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  Giant ship vs Noah's Ark

  by Simon in

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  2. beliefs

  take a look at this giant ship that's been built and imagine if would still be large enough to house all the animals on the planet for an extended period of time.. the ship, with modern materials and tools, would take a single person nearly 8,000 years to complete.

  how many more people designed it and supplied the materials?

  imagine how many trees would be required and how long it would take to transport them alone.. still think noah's ark is feasible?.

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  freddo

  Why couldn't Noah have used contract labour? Just asking...
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  Wedding question

  by lostinthought in

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  2. friends

  can a witness get in trouble for attending an inactive family members wedding?

  just wondering because i am getting married this summer and my mom tried to blackmail me by saying she and other family members would attend but only if i returned to the meeting.

  i told her i am not going back to the meetings.

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  Usually a matter of conscience
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  Are Today's Elders The Same As The Elders of the Last Century?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i was 24 when i was first appointed as an elder.

  i very much respected the old timers, the elders that were basically good guys, family men and who tried to be good examples, although they knew they were far from perfect.

  i haven't been to a meeting in about a decade and i wonder if the elders of today are that much different than those of yesteryear.

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  Those appointed in the 1970's and 80's are a different breed to those appointed in the 21st Century.
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  Why do "Awake" vloumes only start at 1970 on computer disk?...interesting!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  yet watchtowers go way back to 1950's....i picked up three awake volumes 1967-1969 i was struck by the poor science {aluminium is posion}, demon articles and anti-organ transplant articles.

  also much was said about 1975 being the end of the system and "the generation.

  " it feels like fred franz was writting alot of these which now is plain embarrasing and better left un-published.. .

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  freddo

  Nice post, neverendingjourney ...
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  Jehovah's Witnesses child abuse and judical comittees, YLE TV1 News 11/1/2014

  by tunnistaja.ee in

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  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnoslbdatzc.

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  It's got to happen in the USA before anything like a policy change will happen - the GB live there and will only react if they feel threatened there. The rest of the world's abused jaydubs can go hang.
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  New requirement to become an Elder or Ministerial Servant!

  by hardtobeme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it has been a few months since i hear this from an elder.

  he said that the c/o told them this new requirement.. "men that wanna be an elder or ministerial servant has to go out to field service on sundays.

  if there is an elder or ministerial servant that is not going out to field service on sunday can lose the priviledge".

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  I heard from a relative (MS) who lives in Wales (UK) that in this round of CO visits they are pushing Sunday ministry. CO is in my cong next week and I will see if it filters through to us rank and file. I'll ask one of the Mini series that I get on with if it is brought up at their Friday meeting - is it still Fridays now the CO only has to turn up for two meetings instead of three?
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  "REGIONAL" conventions for 2015 - anyone been assigned yet?

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  usually by this time in the year we are getting km's through telling jw's what to wear, where to eat, where to sleep, how much to tip (and not to take all the breakfast food to the assembly as your packed lunch) and how to get to their summer conventions - nothing coming through here in good old england - how about where you are?.

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  Usually by this time in the year we are getting KM's through telling jw's what to wear, where to eat, where to sleep, how much to tip (and not to take all the breakfast food to the assembly as your packed lunch) and how to get to their summer conventions - nothing coming through here in good old England - how about where you are?
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  The Regional visit, better than Seinfeld!

  by Separation of Powers in

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  2. friends

  seinfeld was a show about "nothing.

  " it had no plot.

  no twists.

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  freddo

  Once GB members become a figure of ridicule to the rank and file the jig is up. They might not be yet (tho' Lett and Morris seem to be heading that way) but they are certainly an embarrassment at times. Jw.org gives jw's much more opportunity to see these guys in full flow.

  Gotta love the internet.
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  How does forum moderation work?

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  we've had a few comments lately that show that people don't seem to fully comprehend the way moderation works or the point of it.. if someone point something that other people don't like or agree with then that is a difference of opinion.

  live with it.. if someone posts something that is crude, insulting, contains bad language etc.

  then it violates the posting guildelines and can and should be removed.. now, sometimes we won't immediately notice a post that should be removed.

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  freddo

  It makes me grin to myself.
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  Mental Disorders among JW's

  by Blackfalcon98 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi everyone, im begining to notice patterns of mental issues in the congregations and among the witnesses as a group.

  do you think this is a trend in the entire world or is it exagerated in this organization?.

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  freddo

  Loadsa whackjobs in the congs and circuits I've been in ... just sayin'