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The Bible & Tract Twisters
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SpRiNg ForWaRd
by purplesofa inso glad spring is on the way, i did not even realize daylights savings time is this weekend!!!!.
it's a beautiful 80 degrees here today, took this pic today of a flowering pear tree in the yard!.
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PURPLESOFA
I don't have any photos. We live on 1/2 acre of land in the midwest. The pear trees are dormant right now but they will bloom in about a month. The white flowers stay on about 2 weeks and are absolutely beautiful. The leaves turn a light red in the fall and brown in the winter. The leaves sometimes hang on into the month of January.
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SpRiNg ForWaRd
by purplesofa inso glad spring is on the way, i did not even realize daylights savings time is this weekend!!!!.
it's a beautiful 80 degrees here today, took this pic today of a flowering pear tree in the yard!.
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purplesofa
I have 9 flowering pear trees,1 crabapple,1 honey locust,5 birch's,and 2 large evergreens on my property. The pear trees throw a beautiful spectacle every spring. My wife on the other would chop every tree down if she could.
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False Alarm Door Knockers
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Jehovahs Witnesses - Mainstreaming, Like It Or Not
by metatron init used to be that pioneers supported themselves with free literature and magazines and put in 100+ hours a month.
then 90, then 70.. a publisher had to put in at least an hour a month to be counted.
now 15 minutes.. they used to hand out a written review and collect it and grade it!
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The dwindling contributions,teens running out the door,lawsuits,less interest in the message,the internet,and "the end" never coming has changed how the WTS do things. The lawyers run the show. Run it like a business. As business declines,spend less on operations. Sell off buildings,buy cheap paper,shrink books,move conventions further to save money,and try to lighten the load a little before all the members leave.
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T hese are words that Elders have used to discribe me and my condition. I hate everyone of these words.
S piritually Weak
Inactive
Spiritually Sick
Weak in the Truth
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Name one thing the WTS did for you and your family!
by RULES & REGULATIONS ini was just thinking of all the things i did for the wts (a group of old men that live in new york whom i've never seen and never will) and what they gave me in return.. .
what i did for the wts :.
studied the ''truth book'' for 6 months just to get baptized.
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I was just thinking of all the things I did for the WTS (a group of old men that live in New York whom I've never seen and never will) and what they gave me in return.
What I did for the WTS :
Studied the ''Truth Book'' for 6 months just to get baptized
Went to 3 meetings per week for 30 years = 4680 meetings
Used thousands of gallons of gas to get to meetings,service
Purchased books,magazines,bibles
Traveled to numerous cities for assemblies......gas,hotel, and food expenses
What the WTS gave me in return:
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Did there ever come a time where the meetings became unbearable?
by RULES & REGULATIONS ini try to attend about 3 sunday meetings per month just to keep my whole family from disowning me.
every week the meetings become more difficult to attend.. the singing is awful,the prayers are all about the ''faithful and discreet slave''.the talks are boring and repetative.the watchtower study reminds of trained seals at the zoo where they do the same tricks over and over just so they can get their treat of fresh fish.
the answers are short and read off the watchtower magazine word for word.
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I try to attend about 3 Sunday meetings per month just to keep my whole family from disowning me. Every week the meetings become more difficult to attend.
The singing is awful,the prayers are all about the ''faithful and discreet slave''.The talks are boring and repetative.The Watchtower study reminds of trained seals at the zoo where they do the same tricks over and over just so they can get their treat of fresh fish. The answers are short and read off the Watchtower magazine word for word. (Leave you brain at the door because you won't need it at any of these spiritual banquets)
It looks like the only time anyone comes alive is when the meeting ends and everyone can talk to family and friends.
Did there ever come a time where the meetings became unbearable? If you still attend,how do you feel while you sit and listen to all this bunk?
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 03-01-09 WT Study (THOROUGH WITNESS)
by blondie incomments you will not hear at the 03-01-09 wt study (december 15, 2008, pages 16-20)(thorough witness).
review comments will be in red.
wt material from today's wt will be in black.
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Blondie.......Great study as usual!
I attended yesterday's Watchtower meeting and found how dishonest the WTS really is.
In paragraph1,I found that if you read Acts:10:22,34-48 the apostles were ordered to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ not ordered to preach.
Then Peter said, 47 "Can anyone keep these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have." 48 So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few days.
Also in your opening statement you asked:Why does the WTS reference only one outside source and why that one?
Paragraph 6 they reference one scholar (who had an extensive analsis of the Christian Greek Scriptures) that Paul went preaching "house to house". What didn't they name this scholar? MAYBE....JUST MAYBE.....there wasn't a real Scholar but just the writing department making it up.
Then in paragraph 11,they name a book written by David G. Stewart who states how Jehovah's Witnesses missionary work has proven to be more effective than abstract,theoretical(urgings from pulpits).
