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  What does God expect us to ask for in prayer?

  by JH in

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  jesus said to pray continuously.

  i don' pray anymore because nothing happens no matter what i ask.

  ask for money, you won't get it because everyone wants money and it displeases god.. .

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  I agree with the sentiments of DH and Scooter girl.

  I feel that we should pray that as individuals we are guided by God to his will, other things then fall into perspective.

  Also, I pray for the material and emotional needs of others. I am sure that my family notice that my prayers have changed since the days of being the stereotypical JW. I try to be much more inclusive in my prayers. I pray that God be with all those in need, those with ill health and in poverty. How different from the JWs who pray only for the brothers and sisters under going persecution; how shallow that is.

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  Are You "Up" With All The Latest JW Rules, Lingo & Policies of The WT.?

  by minimus in

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  do you still think jws still call it, "book study conductor" or "congregation servant"?

  or do you still say, "jws sell books"?

  do jws take blood or don't they?

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  Hi Blondie,

  They finally discontinued it because so few people prepared, including the elders.

  There is also a bit of a twist in this; in that you don't need even to read all the Watchtowers nowadays in order to stay up to date. You simply skim through the "do you remember" article published at the back of the Watchtower every 3 months or so. You are the "Up" With All The Latest JW Rules, Lingo & Policies of The WT" in an instance.

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  Comments You Will Not Hear at the 1-16-05 WT Study (Abbreviated)

  by blondie in

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  comments you will not hear at the 01 16 05 wt study (december 1, 2004)

  review comments

  will be in black and parentheses ().

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  Wine and other alcoholic beverages like vegetation, bread, and oil, are fine provisions from God.

  This is a reference from Psalms:

  He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate- bringing forth food from the earth: wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread that sustains his heart.

  I always had a bit of a problem with this when I was a JW, particularly when the issue of alcohol and get togethers came up in elders meetings. The general opinion is that people should never have "too much drink", i.e. drinking should be minimal. However, the above scripture is slightly ambiguous, and suggests to me more than a bear minimum. How much wine do you need to drink to gladden the heart? Surely not just one small glass; you need to drink a few large glasses, i.e. 2 to 3 units of alcohol in an hour, to get the effect of 'gladdening the heart".

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  I can't get a straight answer

  by Glofishy in

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  can anyone tell me if the organization believes that when a married spouse is addicted to pornography, they are actually cheating?

  i mean cheating in the sense that the "innocent" spouse can then declare that they are victims of adultery, and be free to marry again?

  i looked around their website and found nothing that specifically stated that it is considered cheating.

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  I believe fornication or porneia is currently defined has to include the "improper" use of at least one set of genitalia and two individuals/bodies. Thus an individual masturbating doesn't count, adultery does count, bestiality counts, etc. Phone sex seems to be a stretch, but I think did see somewhere that that would be considered porneia.

  Glofishy,

  I believe that you are quite close here. One of the last elders meetings with the CO (approx. 4 years ago) discussed this issue. Viewing pornography is viewed in a dim light but I doubt if anyone would be disfellowshipped for this alone. However, if when viewing pornography, the person masterbated, then this would not be considered 'porneia' but would be considered gross 'uncleanness' and therefore could lead to disfellowshipping.

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  Tempers A Flare at "Quick Builds"

  by orangefatcat in

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  have any of you noticed that when "quick built", kh.

  were being done that many tempers flared amongst brothers.

  some were vicious and cruel and rude.

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  If a brother is an experienced builder and another brother says something has to be done a certain way , that usually created nasty arguments - so yes I have seen this sort of thing before at builds

  I have seen this quite a number of times. The worst trouble comes when the experience brother is 'just' a publisher and the other brother is an elder construction overseer. The whole JW thing is a hierarchy; and the senior person has the last say, not the most suitable. Eyeslice
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  Are You "Up" With All The Latest JW Rules, Lingo & Policies of The WT.?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  do you still think jws still call it, "book study conductor" or "congregation servant"?

  or do you still say, "jws sell books"?

  do jws take blood or don't they?

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  The Latest JW Rules, Lingo & Policies of The WT

  Good point Minimus. It is by means of these things that JWs control and get the measure of people.
  
  Do you remember the old 'New things Learned' at CO's visits? It was really a test to see if everyone was up to speed in 'JW Speak'. Woe betide you if you didn't know the ins and outs of the latest 'new light'.

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  The Holocaust - do we need to know?

  by eyeslice in

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  this week in uk, there starts a new 6 week series to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programme.shtml?day=tuesday&service_id=4224&filename=20050111/20050111_2100_4224_37699_50.

  personally, i do not like cinema films about the holocaust and, therefore, have never watched things like shindler's list or the pianist.

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  Kenneson

  My fear is that as the survivors die out, and we get further away from the event, the deniers will have fewer people who were there to challenge them. Of course, people like us can still speak out against such balderdash. That is why it is necessary that the survivors stories be preserved, so that, at least, people can read about what they experienced.

  Well said my friend. This is the reasoning behind the BBC TV series and the commemorative services to be held this year; the 60th anniversary of the freeing of Auschwitz.

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  Do ALL men cheat??

  by ChakkaConned in

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  i was watching an old eddie murphy hbo special a few weeks ago where he was talking about relationships.

  in his bit, he went off on how all men cheat on their wives and girlfriends.

  he was adamant that even the nicest of guys will take the opportunity to cheat if given the chance and that women need to understand that this is the way it is, 100% of the time.

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  There are two questions here;

  1. Do ALL men cheat?
  2. Would ALL men cheat if given an "opening"?

  Obviously, question 1 - No - many do not get the opporttunity.

  Question 2 not all but perhaps many would.

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  singing at the meetings

  by Dustin in

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  were any of you the really obnoxiosly loud singer at the meeting?

  that always used to make me laugh when somone who couldn't sing just belted it out in their horrible voice.

  or i used to love the husband and wife duos that thought they were all that as they sat and tried to harmonize.

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  The problem with the quality of singing at meetings is that, like everything else in JW world, it is overly regulated and uniform. Rather than being a joy, singing is part of the pre-set programme, song at the beginning, song in the middle and song at the close.

  I often though about taking along a couple of guitars and doing a few of songs differently. But that would be allowed nor would composing a few of your own songs. How different from the more charismatic churches where singing appears to be a fundamental part of worship.

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  What inanimate objects "move" you?

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  i don't consider myself an overly emotional person, but gina and i went to an art museum years ago and i was nearly in tears over something i saw there.

  it was a statue of an old man carrying a jug.

  it was made two thousand years ago.

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  Scootergirl

  object that I wear everday. It is the wedding band of my late husband.

  What a beautiful sentiment.

  Thanks for that

  Eyeslice