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  April 26 2016 God’s Kingdom Rules! to Be Considered at Congregation Bible Study

  by wifibandit in

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  april 26, 2016 to all congregations re: god’s kingdom rules!

  to be considered at congregation bible study.

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  Successive volumes are planned for subsequent years. THis provision makes allowances for "adjustments" in rules with the passing of time. -- steve2
  

  In my ongoing study of English literature and grammar, I find a curious connection between "retcon" and WT modus operandi:

  There are various motivations for applying retroactive continuity. The changes may occur to accommodate sequels or derivative works, allowing newer authors or creators to revise the diegetic (in-story) history to include a course of events that would not have been possible in the story's original continuity. Retcons allow for authors to reintroduce popular characters and resolve errors in chronology. Another form of retroactive continuity involves placing well-known characters in a parallel universe. This approach can be used to allow familiar elements of a story to be explored in an entirely new context, without affecting external elements. Additionally, this approach can be used to retcon former events in a franchise timeline.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroactive_continuity
  
  
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  New ANTI-GAY video for Kids on jw.org

  by ttdtt in

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  https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/one-man-one-woman-marriage/.

  disgusting!.

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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy_Brown

  Does anyone here recall the Murphy Brown and Dan Quayle "controversy" over family values?

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  A flash from the past

  by wasone in

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  this is a photo of the bethel repair shop taken in 1976. anyone recognize any of these lads from 40 years ago.

  i know it's a long shot, but was wondering how many were still in after all these years.

  i remember a few of them.

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  Know Brent's family and knew Steve personally.

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  Today's Study - Shun Disfellowshipped Family, Don't Marry Outsiders, Tell On Others!

  by Divergent in

  1. jw
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  urghhh... what a disgusting study!7 a conflict of loyalties may arise when a close relative is disfellowshipped.

  for example, a sister named anne received a telephone call from her disfellowshipped mother.

  the mother wanted to visit anne because she felt pained by her isolation from the family.

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  Even when no longer an elder, I would talk to and encourage (according to the so-called scriptural methods) disfellowshipped individuals. I do so now, even on FB. There are so many former JWs in my area, although not all of them are disfellowshipped.

  People are people and need love and help. WT rules no longer hold me in awe and fear.

  Enough already . . .

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  super heros

  by Gratefullyunstuck in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after reading the content of the 1 day assembly on another post, please tell me wt are trying to suggest members cant follow super hero movies/characters etc.

  the whole of my ex family wouldnt have a life if this happened!

  surely a wake up call for them....... but doubt it

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  I recall a Society article years ago that decried superhero garb (specifically, that of Superman) as sexually provocative. Christians must avert eyes and thoughts away from any unclean thing. I've never seen any one of those dudes or dames fixed up in loose-fitting duds (well, in disguise; e.g., Clark Kent).

  Did Anthony Morris III write that article?

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  Any thought behind your " Avatar"

  by The Rebel in

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  i think that's the correct phrase?

  anyway when i first came here, that little picture that "the rebel" hides behind, was a self portrait of a very sad man, who simply had too much knowledge.

  now i feel after 7 months here, i should repaint that " avetor" give some happiness to the eyes, and a contented smile to the lips.. in short my " avetor" was a self portrait of a man with too much knowledge.

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  Dad, Uncle J, and I resemble my avatar. Closest likeness I could get without being the real deal. E. Lesley Tompson F., pictured, has become a hippie, in my guise.

  Some people call me Jesus.

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  A cording to today's wt not speaking to someone is evil

  by poopie in

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  wow

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  "No one should be forced to worship in a way that he finds unacceptable or be made to choose between his beliefs and his family." -- AWAKE!, July 2009, page 29.

  Oft quoted but e'er relevant declaration from Jehovah's own channel . . .

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  Door to Door

  by Drifting Away in

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  i hear my wife say to me " we are the only religion that does the will of god , and that is to preach door to door, and speak about gods kingdom" and in one sense she is correct, i know there are others that preach door to door, but then someone told me door to door, does not literally mean door to door in modern times.

  i was confused, has anyone ever heard of this before?

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  In the book, IN SEARCH OF CHRISTIAN FREEDOM, Ray Franz discusses a GB meeting where this matter came up. His uncle, Fred Franz, created a stir by saying that Paul could've meant coming in through the front door and leaving by the back: from door to door in the same house . . .

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  GB Daniel Sydlik died ten years ago today (on April 18, 2006)

  by AnneB in

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  he seemed like a decent fellow.

  i miss his talks.

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  He gave a memorable talk years ago at a DC in Sacramento, California, USA:

  Two sons of a devout Russian Witness mother came to America to find freedom but left the "Truth." She wailed that if they were back home they would still be serving Jehovah. What, precisely, is freedom?

  Another experience he related was that of an official (in Russia, too, I believe) who, somehow, had an ill and imprisoned Witness under his care. He commanded that the JW be fed the broth of a stewing chicken* daily so as to regain his strength. Failure to follow through on the reinvigoration of the stricken Witness would mean death to the jailer.

  Jehovah provides for his people.

  You cannot make these stories up.

  CoCo

  Incidentally, this chicken* was no ordinary chicken. Stewing chickens possess special curative properties. I doubt a young fryer would do . . .
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  No More Tears . . .

  by compound complex in

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  "the way you walked was thorny, through no fault of your own, but as the rain enters the soil, the river enters the sea, so tears run to a predestined end.

  now you will have peace for eternity.".

  -- maleva, the gypsy woman, the wolf man.

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  Even a man who is pure in heart, and says his prayers by night;

  May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.

  Is a Jehovah's Witness man immune through the office of his prayers to Jehovah?

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