Topics Started by What_is_ur_point

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What silly rules did your congregation make up?
by weinermcgee in
1. jw
2. friends
elders were famous for making up stupid rules with no bible base at all as an ego trip i guess, what were some of yours?

i am not talking about the stupid rules that we all had to follow, just the congregation specific silly ones.. 1. having to button your jacket while on stage (this was later changed due to all the elders having a beer gut).

2. suits only or no privledges.
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Service Meeting for Week Starting October 3, 2005
by TheListener in
1. watchtower
2. bible
song 54.

5 min: local announcements.. 20 min: "help others to become 'obedient from the heart.

'" * as time permits, invite audience to comment on the cited scriptures.. 20 min: making jehovah's heart rejoice.
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New Members on Governing Body
by geevee in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi guys, i have been awol, but have seen some pictures put together of the "complete" governing body with 2 new members.

these guys are aged 50 and 53. is this correct and has this topic already been discussed?

50 and 53 sounds kinda young doesn't it?
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144,000??
by What_is_ur_point in
1. jw
2. friends
as long as i can remember there have been the 144,000. that number told to me and told to everyone in the witness religon.. (how many are left) why are the men just there at the headquarters..?.

here's my thoughts.. i know of a woman who is part of the 144,000 and she doesn't talk to the rest of them at the headquarters.

this always has botherd me.. i wonder why wouldnt her thoughts and opinions be of some attention..one time wayyy before i was dfd again.. we were sitting talking.. and her name is alice.. and she lives in nh.. and we were having tea.
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Does anyone feel like me???... am I obsessed.
by zagor in
1. jw
2. friends
i don't know if something is wrong with me or with entire setup of things.

i mean every time i think about wtbs i get angry and frustrated which is beyond the reason.

and most interesting part is i'm not getting any better, looks like i'm going nuts every time somebody mention anything even remotely related to wtbs.
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Watchtower Gives Up Explaining 607 BCE Date!
by VM44 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this is a very important observation, that the watchtower has not tried to explain in print why 607 bce is the year for the destruction of jerusalem for the last 17 years!!!.

all that the watchtower has done over most of the last two decades is to repeat over and over the year "607bce" in its publications as if it is an unquestioned fact!.

the last time an explaination for the year was attempted by the watchtower was in 1988 when the "insight" volumes were published, but since then, no explaination for the validity of the year has appeared in print.. this must mean something, but what?
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Has there been any "New Light" on the Blood Issue?
by Mastodon in
1. watchtower
2. medical
someone asked me if i knew anything about that.

oblviuosly i don't, so i'm reaching to all of you in this enlightened crowd to shed some light on this for me.

thanks!
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Bethany Hughes case - www.cp24.com
by Toronto_Guy in
1. watchtower
2. medical
http://www.pulse24.com/news/top_story/20050624-021/page.asp

bethany hughes had a choice to make and it cost her her life.

the 17-year-old alberta resident was a devout jehovahs witness who was diagnosed with leukemia.
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The Watchtower Saw It Coming!
by Englishman in
1. jw
2. friends
this article made me smile:.

march 15, 1986.. allow no place for the devil!.

"ephesians 4:26, 27.. a vicious wild beast is on the prowl.
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Have you or have you known someone disfellowshipped more than once??
by anakinsrise in
1. jw
2. friends
i cam close to being disfellowshipped once,i was a servant so they only took awy all of my duties,and priv's.but i know a sister even dated her for 10 months who has been disfellowshipped 3 times.it was kind of funny because her 2 fleshly sisters got disfellow'ed around the same time and they all didnt seem to care and went to jamaica for 3 weeks.1 of them even came back pregnant.