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  2011 Yearbook

  by elder-schmelder in

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  how long untill the 2011 yearbook comes out?.

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  It's a bit like Armageddon; soon - it's just around the corner!
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  "Charitable Giving" Brochure

  by HintOfLime in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  can someone provide me with some information on the names and nature of a brochure by the wt with a name something along the lines of "charitable giving"?

  upon learning that a close jw relative was diagnosed with cancer, and possibly on their deathbed, the "friendly neighborhood jw hopital group" showed up, had a lengthy closed-door discussion with him one-on-one (wife couldn't be present), and left a brocure and dvd in the room with a title along the lines of "charitable giving" - i'm sorry, i didn't read the full name before it disappeared.

  the 'brothers' (*cough* moneyhounders in sheeps clothing *cough*) had already left this "information" and had "discussions" with him before even the family learned of the situation and had arrived.. am i right in thinking this is a "you're soon-to-be-widow doesn't really need that life insurance money" brochure?

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/4340/1/Charitable-Planning-Brochure-is-here
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  Are they really that bad???

  by anonymous4 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  had a good look into the doctrine, beliefs and practices of jws and to be honest, i don't really see anything wrong with it at all.. it's biblical and i've had such an eye opener the past year or so reading some of their books and magazines .

  is there really any real reasons why i shouldn't want to get involved further?

  :-).

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  Re: Are they really that bad???

  Worse; FAR worse! over 50 years experience married to a devout JW.
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  The watchtower eats humble pie in trying to locate and reinstate all those wrongly disfellowshiped?

  by still wondering in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what happens when the rules regarding medical treatment are changed because it is now decided that the watchtower god does allows certain blood fractions after all but which formerly the wts said would offend him so much that offenders would be sent to gehenna?.

  blood serums are just one example.

  in 1954 the societys ruling on blood serums disallowed their use because using blood serums was displeasing to god.

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  The Watchtower will NEVER ever eat 'humble pie', they are NEVER wrong.

  The Watchtower have NO interest in locating, or trying to locate anyone they may have wrongly disfellowshipped.

  The Watchtower have NO interest in reinstating those persons.

  They are just a book publishing company after all!
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  Looking for Home Owners Insurance Advice

  by lisavegas420 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello knowledgeable people.. i am looking for advise on home owners insurance.

  we've lived in the same house of 12 years and had the same home owners insurance for 12 years.

  every year the insurance goes up about $100.00.

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  Easy in the UK on the web, but your area I have NO idea.

  try these:

  http://www.usinsuranceonline.com/

  http://www.insurance4usa.com/

  http://www.insuranceusa.com/
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  new Elders book pp. 131-132

  by hamsterbait in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  can somebody sum up the new rules on dealing with child abuse mentioned on another thread please.. owing to copyright it is illegal to post links to the material.

  so i havent read it.. hb.

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  They are the same as the instructions here:

  http://www.jw-media.org/aboutjw/article23.htm
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  Just how much of a SUCCESS is God..........so far?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  you can't be god if nobody exists but you.. sure, you are taller.

  but, taller than what?.

  see, a superlative is the last step among comparisons: good, better....best!.

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  On a scale of 1 to 10; zero
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  Letter from elders

  by Cynisister in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the local elders have been trying to visit me (my hubby still attends meetings and he has told them i don't wish to speak with them), they left a copy of a watchtower (on helping inactive ones to return) in my door when i was not at thome, and this last sunday asked my husband if it's ok to write me a letter saying this is what they have to do.

  they can't freely stop by as we have large dogs that would keep them out.. does anyone know if this is going to result in my being df'd??

  i don't want that to happen yet as my husband's parents who are quite elderly, would be devastated.

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  I am extremely surprised that they wish to write to you;

  normally they are advised NOT to put anything in writing.
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  How families were broken up by wife’s becoming JW’s back in the 50’s

  by life is to short in

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  2. friends

  there is this sister in the hall i went to who is in her mid 80's.

  she is very active and pioneers, etc.

  well when i was still going to the meetings and out in service she would talk about how she came into the "truth.

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  YES! How true! I have had and just about coped with this for just short of 60 years!

  I still get preached 'to' and 'at'.

  Never a day without 'what somebody said at the hall' or 'what somebody said at the meeting'.

  I loathe, hate and detest the witnesses, particularly the elders.

  BUT it didn't manage to actually break our marriage up, although it sure did ruin it.
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  Elder's advice we remember

  by Newborn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember ones when i was quite tired and low one elder said to me " it says in the bible that the one who endures to the end will survive, so really the only thing you/we have to do is to endure".. wow, gee, really!!

  hey well that's a relief and encouraging....thanks.... i think that all that enduring was what made me tired and depressed in the first place..... what do you have to relate?.

  /newborn.

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  fokyc

  If you don't sing the songs, you might just as well not come to the meetings!

  I don't sing, SO I don't go!