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  Inside Prince's Kingdom Hall Memorial Service today

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
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  http://m.startribune.com/prince-memorial-fills-jehovah-s-witnesses-hall-in-minnetonka/379592941/.

  http://m.etonline.com/news/187330_prince_funeral_private_religious_memorial_service_minnesota/.

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  I counted about 17 empty car spaces ? at the service , I thought the place would have been overflowing with cars and people.

  Am I missing something ?

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  Galatians 5:26 was used in and before the 1960`s to not be involved in competitive sports for yourself or for your children

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
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  myself and my peers in the jw organization in the 1960`s discouraged our children from entering into competitive sports because of the jw policy , regarding that scripture .. has their been a radical change since then ?

  a re-interpretation of that scripture ?.

  why i ask this question is : here in victoria australia where afl football ( aussie rules ) is often regarded as a religion , especially to the state, victoria , we have, according to the media , a devout jehovah`s witness playing professional afl football at a competitive level.. and at their latest win , the team , including alec rance a jw of the richmond club was enthusiastically singing the club victory song along with his teammates on their win .. are their other examples of this in other parts of the world or is this an australian hiccup.. smiddy.

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  Myself and my peers in the JW organization in the 1960`s discouraged our children from entering into competitive sports because of the JW policy , regarding that scripture .

  Has their been a radical change since then ? A re-interpretation of that scripture ?

  Why I ask this question is : Here in Victoria Australia where AFL football ( Aussie Rules ) is often regarded as a religion , especially to the state, Victoria , we have, according to the media , a devout Jehovah`s Witness playing professional AFL football at a competitive level.

  And at their latest win , the team , including Alec Rance a JW of the Richmond Club was enthusiastically singing the club victory song along with his teammates on their win .

  Are their other examples of this in other parts of the world or is this an Australian hiccup.

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  I`m on Windows 10 and my mouse keeps dying , any suggestions ? what to do ?

  by smiddy in

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  2. suggestions

  hi friends.. as the op states lately my mouse keeps dying on me while i`m in the middle of typing a post or whatever and so i lose all that i have laboured to type.. i keep resurrecting the mouse but now it`s dying more frequently .. any suggestions on how to get around this problem , or am i flogging a dead mouse ?.

  i await your suggestions.. smiddy.

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  sowhatnow , it is a mouse that keeps dying not a cat ,duh!.!.....LOL

  Thanks talesin for your suggestions however maybe my pc is as old as me , or as senile as me , I`m not sure which , however it seems to be behaving itself lately , touch wood and cross my fingers and hope the Borg dies.

  The next time my son visits I will show him all your tips , he is the one who set up my pc for us.

  Thanks again everyone

  smiddy
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  Flying Scotsman Visits My Town

  by cofty in

  1. social
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  the iconic steam engine the flying scotsman has been restored and is back on tour along the east coast main line between london and edinburgh.

  this evening it crossed the royal border bridge in berwick-on-tweed for the first time since it was put out of service in january 1963.. here are few shots.. .

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  great pics cofty , but where did all the water go.?
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  The Jehovah`s Witness / Watchtower Religion is Just Another American Born Cult Religion

  by smiddy in

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  2. beliefs

  the international bible students association of charles taze russell and his associates were influenced by other cults of his time most of which believed they were living in the last days , the end times of bible prophecy .. some of which were , the many adventists sects , the christadelphians , mormons ,and the adventists playing a huge influence on russells writings,.

  was charles taze russell chosen by jehovah to lead a revival of the true religion on earth ?

  over a hundred years ago ?.

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  The International bible Students Association of Charles Taze Russell and his associates were influenced by other Cults of his time most of which believed they were living in the last days , the End times of Bible prophecy .

  Some of which were , the many Adventists sects , the Christadelphians , Mormons ,and the Adventists playing a huge influence on Russells writings,

  Was Charles Taze Russell chosen by Jehovah to lead a revival of the true religion on earth ? Over a hundred years ago ?

  If so , why is the religion of Jehovah`s Witnesses so completely different from what it was in Charles Taze Russells day

  Almost all of what C.T.Russell preached in his day is now discarded as false by the current Governing Body of Jehovah`s Witnesses today,

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  Type / Antitype article discredits many JW teachings

  by Sanchy in

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  i was going over the type / antitype articles that were released in last year's watchtower articles and i've just realized how ironic it is those very articles can serve to demolish some of the most fundamental jw teachings.. take for instance the "questions from readers" section of the march 15, 2015 magazine.

  after mentioning some "far-fetched" interpretations that others have applied to bible events, they go on to say:.

  if such interpretations seem far-fetched, you can understand the dilemma.

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  D.O.C.

  The 7 trumpets of revelation relate to Cedar Point Conventions , that was something that started to wake me up though it took many more years for me to exit this man made religion from America.

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  Now finally Caleb & Sofia Anti-Gay Video going viral in Germany too

  by Daniel1555 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  today spiegel online & bento have an article about the anti-gay video.. spiegel is one of the biggest and most serious news media in germany.. they also report and show that youtubers cut the video and changed it in a funny way.

  sofia tells her mother that the teacher said it's fine if they live each other.

  then sofia's mother says: "thats wonderful.".

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  Ucantnome

  Why don`t you look up his Bio ?

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  There will be a Funeral service for Prince in the Kingdom Hall this sunday

  by Farai in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  about 30-50 high profile guests are expected among 300 other guests.

  the kingdom hall has requested for support from the police for crowd/traffic control .

  http://kstp.com/news/email-details-prince-funeral-minnetonka-jehovahs-witness-kindom-hall-police-traffic-crowd-control/4136002/http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/05/13/prince-memorial-scheduled/.

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  Surely sooner or later more and more people are going to see the double standards applied by the organization where celebrities and people with exceptional wealth are given a " get out of jail card " where by the average jane or joe Jehovah`s Witness is going to be hauled before the JC for a far less transgression.

  Especially when such actions are taken against teenagers of the rank and file , yet adult celebrities are given a free pass.

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  God's Word and Modern Man

  by TheLiberator in

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  i have drawn the conclusion that when god speaks, he is using the language and the concepts of the time.

  he is not revealing a new scientific understanding when he speaks.

  that would be distracting from the point being made.

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  Well God hasn`t spoken to man for over 2000 years now , maybe he/she is afraid of being outed as a fraud not having a clue about modern day scientific facts.

  Then again maybe GOD only exists in the minds of the superstitious people of centuries ago and filters down to the superstitious people of today.

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  I`m on Windows 10 and my mouse keeps dying , any suggestions ? what to do ?

  by smiddy in

  1. forum
  2. suggestions

  hi friends.. as the op states lately my mouse keeps dying on me while i`m in the middle of typing a post or whatever and so i lose all that i have laboured to type.. i keep resurrecting the mouse but now it`s dying more frequently .. any suggestions on how to get around this problem , or am i flogging a dead mouse ?.

  i await your suggestions.. smiddy.

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  I thank all of you for your suggestions , however i`m a computer nerd and well into my 70`s which does not help.

  My mouse is a logitech plugged into my harddrive ? no batteries .

  When I have the problem I turn off the pc unplug it from the wall and unplug the mouse from the harddrive ?

  which has fixed the problem until next time it happens and I do it all over again.

  Maybe I`m a lost cause.

  Simon ," How would your mouse dying make you lose what you have typed ?" Easy , .no cursor , no control .

  I would love to know how to control my pc with just the keyboard but I am afraid it may be too complicated for me.

  smiddy