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  Appendix on DF in New Book released at Convention 2008

  by InquiryMan in

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  some scans have been made regarding blood and birthdays in the new book that was released at this year s conventions.

  as could be seen from the index of the book, there is an appendix on the topic of disfellowshipping.

  this as a topic that definitely concerns quite a few of this board.

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  The pages about the blood doctrine have been scanned and posted... somebody out there should be able to get the DF info posted.
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  Major Milestone

  by Bobbi in

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  a couple of weeks ago i went on a school trip with my sons school.

  it was held in an sports arena.

  while sitting there looking at all the kids filing in and filling up the seats, my mind went to all the conventions i attended in similar venues.

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  Good for you!
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  Were YOU Personally Afraid of The "Demons"???

  by minimus in

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  did you think you might "get contacted" somehow by those powerful demons?

  did you avoid anything the society said was associated with demonism?.

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  I remember being scared as a kid... and whereas most parents will tell their kids that there is nothing to be afraid of, my parents really bought into it too. Sooooo, I got no such comfort from them.

  I had an elder tell me once that there were demons in some of my music CDs, and that they were holding me back spiritually. What a crock of shit!
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  Why I will NEVER be an elder again

  by stillajwexelder in

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  so the po confirmed what many on this board already know.

  at latest round of co to elders meeting, the co quoted from the society outline.

  any elder or ms who encourages college for his kids or others or who allows his children to go to college will no longer qualify.. he then asked if i was going to take the cos encouragement and reach out again to be an elder and get my hours on the ministry up.. i replied "i will never be an elder again - i strongly approve of further education and college and have been through college myself.

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  I am amazed with the speed at which the WTS is hastening its own demise. They are painting themselves so far into a corner this time... I don't think they will be able to worm their way out with the typical batch of "new light".
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  Why we must obey the F&DS - according to this "brother"

  by bud2114 in

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  some may have seen this tid-bit being passed around in certain jw email circles.

  a "deeply concerned" jw relative (who knows i have soured on the whole jw thing) emailed this to me in hopes that it would improve my attitude.

  at first i was just going to thank them for their concern and for the "encourgaging" email, but then i decided i must respond to this.

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  Thanks for the great argument... I will get a lot of mileage out of it.
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  How many of us remember the Jonestown massacre?

  by james_woods in

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  by that i meant - how many remember being an active jw when this happened?.

  what was the general reaction from the rank & file, the elders, even the co/do?

  does anybody remember there being magazine articles on this?.

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  I was very young when it happened, so I don't remember any JW reactions. But I do bring it up a lot in conversations now, just to see what my JW friends/family will say.

  The reaction is almost universal... something along the lines of:

  "That's what happens when people put their faith in men"

  I just want to shake them when they say that. Why can't hey step back and listen to their own words. They just don't get it.
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  Better see this while you still can!

  by winnower in

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  i don't think it will stay very long!

  this will be the most incredible thing you have ever seen.

  it is awesome and shocking.

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  The Tunguska Event

  by sacolton in

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  june 30, 1908. at around 7:17 a.m. local time, tungus natives and russian settlers in the hills northwest of lake baikal observed a column of bluish light, nearly as bright as the sun, moving across the sky.

  about 10 minutes later, there was a flash and a sound similar to artillery fire.

  eyewitnesses closer to the explosion reported the sound source moving east to north.

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  We live in a hostile universe.
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  Elder in my old hall is DFed – wow!

  by Alexia in

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  i ran into an old friend spontaneously over the weekend.

  (one of the few jws i actually considered a friend back in the day).

  we were briefly catching up and she mentioned an elder in my old hall is now dfed.

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  It's a little off topic, but I remember an elder in Virginia that was DF'd for punching another Elder in the parking lot of the KH.

  I may be a little off on the details (they may not have been elders, maybe only MS), but the one guy was a real jerk that nobody liked (I think his name was Sonny), and he was mouthing off . So the other guy (His name was Fletcher) punched him and knocked him out. He was DF'd, and everyone was sad because he was well liked and the guy he punched wasn't.

  Funny stuff.
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  Better see this while you still can!

  by winnower in

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  i don't think it will stay very long!

  this will be the most incredible thing you have ever seen.

  it is awesome and shocking.

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  That was an Evil Cloud/Rainbow of Doom...

  Who needs the Emergency Broadcast System when there are Rainbow Doom Clouds alerting us to impending disaster?