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  Dad Turns 70 Today

  by neverendingjourney in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  and i can't wish him a happy birthday.

  they converted when i was an infant, so birthdays were never a thing for us.

  still, i'd love to be able to throw him a party, surround him with friends and family, and show him how much he's appreciated.

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  Just let him know how much you care about him.

  He will appreciate it, I believe.

  What a blessing for him to reach the Biblical three score and ten!

  Love.

  Sylvia
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  Do JW members follow any directive from GB blindly?

  by Da.Furious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  following from the worldwide campaign to send letters to the russian government: topic covered here.. i started observing a scary trend, i got around 100 messages on multiple messaging apps, facebook and other social media posts encouraging all jws to send letter to the russian government protesting on the ban with the hope they will overturn it.. what struck me is that all are doing it and encouraging others to do it.

  so, what if the gb via jw.org request something like street protests, civil disobedience, to the extreme of voting for or against a particular law or fighting (far-fetched).. what would the jw membership do, not the awakened one?

  in addition, i feel this exercise exposes the awakened ones.

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  A business letterhead is thought to carry more weight with authorities.

  You know, the pecking order thing.

  Sylvia
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  Are you old AND dependable?

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  greetings, aging young men and women:.

  the term, "aging young man," came to my attention when in my early 40s.

  now, nearly thirty years later, i am definitely old.

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  I am both.

  When illness forced me to retire, my boss and I wept.

  Now, I'm dependable Mama Sylvia to my children and g'children.

  I love them so, and I do believe it's reciprocal.

  Sylvia
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  Are you having to travel for medical help?

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in this morning's paper, i read that many local health pros -- about 150 -- are losing their jobs.

  the huge medical establishments (sponsoring hospitals) expected to turn a profit but are, instead, losing money.

  within a couple months, our labs, doctors' offices, etc., will close.

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  Not too good here.

  But, of course, this IS Alabama!

  Sylvia
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  Bless Me, For I Have Sinned

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've just finished eating a slice of delicious birthday cake!.

  depart from me, for i am a sinful person.. tee hee hee.. sylvia.

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  No decapitation.

  Not cheesecake.

  Thanks, all.

  Sylvia
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  Believer With Reza Aslan- CNN

  by Doubtfully Yours in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  anyone watching these interesting reports on several world religions?

  on its third episode now.

  places my particular situation as a skeptic jw in a much nicer shade in comparison to these others beliefs around the world.

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  I've watched in fascination.

  I come from an area in Alabama that was steeped in occultic practices, so no big deal for me.

  We (mankind) have strayed far from our original setup, and do all sorts of stuff to try to return.

  My view.

  Sylvia
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  "Everything Has a Purpose"

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  teleology: the assignment of purpose to everything.. "native dualism and native teleology predispose us, given the right conditions, to religion, .

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  -- the god delusion, by richard dawkins, page 210.

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  Murrain - a plague or pestilence that affected domestic animals ...

  Old word.

  Sylvia
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  Bless Me, For I Have Sinned

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've just finished eating a slice of delicious birthday cake!.

  depart from me, for i am a sinful person.. tee hee hee.. sylvia.

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  Hi, 007.

  You are so toast!,

  Sylvia
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  NWT is the finest translation of the Bible available to mankind. WTF

  by Buster k in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this nugget of spiritual bullcrap is in there 2014 yearbook on page 4. .

  paragraph 2. early in this service year, at the annual meeting of the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, the new world bible translation committee released the newly revised english edition of the finest translation of the bible available to mankind.

  jehovah used his own spirit-begotten sons to provide the original new world translation.

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  Lol

  Sylvia
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  Bless Me, For I Have Sinned

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've just finished eating a slice of delicious birthday cake!.

  depart from me, for i am a sinful person.. tee hee hee.. sylvia.

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  snowbird

  Vanilla.

  Yum!

  Sylvia