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  Urgency Enigma....

  by hotspur in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how come an organization that is busting all out to get people through armageddon urgently is not teaching anything about survival?

  any storm predicted (weather forecast) sees people scurrying around to protect themselves.

  all that seems to happen in jw land is preparation for more printing.

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  Memorial conundrum - "So good to see you. Where have you been?"

  by Meeting Junkie No More in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ok, gearing up for the memorial - our annual have to attend.

  this is the first year that we will be showing up without having been to meetings in months.

  on the last meeting i was cajoled into attending, i was bombarded with the above question.

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  Argument with Mom

  by crapola in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  well, i faced the music so to speak with dear old mom last night.

  i'm giving up my eternal life!

  ha i've heard that the big a is right around the corner since i was 5 yearsold.

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  More Bloodless Surgery

  by kwr in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/rare_feat_surgery_minus_transfusion/articleshow/2832230.cms.

  new delhi: football was usanga anikien's bread and butter.

  but the 35-year-old kenyan footballer's dream was abruptly cut short when he was diagnosed with sequale of spinal tb -a crippling disease, resulting from tuberculosis of the chest.

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  Help with a Wedding

  by hotspur in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've been lurking here for weeks now and have found the site most informative.

  but i have a problem which i'm sure has been dealt with before as most of my circumstances are not that unique.

  my background is, i had been with the borg since i was 15, some 40 years ago (really, i should've realised earlier!

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  Forced Seating

  by Tired of the Hypocrisy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  anyone else have to deal with being herded to the front of the hall before a meeting?.

  i recall one cong in particular...west sacramento was notorious for this crap.

  i was a large individual and today i am even larger....lol 6'2" and around 250 lbs back then.

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  Shocking rules in the past/ present of society...

  by cognac in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not a rule anymore;.

  1. you couldn't get a divorce if mate cheated on somebody of the same sex or an animal.

  2. you couldn't get an organ transplant.

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  CO/DO's in the UK?

  by pobthespazz in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  can anyone compile a list of as many as possible past and present co/do's from the uk?

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  "Cheers" question

  by reubenfine in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does anybody remember the logic behind why it was wrong to make toasts with drink and say "cheers"?

  what was up with that, anyway??

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  Perversion of Baptismal Vows

  by AlanF in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  an appendix in the book contains some 120 questions along with hundreds of scriptural "proof texts" that the proselyte is then expected to study.

  12 jesus commanded his followers to baptize new disciples in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit.

  the following quotation shows what the proselyte is expected to study just prior to baptism:.

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