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  Is there a JW 'heaven' or NOT?

  by Double Edge in

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  as a lot of you know, i'm one of the 'never been a dub' on this board, but i have a friend who's one.

  in fact we had a long discussion last night, but i'll save that for another topic.

  i was just reading a post about jws formerly celebrating christmas.

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  heathen

  The WT believe that only 144K actually go to heaven to rule with jesus and the 12 apostles. The rest of faithful mankind will inherit a paradise earth.Not real sure what the current "light" is on the spirit situation but think that is about what they believe .
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  Who likes to read fanstasy genre (dragons etc.)

  by SheilaM in

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  to all:.

  my hubby and i are getting ready to self publish his book was wondering if any avid readers would like an excerpt that would be willing to give us feedback on it.

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  heathen

  I read that stuff sometimes . Tolkien and Brooks and several other authors .Are you going to post it on this site ? Or are you going to post a link? I will read it .
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  Could we have an online business?

  by Valis in

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  i brought up this topic and so have othwers, but i was reminded by a little bird today that maybe i should bring it up again... lets imagine for a moment we had a consortium where we all did handmade arts/crafts or goods, sold specialty merchandise, performed services like web page construction, website hosting, non-internet types of service business, (no janitorial services please!

  *lol*), ebay junk type stuff, whatever.

  our consortium would have an online presence, with each vendor having their own page, a highlites page for new products and featured stuff..and a clearinghouse for the monies involved.

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  heathen

  Sounds like a good way to get my gigolo service off the ground lol
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  2.8% INCREASE IN JAN 1 WATCHTOWER

  by jimbob in

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  2. friends

  perhaps this information has already been posted, so if it has i apologize.

  but according to the jan 1st watchtower which was given to me, there was a 2.8% increase in publishers in the world over last year, with over 1.2 billion hours spent in service...(like those numbers aren't inflated.... when i looked back at the 92 watchtower, the number of partakers was only 8850...a mere 90 people more.

  so in the span of an entire decade...only 90 people have died?????

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  heathen

  I think it is a joke they even take count of this .They even mentioned in their own publication that some of the people that partake are found out to be mentally disturbed or that they are simply newbies that don't understand their dogma on the ritual.In these days I think they are aware from surfing sites like this that some just do it for the sake of doing it.
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  My bethel application

  by Elsewhere in

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  2. friends

  i only did the two week temp thing, but i still had to fill out a long application and send it back.

  one of the questions that stands out in my mind was something to the effect of: "do you believe that the organization of jehovah's witnesses is god's sole spirit directed organization on earth?

  when i read that, i felt a strange sensation.

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  heathen

  Sounds like they should have asked if you planned to masturbate while living there. The next quetion might be are you lying ? lol
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  Mean or just obedient

  by Debz in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  was thinking bout xmas and all just recently when i wondered if anyone has had my experience of `meanness`..we all know that xmas, birthdays and easter are outta bounds for jw`s and when my parents started to study (when i was 8) we were told that although xmas`s etc would`nt be the same it would be made up for during the year - guess what it never was!.

  now being english folks and all i know they can be inclined to be a bit sparing on the pennies but hell are they mean....no way known do they go outta their way to give anyone a gift for anything!

  i don`t think this is a good way to live for anyone - it teaches people to be mean hearted and is not a sign of love...i think!

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  I have noticed that they seem to think that all they have to do is give to brooklyn .When it comes to giving and sharing amongst themselves they are petty and cheezeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
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  What did Jesus REALLY look like?

  by RubyTuesday in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  what jesus looked like doesn't really matter to me... in a faith that is moved by his teachings and not his looks, however it doesn't stop to amaze me why organized religion has gone out of its way to make us think he was gorgeous.

  the following scriptures plainly states that he was'nt even just "average" looking but maybe even deformed.maybe it is important what he looked like....important enough to put in the bible and important enough for man to twist it...no twist isn't the word...lie!

  visage =the face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; -- chiefly applied to the human face.

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  heathen

  You do have a point about the scripture with jesus not being exceptional looking and the WT knows that but in their publications I notice they never try to down play his looks, in fact he looks like he could have been a stud.

  Edited by - heathen on 18 December 2002 0:18:57
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  OJ makes me sick

  by hannibal in

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  did anyone see oj simpson on espn last night?.

  dan patrick interveiwed that scumbag.dan asked him... .

  ya, so do you still spend money trying to find nicoles killer?.

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  heathen

  yes , the only reason he got away with it is because a cop used the N word so it was real easy for them to call him a racist when in fact the LA police were known to turn away from situations involving nichole being brutalized .What a crock !!!!!!!!! they spend all that time and money to convict a guy who had already threatened to kill her and was recorded saying this over the phone and we don't even get a life sentence . Then to even make the whole thing more of a sham they find him guilty in a civil suit .
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  Baptism Age

  by JH in

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  do you feel as if children in the watchtower organization get baptized too early in age?

  when you think that in most places, you have to be at least 18 years old to vote, go in a bar, or have a drivers licence.

  being told that it was the most important day of our life, wouldn't it be reasonable to wait to be at least 18 years old before getting baptized.

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  heathen

  Well that might be the dubs way of looking at it .My parents had me baptized as an infant in the catholic church ,How much spirituality can an infant have ?
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  Church faces $100 Million in Suits

  by Amazing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the resignation of cardinal law of the boston archdiocese has raised the issue of how the 500+ victims will be compensated financially.

  the figure of $100 million was stated in the news, and this means either a large liability insurance payout, or bankruptcy for the archdiocese.

  this is just """one""" diocese in the united states.

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  heathen

  I think that filing bankruptsy would only protect their assets .They are not a corporation and have not paid taxes on anything.They can also keep their name rather than if someone sued them out of existence . Not real sure what the laws pertaining to this are but have heard some talk show remarks.