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  Baptismal Q`S asked in the year 1960 ,anyone ? Contrasted to what Q`s they ask now

  by smiddy3 in

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  i`m just curious as to what /who i dedicated/baptized my life to in 1960 compared to who or what j.w.`s are being baptized/dedicating their life into this present day ?.

  and what scenarios this could lead into ?

  would my baptism still be valid ?

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  At first glance, I was thinking of preparatory questions between the Bible teacher and/or a congregation servant (pre-elder arrangement) before the big day.

  When I was at Bethel, late '60s, early '70s, a particular use of Your Word Is a Lamp to My Foot was announced to the family by Brother Knorr himself. The questions therein -- I believe this was a first -- would provide a means to determine the prospective JW's knowledge of the Bible prior to baptism. I recall his saying it would help stop ones coming in through the front door and going out the back.

  So, then, having a thorough knowledge of The Truth precludes one's leaving?
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  Sun Rise

  by Been there in

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  good morning everyone,.

  if anyone remembers, sunrises, and sunsets are my time with god.

  i wish i had a scanner (that worked) to show you the most unique sunrise i have seen in my life.

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  Sun Rise

  by Been there in

  1. jw
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  good morning everyone,.

  if anyone remembers, sunrises, and sunsets are my time with god.

  i wish i had a scanner (that worked) to show you the most unique sunrise i have seen in my life.

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  Thanks, Diogenesister!

  I believe you asked Been there a question. Did you notice the thread is 14 years old and I shamelessly piggybacked on it? Wish I had some actual sunrises.
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  Free Minds Web Site

  by garyneal in

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  2. friends

  anyone know what has happened to freemind.org website?

  it's still up but it looks like a shell of the site i remember back five or six year years ago.

  if i am not mistaken, i think randy may have taken ill over the years.

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  compound complex

  Hi, garyneal:

  Sorry not to have an answer.

  It was Randy's site where I found links to this forum. He has been helpful to many, including me. He posted some of my pieces, for which I was very grateful
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  Sun Rise

  by Been there in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  good morning everyone,.

  if anyone remembers, sunrises, and sunsets are my time with god.

  i wish i had a scanner (that worked) to show you the most unique sunrise i have seen in my life.

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  Sun Rise

  by Been there in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  good morning everyone,.

  if anyone remembers, sunrises, and sunsets are my time with god.

  i wish i had a scanner (that worked) to show you the most unique sunrise i have seen in my life.

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  I posted the above here because I cannot post images to a new topic.

  Seems an okay thread to do this, although there's not much color -- cloudscape after a storm.
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  Sun Rise

  by Been there in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  good morning everyone,.

  if anyone remembers, sunrises, and sunsets are my time with god.

  i wish i had a scanner (that worked) to show you the most unique sunrise i have seen in my life.

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  Spirit Channeling at Wallkill's Bethel

  by Marie33 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  look what an ex-bethelite has to say about the spirit channeling he saw first hand up at wallkill:.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfmqnzbyrko.

  now i believe rayven's story of horror at brooklyn bethel:.

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  Great read Coco. I often wondered when studying this how it happened. It had to be a whisper. Even at Gilead, all the GB insisted that their revelations come from studying the bible under the influence... (of holy spirit) and not because of a special communication. I find it interesting that the Revelation book frames it as a one sided transaction, as if they go down to Bethel every Wednesday and ruffle the drapes in the GB board room.....

  In our Gilead class, we (half) jokingly wondered if it was Russell who was one of the "elders" used to communicate to the GB, considering that none of his original teachings have been retained. One of my class joked that is nickname might be "1914", since that was the only thing that's still around..... -- AllTimeJeff
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  Spirit Channeling at Wallkill's Bethel

  by Marie33 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  look what an ex-bethelite has to say about the spirit channeling he saw first hand up at wallkill:.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfmqnzbyrko.

  now i believe rayven's story of horror at brooklyn bethel:.

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  11 What, then, can we deduce from the fact that one of the 24 elders identifies the great crowd to John? It seems that resurrected ones of the 24-elders group may be involved in the communicating of divine truths today. Why is that important?

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/171939/governing-body-channels

  
  

  Wait a minute - "it seems that resurrected ones...may be involved in the communicating of divine truths"?

  So, you've got GB members receiving messages from the spirit realm, and "it seems" to be their best guess that it's really a message from "Booze" Rutherford or Freddy Franz? -- sir82
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  Heart of Stone

  by compound complex in

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  2. friends

  no more words were exchanged between mother and daughter, nor would there ever be again.

  theresa, out of long unspoken necessity but presently for the purpose of survival, has put on a new and bold garment: wordless defiance, this in the face of the sudden erosion of renata gettleman's supreme confidence and now dissipating assurance that the world was ever in her control, her tight grasp.

  that grasp is loosening, and she has no say in the matter.

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