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  MY OBSERVATIONS FROM THE MEMORIAL TONIGHT (just got home)

  by Mary in

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  well, as per usual, the memorial talk bored the hell out of me, but i found it, in one way to be an improvement over last years when they had the most boring speaker on the planet there http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/111544/1.ashx this guy at least knew how to speak.

  unfortunately, he didn't have much of a script to work with.. there was the mention of adam sinning and mankind needing a redeemer etc., no mention of when the israelites left egypt though.

  that's probably the first year i've ever seen where this hasn't been mentioned.

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  Mary that sure sounds like the one I attended here in Washington, I couldn't believe how this guy was jumping around the bible and taking things out of context. LOL. I was like am I the only one who can see what going on here? You sure we were not at the same one, LOL
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  heaven/earth

  by GramblingMan in

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  2. bible

  ok someone help me out here, from reading 1corinthians 15:35-58. it appears that paul's letter is to the whole church.

  i draw the conclusion from this that the resurrected body is for everyone.

  well the jw that came by says that all of the church of corinthia was annointed so that's why they have a heavenly hope.

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  Ok someone help me out here, from reading 1corinthians 15:35-58. it appears that Paul's letter is to the whole church. I draw the conclusion from this that the resurrected body is for everyone. Well the JW that came by says that all of the church of Corinthia was annointed so that's why they have a heavenly hope. This doesn't seem right, am I reading the letter to the corinthians wrong?

  Also he ask me what happens to the earth if we all go to heaven, I didn't have an answer for that question.

  Can some explain Isaiah 65?

  Thanks
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  Can't pray for disfellowship person

  by GramblingMan in

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  2. beliefs

  i just learn from my wife and step-kids that you (jw) can't pray for someone that is disfellowshipped.

  is this true, if so can someone explain and show scriptures as to how they apply it?

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  I just learn from my wife and step-kids that you (JW) can't pray for someone that is disfellowshipped. Is this true, if so can someone explain and show scriptures as to how they apply it?
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  Beards, when were they banned?

  by GramblingMan in

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  i know it has been talked about before, but does anyone have information as to when jw started banning beards.

  my wife is telling me that it started in the 60/70's because of the hippies, but i know i read somewhere on here that it was much earlier.. .

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  I know it has been talked about before, but does anyone have information as to when JW started banning Beards. My wife is telling me that it started in the 60/70's because of the hippies, but I know i read somewhere on here that it was much earlier.
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  KM Insert "How Do I View Blood Fractions..." Complete Scan and PDF

  by V in

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  2. medical

  download pdf here (all four pages).

  page 1 of insert: http://i11.tinypic.com/2s67s6g.jpg.

  page 2 of insert: http://i12.tinypic.com/2dtnpr9.jpg.

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  Are fractions also covered by the command to abstain from blood? We cannot say. The Bible does not give specific direction on the subject of fractions.* (Footnote: * Helpful information on this subject is found in the June 15, 2004, issue of The Watchtower, pages 29-31.)Of course, many fractions are derived from blood that has been donated for medical purposes. Each Christian should make a conscientious decision as to whether he or she will accept or will reject the medical use of these substances.

  This is what gets me, the bible doesn't address components of blood either yet they restrict it. Also you can't reason with a JW (My Wife) as they will just say I will not take any blood to cover myself. I ask her how can the GB make such a decision and you not see something is wrong with the policy. She claims they don't follow the GB, I say well then go ahead and take those components and see if you get DF.
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  So are they predicting the End AGAIN?

  by GramblingMan in

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  jehovah's witnesses busy inviting everyone in region to convention in tacoma.

  by john iwasaki.

  p-i reporter.

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  Jehovah's Witnesses busy inviting everyone in region to convention in Tacoma

  By JOHN IWASAKI
  P-I REPORTER

  An elder from a local congregation, dressed in a coat and tie and bearing religious literature, was headed up the walkway of a Ballard home when a woman sketching on the porch spotted him.

  "That's far enough," she called out.

  		Paul Joseph Brown / P-I
  	Jehovah's Witnesses Peter Michas and Chris Mahla invite residents of a North Seattle neighborhood to the faith's upcoming convention at the Tacoma Dome.

  Learning that the visitor was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses, the woman said that a previous visit by group members annoyed her: "I'm a nice person, but they pushed me to the limit."

  These face-to-face encounters last week -- some hits, some misses -- marked the beginning of a massive campaign by Jehovah's Witnesses to personally invite Western Washington residents to their upcoming district convention in Tacoma next month.

  The group printed enough invitations to hand out at 900,000 homes from Bellingham to Vancouver, bold and ambitious even for a religion known for its persistent door-to-door visits and divergence from certain bedrock Christian beliefs.

  Though Jehovah's Witnesses annually hold district conventions around the world that are open to the general public, they usually don't seek attention. This year, that changed.

  "Why now? Because we recognize how close it is to the culmination of the entire world system," said Peter Michas, the elder who encountered the Ballard woman last week.

  http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/274437_jehovahswitnesses19.html
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  Wife and Words

  by GramblingMan in

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  2. friends

  ok so i have pissed my wife off today, but i couldn't hold my tongue on this one.

  lol

  we are going bowling tonight and she had on this sweatshirt that her daughter (also jw) gave her from college.

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  Ok so I have pissed my wife off today, but I couldn't hold my tongue on this one. LOL

  We are going bowling tonight and she had on this sweatshirt that her daughter (also JW) gave her from college. It has Black Women's Caucus on it with a picture of Nefertiti . I go to the store to pickup a few things and she has taken the shirt off. Stating that she can't wear it because of the word CAUCUS, I was like give me a break. She said that it is political, I looked it up. I told her that the word as more than one meaning, LOL. I then tell her L, word congregation could be just as political. So we go back and forth on this, I finally tell her, you are so worried about 1 word that you missed the fact that you have pagan worshipping Egyptian on the shirt. LOL. SMH.
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  January 15 Watchtower: Angels

  by GramblingMan in

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  i'm here looking at my wifes watchtower mag and it has a drawing for the angels, maybe it's me but all the angels are white men and they have beards.

  i'm oversensitive or is this a message they are sending out to the readers.

  i thought the anointed ones are suppose to become angels?

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  I'm sorry I don't have a scanner, can someone help me out with this one.
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  January 15 Watchtower: Angels

  by GramblingMan in

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  i'm here looking at my wifes watchtower mag and it has a drawing for the angels, maybe it's me but all the angels are white men and they have beards.

  i'm oversensitive or is this a message they are sending out to the readers.

  i thought the anointed ones are suppose to become angels?

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  I'm here looking at my wife’s watchtower mag and it has a drawing for the Angels, maybe it's me but all the Angels are white men and they have beards. I'm oversensitive or is this a message they are sending out to the readers. I thought the anointed ones are suppose to become Angels? Something is not right about this picture. Also if beards are ok for the Angels then how can you restrict them for the members. Man-made laws!
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  Adam and Eve

  by GramblingMan in

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  can someone direct me to scriptures in the bible that show that adam and eve will not be ressurrected.

  i ask because my wife, who is a jw insists that this is bible base, yet she cannot provide me any scriptures.

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  serendipity ,

  Thank you