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  JW's and star trek?

  by bboyneko in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why are there so many star trek refferences among x-jw's?

  like the borg getting assimilated, etc.

  i heard before that star trek was very popular in bethel despite warnings not to watch it.

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  WTS SAYS ELDERS SINS DON'T COUNT!

  by Amazing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sometime ago i posted a discussion on h20 about the nov. 1991 kingdom ministry school for elders / ms held at woodburn, oregon.

  during that school session the co stated that elders who commit a serious sin, even a gross sin, did not have to be removed if the event took place two or three years prior, and the elder continued to be respected, giving evidence of jehovahs blessing.

  the co stipulated that this only applied to elders and ms and not to regular publishers.

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  Gleaning at Bethel

  by Black Man in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  want to see bethelites act like greedy scavengers?

  just check out the tail end of bethel family breakfast, lunch or dinners.

  for those not familar with this phenomenon, gleaning was when bethelites could basically bring their tupperware dishes down and store up on the leftover meals once the family was dismissed (usually by prayer, except for the bethel dinner).

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  1975 New Info

  by AlanF in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it means that within relatively few years we will witness the fulfillment of the remaining prophecies that have to do with the "time of the end.".

  the lead article "the finest work on earth" in the october 1967 km (p. 1) continued the theme of preaching with a sense of urgency:.

  the sense of urgency was effective in getting some students to make a decision.

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  JWs & "Creature Worship" -- Is I...

  by BitterTruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  jehovah's witnesses, creature worship and active practicers of idolatry.

  jehovah's witnesses have long practiced idolatry and various forms of "creature worship," now for many years.

  although the wts teaches and has stated many times in their publications that the world in general, by way of such things as "birthday" celebrations, christmas, and other annual events, actually eulogize and extol great glory upon man, the individual himself, and thus, by way of whats known as "creature worship," practice wholesale idolatry!.

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  Swaggart Can of Worms Re Opened

  by SolidSender in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  to the weak i became weak, to win the weak.

  i have become all things to all men so that by all possible means i might save some.

  1 cor 9.22. .

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  From the Twilight zone to Kingdom Hall

  by Zep in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i was doing a bible study... well... when i read "you can live forever in a paradise on earth" (goofy title) with a witness anyhow....i cant really call it a study.. anyway, he mentioned to me that there was a big convention get together sort of thing coming up and said i should come along...so i sort of said i might and left it at that!.

  i was under the impression that it was just another big church meeting, heaps of people, i could just slip in up the back and have a look nice and easy....well..... it was a sunday, and i was a bit hungover...and on the spur of the moment i decided to go have a peek.. so i get in there wearing casual clothes, blue jeans with a hole in the left knee that had been badly stitched over...walk through the car park, notice this mafioso type guy (probably an elder) looking at me sort of strange... keep walking...come to the entrance and this witnees greets me...i say i've just come to a have a look if thats alright.....(couple of people looking at me...no big deal).......he says ok and leads me to a seat in the stadium.......well, the seating arrangments in the main stadium were such that anyone walking in has to walk along a 50 metre walkway in full veiw of about 2000 odd people (iwas about 2hrs late btw, since there was no way i was going to a meeting that went all day)...so i'm walking in wearing utra casual, scruffy clothes plus hungover, into stadium in full view of all these silent witnesses who are listening to some guy talk....it was full on... noticed a fair few people looking straight at me like i'm from planet x.. oh well, who cares, no big deal, i sit down and lay back and listen after the guy finally finds me a seat...... they were just finishing up a little dramatisation of why you should be careful about what you watch on tv....so anyway,that finishes and the speaker announces whats next on the card......its a lecture, a talk on "how you dress and what you wear reflects your attitude", i could feel the spotlight fall right on me...."oh sh't, i got to get outa here" i think.....so get up and walk back out in full view of all these well dressed witnesses, back along the walkway and out!.

  it was a blow out for sure!....

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  Have the elders lost it?

  by Lars_Ulrich in

  1. jw
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  all is not well with the wts.

  the elders are arrogant jerks, the gb has lost its grasp of reality, and the congregation publishers are right out of the stepford wives.. on the other hand, the big bad internet has arrived as our technological savior.

  the free flow of information is the truth that sets us free.. everything we could possibly want to know is there.

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  Kissing Hanks Ass

  by Caliban in

  1. social
  2. humour

  he can do what ever he wants and what he wants is to give you a million dollars, but he can't until you kiss his ass.".

  john: "then come kiss hank's ass with us.".

  john: "of course, hank dictated it.".

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  Favourite show - Les Mis

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  wow...went to see les miserables at the weekend - it was brilliant!.

  anyone else seen any good shows lately?

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