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  Digging up an older post about the July 15 Watchtower

  by rassillon in

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  mary started this thread

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/114847/1.ashx

  and i wanted to comment on this paragraph, it was a while back so i started a new thread so it would get some "new light"

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  rassillon

  Mary started this thread http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/114847/1.ashx And I wanted to comment on this paragraph, it was a while back so I started a new thread so it would get some "new light"

  ::Par 18:...Jehovah is in control of everything within his organization and Jesus is aware of developments in each congregation.....Patiently wait on God and Christ......yada, yada, yada.....

  So basically Jehovah is responsible for all the mistakes? and Don't blame the imperfect men cause we don't really have anything to do it? -r
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  Golden Age Goodies

  by Leolaia in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  recently i had the pleasure to examine a stash of 1920s and 1930s golden age magazines, among the rarest of watchtower publications.

  i thought it would be a fun idea to have a thread in which i share with you some of the amazing, ridiculous, hilarious things contained therein.

  hence, this is the first post of a series of excerpts, scans, etc.

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  rassillon

  So does this mean that Jehovah God owns satallite radio too?
  Should I be able to get a free subscription to XM?
  
  Oh, Jehovah, please make my XM radio receive signals without the need to support satan's interests and buy a subscription.
  
  -r
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  Golden Age Goodies

  by Leolaia in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  recently i had the pleasure to examine a stash of 1920s and 1930s golden age magazines, among the rarest of watchtower publications.

  i thought it would be a fun idea to have a thread in which i share with you some of the amazing, ridiculous, hilarious things contained therein.

  hence, this is the first post of a series of excerpts, scans, etc.

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  rassillon

  sista_b
  
  I believe this quote from the KM will help you to see the importance of looking at these items.
  
  
  *** km 2/94 p. 6 How Beneficial to Recount What Jehovah Has Done! ***
  
  12 Take Time to Think About What You Read: What is going to be your objective as you read? Merely covering pages-completing the book-should not be your aim. The Proclaimers book contains a record of your spiritual heritage. You ought to know it well. Take time to think about the implications of what you read. As you review the activity of ancient witnesses of Jehovah, consider how you can imitate their faith. (Heb. 12:1, 2) When you read about the development of the great apostasy, take special note of the pitfalls that ensnared those who turned away, with a view to safeguarding your own spirituality. And as you review our modern-day history, observe the spiritual qualities of those who were used by God, how they demonstrated that the doing of God's will was the most important thing in their lives, and how they reacted to situations-some of them very difficult-that God permitted.-Heb. 13:7.
  
  It is our spiritual heritage!!
  
  We can't cherry pick things from our history that we like and ignore the things we are ashamed of.
  
  It is like hiding a retarded brother in the basement when company comes over.
  
  Remember the Goonies, the retarded brother came back to get them in the end.
  
  -r
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  Update:I'm back with my wife

  by IronClaw in

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  these past few months have really been a roller coaster ride to say the least.

  i know i haven't been posting much for the past few months, as i was really in a deep depression.

  at the end of last month i moved back in with my wife and children.

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  rassillon

  Very good to hear. I am happy for you. -r
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  Re: What do you do for a living?

  by MARTINLEYSHON in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as many of you are aware being brought up in the organisation, there was a general directive from the wt that secular education was good, but not encouraged as far as university and further education was concerned.

  many witnesses left school in the 70s with no formal qualifications.

  my question therefore is 2 fold.. 1. what would you have liked to become as far as your career is concerned?.

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  rassillon

  i don't know what I would of liked to of done......mechanical engineer / race car builder programmer and network administrator
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  How can they explain THIS!!!!!???!!!

  by Lady Liberty in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  check out jeremiah 52:30 in the new world translation, it says:.

  29 in the eighteenth year of nebuchadrez zar, from jerusalem there were eight hundred and thirty-two souls.. 30 in the twenty-third year of nebuchadrez zar, nebu zarad an the chief of the bodyguard took jews into exile, seven hundred and forty-five souls.. all the souls were four thousand and six hundred.. what this shows is the societys teaching that jerusalem was desolate, is not supported by scripture.

  it was not literal.

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  rassillon

  Great scripture. I am marking it right now. -r
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  Just back from Greece............

  by ScoobySnax in

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  who's first to see my white bits........

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  rassillon

  cool, I am heading there in a august.

  Any pointers?

  -r
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  When at the convention ; Top reasons for going

  by free2beme in

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  2. friends

  i was thinking about this the other day, and wondering what others felt about the district convention.

  namely, what was the main thing you wanted from it?

  a few i remember were these.. 1. number one every single year was that i wanted new information on when armageddon was coming and how close we were to the end.

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  rassillon

  I liked some of the things mentioned already
  
  Danish and coffee mmmm...good.
  
  I did think I would hear something new.
  
  New publication.
  
  I also liked the fact that the meetings for that week were cancelled. Does that make me a bad person? ;)
  
  -r
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  For some of you who are searching....Reasons why

  by rassillon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have more and this may not be the best organized but it will certainly give you the idea that the society outwardly encourages you to check things for your self, well at least they did....

  *** km 8/87 p. 3 use the index to grow spiritually ***

  6 proverbs 2:4, 5 encourages us to keep searching for knowledge of god just as we would search for hid treasure.

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  rassillon

  I guess you are allowed to have your own opinion....I disagree at least partially.
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  For All Who Are Going to the Convention This Year

  by drew sagan in

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  2. friends

  for most of us who are going to the 'delieverance at hand' district convention we want to be low on the radar.

  but wouldn't it be terrible if we missed out meeting someone else from the board while we attended the same convention?

  listing what convention your going to might be to much of a give away for some people, but i really don't care.

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  rassillon

  You are obviously a local magoo. Are you going, for all the spiritual food?
  
  
  
  
  
  I am gonna save seats....