experts at it. Unfortunately, the politics in America mimics religious convictions and world view, so 911 mania is simply a repeat of cold war fear mongering. As more information on JW hypocracy is available on the web fewer will be influenced by the fear of loosing everlasiting life, blah, blah, blah! carmel