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  question re a jw marrying a non jw???

  by nelly1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i left the org a few years ago but my friend in the org wants me to go to her wedding she is marrying a non jw, she has been councelled for seeing him and is on reproof, they dont know she is going to marry him shes not telling them till after, all her family are jw some are going, its a civil ceremony, will they df her if she marries him?.

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  anyway a very close friend whos a special pioneer was told by the elders he cant attend the wedding because she is marrying a non jw, hes in a cong in another town, yet her elders dont know shes marrying a non jw, can the elders tell someone they cant attend the wedding?

  because he has told her hes been told he cant go? is there any scriptual grounds for that?

  No, there aren't any scriptural grounds for it, only made up rules by men. Where is this wedding going to be at? If it is another church, then that is very frowned upon. If not, it could be one of those, "a matter of Bible trained conscience" issues (also known as more Watchtower rules, but not in print).
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  My Kingdom Hall is near extinction!!

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  our kingdom hall was started in 1973 with only 3 families totaling 13 people.it grew to 85 members in the early 90's and that's because many were related to these 3 families.with older members dying,the young leaving when they reach 18, 5 divorces and many disfellowshipped,the congregation is down to 26 members.talk about low morale.

  where is jehovah's blessing now?

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  Around the Wichita Kansas area, it appears the Kingdom Hall population is getting older. I don't have any numbers, but I bet the average age must be well above 50 years. I look for a sharp decline in attendence because of the amount of elderly attendees unless something unexpected happens.
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  Jesus and his beard?

  by Do you Mr. Jones? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  maybe this has been discussed previously.

  sorry if i missed it.

  way back when i was younger, the wts always illustrated jesus without a beard.

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  It has been summarized on this board that Rutherford, being the crazy, jealous zealot that he was, wanted no reminders of Russell. All JWs and the faithful me of the Bible, including Jesus, had to shave.
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  AHHHHH! I'm PREGNANT!!!

  by Jez in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just thought i would pop in here to tell you all that i am 3 months pregnant!

  it was quite a shock.

  my husband and i have been married for 5 years.

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  congratulations and good luck...
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  Snippet of a JW letter.

  by jeeprube in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  here's a snippet from a letter my sister in law recently wrote my wife.

  enjoy:.

  hope you two are doing well!.

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  You guys shouldn't worry about the people living in China, India, North Korea, Afghanistan, and the former Yugoslavia area. When the time is right, Watchtower will load up large cargo planes and drop literature from the sky. It will rain tracts for days and then the end will come. For it is written, "And look, an angel will sound a trumpet and the sky will become dark with Watchtower rubbish."
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  Kindness Toward Trolls

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  dear givers of the benefit of the doubt,.

  i recall that in discussing "love believes all things," the aid book stated that we should give our "brother" the benefit of the doubt until we have good reason to no longer do so.

  that's the gist of it.

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  Uh oh! A guy who plays with model trains. Do I smell a T....? LOL

  Hey!
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  BREAKING NEWS! U.S. Launches Attack In Somalia!

  by SWALKER in

  1. social
  2. current

  now we're fighting in africa:.

  http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topnews&storyid=2007-01-09t000337z_01_n08415011_rtrukoc_0_us-somalia-qaeda-report.xml&wtmodloc=newshome-c1-topnews-6.

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  And it's my opinion that if Al Queda is in Somalia, we need to be in Somalia too.

  Even though I agree with this statement, substitute Canada or another friendly country in that statement and you will see how futile it is. Let's secure our borders already and develop proven alternative energy methods, so we don't have to waste our time with these people who find honor in killing.
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  Noah's Ark ....How did Noah......................

  by KAYTEE in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how did noah put bitumen on the underside of the ark, did he get his family to lift it up allowing him to slide under and paint this on?

  the underside being the most important face to be treated needed to be waterproof to make sure it did not allow leaks to occur, and had to stand up to extreme conditions for a whole year.

  kt.

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  What amazes me about Noah and his family is they managed to build the ark inside of 120 years and still have time to preach the good news 10 hours per month.
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  I cant change fonts or font-sizes in the reply/post box.

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  typed in as the browser has it set - not transferred from another document- just typed right here.

  typed in as the browser has it set - not transferred from another document- just typed right here.

  it used to work for me - as far as i know nothing has changed on my end.

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  Same here, the new Internet Explorer 7.0 for some reason doesn't like this site. The Font and Size no longer works for me. Also, I can't right click for copy/paste in the message box. I can in the subject box though. Copy/paste now has to be done with the Alt key.
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  The serious conversation with the wife about the cult

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you needed my background, this thread will tell it-.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/121888/1.ashx.

  my wife recently asked me about not commenting at a wt study.. our discussion was the topic of this thread-.

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  Onthewayout, do you have a plan should elders show up to your house uninvited? I do like your idea to keep meetings on neutral ground.

  (Sorry about the hyjack, I will make this my last question.)