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Facial Hair
by new boy in
1. jw
2. friends
since i have been out for seventeen years what is the currant society policy concerning beards and mustaches.. in the sixties and seventies facial hair was forbidden at bethel if you white.

if you were black you could have mustache but no beards.

so obviously you could not be elder or pioneer if you had a beard.. any updates?
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KH Hall doors to remain locked during meetings?
by StarTrekAngel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my mother in law told us this morning that they read a letter in her cong last night.

from now on kh doors will be locked after 15 min of meeting start.

only the fire exit (one way door) will remain unlocked.
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FYI- Some KH Annoucements Aug 2018
by stumbledbyothers in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
some of these kh letters may have been mentioned already:.

starting sept - $14 per publisher toward taking care of the needs of the co in us.. love never fails 2019 regional conventions.. memorial april 19, 2019.. there will be jw contact cards with blank space to write notes..
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WT productions - suggestions for a name???
by sparrowdown in
1. jw
2. friends
how bout ..... jehollywood or just jollywood.

mad sacred cow productions.

big brother productions.
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What is the current pulse in the organization with the reductions?
by SouthCentral in
1. jw
2. friends
i have not seen jehovah’s witnesses in my neighborhood for several years now.

it appears that the cart witnessing has taken over.

congregations are being consolidated and witnesses are being forced to travel a greater distance than before.the burdens/privileges of elders seem to be ever increasing!.
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Congregation Reassignments in Ohio?
by My Name is of No Consequence in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
from what i understand, a letter was read this past week in regards to congregation reassignments and that the elders want to meet with people at their homes to tell them where they have been reassigned.

obviously, this would be due to the merging and dissolution of congregations.

can anyone confirm this?.
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Today's Text - Justifying The Increase Of Annointed Ones!
by Divergent in
1. jw
2. friends
thursday, august 31. jehovah knows those who belong to him.—2 tim.

2:19.. in recent years, we have seen an increase in the number of those partaking at the memorial of christ’s death.

that trend contrasts with the decrease in the number of partakers that we saw for many decades.
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Pagan Origins
by tinker in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a currently active jdub acquaintance occasionally stops by to say hello and we share a wee dram or two.

after the general small talk of new cars, exotic vacations and sports we often get into the "why" we are xjubs.

he is a well educated publisher who holds a phd in child psychology.
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Was Jesus fully Human? How babies were made in those days.
by fulltimestudent in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i feel confident that most visitors to this site, understand the essential conflict at the heart of christianity.

how could jesus be fully human and simultaneously be a divine being who descended (supposedly, some thing jesus specifically claimed to be) from heaven.. as jws we may have solved this tricky point by saying that yahweh transferred the life of jesus into mary's womb, and so jesus was born fully human.. but if we remove the blindfold of faith, we immediately 'see' the problem.

in our contemporary view of the reproductive process, we can be certain that there is a female 'egg,' that is fertilised by male sperm.
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"by their fruits"....wouldn't this mean their teachings as well???
by oompa in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i urge any lurkers, or newbies, or doubter here to read...and study the proclaimers book....and read many old articles in the watchtower.

anybody who can explian to me how we could be sooooo wrong about soooo many things...........you have a willing ear here.

gods holy spirit would not allow for teaching falsehoods....period!