MidwichCuckoo

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  Overheard in NY

  by rebel8 in

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  http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/index-2.html :.

  in a comparative religion class in ten years, this kid will raise his hand and humiliate himself son: daddy, what's that?.

  father: that's the watchtower.. son: what do they do there?.

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  Tee Hee. Not as easy as it looks, ringing doorbells.
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  1914 ,the Generation that got tossed in the Garbage Can

  by OUTLAW in

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  as many of you know i`ve just got back to the board in the last little while..what did i learn yesterday?..the generation of 1914 means nothing..nothing!

  !..back in the day,you could have been disfellowshipped for such a remark..disfellowshipped!

  !..what did you think and how did you feel when you found out the generation of 1914,now means nothing?.....outlaw

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  I like this one though - it rolls off the tongue nicely.

  Yes - you're lucky it wasn't already taken too.
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  1914 ,the Generation that got tossed in the Garbage Can

  by OUTLAW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as many of you know i`ve just got back to the board in the last little while..what did i learn yesterday?..the generation of 1914 means nothing..nothing!

  !..back in the day,you could have been disfellowshipped for such a remark..disfellowshipped!

  !..what did you think and how did you feel when you found out the generation of 1914,now means nothing?.....outlaw

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  MidwichCuckoo

  Welcome Jerhobobobobobobonadad (Blimey, you were first in the queue when the names were being given out)

  Does she understand the significance of the change?

  Doubt it.

  Do any of the rank and file understand the change?

  Doubt it.
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  An anniversary of sorts today

  by fullofdoubtnow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i didn't realise it, but trev just told me that today is one year to the date since i first visited him at his home to do some research on the internet about the wts.

  i hadn't been going to all the meetings for a while at that time, and the month before i came here i hadn't been at all, but was unsure, despite my doubts, whether i wanted to leave the jws then or not.

  i read on quotes, freeminds and this site, and trev printed some stuff for me to read later.

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  MidwichCuckoo

  Happy (unexpected) Anniversary
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  1914 ,the Generation that got tossed in the Garbage Can

  by OUTLAW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as many of you know i`ve just got back to the board in the last little while..what did i learn yesterday?..the generation of 1914 means nothing..nothing!

  !..back in the day,you could have been disfellowshipped for such a remark..disfellowshipped!

  !..what did you think and how did you feel when you found out the generation of 1914,now means nothing?.....outlaw

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  MidwichCuckoo

  I was there in the years before 1975..The preaching of that date was relentless

  Me too - I remember the hype. Yet recently I mentioned this to a dub who relentlessly pushed 1975, and it was as if it had been completely deleted from their mind - denied ever knowing about 1975
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  Why are the world's anointed not called to Brooklyn to be Governing Body?

  by free2beme in

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  2. friends

  when i was in the witnesses, and near the end of my time in.

  there was the whole new understanding, of putting non-anointed people in positions in the organization that were normally something an anointed person would be in.

  i remember them mentioning that the amount of anointed was dwindling and there needed to be people in these positions of responsibility, to make sure the work continues.. after this was highlighted and all good witnesses swallowed this thinking hook line and sinker.

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  I used to think exactly the same - made perfect sense that the Governing Body would be chosen from the Anointed on Earth. So what now? Are the 'Nethinim' coming into play? And when were they invented......where in the Bible does it say who and what they are and why they usurp the Anointed?
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  1914 ,the Generation that got tossed in the Garbage Can

  by OUTLAW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as many of you know i`ve just got back to the board in the last little while..what did i learn yesterday?..the generation of 1914 means nothing..nothing!

  !..back in the day,you could have been disfellowshipped for such a remark..disfellowshipped!

  !..what did you think and how did you feel when you found out the generation of 1914,now means nothing?.....outlaw

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  MidwichCuckoo

  Today's Apostasy is Tomorrow's New Light.
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  Generation change?

  by Jerohobobonadad in

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  hello all.. forgive my ignorance, but what exactly was the generation change, and what are the implications for jw doctrine?.

  although i rarely missed a meeting until a couple of years ago, this either went over my head or i wasn't listening (most likley).. i'm not the sharpest tool in the box so please keep it simple!

  references would be nice.. thanks.

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  Thanks for that link Garybuss - just read it through and saved it to favourites.

  Thanks also Auld Soul - they NOW explain the Generation thing in such a convoluted way, that I think the R&F believe it's their fault for not grasping it.
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  New to JW's and need to ask some questions....

  by missk_ensington in

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  i'm a new poster as well as being new to jw's (currently having bible studies) and i have been researching the religion to make sure i go into it fully understanding what it is about, and what implications it would have on my life.

  i am 20, a single parent with a child and although i was brought up being told 'the truth' by my mum, only have early memroes of attending kh.

  they are now trying to suck me back in but i have grave reservations and would lke everyone's opinion/view/advice.

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  MidwichCuckoo

  they said I wouldn't have to change it and said I can still go out and I can still smoke.

  Noooooo, never. Smoking is a disfellowshipping offence. Someone's telling porkies.
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  New to JW's and need to ask some questions....

  by missk_ensington in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm a new poster as well as being new to jw's (currently having bible studies) and i have been researching the religion to make sure i go into it fully understanding what it is about, and what implications it would have on my life.

  i am 20, a single parent with a child and although i was brought up being told 'the truth' by my mum, only have early memroes of attending kh.

  they are now trying to suck me back in but i have grave reservations and would lke everyone's opinion/view/advice.

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  MidwichCuckoo

  Welcome Missk_ensington

  I have grave reservations

  There you go. I think perhaps you know the answer.