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  Field Service is Officially Over Forever!

  by professor in

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  i hereby urge every single one of jehovah's witnesses nationwide to stop going out in field service!

  according to the january 1, 1989 watchtower, our obligation to field service officially ended last year!:.

  the apostle paul was spearheading the christian missionary activity.

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  professor,

  The apostle Paul was spearheading the Christian missionary activity. He was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our 20th century. WT 01/01/89 p. 12

  I'm at the office and don't have my '95 WT CD, but I believe the Tower took out the words "20th century," and replaced it with something generic on the CD and bound volume. Of course the Tower is dishonest and didn't indicate their little revision from the actual WT to the CD and bound volume. Most JWs don't keep the single issues, thus the Tower tries to hide their dirty little secretes.

  --JAVA

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  The "humble" man

  by Norm in

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  the watchtower society must indeed suffer from a severe lack of humble people.. in their search for an example of humility and humbleness they actually name their second president, j. f. rutherford, a man still known for his complete lack of anything resembling humility.

  hoping for the usual total ignorance among the r&f the watchtower wrote this:.

  *** w93 2/1 19 what godly subjection requires of us ***.

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  Norm,

  (If the people on Jehovah's Witnesses.com is interested I can post an article I have written about this quite interesting incident)

  Thanks, I would love to see it.

  Java--of the "Humble and Proud of It" class

  --JAVA

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  All Good Things Come to an End!

  by RR in

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  well friends, it's been nice, but just like the society this board was created for, it has deterioted, far worse than h20 or any of the other boards out there, a certain element here continue to bring down this forum to the lowest of lows, and i no longer have the patience to sift through the garbage and hate incited threads to find something worth while contributing too.

  so, with those words, i bid you all farewell, and pray one day you find yourselves!.

  in christian love,.

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  RR,

  We've had an increase of trolls on the forum of late. I don't know what a person gets out of being an ass and stirring trouble; perhaps they're unhappy with life and wish to spread the favor. Letting them take over a good forum is irresponsible. Falling into the trap of arguing with trolls only feeds into their dysfunction. The Delete Key is made for mistakes and trolls, RR. I'm not willing to let a few trolls spoil my fellowship with many fine people.

  --JAVA

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  The Quick-Build Deception.

  by Englishman in

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  i was driving past a disused kingdom hall last week, here in wsm.

  it looked very out of place with its watchtower crennelations, like a mediaevel sort of castle, with a huge sign announcing that this was now the home of the british red cross.

  however, we are now blessed with a new, quick-build kingdom hall on the outskirts of town.. but this is not the true story, this quick-build kingdom hall took 3 months to erect, unlike the publicity blurb handed out to our local newspaper which claimed that the work was done in 3 days.. being involved in the building trade, i knew that the local equipment hire company had been supplying the dubs with concrete mixers, diggers, back hoes and jcb's for fully 3 months before the build officially started.. all the ground work was done weeks beforehand, all the services laid on, the roof trusses were ready and waiting as was the curtain walling and window shutters.

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  Good points, Englishman--I fully agree.

  The so-called quick-build KHs take months to get ready for the Tower's photo op in the local paper. The Tower works a great scam with these buildings. The local JWs borrow money with interest from the Tower (who gets the money without interest) to pay for the land and building. In 20 or 30 years the loan is repayed, but it's time to remodel or move, and the process starts over again.

  Like a magician who wants to fool the audience, the Tower wants to fool the public into thinking they're special. The audience doesn't see the slight-of-hand months of preparation when the local paper takes the picture. The Watchtower has never gotten a prediction right, but they know how to work the audience. Thank god for the Internet!

  --JAVA

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  How to REALLY know the "Christ of God"

  by kes152 in

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  the master spoke saying,.

  "no one knows the son except the father, and no one knows the father except the son.

  and to whomever the son is willing, he reveals him.".

