Posts by Sour Grapes

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Voting a conscience matter??

by Cynisister in

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.

Sour Grapes

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.

Sour Grapes

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How JW's Have Fun

by Sour Grapes in

3 months ago one of my friends emailed me that.

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

fun.

Sour Grapes

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.

Sour Grapes

75

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

by OUTLAW in

"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... .

Sour Grapes

Stay alive until 75.

SG

15

1967 & 1968 Kingdom Ministries -- PDF!

by cabasilas in

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).

Sour Grapes

Thank you.

SG

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

by Terry in

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.. .

Sour Grapes

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

in the Kingdom Hall.

16

One reason JW's go to their Meetings

by Sour Grapes in

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.

Sour Grapes

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

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.