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  Birthdays: Anniversaries of baby showers?

  by alamb in

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  well, aren't they?

  my jw father is arguing with me about holidays and birthdays so i asked him what baby showers were and how they differed from birthdays?

  if mother's day and father's day are wrong, how is a baby's day (shower) not idolatry too?.

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  You can celebrate the birth of a baby but not the anniversary of

  the birth of the baby.

  Only a JW would find that to be reasonable.

  Sour Grapes
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  do they have enough sense not to go tomorrow?

  by carla in

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  2. friends

  i can't remember, do they have enough sense not to go in fs in the us tomorrow?

  new year's day (many need to sleep in!

  ), bowl games, etc....

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  The "wordly holidays" are special service days and

  those who are seeking to climb the JW food chain

  are expected to go out. The only change is they

  gather for the group 1/2 hour later in the morning

  to give the worldings another 1/2 hour to sleep in.

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  Voting a conscience matter??

  by Cynisister in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  happy new year one and all!,.

  the local elders sent a letter home with my hubby, pretty much stating that after "many" attempts to visit and speak with me, this letter is once again asking to meet because it came to their attention that i voted in the last pres.

  election.

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  The official stance is that it is strongly suggested that you do not vote.

  If an unbelieving husband forces his wife to go with him to the

  polling booth she is expected to cast a vote for God's Kingdom or

  do nothing and turn in a blank sheet of paper.

  The Witnesses are more critical of voting now than they were

  10 years ago. Voting is almost as taboo as taking blood. If you vote

  I don't think that they would officially disfellowship you for that

  because in today's political climate that would be bad PR if it

  became public knowledge.

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  How JW's Have Fun

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  3 months ago one of my friends emailed me that.

  he was invited to a jw "get together" to have some.

  fun.

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  3 months ago one of my friends emailed me that

  he was invited to a JW "get together" to have some

  fun. They were supposed to dress up like what they

  wanted to be in Paradise, like a farmer, a dancer,

  carpenter, or a gardener, etc. Of course you had to bring

  a covered dish with 2 liters of pop. There would

  be games to play like checkers or monopoly and

  the highlight of the night of fun and games was

  to bring your new song books so they could practice

  singing the new songs. I don't think that my friend

  went so I do not know if everyone had a great time.

  What a nice way to spend a Saturday night.

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  ...Watchtower World..A place where "Stupid is Better!"...

  by OUTLAW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "watchtower world"... "a place where "stupid is better!"...

  the wbt$ is always doing something stupid..from the begining of the wbt$ to this very day... stupid is on the menu,in watchtower world... .

  it never ends..there is always something stupid happening within the wbt$... these are bethel one liners..bethelites have posted on jwd/jwn... that i have collected over time... .

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  Stay alive until 75.

  SG
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  1967 & 1968 Kingdom Ministries -- PDF!

  by cabasilas in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for those researchers who would be interested in the kingdom ministries before those that appear on the wt library cd-rom (which starts at the year 1970):.

  here are two more years (us edition), which can be downloaded at the following filesharing site:.

  1966 km reduced size (20 mb).

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  Thank you.

  SG
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  House to House and Door to Door proves to be a shame diversion

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  english standard version(2001).

  woe to you, scribes and pharisees, hypocrites!

  for you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.. .

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  You can learn more here in one day than a life time sitting

  in the Kingdom Hall.
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  One reason JW's go to their Meetings

  by Sour Grapes in

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  last week i drove by the kh thursday at 6:25 pm which is.

  35 minutes before the meeting starts and there were already.

  15 cars in the parking lot.

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  I like the comment about the earlier you are the more holier you are.

  That is so true. The spirtually sick ones come right at the starting time

  or 5 minutes late.
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  Challenges Facing the Watchtower Org

  by eric356 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ive been thinking about the future of the watchtower organization and the challenges it faces in coming decades.

  its difficult to address the issue without allowing personal feelings affect the analysis.

  many people seem to think that the society will collapse fairly soon, based mostly on the fact that the person dislikes the leadership or cant understand how others can believe the doctrine.

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  Well thought out.

  Thanks,

  SG
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  One reason JW's go to their Meetings

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  last week i drove by the kh thursday at 6:25 pm which is.

  35 minutes before the meeting starts and there were already.

  15 cars in the parking lot.

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  Last week I drove by the KH Thursday at 6:25 PM which is

  35 minutes before the meeting starts and there were already

  15 cars in the parking lot. I asked myself "what the hell do they

  do for 35 minutes?" Then it dawned on me that the average

  JW does not have a life. Movies, sports, wordly relatives are

  all taboo. The only life they have is going to the meetings and

  going from door to door counting their time.

  Sour Grapes

  PS could someone send a link to my PM for the new elders book?