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  On a serious note, I saw something a little strange the other day while driving to work. A young man (around 25-years old) was pulling a large cross (about 10 feet long) down a sidewalk. The bottom of the cross had a small wheel attached; the man looked like some of the pictures of Jesus (i.e., long hair, beard, no shirt, tan colored skin). No one was with him, and I didn't see signs announcing "The End Is Here" or "Jesus Saves." It was just the guy pulling a large cross.

  Had I not been in the car driving to work I would have inquired, "why" "how long" "where are you going next" "who pays your way" etc.? As I continued to work I wondered, what makes a person do things like this besides the obvious of advertising ones faith? Most Christians don't travel around the country side with a 10-foot cross, and I wondered what caused this person to put on such a dog-and-pony show? I also wondered how many people viewed him as nuts, and others in a positive way?

  I used to hate going door-to-door as a JW because I was embarrassed. In some ways I felt like I stood out like the guy with the large cross. However, I don't think this guy was embarrassed. Nuts or not, he was probably more sincere in his efforts than an entire congregation of JWs forced into selling for the Tower.

  I now return you to your regular programing.

  --JAVA

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  How to REALLY know the "Christ of God"

  by kes152 in

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  the master spoke saying,.

  "no one knows the son except the father, and no one knows the father except the son.

  and to whomever the son is willing, he reveals him.".

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  I saw Jesus at the Donut Shop eating jelly-filled donuts with Elvis.

  --JAVA

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  Lincoln Newspaper publishes my letter about AJWRB

  by jschwehm in

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  the lincoln journal star of lincoln nebraska published my letter about ajwrb in their may 7th edition.. i though you guys might like to know that.. jeff s.

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  Hey there foxy Zazu,

  Tell that old fossil you married to buy a real computer.

  --JAVA

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  Lincoln Newspaper publishes my letter about AJWRB

  by jschwehm in

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  the lincoln journal star of lincoln nebraska published my letter about ajwrb in their may 7th edition.. i though you guys might like to know that.. jeff s.

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  Thanks Zazu,

  Here's a cut and paste of the article at http://www.journalstar.com/opinion?story_id=975&past=

  Witnesses divided

  I would like to thank University Hospital and the (Omaha) police for their action in making sure that the son of the Jehovah's Witness mother received the medical care needed to save his life. Jehovah's Witnesses' views on blood are controversial and difficult to understand. What most people do not realize is that there are Jehovah's Witnesses who disagree with the leaders of the Jehovah's Witnesses and their views on blood transfusions.

  Dissenting Jehovah's Witnesses have organized themselves into the Associated Jehovah's Witnesses for Reform on Blood. Their Web site is www.ajwrb.org. The following quote is from their Web site:

  Some Jehovah's Witnesses believe that a blood transfusion is a liquid tissue or organ transplant, not a meal, and hence does not violate the biblical admonition to "abstain from (eating) blood." The Watchtower Society attempts to deny these members a free choice in their medical care by means of controls and sanctions - namely enforced shunning by JW family members and friends.

  Medical confidentiality in dealing with these dissenting JW patients is essentially to prevent the church from retaliating against them through shunning. Also when a minor child is involved the state needs to protect these children from these damaging religious beliefs and I am glad that this occurred in this case.

  Jeffrey M. Schwehm, Seward

  --JAVA

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  Phenomenal Woman

  by COMF in

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  phenomenally.. phenomenal woman,.

  phenomenally.. phenomenal woman,.

  phenomenally.. phenomenal woman,.

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  Tina,
  

  he asked for a brief discussion on Circe and Odysseus last night?

  I'll bet JanH would be willing to help with his questions; tell your son to email Jan at [email protected] That stuff's too boring for me--sorry about that Jan.

  Thanks for the Coffeemate Tina, but I like it right out of the coffee pot.

  --JAVA

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  Lincoln Newspaper publishes my letter about AJWRB

  by jschwehm in

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  the lincoln journal star of lincoln nebraska published my letter about ajwrb in their may 7th edition.. i though you guys might like to know that.. jeff s.

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  Jeff,

  Great news! Is it on-line?

  --JAVA

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