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  JW history (big green book)

  by lovinglife in

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  i have been coming here for many months now; absorbing all the wonderful info given and reading ray franz's books, but i have never posted before.

  can anyone tell me the specific name and about a book that came out a few years ago, i guess at a convention about the jw's history?

  i think it starts out as "jehovah's witnesses and something, something" its a big green book...thats all the info i have on it.

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  expatbrit

  Hello lovinglife:

  Welcome to the forum.

  Here is a link to some notes on the Proclaimers book, written by the always delightfully lemony Alan F.

  http://www.geocities.com/osarsif/jv.htm

  Expatbrit
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  Brooklyn Denounces Elder Thieves

  by Kenneson in

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  they have been disfellowshipped, along with the wife of one.

  this is one scandal the w.t.

  was quick to respond.

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  "She has very close friends in the Deer Lodge congregation who still consider her close friends," Murphy said. "Now they are not able to associate with her because of what these two men did."

  Can someone fill me in on this? What is the old lady's status? Is she disassociated?

  Expatbrit
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  Who here has military service?

  by pr_capone in

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  just wondering how many ex dubs have served in the military.

  was it before or after the jw's?

  where did you serve?

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  expatbrit

  If that is the case, then I was a Commander in the Praetorian Guard during the reign of Julius Caesar.

  You incompetent bastard! How could you let Cassius slip through with the dagger so easily? I told you that yon Cassius had a lean and hungry look, boy oh no! you just thought it was Cassius feeling gaseous! I'll get you for that with my dogs of war! Vene vidi smackini!

  Julius Caesar (currently known as Expatbrit in this life.)
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  Is God Senile?

  by expatbrit in

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  genesis 2 .

  genesis 4 .

  genesis 18 .

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  expatbrit

  I think I know why God hasn’t been around for a while. He's been shipped off to the celestial nursing home to chew on manna rusks. This shouldn’t be a surprise. The old boy has been losing it for thousands of years, if the Bible is anything to go by.

  Expatbrit

  Gasp! You can tell good from evil? That’s alright then.

  Knowing good from evil is evil

  Genesis 2
  15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."

  Knowing good from evil is good

  Hebrews 5
  13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.

  My omniscience isn’t what it used to be

  Proverbs 15
  3 The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.

  Genesis 4
  9 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?"

  Genesis 18
  20 Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous 21 that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me.

  What do you mean, Nephilim can swim?

  Genesis 7
  21 Every living thing that moved on the earth perished-birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.

  Numbers 13
  33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them."

  No-one is righteous. Except maybe….

  Romans 3
  10 As it is written:
  "There is no one righteous, not even one;

  Except Noah….

  Genesis 7
  1 The LORD then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

  ….and Job…..

  Job 2
  3 Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright,

  …..and lots of other people too…..

  1 John 3
  6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.
  7 Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

  I love order, let’s mess it up!

  1 Corinthians 14
  33 For God is not a God of disorder but of peace.

  Genesis 11
  9 That is why it was called Babel [1] -because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world.

  Iron? You didn’t tell me they had iron!

  Luke 1
  37 For nothing is impossible with God."

  Judges 1
  19 The LORD was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had iron chariots.

  Old wotsisname

  Genesis 35
  10 God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, [1] but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel. [2] " So he named him Israel.

  Genesis 46
  2 And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, "Jacob! Jacob!"

  A horse! A horse!

  Exodus 9
  3 the hand of the LORD will bring a terrible plague on your livestock in the field-on your horses and donkeys and camels and on your cattle and sheep and goats. 4 But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.' "
  5 The LORD set a time and said, "Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land." 6 And the next day the LORD did it: All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.

  Exodus 14
  9 The Egyptians-all Pharaoh's horses and chariots, horsemen and troops-pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon.

  I didn’t lie, I just changed my mind!

  Titus 1
  2 a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,

  Numbers 14
  30 Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

  This sin business is a little tricky

  Deuteronomy 24
  16 Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.

  Romans 5
  
  12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned--
  
  But I didn’t have my hearing aid in!

