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  New Feature on JW Library

  by neat blue dog in

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  there are a couple new tabs on the app, one of which is the 'meetings' tab.

  can you guess what the other one is?.

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  Prince and addictive drugs…a possible loophole?

  by Londo111 in

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  according to the elder's rulebook, there is this addendum in the chapter on the grounds for judicial committee and the section: "misuse of addictive drugs":.

  please note: the use of addictive drugs under medical supervision, such as for pain management, would not necessarily require judicial review.

  when questions arise, consult with the branch office.. .

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  Maryo..........I have had 2 Elders from the hall I used to attend tell me directly that they are on anti-depressants. One bragged (or complained?) to me that he would have to be on them until Armageddon because he has 'a chemical imbalance' and that he wouldn't know what he would do without them or if he didn't have his position. 3 more are taking either antidepressants or Valium or a combination thereof. (This I learned from family members of these Elders). All is NOT well in Jehovah's Spiritual Paradise.
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  Prince and addictive drugs…a possible loophole?

  by Londo111 in

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  according to the elder's rulebook, there is this addendum in the chapter on the grounds for judicial committee and the section: "misuse of addictive drugs":.

  please note: the use of addictive drugs under medical supervision, such as for pain management, would not necessarily require judicial review.

  when questions arise, consult with the branch office.. .

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  Maryo................YES!
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  "well beyond the intent of the scriptures" 7:44

  by biblexaminer in

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  if you have the jw app running on your tablet, watch the latest (may) governing broadcast and hear tony the jackass, and when you get to 7 minutes and 44 seconds ...hit the pause button.. read the words at the bottom of the screen as per the jw app close captioning.. "well beyond the intent of the scriptures" .

  he is describing the governing body past, like the ghost of christmas past.

  yes, the governing body past were a bunch of freaking yahoo's violating 1 cor.

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  'well beyond the intent of scripture' - A.M. III
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  Picture of Stephen Lett in 1976!

  by Iamallcool in

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  https://macsdowell.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/1976-9-17-new-bethelites.jpg.

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  I think you're on to something Vidiot and SafeAtHome!
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  Medal of Valor given by Obama to JW Grandmother - Check her Lapel Pin

  by Da.Furious in

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  this grandmother found the best way to advertise jw.org by wearing a huge lapel pin.. .

  some of the comments are really interesting.. link to article:.

  http://www.phillyvoice.com/obama-award-medal-valor-family-slain-philadelphia-police-officer-robert-wilson-iii-monday/.

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  This whole JW.org business drives me absolutely insane. It is CRASS COMMERCIALISM masquerading as a form of RELIGIOUS WITNESSING. It is ill mannered, rude, crass, and nothing more than RELIGIOUS HUCKSTERISM!
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  Inside Prince's Kingdom Hall Memorial Service today

  by neat blue dog in

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  http://m.startribune.com/prince-memorial-fills-jehovah-s-witnesses-hall-in-minnetonka/379592941/.

  http://m.etonline.com/news/187330_prince_funeral_private_religious_memorial_service_minnesota/.

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  Sparky you're back - neat blue dog

  Yes......I am listening to Neil Young's live version of ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER on YouTube...........it has revitalized me! When I saw your Kool Aid comment I just couldn't resist getting back into the 'thick of things'.
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  Picture of Stephen Lett in 1976!

  by Iamallcool in

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  https://macsdowell.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/1976-9-17-new-bethelites.jpg.

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  Khaleesi.........by the mid '70's the 'white Bethel boys' could have a moustache and sideburns to the bottom of our earlobes neatly trimmed. In fact, I had sideburns down to the bottom of my earlobes and Lon Schilling (The assistant Farm Overseer and now highly placed) had fairly bushy sideburns down to the bottom of his earlobes too! I never grew a moustache until I left Bethel and have had one for 39 years.
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  Inside Prince's Kingdom Hall Memorial Service today

  by neat blue dog in

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  http://m.startribune.com/prince-memorial-fills-jehovah-s-witnesses-hall-in-minnetonka/379592941/.

  http://m.etonline.com/news/187330_prince_funeral_private_religious_memorial_service_minnesota/.

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  Why it's a waste of time talking to JW's

  by Phizzy in

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  i believe it to be a waste of time talking to, reasoning with, jw's if you expect any kind of quick result.. many of us when we first wake up think that 'coz ttatt is blindingly obvious to us, it will soon get through to our jw loved ones.. this simply isn't so for a couple of important reasons.

  the first is that, if someone believes something is true, or the truth, to them it really is, without doubt, true.

  so whatever you say must be wrong somehow.. the second problem is that jw's simply do not have to use, or pay any attention to facts and logic.

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  ---you cannot polish a turd. - stan livedeath

  But you can build your 'metaphorical' house out of turds by believing everything the GOVERNING BODY(tm) says through the pages of the WatchTurd magazine.