"In its issue of August 22,1946, Awake! pledged:"Integrity to the truth wil be the highest aim of this magazine." True to that promise, Awake! has always endeavored to publish factual information."
My brain shut down after these statements. Nobody cares too much about "factual information" when your topic is "When Cows Go On Vacation." The Awake's leap into more Bible-related information will give them more opportunity to show just how much "truth" they're capable of. Why they want even more opporunity to embarass themselves is beyond me.
How did I ever think that this was good journalism? Ugh.
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AWAKE! JANUARY 2006, To Our Readers.
by Blueblades infor those who have not yet seen this issue.
called "the golden age" in 1919, the name was changed to "consolation" in1937, and to "awake!
" in 1946. beginning with this issue, the format of awake!
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Do you charge your 18+ kids rent?
by tall penguin ini've been wondering what people think about this.
as soon as i turned 18 and had an income (it was disability but income just the same) my parents began to charge me room and board.
is this common practice?
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"My parents surprised me on my wedding day and gave me back all of the money I paid them in the form of a gift for a down payment on a house."
Wow pratt1! That's awesome. What a lovely idea. Glad to see you'll continue the tradition with your daughter.
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UPDATE: My sister Robin
by Lady Lee ini just got back from montreal.
i was there a bit longer than expected this time.. my granddaughter was christened megan elizabeth on saturday.
after the service and the dinner i met with my two daughters to talk about my sister and her recent death.. my brother in toronto was holding a similar opportunity in toronto for some of her friends.. i read the post i made at my sister robin rip mar.
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Thanks Lady Lee for the update. I'm so happy you were able to connect with some family members and share these memories of Robin. I'm sure it was difficult yet helpful. I'll be thinking of you as you continue through this grieving process. You've been through a lot in this life Lee. You are one strong and very inspiring lady! I'm happy to know you.
With love and hugs,
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Do you charge your 18+ kids rent?
by tall penguin ini've been wondering what people think about this.
as soon as i turned 18 and had an income (it was disability but income just the same) my parents began to charge me room and board.
is this common practice?
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I've been wondering what people think about this. As soon as I turned 18 and had an income (it was disability but income just the same) my parents began to charge me room and board. Is this common practice? Did your folks do that? If you are a parent, do you or would you charge your children rent?
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Elders School Part 5: Here's how you've been screwing up...
by sir82 intalk # 16: meetings that incite to love and fine works brother local elder .
synopsis: boring rehash of the od chapter on meetings.
elders should set the example in not missing meetings.
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"the service committe is NOT a separate body of elders."
Really?! I thought those 3 brothers ran the show! And the other elders were there just to make it look good. Or at the very least, to give the lesser assignments to, like shepherding calls.
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My One Year DA Anniversary
by GetBusyLiving inhey so today is my one year da anniversary from the evil clutches of the vile watchtower society.
tonight i'm going out to celeberate.
love you jwd folk, thanks for all your support over the months.
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Congratulations GBL! I'll drink one to ya tonight!
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Holiday Meeting Comments
by Why Georgia inlast night i went grocery shopping and ran into some jw's from my mil's kh.
when the deli man was done cutting my cheese...(no jokes please) he said - have a happy thanksgiving!.
i watched to see what the jw's would say when he said this to them and they were very polite and said - thank you very much!.
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In recent years, the standard reply encouraged from the platform is to just say thank you. So that's what I always did. Rarely did I use it as an opportunity to "give a witness."
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suicide bombers
by Ellie in.
i was at play group this morning when i overheared a conversation about jehovahs witnesses and i just thought i'd share it with you guys.. apparentely 2 jws called at the house of one of the women from playgroup yesterday and they asked her about her daughter, the lady told them her 1 year old daughter's father is turkish and that makes her muslim, the witness turned around and said "well, lets hope she doesn't grow up to be a suicide bomber"..
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I guess that jw missed the theocratic ministry school part on tact.
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Elders School Part 5: Here's how you've been screwing up...
by sir82 intalk # 16: meetings that incite to love and fine works brother local elder .
synopsis: boring rehash of the od chapter on meetings.
elders should set the example in not missing meetings.
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The funny thing is, jw's love to read the newspaper and watch the news. So they can keep up with how the world is getting worse by the minute. So I highly doubt any jw will be applying that counsel anytime soon.
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Elders School Part 5: Here's how you've been screwing up...
by sir82 intalk # 16: meetings that incite to love and fine works brother local elder .
synopsis: boring rehash of the od chapter on meetings.
elders should set the example in not missing meetings.
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"After reading Zeph 1:14 (the day of Jehovah, and a 'might man letting out a cry'): "Brothers do we believe that Jehocvah's day is really close? What does the expression 'a mighty man letting out a cry' mean? It refers to someone who was formerly strong in the truth, but who has succumbed to the spirt of the world."
WTF?! Never heard this one before.
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