Posts by compound complex

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Changes to Watchtower publication pictures

by rory-ks in

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are there any more examples like this?

pictures changed because a person was disfellowshipped?.

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Persons asking why the bound volume reprint has a different cover picture are receiving answers such as the Society's letter shown here claiming that the cover was changed to "produce a more appropriate and suitable illustration."

Why is the Watchtower Society determined to hide the truth regarding its September 15, 1982, cover? Because this information exposes THE WATCHTOWER for what it really is - not "the channel of communication" from God, as it claims, but just another magazine like the magazines it 'borrowed' the picture from.

For further information, enter "Johnny Walker Red" into JWN search box.

http://www.bibletopics.com/biblestudy/86.htm

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Rules on blood also apply to our pets

by Splash in

while researching something else, i came across these two comments from a wt on how we should view the blood issue, when it comes to our pets.. *** w64 2/15 p. 127 questions from readers ***.

"would it be a violation of the scriptures for a christian to permit a veterinarian to give blood transfusions to a pet?

by all means, to do so would be a violation of the scriptures.".

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How irrational the Society could be was experienced by the sister-in-law of ex-bethelite William Cetnar when . . .

at the suggestion of her veterinarian, she had a blood transfusion given to her poodle to prolong its life. She couldn't believe Bill [Cetnar] when he told her that the Society would say she had violated God's law. At his urging she wrote the Society on the matter and the response she received informed her that she had done wrong. Phyllis thought that this was ridiculous. She wrote again and asked if her cat eating a mouse would also be a problem; was this too against God's law? She was told that she should keep the cat under restraint and be more careful in handling it. She thought to herself, "How many cats have I seen which have drained the blood of their mouse victim before eating it?"

Recounted by Joan Cetnar

The Four Presidents of the Watch Tower Society (Jehovah's Witnesses), by Edmond C. Gruss, page 76.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/205253/1/Blood-Ban-and-Your-Pets#.U612lt31s2Y

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"Banned in Brooklyn"

by Quendi in

i hope this thread generates some discussion as well as some amusement.

i want to talk about "banned books".

back in the middle ages, the roman catholic church issued its index librorum prohibitorum, the list of prohibited books.

compound complex

Of late, I am wordless, yet I do heartily subscribe to this subject!

Hi Quendi!

CC

35

Public Speaker Cries During His Talk

by James Jackson in

his talk was about reaching out for the real life.. he is in his mid seventies, then begins to rant on about staying loyal to the organization because many of us have lost loved ones in death and if we want to see them again we must remain in the organization.

he says he wants to see his father again, then the tears begin to flow right there on the stage.... then an elderly sister during the watchtower study admits to regetting leaving her daughter behind to seek a better life in the u.s, and she is crying.... these 2 meetings was just plain weird..

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Dear Bee:

CC

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one reason for the dumbing down of the org

by Magnum in

a lot of us have said that theres been a dumbing down in jw land.

its just not like it used to be especially a few decades ago.

it seems to me that if jw are right and the end of the world is near, the spiritual food should get tastier and more nourishing as time goes on, but it's getting more and more bland and less nourishing.

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He was the Oracle. [emphasis CC]

He made his own rules and everyone accepted it with "Well, that's Freddy".

I was there in Yankee Stadium for his 20 min. prayer.

minimus

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/scandals/172332/1/Fred-Franz-the-Weird-Speaker-from-Brooklyn#.U6nLREZ3ztA

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#2014RegionalConvention

by SG098 in

so i was going through my instagram this morning and i'm seeing a few of my friends are attending the conventions this weekend and are posting pics of it.

at the bottom of their pics their tagging:.

if i could, i would post a pic saying something about 1914 or "young ones will never grow old in this system", or any other self damning watchtower saying.. i can't because of the home front situation.

compound complex

http://myfox8.com/2014/06/20/jehovahs-witnesses-convention-expected-to-draw-12000-this-weekend-in-winston-salem/

359

Come On And PLAY!!!

by snowbird in

this here is very educational.. http://www.funtrivia.com/tournament/jwd-trivia-quiz-75350.html.

come on, y'all.. sylvia.

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adds, ads, adze

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SADNESS

by compound complex in

jw
friends

she wraps me in her cold embrace,.

a hold that will not let go .

.. i welcome her with half a heart, .

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Snowbird and rip:

Blessings, peace, love . . .

CoCo

359

Come On And PLAY!!!

by snowbird in

this here is very educational.. http://www.funtrivia.com/tournament/jwd-trivia-quiz-75350.html.

come on, y'all.. sylvia.

compound complex

Oscar, ever the pompous but not-so-truly-bright scholar, frequently peppered his orations with hackneyed expressions in order to impress, so he thought, his groaning audience with high-sounding but empty platitudes that these weary listeners, of one accord (for they had conferred upon this very matter), had agreed were little more than the trite ramblings of a ne'er-do-well autodidact.

rebel/rebel; appropriate/appropriate; articulate/articulate [adjective and verb usage]

Good morning, SYLVIA!

CC

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Are the best things in life really free?

by compound complex in

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are they for you?.

thanks.. coco.

compound complex

Dear New Hope:

That's well put! Thank you bringing this to my attention.

Blessings and love.

CoCo