  1 Samuel 28
  6 He [Saul] inquired of the LORD , but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.

  1 Chronicles 10
  13 Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD ; he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance, 14 and did not inquire of the LORD . So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

  This makes no census

  2 Samuel 24
  1 Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, "Go and take a census of Israel and Judah."

  1 Chronicles 21
  1 Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.

  Time off for good behaviour

  1 Kings 15
  5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not failed to keep any of the LORD's commands all the days of his life-except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.

  2 Samuel 24
  10 David was conscience-stricken after he had counted the fighting men, and he said to the LORD , "I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD , I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing."
  11 Before David got up the next morning, the word of the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David's seer: 12 "Go and tell David, 'This is what the LORD says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.' "

  You call this peace?

  Jeremiah 34
  4 " 'Yet hear the promise of the LORD , O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the LORD says concerning you: You will not die by the sword; 5 you will die peacefully.

  Jeremiah 52
  10 There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the officials of Judah. 11 Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon, where he put him in prison till the day of his death.

  Bugger the Holy Spirit….

  Acts 16
  6 Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.

  Acts 19
  8 Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God. 9 But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. 10 This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.
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  I Mean Every Word of This

  by Robdar in

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  dear x.

  and another thing:.

  *%&#*%$*$#*$#@*#**$&#, mf%#&*%&$%$#^%^&**&^$$&!!!!!!.

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  expatbrit

  I thought that "*$$&&*" was a bit over the top. Maybe "*%$^#&" would have been more appropriate.

  Expatbrit
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  Tell Us About Your Culture!

  by MrMoe in

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/15/52295/750641/post.ashx#750641

  sparked something!

  many americans are... well... mutts.

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  expatbrit

  That would explain the receding chin.

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  If you could spend a whole day with anyone .......

  by azaria in

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  dead (resurrected ) or alive who would you choose?.

  mood barometer: a little melancholy, but basically .

  every once in a while i think of who i would like to meet.

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  expatbrit

  1. Elizabeth I

  2. The Duke of Wellington

  3. Isaac Newton

  4. Horatio Nelson.

  5. Charles Taze Russell (for the satisfaction of beating the snot out of him).

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  For Hamas

  by Yerusalyim in

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  thought i'd start a new thread for this conversation.. .

  first, you didn't respond to the charter for the organization hamas.

  it is indeed an islamic (radical) group dedicated to erradicating israel.. .

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  expatbrit

  While visiting Israel in 1990, a funny thing happened. Wading around in the Dead Sea, I stubbed my toe on the last remaining piece of moral high ground in the region.

  Which pretty much sums up the Israeli-Palestinian situation, as far as I'm concerned. There is so much hatred, so many atrocities and so much propaganda and lies on both sides, that I simply can't come down on one side or the other. Israelis should be able to live in peace without their women and children being bombed in restaurants. But Palestinians should be able to live in peace as equal citizens without their homes being destroyed and their children shot.

  It'll be a long time before that happens. Everyone is too caught up in history to step back and realise that while history is all very interesting, it can't be changed and it is the present which needs concentrating on. Who cares how many Jews and Palestinians were in the area in 1900? What is important are the Jews and Palestinians in the area now.

  Hopefully with the new and younger Palestinian politicians and the removal of extremist regimes like Iraq's, the Muslim side will become more moderate, thus putting more pressure on the Israeli hawks to moderate themselves. Perhaps.

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  Great Website scores JW religion as 94th in World

  by Sirona in

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  this site is great.

  http://www.godulike.co.uk/az.php.

  check out jws - they're listed 94th with an overall score of minus one.

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  expatbrit

  Bugger. New light....

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  The New Gender Gap

  by DanTheMan in

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  http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_21/b3834001_mz001.htm

  save the males!!!

  lol

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  expatbrit

  overly feminizing classrooms and attempting to engineer androgyny.

  Yeah what is it with all the effeminate young males these days? Seems like they have all been turned into androgynes (is that a word?), mincing around and talking with that effeminate lisp. Methinks that there's a little too much of this politically correct getting-in-touch-with-your-feelings bollocks going on!

  Expatbrit (can't turn off the highlighting class)