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  What will you do to celebrate Oct 2 2014?

  by jwfacts in

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  like most people reading this, i was convinced that by 2014 the new system would 'definitely' have been operating for at least a decade.

  now that i know this is not going to be the case i am going to have to think of some way to recognise 100 years of wts let downs and failed predictions.

  there is no point fretting over the past so i think it will be a good time to celebrate.

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  They may have closed up shop and moved to Wallkill by then.

  The Bethel spies saw this thread. They're trying to get out of Brooklyn before the Vast Apostate Army launches the great tribulation!
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  JW tour bus crashes in Florida, with fatalities-

  by moshe in

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  miami - a bus carrying 32 members of a church group hit a concrete overpass at miami international airport after the driver got lost, killing two elderly people on board and leaving three others critically injured, officials said saturday.. the large, white bus was too tall for the 8-foot-6-inch entrance to the arrivals area, said airport spokesman greg chin.

  buses are supposed to go through the departures area, which has a higher ceiling, he said.. chin said the passengers told him they were part of a group of jehovah's witnesses headed to west palm beach.

  police said in a news release that the group had chartered the bus to take them to a church convention there-.

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  Excerpt from Associated Press article in the Miami Herald:

  The large, white bus was too tall for the 8-foot-6-inch entrance to the arrivals area, said airport spokesman Greg Chin. Buses are supposed to go through the departures area, which has a higher ceiling, he said.

  Chin said passengers told him they were part of a group of Jehovah's Witnesses headed to West Palm Beach. Police said in a news release that the group had chartered the bus to take them to a church convention there.

  The group was made up of congregation members of Sweetwater's Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, said Sweetwater Mayor Manny Maroño.

  "This is a tragic accident that has affected many families, as well as, our Sweetwater family," Maroño said in a press release. "I am pursuing all avenues to get in touch with the appropriate persons to officially extend our help to the congregation and those who were hurt."

  A phone number listed for the center in Sweetwater went unanswered.

  At the airport, two large signs warn drivers of large vehicles not to pass beneath the concrete overpass. One attached to the top of the concrete barrier reads: "High Vehicle STOP Turn Left." The other, placed to the left of the driveway and several feet in front of the barrier, says all vehicles higher than the 8-foot-6 threshold must turn left.

  Three people were at hospitals in critical condition. The other 27 surviving passengers were hurt, but their injuries were less extensive, authorities said.

  One man died at the scene; the second died later at a hospital.
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  Who have you seen in concert?

  by pontoon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my short list; lynard skynard, beach boys, carole king, yes, doobie brothers, rod stewart, ringo starr.. all star band, styx, gordon lightfoot, moody blues.

  can you tell i like the older stuff?.

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  Grateful Dead (once with the Godchauxs, once with Brent Mydland)

  EmmyLou Harris (once with the Hot Band, once with the Nashville Ramblers)

  Kingfish

  Allison Krause (with Union Station)

  Ricky Skaggs (with Kentucky Thunder)

  Warren Zevon
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  Blood Transfusions - Truly a "Sin"?

  by AGuest in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  to the household of god, israel, and those who go with... may you all have peace!.

  you may have seen where i shared this before but my understanding is that it needs to be shared again... because there are those who will benefit.

  i won't go into my usual tome... but only state: .

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  Where do JWs get the blood products they are willing to accept into their body?

  When you follow the supply line back to the source, they get their blood products from blood donors. I am one of them. Blood transfusions are as far from sin as far could be; it is virtue rather than vice.

  The holidays are often a difficult time for blood banks: people are busy, so fewer take the time to donate. If you are healthy enough and eligible to donate, please make an appointment to give the gift of life!
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  Celebrating Christmas?????

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am just curious, and not judging.

  if you are a christian and you know that december 25th is not jesus' birthday, and may have pagan roots, then why celebrate it?

  i was raised a dub as most of you know, and have learned the ttatt so i know how wrong they are about a lot.

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  If you are a Christian and you KNOW that December 25th is not Jesus' birthday, and may have pagan roots, then why celebrate it?

  Yes, I know that December 25th is not Christ's actual birthday (though researchers place his birth in autumn, which means the Annunciation would have been around that time). Besides, the dates differ slightly between Julian and Gregorian calendars. Pliny's writings place the solstice on December 25 of the Julian calendar.

  Early Christians used that date so they would not be conspicuous by not celebrating. Being a conspicuous Christian during the Roman persecutions was hazardous, so it was best to be festive--while worshipping the Christian God instead of the pagan gods.

  It is also symbolic of the coming of Christ, "the light of the world", to lead us out of darkness.

  It also aligns, more or less, with 25 Kislev: Hannukah, the Festival of Lights. This day marks the re-dedication of the temple following the victories of Judah Maccabbee. To Christians Christ is the temple of the New Covenant, another reason for celebrating Jesus' coming during the darkest days of the year.

  But mostly, as others have said, when He came is less important than the fact that He did come. That is why we celebrate; the date makes no difference.
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  Site moving really slow?

  by tec in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone else having a problem?.

  peace,.

  tammy.

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  It's working OK for me, but it's later now and traffic is lighter.
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  I like her attitude

  by Hortensia in

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  for all you gourmet cooks: "just put the fucking turkey in the oven".

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=foa0mgubyh0.

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  Pour the wine into the cook, not into the pan. (it works for me!)
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  RBC biggie divulges WTS expects disaster victims helped by RBC volunteers to fork over insurance money to the WTS

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my wife spent all morning long preparing this super thanksgiving banquet.

  with a huge turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce.

  and greenbeen salad, pie and icecream.. yummy!.

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  Does it matter, as long as I get my house repaired and it doesn't cost me a cent.

  Some of the houses he worked on, the owners had no insurance and were very low income. I don't know who paid for those materials.

  ... it was a provledge that they donate the insurance money "to help rebuild others homes".

  Putting the pieces together, from the insurance companies' point of view (including the National Flood Insurance Program, i.e. taxpayers) they are paying to restore property that was not covered by an insurance policy, for which premiums have not been paid. I'll leave it to the lawyers to opine whether or not this is legal, but it certainly is unethical!
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  Christmas tree topper

  by finally awake in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i borrowed a jerry garcia doll from my mom, and i'm making him a sparlock outfit.

  i'm going to strap him to the top of the big tree and put it in front of the living room window.

  i will post pictures when i get him finished..

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  Incidentally, Garcia was in a band called the Warlocks before the GD.

  It was the same band; somebody else was using the name "Warlocks" so they chose another.

  The origin of the name "Grateful Dead" would give a Witness fits almost as much as "Warlocks" (an immortal soul, etc.). From Wiki:

  Grateful dead (or grateful ghost) is a folktale present in many cultures throughout the world. The most common story involves a traveler who encounters a corpse of someone who never received a proper burial, typically stemming from an unpaid debt. The traveler then either pays off the dead person's debt or pays for burial. The traveler is later rewarded or has their life saved by a person or animal who is actually the soul of the dead person...
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  I do not understand... How does the theory about when Jerusalem was destroyed relate to the JW?

  by FingersCrossed in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  can someone please tell me in the simplest ways?

  thanks.

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  You can read about this at JWFacts, among other places.

  The Watchtower uses vaguely-Bible-based dating, starting at the fall of Jerusalem, to show that Jesus returned (invisibly) in 1914 to inspect their organization and then approve it as the only True Religion in 1919. But that works only if Jerusalem fell in 607 BC (as the Watchtower claims), not 587 BC (as accepted by historians).