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  Thank you Ray

  by seek2find in

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  let's all thank ray franz and his associates for making the 2 books available in pdf download version.

  thanks ray!

  sorry if this has already been discussed, i might have missed it.

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  If you're looking for the pdf files, check under "The Best Of" section of this forum where you can get the URLs and more info.
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  Preface to meeting comments, what were your LEAST faves?

  by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit in

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  i used to think "just spit it out already!!!

  " those pre-comment comments like.

  .. "well, brother.

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  Hey, these prefaces allowed me to ace my kiddie lit class! I disagreed with about 90% of what the prof taught, but used these prefaces to feed back what he wanted to hear. It, also, is great at b/s and w study when you feel like answering (just to keep the meeting moving) without giving your own opinion.
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  "secondary worship", obeisance, Jesus

  by NanaR in

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  friends:.

  i have a question for the researchers here.

  i tried to do a search, but the word "worship" brings up way too many posts to filter through.. i remember as a young jw being told that jws render "secondary worship" to jesus christ.

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  I don't remember anything about secondary worship, but I do remember being quite confused between obeisance and worship. I could never remember which Jesus was 'allowed' to have. Very similar to spirit-led versus inspired for the GB?
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  New study shows JWs have the lowest retention rate of US religions

  by M.J. in

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  2. beliefs

  the pew forum has put out a report called the "us religious landscape survey.

  ", as reported in the boston globe: http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/02/more_americans_2.html .

  of note is this quote from the actual report summary: .

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  However, despite the fact that only 37% stayed Witnesses, overall there is an 1% increase between those who said they were Witnesses as a youth, and those who now say they are Witnesses. Does the 1% increase match the statistic WTBS gave? If so, it's showing a lot of 'new' people.
  
  Interesting side note: 1% increase between raised and current for Witnesses, 1% DEcrease between raised and current for Mormons.
  
  here's another cut and paste URL with report summary and graph
  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/us/25cnd-religion.html?hp
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  TOP THIS for a speeding ticket...

  by zeroday in

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  two california highway patrol officers were conducting speeding enforcement on i-15 north of the marines air station miramar.

  one of the officers was using a hand held radar device to check speeding vehicles approaching near the crest of a hill.. the officers were suddenly suprised when the radar gun began reading 300 miles per hour.

  the officer attempted to reset the radar gun, but it would not reset and turned off.. just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had in fact locked onto a usmc f/a-18 hornet which was engaged in a low flying exercise near the location.. back at the chp headquarters the patrol captain fired off a complaint to the usmc base commander.. back came a reply in true usmc style: thank you for the message, which allows us to complete the file on this incident.

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  Per Snopes - this is an urban legend
  http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/radar.asp
  Still funny, though
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  Yet another crazy Scientology Video

  by mavie in

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  http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=hfu7sr50n7u.

  the emphasis is on selling books, sound familiar?.

  notice the use of a hand grenade to 'bust' psychiatry.. worldwide protest against scientology feb 10th.

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  Didn't watch the whole thing I needed an ENGLISH subtitle - not whatever babble that was. Is there a Scientology-English dictionary? ;)
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  Wife filling out her "No Blood" card wants my thoughts TODAY.

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  while i am going to do my research (again), i would love to hear your thoughts-.

  especially those of you who have said something to a loved one about the .

  card, whether it was a good or bad thing to say.. my wife will fill out her "no blood" card today and take it to the meeting for the .

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  No one has brought up "Theocratic Warfare" where it is OK to lie for theocratic reasons. I'd apply this here, and tell her you'd respect her wishes in order that you would become her emergency contact. If it's alright for the goose, it should be alright for the gander!
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  Col 2:16-19 in CO's talk

  by lookingnow25 in

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  it's time for my once every 3 years visit.

  started out lookingnow22, then lookingnow25, now it could be lookingnow28.

  still struggling in the org.

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  For what it's worth, the KJV equivalent of this verse has "...or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days"
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  Well I wish I was in the land of cotton....66 degrees F today

  by dawg in

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  come on southerners, sing with me now.... and for all you yankees, and cannooks/snowbirds.... sunny and 66 degrees f today.... visibility of 10 miles.... .

  we have just enought winter here in athens, georgia, home of those beloved university of georgia bulldawgs, for me to want it to go away, and usually when i'm getting sick of it, here comes the sun..... how's it where you all are?.

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  Low 80s and it's SUPPOSE to be winter. I wish the housing market was better so we could sell and move back north. Yes, winters get long but I say I can always add more clothes, there's a limit to how much I can legally take off when it gets warm. And when it's 80s and 90s buck naked would still be HOT! (Moved to the south for family reasons, those reasons no longer are valid.)
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  What 1st made you come to JWD??

  by karter in

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  id been out for a few years my wife brought a computer when she was at the meeting one nite i typed in jws here i am today still learning.

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  i guess we will look at sites we know something about.

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  Had pretty well faded, but was looking to find out what book was released at the last convention. Searching for it brought me here, where I learned much more than I was looking for.