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  Got your memorial invite?

  by startingover in

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  2. beliefs

  a couple of years ago a couple of elders, who are nice guys and are long time friends, came over to see me and invite me to the memorial.

  after listening to them, i asked them a question.

  i asked why in 1 cor.

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  MeneMene

  Just got an email from my sister today inviting me to go with them.
  
  I am tempted to go because I haven't heard that talk in decades and after hearing the discussions here it may be an opportunity to ask some questions like the ones you guys have mentioned.
  
  Will have to think about this some more - I really do not want to increase their numbers.
  
  I have gotten word they are afraid I am turning Apostate. After all I did send my sister an email quoting from the Harp of God and also some quotes from Clayton J. Woodworth who helped write The Finished Mystery and was editor of the Golden Age. Her computer broke at the same time she received it and they still think I sent her demons in that email.
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  SHUNNING- Oregonian Article-HUGE!

  by messenger in

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  2. friends

  http://oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/front_page/101671540232151251.xml.

  shunning in spotlight .

  wendy y. lawton .

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  MeneMene

  Newboy thanks for bringing that back up. I didn't know about JWD in 2002. It is an interesting read.
  
  I wonder how many of us newer ones here will send Wendy an email today. I did not notice the 2002 date until I got to the 5th page. At first I thought I had drifted into the Twilight Zone.
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  Howdy

  by j0s0r in

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  2. friends

  just a quick post to say lo.

  male 33 from the good ole uk.

  come across this site via google.

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  MeneMene

  Hello & Welcome to the board. I just found it last fall - it's great
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  Tetragram Gospels

  by Earnest in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in my research on the use of god's name in the new testament i came across reference to the tetragram gospels.

  you can imagine my excitement that this obscure twelfth century manuscript of the gospels might contain the tetragrammaton.

  alas, when i eventually got to look at the microfilm it turned out that it was only called the tetragram gospels because it only contained the four (tetra) gospels.. for your interest it was written by a scribe named joseph and its main interest is that the passage at luke 22:43-44 describing jesus' "bloody sweat" is marked with asterisks to indicate its spurious nature.

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  MeneMene

  Happy Birthday to you
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  Is it possible to be declined credit for having credit that is too good?

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the other day i was making substantial purchase and wanted to take advantage of the advertised "12 months no interest" deal.

  i have excellent credit, however my application was denied.

  the girl at the checkout couldn't tell me why, only that it was denied.

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  MeneMene

  I just looked at my Experian report from last year and it lists my ending balance every month on my Discover card and Visa card for about 2 years. The statement closes on a certain date and the statement is mailed out. My payment is always received before the due date but the balance on the account when the statement closes is what is reported.
  
  TransUnion doesn't list the months individually but it does show the 'current' Balance and then the High Balance and Credit Limit.
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  Is the WT lack of funds showing in the Wardrobe room (scans)

  by kwintestal in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  are these ladies wearing the same shirts?

  these scans are from the feb. 1 2007 watchtower.. .

  page numbers were left on the scan for those who have the articles to have a closer look.

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  MeneMene

  Jeffro -
  
  'bangs' is the hair that is cut shorter at the top of the face and hangs down over the forehead.
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  Is it possible to be declined credit for having credit that is too good?

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the other day i was making substantial purchase and wanted to take advantage of the advertised "12 months no interest" deal.

  i have excellent credit, however my application was denied.

  the girl at the checkout couldn't tell me why, only that it was denied.

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  babygirl, that happened to my father last year. He was in Sears to buying something that was several hundred dollars and they asked if he wanted a credit card so he could get an extra discount.
  
  He accepted & applied & was denied. He was still upset when he got home and I explained to him it wasn't because he had bad credit - it was because he had NO credit history.
  
  He has always paid cash for everything.
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  Jehovah's Rocking the Nations?

  by 5thGeneration in

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  2. friends

  how long can the society keep insisting that the preaching work is so successful when there is virtually zero (alright 1.5%) growth?.

  interestingly, the society has excluded the percent gain/loss column online.

  http://www.watchtower.org/e/statistics/worldwide_report.htm.

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  Thanks 5thG - I was just on the WTS website looking for the 2006 statistics and couldn't find them.
  
  
  The 2005 Report on their website did not have the percentages of change either. What was printed in the 2/1/06 WT did show the % Inc Over 2004.
  
  I was comparing Thailand's numbers for 2005 and 2006 and would like to compare 2004 also. Do you happen to know if they keep previous years numbers listed on their website or only the latest year?
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  JWs and the weird way they say Happy Birthday

  by reneeisorym in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you who don't know -- i'm daed but my mother still sends me very short e-mail about every two months.. this morning she sent me an email that said:.

  25 today.

  it would be sooooo wrong for someone to say -- "happy birthday" .. but its fine to mention that i am 25 today.

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  MeneMene

  Happy Birthday to you!!!
  
  At least your mom remembered and acknowledged your birthday. That's not bad for a JW mom.
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  I'm confused- Does it mean that I stumble someone if I drink Coffee?

  by Verona in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was reading the post from truth seeker on the april 15 wt.

  i went a little farther in the article and noticed the q& a indicating that some in the congregation may choose to abstain from cafeine.. this kind of reminds me of the hotdog incident, back in the 60's when we wouldn't be allowed to eat a hotdog because it offended some brothers and sisters with weaker consciences (they believed that hot dog weiners had blood in them).

  so we became closet hotdog eaters for awhile.

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  MeneMene

  Suppose Brooklyn has been reading all the JWD talk about the JWs spending so much of their time in coffee shops taking coffee breaks instead of actually going d2d?