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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 4-13-08 WT Study (Imitate)

  by blondie in

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  jesus said to imitate him not god.

  in the us the only increase comes from immigrants.. q (6) what can we do if we cannot move to where the need for kingdom proclaimers is greater?

  imitate jesus' attitude toward people.

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  Gilead--no single women (rare exception) because it is designed to train male WTS administrators.

  When I was young, I wanted to be a missionary. I think the idea of living in another country, learning another language, and experiencing another culture really appealed to me. But I was told that the Society no longer allowed single sisters to go to other countries for safety reasons.

  Given the fact that I was young and had not yet formulated my own opinions, I bought that lock, stock, and barrel. Now as an adult, away from the sexist, repressive regulations of the borg, I've lived in another country, learned another language, and experienced another culture. And I've done it all while being single. Hooray for me!
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  JW Secret Police

  by outofthebox in

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  i heard about a special group inside the organization.

  its sole purpose is to find and judicialy process disidents (or apostates as they called them).

  have you heard of such secret police before?

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  spanteach

  Maybe they really want their blood card back!!

  *pushes nerd glasses up on nose* I believe you mean "medical directive."

  Ha! Only kidding! I couldn't resist!
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  Age wise, what are/were the best years of your life?

  by oompa in

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  i'm thinking mid 20's to mid 30's..........although i had a hell of a 15.......................oompa

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  My 20s were my best years. Within that decade, I got my first apartment, my first REAL job, attended college, learned to speak another language, started doing some serious traveling, and I lived in another country as an exchange student.
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  Charleton Heston died!

  by TweetieBird in

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  just saw where charleton heston died from unspecified causes!

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  spanteach

  Probably some symian virus.

  An overdose of Soylent Green would be more likely.

  Thank god I just watched Ten Commandments when it was on a few weeks ago. Well, until all the over-acting got to be too much for me.
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  Random Fluff: Busy watching EVITA on TV

  by Princess Daisy Boo in

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  as i am typing this, i am watching the end of evita .

  my fav song of the sound track is this one:.

  another suitcase in another hall lyrics.

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  spanteach

  It's so weird that you made a thread on Evita. I was listening to my soundtrack the night before last. Freaky! :D And now I've decided to listen to it again.
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  clapping and raising your hand

  by megaflower in

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  spanteach

  I had stopped responding to "clap cues" ages ago. It made me feel like one of Pavlov's dogs every time at an assembly or convention when a brother's voice would begin to get louder and always start out with "and don't we, brothers..." or "aren't we grateful, brothers..." No thanks, I can think for myself! Instead of clapping, I'll just smile and nod politely, how's that?
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  Random Fluff: Busy watching EVITA on TV

  by Princess Daisy Boo in

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  as i am typing this, i am watching the end of evita .

  my fav song of the sound track is this one:.

  another suitcase in another hall lyrics.

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  Oh my gosh, I LOVE that film! I wish they'd put it on Broadway again. I was hopeful after it had a run on the West End stage in London, but nothing yet. Maybe they're secretly casting for the Broadway run? *hopes*
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  Why I don't want to associate with pioneers

  by JimmyPage in

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  sometimes i get flak for not having more "spiritual" associates.

  the reason i don't really care for pioneers is that whatever interests or hobbies they have get replaced by the whole pioneering thing.

  they become less like normal people and become more a clone of what a good dub "should" be.

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  Ah, yes, the self-righteous pioneers who think only of field circus (great expression that I've now adopted) and "spiritual" matters. This was the final straw that made me leave for good. Here I was, trying to do what I felt I was supposed to be doing, having "good association" and instead I was constantly pressured to FT pioneer. I don't feel the need to do what everyone else is doing just because they're doing it. Isn't that what the WT guarded against anyway? Peer pressure? I guess it's okay in the context of you giving up your personal preferences, isn't it?

  One hugely self-righteous pioneer would want to listen to "worldly" music in field circus, but would find a problem with EVERY song we played. Queen's Bicycle Race had the line "I say God, give me a choice." That was bad and not something a Christian should listen to because we know there's only one true God, so the song was changed. Then LoveShack by the B-52s came on. We were rockin' and rollin' until the line that says "wearin' next to nothin' cuz it's hot as an oven." Oh no, we're almost naked, that's bad. Um, did you HEAR what LoveShack is about??? People are having sex!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But you have a problem because they're wearing tiny clothes due to the heat??
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  Do you feel reading through the bible in the past has benefited you at all?

  by Hope4Others in

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  putting the doctrine aside do you feel it has given you any advantages?

  case in point my son posts on university sites and often the topic about the bible.

  and god come up.

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  As a Witness, we were taught that women should not teach the congregation, according to the apostle Paul. I decided to read through the accounts of the first-century Christians after Jesus' return to heaven, so I began with the book of Acts.

  I'll never forget coming across Paul's words in one of his letters to the congregations. He basically said "I don't always know what I'm talking about." That gave me food for thought regarding some of the doctrines we'd been taught, including about women teaching the congregations (even though Hope4others, you said "aside from the doctrines") and was another nail in the coffin for me that caused me to eventually leave.

  So in short, yes reading the Bible helped me.
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  simple question about popularity

  by dippydo in

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  hi everyone, this is only my second post under this name but i'm not actually new, just couldnt remember my password under my other name as havnt been on the board for a very long time, hey i've even had a bible study in the time i've been away.. anyway, my question is, do you think their is a pecking order within the congregation,not so much overseer, elder, common publisher etc, more as in, one particular family being popular, everyone sucking up to them, them looking down their noses at the meer mortals who perhaps cant afford to pioneer or live in a palace, etc etc..

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  LMAO oh, Diamondblue. That break-down of a congregation is sadly accurate but it made me laugh. Especially that bit about
  

  They clean windows for a living with their dad and wouldnt know what the real job market was like at all. ALL the sisters in the hall hope to be married at some point to one of these lads (any one of them will do) and they ensure that they are invited to social events (like the usual barn dances and elder sponsored and attended bowling trips).

  I'm crying from so much laughter.

  digderidoo mentioned cliques....yeah, I was in about 6 or 7 different congregations in my life and they ALL had cliques. It was usually due to families in the congregation intermarrying over a time span of 20 years or so, which made 80% of the congregation related. How can a newcomer, Sister Single-Parent or Brother Unbelieving-Mate possibly compete with that??