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  District Convention in Hampton, Virginia

  by garyneal in

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  2. experiences

  the district convention of jehovah's witnesses is coming up in july at the hampton coliseum.

  so glad we actually live in the area for i would hate to have to shell out for hotel rooms and the like.. http://calendar.hampton.gov/details.asp?eventid=4916&curdate=07/02/2010&approval=&calendar=coliseum&optype=display.

  http://www.bing.com/events/search?q=events near 23630&p1=[events+source="vertical"+qzeventid="118488605"]&form=msnlap.

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  I am afraid to sound stupid. But whats a "pm"?
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  District Convention in Hampton, Virginia

  by garyneal in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the district convention of jehovah's witnesses is coming up in july at the hampton coliseum.

  so glad we actually live in the area for i would hate to have to shell out for hotel rooms and the like.. http://calendar.hampton.gov/details.asp?eventid=4916&curdate=07/02/2010&approval=&calendar=coliseum&optype=display.

  http://www.bing.com/events/search?q=events near 23630&p1=[events+source="vertical"+qzeventid="118488605"]&form=msnlap.

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  WOW!!!!! I live in Hampton and have attended conventions in both Hampton and Richmond. I remember being a kid at the convention in Hampton and seeing the "apostates" with their signs standing outside. I was horrified by them.......wow, I could never imagine I would be amongst "their" ranks now!

  I would LOVE to meet ex-witnesses in this area!
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  Most-Ignored Scriptures by JWs

  by Mad Sweeney in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower has been known for over 130 years as a great scriptural cherry-picker.

  they pick out disparate unrelated verses and combine them to support the wackiest of wacky doctrines.. on the other hand there are many scriptures they almost never address, whether because they contradict wt doctrine or because they simply don't have a clue what they mean or how to spin them to the wt advantage.. one of these is revelation 19:1 that mentions a "great crowd" "in heaven.

  " the only time it is ever brought up it is dismissed.

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  Heres a scripture that was actually in the Watchtower on Sunday.

  1Cor 4:2-5.....verses 3-5 "Now to me it is a very trivial matter that I should be examine by you or by human tribunal. Even I do not examine myself. Vs 4, "For I am not conscious of anything against myself. Yet by this I am not proved righteous, but he that examines me is Jehovahh. Hence do not judge anything before the due time, until the Lord comes, who will bring both the secret things to light and make the counsels of the heart manifest, and then each one will have his praise from God."

  How then is the disfellowshipping arrangement in place considering all things are to be judged by God?
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  Most-Ignored Scriptures by JWs

  by Mad Sweeney in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower has been known for over 130 years as a great scriptural cherry-picker.

  they pick out disparate unrelated verses and combine them to support the wackiest of wacky doctrines.. on the other hand there are many scriptures they almost never address, whether because they contradict wt doctrine or because they simply don't have a clue what they mean or how to spin them to the wt advantage.. one of these is revelation 19:1 that mentions a "great crowd" "in heaven.

  " the only time it is ever brought up it is dismissed.

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  I'm READING.....are you? no...thats right. You need the Society to do it for you and then interpret.

  Answer the scriptures cited above as being rooted in "humanity".
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  Most-Ignored Scriptures by JWs

  by Mad Sweeney in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower has been known for over 130 years as a great scriptural cherry-picker.

  they pick out disparate unrelated verses and combine them to support the wackiest of wacky doctrines.. on the other hand there are many scriptures they almost never address, whether because they contradict wt doctrine or because they simply don't have a clue what they mean or how to spin them to the wt advantage.. one of these is revelation 19:1 that mentions a "great crowd" "in heaven.

  " the only time it is ever brought up it is dismissed.

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  Deuteronomy 21:10-15 sanctions women taken as booty, raped and either kept or sent on their merry way after either not performing up to standards, or the man becoming bored with his sex toy.
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  Most-Ignored Scriptures by JWs

  by Mad Sweeney in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower has been known for over 130 years as a great scriptural cherry-picker.

  they pick out disparate unrelated verses and combine them to support the wackiest of wacky doctrines.. on the other hand there are many scriptures they almost never address, whether because they contradict wt doctrine or because they simply don't have a clue what they mean or how to spin them to the wt advantage.. one of these is revelation 19:1 that mentions a "great crowd" "in heaven.

  " the only time it is ever brought up it is dismissed.

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  Also....Leviticus 20:20,21. The couples are condemned to die childless....what if a pregnancy occured. What happens to the child?
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  Most-Ignored Scriptures by JWs

  by Mad Sweeney in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower has been known for over 130 years as a great scriptural cherry-picker.

  they pick out disparate unrelated verses and combine them to support the wackiest of wacky doctrines.. on the other hand there are many scriptures they almost never address, whether because they contradict wt doctrine or because they simply don't have a clue what they mean or how to spin them to the wt advantage.. one of these is revelation 19:1 that mentions a "great crowd" "in heaven.

  " the only time it is ever brought up it is dismissed.

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  I need to ask....what does Leviticus 21:1-3 (referring to a high priest),mean when it says "and for his sister, a virgin who is close to him, who has not become a man's, for her he may defile himself"?

  Sounds sick
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  Are You Content Within Yourself?

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  leaving the borg of jehovah presents a somewhat lonely existence for many of us fallen angels.

  for a time we may seek to find an entirely new body-associate.

  many may find that after so many years in a controlled environment like the watchtower that they have a hard time finding a large group of friends again.

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  When I first left the Borg, I made more worldly friends than you could shake a stick at. My phone was ringing constantly. I was the life of the party, club, bar or social scene. I was known!

  One problem....I was home-schooled and sheltered and didnt know how to properly read people or to judge true character. I was "green" and people were drawn to me. I learned distrust outside of the organization as well as I had inside. Horrible marriage, disloyal family and friends who have stabbed in the back to drastic measures.

  I still love and believe in people, but, I have few friends and feel better either alone or in the company of a few. I am sure this is typical of many Witnesses who left the Borg in my age frame. Alone time affords me self-reflection which I still need to find myself. I avidly enjoy it. Who knows...I may need to shake my thing by tomorrow, but today is fine.
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  WTS Will Stop Charging Interest on Loans

  by doinmypart in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the org will stop charging interest on kh building fund loans effective sep 1, 2008. current loan payment amounts will remain the same so the loans can be paid off sooner.. congregations should continue to donate to the kh building fund, and publishers can donate directly to the fund by sending donations directly to the branch.

  congregations are encouraged to forward surplus congregation and operating funds to the branch until the time those funds are needed by the congregation (this was actually read to the congregation...talk about full disclosure).. this is for all branches and congregations, not just the u.s..

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  I am sorry...this may sound stupid, but once the Halls are paid for, who owns them?
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  What do you think when people tell you to just "move on"?

  by Moxie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ...i've heard that a lot over the years.

  "just get over it, let the past stay in the past".

  i always say, "ya, but...".

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  escaped

  Its like moving through the thickest of muck. Sloggish, but I guess theres a shoreline.