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  Did the 1914 Generation Die Anyway?

  by JanH in

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  2. friends

  did the 1914 generation die anyway?

  ver since the beginning of the watchtower movement, they have had some sort of deadline for god's activities.these activities could be the rapture of the saints (which jws today do not believe in), the destruction of "false religion", ie every other religious group, or the final end of this world.

  earlier, these deadlines were explicit dates.

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  bookmarked
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  Why the Memorial Is Held on the Wrong Day

  by Leolaia in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  tonight on the evening of april 18, 2011, observant jews worldwide will celebrate passover seder, a night "different from all other nights".

  the watchtower society annually schedules the memorial for jehovah's witnesses on a date that is supposed to coincide with the jewish observance of passover, as it would have been reckoned during second temple times (in particular, in the first century ad during the life of jesus).

  this year the memorial was observed last night, the evening of april 17. the two religious observances are thus a day out of synth, at least this year.

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  my head hurts
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  WOW! Was it really last night?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  2. experiences

  i completely did not know the date of the memorial this year.

  just happened across a post on fb in which it was mentioned a few minutes ago.. this is a good thing - probably the first time in 50 years i did not know the day/time of the memorial celebration of jehovah's witnesses.

  i did know that today is good friday and that easter is sunday.

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  i didn't know either, last year i recieved an invitation in the letterbox, this year zilch
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  South park: Jewpacabra

  by darth frosty in

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  2. entertainment

  could not sleep so i watched the latest episode last night.

  this was hilarious they went off on jehovah as only south park can lol.

  link.

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  they won't let us aussies/kiwis view it due to prior contractural reasons
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  How did/does your congregation view going out to eat AFTER the Memorial?

  by OneDayillBeFree in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for us it used to be a big no-no, but i think it has slowly grown more acceptable since many of our elders would be starving during the whole reject jesus party.... i always thought it was a bit funny when i saw brothers and sisters almost celebrating with a big feast and drinks on the night that the good ol' messiah sacrificed himself for all humankind!

  it seems now more recently that since it is the only thing witnessess can celebrate, they go all out!

  maybe i'll join in the festivities too.. so what about you guys?

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  in all the congregations that i was in when i was in NZ, it was always a no-no, even after a normal meeting it was considered to be a no-no, however not everyone followed the 'Rules'
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  Tiktaalik - A Brief Introduction

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as a young pioneer i always relished opportunities to demonstrate my ignorance of evolution.

  my usual mantra was that all fossils were fully formed fish or amphibians or reptiles or mammals with nothing in-between.

  even back in the 80s this was factually incorrect, but following a discovery by neil shubin and his team in 2004 the matter has been put beyond reasonable doubt.. one of the biggest gulfs that life has had to cross was the transition from sea to dry land.. fish have conical shaped heads, reptiles have flat heads.

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  thing

  try firefox or chrome browser, ditch IE
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  I just asked the JW website for a home visit...

  by TimeBandit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just went and filled out the form asking to be visited.

  i hope they come soon so i can work my super apostate magic!

  uh, if the super apostate magic doesn't work, i'll just let my huge great danes out onto the porch and freak the witnesses out followed by kicking them off my front porch... .

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  I'm already noted as a "do not call" an apostate lives there
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  At last a new Truthbookblues video. This time Russell speaks.

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i hope you find this entertaining.

  anyone have the quote where rutherford was asked to leave bethel before he came back to take over?

  here's the link to the video:.

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  ROFL
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  What was the last meeting you ever went to?

  by lilbluekitty in

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  2. experiences

  i figured out it's been 4 months and 5 days since my last meeting ever.

  july 10th, it was a sunday.

  i hadn't been there in 2 months or so and decided to see if anyone noticed i'd been gone.

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  TimeBandit

  I like your style
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  Are you an athiest and why?

  by LouBelle in

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  2. experiences

  i'm interested in finding out people's reasons as to why they are athiest.. i have simply through life experience, my research into religions over the years come to that conclusion.

  never thought i would come to a day that i did not believe in a god.

  believing in a god is like believing in super man, it would be great if he existed but well it's just a fairy tale.

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  not athiest, but very damn close