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  Questions From Readers - April 15, 2015 Watchtower

  by sd-7 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  now, i'm not a prophet, but i would consider this article to be a uh, spirit-directed excerpt from what could happen--but we are not saying.

  questions from readers.

  is it necessary to offer thanks in prayer before eating snacks?.

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  This funny little article made me hungry

  I think I will have a snack and a prayer...sorry...a prayer and a snack
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  Family Worship VITAL FOR SURVIVAL - Oct 09 WT Study Edition

  by Hopscotch in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  inspired by the other thread on the family worship arrangement and by a request for printed information here are scans from the latest wt about this arrangment.

  the article starts off by using a favourite wts tactic - fear!.

  hopscotch.

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  twinkle toes

  This is a little off topic because the majority of it is more about meeting attendance. But I feel that it speaks to the fact that witness parents were raised to deal with their children in a firm way. Children are to be seen and not heard type mentality. This is what our family study nights were like. My mom would get annoyed after about 20 min. She would be angry because my brothers were practially laying on the table in boredom (or embarrassment depending on the subject at hand). Then everyone would start arguing and go off in different directions.My mom would start into my Dad about not leading his household in spiritual matters. What a blessing family study night was for us.

  Can you imagine if they printed this article now. I highlighted my favorite part

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  1 M ANY parents argue that they have tried everything to apply the admonition of Jehovah in training their children to understand their proper place in the New World society, but to no avail. Have you? Have you tried habit, for instance? How about the good habit of discussing the daily Bible text each morning? Can you picture what a firm groove that would imbed in the child’s mind and how it would help to keep before the child the purposes of God? Then, too, how about having a regular Bible study right in the home for the benefit of the entire family? Does your family study TheWatchtower together some evening before the meeting? This also can become a good habit for children and parents alike, resulting in much joy to all. How about the regular habit of meeting attendance? Being present at every Watchtower study can become such a strong habit that it will not be jeopardized by light excuses for staying away from this important meeting. Other congregation meetings also are important and should be included in the weekly budget of time and become good habits. Humans are habit-forming; so why not cultivate good habits very early in life?

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  Just having our children with us at the meetings, however, is not adequate. Here they will be expected to pay attention and not play, draw pictures or have side attractions. They should be taught that there is a time for things other than play. It may require the rod of correction to impress the necessity for being quiet and paying attention, but, when properly applied, such measures need not be repeated often. Sometimes a young boy of five or six will begin to get restless in the meeting and start fussing, disturbing many. His father, sitting beside him, will try to quiet him. He continues fussing and the father starts to get up to take the boy out. The boy does not want to go—he has been outside with his daddy before and has lost every round. So now junior becomes quiet for the rest of the meeting. Thus we see that when discipline is firmly and kindly applied so as to be remembered, it will be beneficial. Kind application may not always be soft application. Such discipline is not an indication of hatred on the part of parents, because an obedient child is generally very fond of a father and mother who mete out discipline in the proper way. Most of us have observed how children respect parents who enforce their words—with penalties, if necessary—and do not let their words die as mere idle threats. Most persons have respect for one who makes his word good, and that includes children. Children, be admonished therefore: "Be obedient to your parents in union with the Lord, for this is righteous: ‘Honor your father and mother’; which is the first command with a promise." And, too, you parents who love your children, reprove the children for their good even as ‘those whom Jehovah loves he disciplines, as in fact he scourges everyone whom he receives as a son.’ Discipline is not pleasant at the time, but corrects for righteousness.—Eph. 6:1, 2; Heb. 12:6, 11,

  w565/15p.310par.2CarefulLivingHelpsAvoidLife’sPitfalls
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  Valley Farms Corp. What do they protect with it?

  by MinisterAmos in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  most already know that watchtower corp atty phil brumley uses a patterson, ny address as his residence.

  using google maps, 131 brimstone road, patterson ny is starting to shape up into a veritable mansion.

  maybe they are planning another rutherford (also an atty) style beth sharim but this time close to wallkill?.

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  George Brumley long time missionary whose story was in a 1992 watchtower, had a son named Philip who was accepted to NY bethel service in the early to mid 70's. Philip Brumley graduated law school in 1988 in Brooklynn. Who do you think paid?
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  His Silence Says it All

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  greetings, dear friends:.

  the day is bright and beautiful, yet i'm traveling to a space somewhere inward.

  i dropped the broom while sweeping leaves on deck and hastened slowly to put my old and fading man's introspection to paper.

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  I dropped the broom while sweeping leaves on deck and hastened slowly to put my old and fading man's introspection to paper

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  Poetry is born in the most unlikely moments

  Lovely.
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  Information that I'm compelled to Impart!

  by ldrnomo in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i like ben franklin and i like wine.. .

  wine and water.

  to my friends who enjoy a glass of wine... .

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  I'll drink to that!

  Cheers
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  Post one PICTURE that sums up your Watchtower experience so far . . .

  by nicolaou in

  1. jw
  2. friends

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  i started a topic like this about 4 years ago but, as you'd expect, most of the images no longer show so here we go again .

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  As A JW Did You Care About Old JW History, Old Light & Flip Flops?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i used to look at the old stuff as info that the witnesses were progressively understanding.

  i didn't hold it against the witnesses if they changed understandings because after all the 'light was getting brighter and brighter".. as time went on, it did start effecting me.

  there were too many things i'd let slide by when i was younger that i just couldn't ignore any longer.

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  I got in trouble when as a teenager(what a dork I was) I brought the Babylon the great has fallen book, to the Revelation bookstudy. I had crossed referenced all the scriptures and thought I was presenting insightful material. But while I was commenting I was realizing that it was coming across more as contradiction. I was spoken to about the book after the study and told not to use it because it was old light.

  That was the beginning of my deeper study however I was able to brush it of as light getting brighter for a long time. Funny thing was noone ever seemed interested in talking about the interesting things I thought I had found. My mom just brushed it off.

  6 years later, after the business of being a teenager had gone by, I again started searching to prove what I was reading to be right. I am still here trying to make sense of it all.

  It makes no sense.
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  Mr. & Mrs. Flipper - 3 year Anniversary thanks to E-Harmony

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this goes out to my lovely wife !

  it's been a great 3 years babe.

  lookin' forward to many more !

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  congrats
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  JWs: Dress Like a Nerd. You'll arouse "curiosity" per Oct, 2009 KM

  by Open mind in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on this week's service meeting there's a q&a for an article about informal witnessing (tm).

  the second paragraph recommends dressing modestly at all times so you're ready to witness at a moment's notice.

  it even says that your neat & clean appearance may arouse "curiosity".. .

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  On the way out: That guy looks like every JW guy who was ever interested in me. LOL. No wonder I was cherishing my gift of singleness.

  I was always to nice to the geeks.
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  Going to be interviewed at 3:00 pm

  by Lady Lee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last week a student doing her masters in journalism contacted me about doing an interview re ex-jws.

  i agreed to talk to her.

  and she and a couple of others will be coming to record the interview.. she is interested in what it is like to leave the jws and knows it is a cult.. boy have i a lot to tell.. she found me through the meet up website for ottawa ex-jws.. i don't think it will be a long interview.

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  twinkle toes

  wow.

  good luck