Topics Started by NanaR

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Learning to give -- the value of traditional special days
by NanaR in
1. jw
2. friends
hey all,.

last saturday, i gave a birthday party for my grandson who lives with me.

it was the very first time that i had given a birthday party myself, although i have helped with a few in the past couple of years.. before the party, my best friend kept the birthday boy for a few hours.
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Scan of May 1974 Kingdom Ministry needed
by NanaR in
1. watchtower
2. bible
does anyone have a scan of the may 1974 kingdom ministry article "how are you using your life?".

i have the cd and the text of the article, but if i can get an actual scan that would be helpful.. thanks!.

ruth.
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It's my 2 year anniversary on JWD
by NanaR in
1. jw
2. friends
i had been lurking for a few weeks here.

i had been an inactive jw for about 10 years at that point, and had been investigating catholicism for about a year.. i came to jwd from the timothy campbell site beyond jehovah's witnesses.

i was looking for all the reasons the jws had to be wrong, so i could convince my husband and children.. i found leolaia and amazing and cabasillas and atlantis and narkissus and others whose great research gave me so much to ponder about.
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New Podcasts
by NanaR in
1. jw
2. friends
hey friends:.

check out jeff schwehm's two most recent podcasts:.

http://catholicxjw.blogspot.com/2008/06/welcome-home-catholic-conference.html -- interview with tom cabeen.
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2008 District Convention schedule?
by NanaR in
1. jw
2. friends
hey, does anyone out there know on which day the book for youth is released and on which day the new book of pharisaic rules is released?.

i seem to remember somebody (blondie?

) posting the dc program, but i can't find it right now.. .
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Kingdom Hall turned into Catholic Church
by NanaR in
1. jw
2. friends
take a look:.

http://www.thefloridacatholic.org/stp/2008_stp/2008_stparticles/20080425_stp_maronites.php.

ruth.
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Elders come to see me...
by NanaR in
1. jw
2. experiences
i am now roman catholic :-).

the easter vigil mass (at which i was baptized) was 8 p.m. yesterday, and we had a meeting at the church yesterday morning.

so i went home for the afternoon to get ready for the evening.. so who else would show up at our door (during the three hours or so i was home all day) but two jw elders.
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"secondary worship", obeisance, Jesus
by NanaR in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
friends:.

i have a question for the researchers here.

i tried to do a search, but the word "worship" brings up way too many posts to filter through.. i remember as a young jw being told that jws render "secondary worship" to jesus christ.
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C. T. Russell and the Trinity Doctrine
by NanaR in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have a question.. i know that russell's hallmark was "putting the hose on hell", so i'm assuming that the belief that humans do not have an immortal soul was also one of his early teachings.. however, i know that russell used the symbol of the cross, celebrated christmas, and that the early bible students also fellowshipped with other christians.

my grandmother, for example, attended a baptist church on sundays but went to bible student group studies with her father through the week.. so i am wondering about the witnesses rejection of the trinity doctrine.

did russell outspokenly reject the trinity doctrine?
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One Year Anniversary
by NanaR in
1. jw
2. friends
today is my one year anniversary at jwd :-).

i was lurking here for a couple of weeks before that, but i joined a year ago today.. one of the first people who welcomed me was "fullofdoubtnow".

oh well.... the same day that i registered here, i attended my first roman catholic mass.