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  JW Letter Writing Conspiracy

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
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  8 years ago

  just had a wild conspiracy theory.

  get your tin hats everyone.

  what if this mass letter writing is all a bethel conspiracy to increase declining service hours?

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  snowbird 8 years ago

  LOL!

  Sylvia

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  How To Treat Disfellowshipped Ones - According To 1 August 1974 Watchtower

  by pale.emperor in

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  2. bible

  8 years ago

  are you seeing what im seeing?.

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  snowbird 8 years ago

  Divine Mercy Points the Way Back <-------- for Erring Ones

  Memories ...

  Sylvia

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  How To Treat Disfellowshipped Ones - According To 1 August 1974 Watchtower

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  8 years ago

  are you seeing what im seeing?.

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  snowbird 8 years ago

  I remember it quite well.

  We had a WT study on that just before I got baptized in October of 1974.

  I can still feel the queasiness that came over me during the study.

  Looking back, I should have run like the wind!

  Sylvia

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  Dad Turns 70 Today

  by neverendingjourney in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  8 years ago

  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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  snowbird 8 years ago

  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

  8 years ago

  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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  snowbird 8 years ago

  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

  8 years ago

  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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  snowbird 8 years ago

  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
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  8 years ago

  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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  snowbird 8 years ago

  Not too good here.

  But, of course, this IS Alabama!

  Sylvia

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  Bless Me, For I Have Sinned

  by snowbird in

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  2. friends

  8 years ago

  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 8 years ago

  No decapitation.

  Not cheesecake.

  Thanks, all.

  Sylvia

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  Believer With Reza Aslan- CNN

  by Doubtfully Yours in

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  8 years ago

  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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  snowbird 8 years ago

  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

  8 years ago

  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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  snowbird 8 years ago

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

  Old word.

  Sylvia

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