I thought they already side stepped this problem with the "New Light" that it would be that the generation being refered to was anyone who felt the effects of the events of 1914 would not pass away before the end.
Or has that been revised again?
LightCloud
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The Generation That Will Not Pass Away...
by undercover inhttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534804,00.html?test=latestnews.
britain's last living world war i veteran dies at 111. .
how's that watchower prophecy working out?.
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Analysis: What they saw during the Gates arrest
by Yizuman inby jesse washington (ap) 3 hours ago.
henry louis gates jr. felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up as he looked across the threshold of his home at sgt.
james crowley.
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LightCloud
He shouldn't have made the comment becuase he was wrong. The cops did not behave stupidly.
But I guess The Chosen One is always right even when he is wrong. Quite the cult of personality he has built up in such a short time.
And oh yeah The Chosen One was also wrong about the surge. It worked. I know becuase I was there as part of it.
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Why So Much Media Coverage For The DC This Year?
by Bangalore inthis year there seems to be quite a bit of coverage regarding the disctrict convention.
newspapers throughout the us and canada have covered it.
also many tv stations have covered it?
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LightCloud
Sorry double post.
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Why So Much Media Coverage For The DC This Year?
by Bangalore inthis year there seems to be quite a bit of coverage regarding the disctrict convention.
newspapers throughout the us and canada have covered it.
also many tv stations have covered it?
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LightCloud
I am leaning to the big PR push side by the WTS in conjunction with a big rallying cry to the rank and file. Its fairly easy to put out press releases and since the print media is hurting for stories to fill up space they will be more than glad to pick up on it. I have gotten several calls from relatives about a big, exciting, emergency accouncement at the DC that I really really need to attend. Sounds like they are getting all whipped up about something but more than likely its the same old nonsense.
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my story,my sins and their consequences
by highdose inwith renia now gone i feel more confident to tell my story without being belittled.
i don't want to drone on and on, as having read alot of the experiances on here i find i have alot in comman with everyone.
so i thought i'd just give a short run down of the reasons why i've ended up here.
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LightCloud
Your feelings make perfect sense. I can see some of your story in my own. I have been rebuilding for years now and though I feel I have made good progress there are still some lingering pains. It gets easier it really does. And it is never to late to start making your life more the way you would like it.
I joined the Army. I went back to college. And though the family situation is not what I would like, I have hopes there too. I did all this in my mid-30's. Oh how I wish I had those late teen early twenties years back. I know my knees and back do.
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Analysis: What they saw during the Gates arrest
by Yizuman inby jesse washington (ap) 3 hours ago.
henry louis gates jr. felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up as he looked across the threshold of his home at sgt.
james crowley.
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LightCloud
Absolutely there are great cops. One of the best I knew was actually a JW that was wrestling with his career the whole time. I was struck by how this guy, doing such an honorable job has to constantly question himself in the congregation.
And yes even MP's can be alright sometime. I have to admit policing a predominantly 18-24 year old male population that is used to hard living and hard partying has to be one of the toughest jobs in the world. I would dread almost every call I got becuase at least one individual involved was very well trained in the use of weapons, more than likely had direct experience with using said weapons, and more than likely an aggresive alpha male type personality.
To deal with that on a constant basis has to give a bit of a complex.
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How many here actually still believe that there is a God??
by annalice inafter being gone from the jw's for many years now , and having done extensive research on the history of god and the belief in him , i can't seem to find any logical way to have a belief in an invisble being up there ruling over us.
how many here still believe?
how many don't?.
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LightCloud
I do believe. But I got this gut feeling he, she or it is nothing like what any of the current organized religions portray.
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Literature found in dumpster - does it not warm your heart?
by kurtbethel infrom jw proclaimers yahoo group.
the man should be ashamed for sending it to a landfill.
a responsible person would recycle all those dead trees.. ------------------------------------------.
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LightCloud
Torn up WT's, Awakes, and the other publications like the smaller books make great brush and kindling to start fires.
True story.
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Meandering Thoughts of my Old Life - Regrets
by AllTimeJeff intwo threads popped up today, one on pedophiles and jw's, and another on what keeps us/me coming back here..... i gotta tell you, when i remember that i was once an elder, spouting off the company line, it makes me sick.
when i had to read the defense of jw pedophiles today, i was reminded that i too once spouted a similar line.
i personally observed other elders resign for what i knew to be real differences they had with the gb on how to handle pedophiles.
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LightCloud
I was alot like you Blue. I thought it was important to talk the talk and walk the walk. My only regret in that was that I was able to put so much pressure on some of the other JW's at my school that in a few cases I got some of these kids to sacrifice normal life expriences to come back into agreement with the Truth. I had one JW girl even told me that I inspired her to embrace the truth more as she saw that it was possible to live just as the WT had told us to be. Prior to that she saw pretty much the blanket double life most JW kids lived and thought that was the norm.
I gave up so much normal stuff in the cause of living according to the WTS. I once starved myself for 3 days as a self punishment for cussing. I cut off my first "girlfriend" as she was worldly. I dropped off the highschool baseball team. I stopped being involved in the political debate team. I gave up my dream of joining the Army as a helicopter pilot. I didn't pursue my offer of a scholarship to OSU.
My biggest regret though has to be the Bible studies I brought into the "truth". I had a hand in them giving up all the normal and healthy things people should pursue. I just hope upon looking back that they recovered as I have. I thought I was doing the right thing at the time, now looking back though I can see just how wrong it was.
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Anyone have a soft spot for old video games?
by John Doe inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bco8bepgzi0.
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Missile Command wasted away many a cold winter day when my dad bought us our first Atari. The game I remember most though was an old PC game called Ultima 4. It was somewhat naughty under strict JW's rule, with the magic stuff, demons and evil spirits but I had my mom sold on it as I talked up the whole, you have to be good and make good choices to ulimately win the game. Things like stealing and what not actually got you put in jail in the game. I think she knew it would not fly to the Elders but she was only studying at that point so I got away with it.