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  Can we talk? . . .

  by exwitless in

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  2. humour

  hey, this is under jokes and humor, so don't get too offended.

  i just wanted to vent about how people say things incorrectly, such as pronouncing things wrong or saying phrases wrong.

  i'll start, and if you have any to add, please feel free.

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  Dear Possessors of the Pure Language,

  Don Adams commended me after my prayer on behalf of the Bethel family. I asked Jehovah to forgive us when we "err." The pronunciation is "ur," as in fur. Most everyone says "air." His commendation was on correct pronunciation, not content.

  Speaking of pronunciation, one evening our school overseer highlighted the importance of proper "pronounciation."

  Supposably

  Ruffed grouse [not "ruffled"] --this comes up every so often.

  Serving God with hearty [not hardy] purpose.

  They're over there, seated at their table. Just look at them! The two of them are too good to say hello!

  On the aeroplane, crossing the Pacific: "I need to stretch. I'll just walk down the aisle and peer out the window at the isle below."

  Incongruious

  CoCo Could Care Less [HA!]
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  INDULGE YOURSELF! No More Guilt!

  by compound complex in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  dear released-from-care,.

  it's a chilly 45 degrees fahrenheit outdoors and i do not wish to risk pneumonia.

  i'm under the weather and brand-new sheets and feeling quite indulgent.

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  Hey Guys!

  Somebody's got his priorities straight! Just let's be sure we can walk a straight line. OK?

  Rollin', rollin', rollin' --- keep them reruns rollin''! --- All Right! Through wind and rain...

  CoCo
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  religious arrogance spoils an otherwise lovely humanitarian story

  by Scully in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i normally delete on sight when i receive one of those mass emails that asks you to pass it along to everyone you know.

  i guess there was something about the alleged author returning to school as an adult and having three children that sucked me into reading this one.. aside from the usual "pass this along and you'll have a miracle happen in your life" crap that often goes along with these messages, the story started out quite nicely.

  all of a sudden, though, the author's self-righteous and arrogant attitude burst into the equation and made me want to puke.. breakfast at mcdonald's.

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  'Ey Scully, Dear Lassie --- If me 'art 'ad any cockles, yer dear lil' yarn would surely 'ave warm'd 'em [NOT!].

  A JW quite dear to me sent a dub checklist on how to be a better and more productive servant of Jehovah. Some 25 - 30 points, maybe. It smacked of the repression and rigidity we some of us have escaped and have no desire to return to. These formulaic, detailed processes by which we ostensibly attain salvation leave me limp. I hope I can get through to my dear one - some day!

  CoCo
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  Knorr Was He Married? Any Info?

  by uwishufish in

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  2. friends

  i was under the impression that he was married to a fairly attractive woman who was his younger by about 20+ years.

  i heard this from an ex-bethelite.

  just wondered if it was true?

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  Audrey Mock [sp?]. I remember her and her brother, Russell, at Bethel 35 years ago. Knorr refused to allow Charles De Wilda, a Bethelite, to get married, yet he himself bent the rules and married Sister Mock. Charles called Knorr on it, and Knorr made De Wilda's life miserable. Charles left Bethel, became essentially homeless and died, cold, on a park bench. Prior to that sad occurrence, those kindly Bethelites who tried to help the poor man were forbidden by Knorr to offer him any further assistance. [THE FOUR PRESIDENTS - E.C. Gruss, Ed., pp. 95, 96]

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  If Jesus Was Here, What Would He Say About Jehovah's "Christian" Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  well?

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  "You used to worship me --- what gives?"

  CoCo
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  What was the spark that caused the blood fractions switch ?

  by 5go in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i thought it was the program life in the er.

  when it featured a elderly couple from san antonio that died because of refusing fractions.. .

  maybe i have it wrong..

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  What surprised me was the pressure that FWF faced over various aspects of the blood ban, most noteworthy that of acceptable treatment for hemophiliacs. Many contacted the Society by phone initially re: how to proceed past the "permitted" one treatment. When, through opposition and pressure [by whom specifically?] FWF relented, there were few follow-up contact telephone numbers available to apprise original callers of updated, life-saving treatment.

  www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/126825/1.ashx

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  Answers to this weeks Bookstudy in Revelation Grand Climax

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so here are the answers for this weeks bookstudy - should be mind numbing expanding .

  book study for week of january 8th 1revelationitshappyclimax!.

  revelationitshappyclimax!.

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  Greetings Stilla,

  Thanx for the trouble you've gone to. I remember kicking myself at the meeting after having realized I had just sung the words "present truth." So now, with all the corrections for the BS, is the information present truth or flashes of light, or is it a readjustment and tacking in the wind? I gave up long ago trying to figure it out.

  Would Jehovah be angry with me if I used the Bible only?

  CoCo Confused [no more!]
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  Comments You Will Not Hear at the 1-7-07 WT Study (Love God)

  by blondie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  how, though, do we show our love for jehovah?.

  how we show our love for jehovah.

  q7, 8) how can we show our love for jehovah?.

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  Schroeder's "Salvation by Law"

  WTB&TS --- The Critical Years --- 1975 - 1997

  by Randall Watters

  "Our 'mother' has the right to make rules and regulations for us...In it [BRANCH ORGANIZATION PROCEDURE] there are 1177 policies and regulations...we are expected to follow its policies..." Schroeder concludes with, 'put up or leave'!

  www.freeminds.org/history/critical.htm

  www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/126860/1.ashx

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  Has the Internet changed your life?

  by Fisherman in

  1. social
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  information at my finger tips.

  no one can have the upper hand on me beccause of information.

  medicine.

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  A wonderful account, Merry M!

  It's all so true what you have said! The rare occasions I do venture forth and find myself in a library - well, it just isn't the same. When I was a child I was filled with wonder and expectation. Now, it's a matter of expediency. I heard the performance of a piano concerto on NPR. It was that of an obscure Russian composer of the early 20th century. At the library there was scant info on his life and work. On the net, however........!

  Thanx for your lovely story!

  CoCo
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  INDULGE YOURSELF! No More Guilt!

  by compound complex in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  dear released-from-care,.

  it's a chilly 45 degrees fahrenheit outdoors and i do not wish to risk pneumonia.

  i'm under the weather and brand-new sheets and feeling quite indulgent.

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  Dear Friends,

  Thank you for your honest-hearted replies!

  Bernadette - read on! watch on! Saw GHOST last night though we were instructed 16 years ago not to. Am I bad?

  Tyrone - that on-going sense of doom is a killer. I, likewise, now know what matters.

  Sassy - I used to stay at nice places but have given that up totally. It's better to pay my rent!

  Lo-ru-hamah - sleeping in is all it's cracked up to be - and cussing? Golly gee whiz and shucks! Pardon my French.

  Thanx again,

  CoCo