I can just about imagine how this rule came to be. Some GB looked up during the prayer at Monday night WT study and saw a 20 young something bride with her arms around the waist of her 40 year old Bethel groom. Since both have been so repressed and are now under the public spotlight at Bethel- the prayer is a rare moment of privacy. Grumpy GB member makes sure there is a morning worship regarding this and a young, eager writing dept staffer picks it up for his article. Viola- NEW LIGHT!!! No smooching during the prayer!!
Posts by lrkr
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121November 15 Watchtower (Study Edition) - discourages showing affection to your spouse
by CrazyBlonde inanother gem from the same edition - article to be studied december 28 - january 3 (which most will miss lol coz of summer vacation) entitled "what do your prayers say about you?
" page 6 para 19 reads:.
19 when we are being represented in public prayer, we need to display reverential "fear of god.
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High School Reunion
by coffee_black injust got back a little while ago from the class of 1969 reunion committee.
having a blast helping plan it... it will be the first weekend in oct. we're going to a home football game...the out to eat... then the main event on saturday at the local country club...and a brunch on sunday morning.... 40 years... amazing... it's nice to be involved now.
in high school i was a jw..so couldn't have much to do with classmates.
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lrkr
Just went to my 20th. Great fun! Much better than I expected. Facebook helped us all catch up ahead of time but it really was great to see everyone again.
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Do you know the Leibenspergers?
by asilentone ini was wondering where is jonathan, chuck and bethel (real name) leibensperger?
it would not surprise me if they are in bethel..
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lrkr
Yup, knew them all. Haven't talked to them in a long time though. Heard Jon was out in the mid west- married and working in financial services
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Amarillo City Representatives Went to Bethel--Look what they said...
by CrimsonBleu inthis email came from my sister.
i copied and pasted as is.
i'd like to reply with a comment to my sis, but maybe better keep quiet.... .
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lrkr
XJW- We probably crossed paths. I remember that trek too. There was always someone who tried the oversized, free steak (and then everybody whispered about them being a glutton the next day!!)
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2009 CHILDREN DISTRICT CONVENTION NOTEBOOK....BARF ALERT!!!
by whereami inyou gotta be kidding me!
this is one of the weirdest things they've come out with.. .
http://www.theoshare.com/40d0772f1d4b/notebooks/2009_children_dc_notebook.pdf.
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lrkr
creepy- Brainwashing for the very young!!
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lrkr
Mastadon- ROFLMFAO
You are my hero.
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Do/did you like to read Daily Text?
by Albert Einstein ini hated it.
we actually never really did.. once, on vacations, we were with another family, they prepared food on the table for breakfast .... and then nobody could touch it for some 15 minutes, when daddy was reading daily text and asking childish questions ... family members were raising hands and answering .... we all were hungry... watching the food ... and hoping it will soon be over (i dont mean armageddon, i mean daily text...) i felt just like an idiot..... albert.
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lrkr
I always tried to be a good dubbie- but couldnt get into it. Even at bethel fell asleep during morning worship.
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Don't You Hate It When A Witness Says "We Miss You At Meetings?"
by Wasanelder Once indon't you hate the hypocrisy when you run into a witness you haven't seen in over 5 years (even thought they live less than five miles away in the same town) and they say, "we miss you at the meetings?
" they can't call or stop bye to say hello, but they miss me at the meetings.
what crap.
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lrkr
Its really the only thing they can think of to say. "We miss you" - well come on over anytime- you know where I live. You're always welcome here (except when I have the place decorated for xmas!!)
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BROTHER PRINCE DISFELLOWSHIPED !!
by elder-schmelder inreports have been heard that brother price has been getting his 10 hours of field circus in for awhile, allowing him to get the privilege to carry the mics at the kingdumb hall.
the 1st time he was handed the microphone (with the stick attached (we all know what ones i am talking about)) he started thrusting it in a very innapropiate way (pornia).
this caused the elders to end the meeting right there and form a judicial hearing.
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lrkr
Did he party like its 1999?
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6000 / 7000- Numbers Without a Scripture
by OnTheWayOut infreddy franz working as the main writer/oracle under the knorr administration, came up with these very magic numbers.
he said that mankind would be 6000 years old in 1975, despite all scientific evidence to the contrary.
more importantly- somehow, he made people believe that 6000 was a magical number, necessitating the destruction of more than 99% of mankind that year even without a single scripture in his new bible (which he wrote).. oh, you may say there's scriptures that say 1000 years is as a day to god, but we aren't talking about a day or 1000 years.
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lrkr
OK- so "crazy" may be a bit of a mischaracterization- People who lived before geology and biology and paleontoloy were developed to the level that they were in the 1800's- is probably better. Most of the scientists in the 1800's chuckled at the 4000 BC date- because they had found fossils and sediment layers, etc that were older than that.
Its interesting that 7 is the number of things that a person can easily remember (if its a field of interest- if not- usually only 2 or 3) How many state capitals, canadian cities, brands of tvs, etc can a person name- hard limit usually at 7. So marketers remember 7 as a magic number. I gotta believe the bible's master marketers figured that out at some point.