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  Losch hawaii zone visit

  by isaacaustin in

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  before this talk was given the chairman said the audience could make audio recordings for their personal use but specifically requested that they not make additional copies.

  here are notes from someone who was in attendance.. this has already been posted but here are someone elses notes:.

  what the near future holdsjanuary 27, 2008 (hawaii zone visit) gerrit loschalthough we cannot know our individual future, we do know mankind's immediate future (2 peter 3:17 "you, therefore, beloved ones, having this advanced knowledge").

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  They make it up as they go along decade after decade .Reading the contents of Sloschey Loschey's talk took me right back to the late 1950's and anybody reading similar in the fifties must have been taken back to the thirties , twenties, etc.Who will be giving the same message in 2060 I wonder, it won't be Sloschey boy you can bet your boots on that because he will end up like every other being on the planet.

  How I would love to heckle the guy and ask what happened with the empty rhetoric of the past and ask the question " did you have to work hard on the self delusion bit or does it come naturally? Which near future would that be again, is it the near future from the beginning of the 20th century.
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  Back sliding

  by edmond dantes in

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  there used to be a nutty expression in the whacktower during the fifties it was the term a backslider .why don't they use it nowadays?

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  Blondie,

  How do you find the answers and quotes mega fast, that is brilliant. Thanks everyone I thought it was a term to describe my childhood playground activities when I was on my way down the shute.

  Edmond, Backsliding fast from the Witlesses.
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  Back sliding

  by edmond dantes in

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  there used to be a nutty expression in the whacktower during the fifties it was the term a backslider .why don't they use it nowadays?

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  edmond dantes

  There used to be a nutty expression in the Whacktower during the fifties it was the term a backslider .Why don't they use it nowadays?
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  COMPUTER SOFTWARE USED IN KHS/CONGREGATION

  by badboy in

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  was any used?

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  edmond dantes

  I think the softwear games are the ones to be found found in a Kingdumb Hall and for use on a very rainy day but they would be theocratically biased of course.Once loaded they would have ------

  Games such as "Buckaroo." This would be for the players to stick on to the mule as many as 12 new light segments without making the mule buck.

  "Operation." This would involve taking body parts out with tweezers without making the buzzer sounding and making everyone jump.The theocratic version would be played while a simulated blood transfusion was taking place on the pretend patient with the red nose.

  "Monopoly." Would keep them entertained for hours. New World edition would differ somewhat for instead of collecting houses and hotels they would collect bible studies. The Governing Body being the banker means the players have to pay all money back to Brooklyn ; every time they passed go instead of the players being paid the GB would receive payment.Water works would be counted as baptisms, electric company would be new light each time they stoppped on the square.Go straight to jail would be for refusing millitary service unless they have a get out of jail free card, you get that by promising to do alternative service.No free parking space, you land there a during an assembly but pay Brooklyn the fee.The players would need to stop on a railway station in order to travel to the assemblies.Pay income tax square is ignored as we all know The Watchtower don't do that sort of thing. Chance cards and community cards would throw up such things as : You have been found guilty at a judiciary be shunned pay all your money back. ,Property repairs mean a large bill to pay for Kingdom hall rennovation, You gain a large inheritance give directly to GB.You have returned your ministry hours form in and it's padded (not a disfellowshipping offense) miss a turn.You owe Bethel a large some of money for literature which means no new books and mags this in turn means no bible studies until you throw a double six.

  Thank God it's only a wet day dream.
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  Rutherford Exposed: The Story of Berta and Bonnie (redux)

  by Leolaia in

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  in september 2004, farkel posted an article on this forum called "rutherford exposed: the story of berta and bonnie.

  " his essay, which subsequently was translated into several languages and which received over 10,000 views after the first month, spawned a thread that ran 28 pages and contained the collaborative research efforts of many in jwd.

  this thread was thought by some moderators to be the best in the forum -- not necessarily because of the claims in the original essay but because it inspired a staggering amount of research aimed at assessing the credibility of the claims made in the essay, as well as adding to our knowledge of this fascinating yet obscure chapter of watchtower history.

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  Keep hammering away at the expose, you never know what you might find under a stone.
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  Get Your "Knocking" Postcards Here, Folks!

  by LennyinBluemont in

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  i just got an email about two hours ago, apparently based on the fact that i ordered the "knocking" video via the internet.

  about your postcard.

  you will soon receive a large postcard that says tell a friend about knocking.

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  Do we have to get them from a " Knocking Shop?"
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  BIG NEWS - UK Gov't to Stop Watchtower Blood Teaching?

  by skeeter1 in

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  this below just came up on the wire and is higher in rank than the globe articlethe watchtower is going into spin control overtimehttp://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?newsid=1725new rules could threaten charity status of jehovah's witnesses.

  religious intelligence ltd, uk - 19 minutes ago.

  several jehovahs witnesses charities in the uk expressed concern that the draft guidance could affect their beliefs on blood transfusion.

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  As I understand it the Charity Commission is more concerned about whether a charity is exclusive or not, or whether it is open to the general public at large.For instance if a charity based school is operating an exclusion clause and not allowing a certain group of people the freedom of access for one reason or another they could lose their charity status.

  This exclusiveness might apply to the disfellowshipped in the JWs instance but from what I can remember a kicked out person can still attend the Watchtower study.Their shunning poicy might fly in the face of what is acceptable to the C.Commission though.

  There is ,I think, good grounds for removing the charity status from the Jah Jireh care homes which is run by a group of JWs because that is exclusive to Witnesses who are in good standing and its services are not available to the general public. Maybe someone would like to run with that objection, but bear in mind the Jdubs are not the only ones operating such places, the Christadelphians run care homes as well.
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  my wee mum is not long for this world

  by ninja in

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  she has lost over 7 stone due to her cancer and is finding it almost impossible to eat now.....see the difference in a couple of years .. ......she has been giving all her belongings away too recently

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  Hi Ninj,

  Sorry about your Mum.Lost my Mum quite a few years ago because of the bloody cancer so I can empathise with you and your Mum . I Just want you to know that you are both in my thoughts even though we haven't met.

  E.
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  ANY`BIBLE CHARACTERS' IN YOUR KH?

  by badboy in

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  any claiming to be moses ,jesus or whoever

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  edmond dantes

  There was a lady on the Ark called Mandy Lifeboats

  One or two disfellowshipped as follows

  Mary Juanna Potsmoker

  Tommy Gunn Gun Collection

  Scott Free He got away with it

  Robyn Decradle Inapropriate behaviour
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  Membership numbers

  by pjj62 in

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  does anyone know if the jw membership is increasing or decreasing?

  a local paper in my area did a large study on relegions.

  one of the intresting facts pointed out that the jw have losing members for the past ten years.

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  Welcome,

  They put a lot of emphasis into recruitment but very little effort into looking after their actual membership which is one of their major fault lines.