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  "Ones"

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  (i never was a dub).. this is something which has intrigued me for a while.

  i don't know whether it's dub-speak, or us-speak.. it's the use of the word 'ones' as in 'interested ones', 'worldly ones', 'disfellowshipped ones' and so on and so on.. in the 'normal world' we would probably use the word 'people'.. thoughts?.

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  maninthemiddle

  it's a particularly American English pronoun, and considered formal. It's overused, but nothing really wrong with it in American Culture. However I believe, it would be considered outdated but most Americans today.
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  Where's my invitation to the Memorial? What the hell!

  by ToesUp in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a carload of jw's worked our street today.

  obviously they are doing the invites to the memorial.

  of course, we didn't answer.. 1 ring, 2 seconds at the door (that's all we get?

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  maninthemiddle

  They leave them here with no knock. My FIL says that is what they were told.
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  GoFundMe - JW Pioneer & LDC Couple

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  jerry jones on youtube exposed a jw couple who were begging for money on gofundme.

  this is his youtube .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feohxtbml2c.

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  maninthemiddle

  There are lots of people of all walks of faith on goFundme asking for money for mission trips. It even has a category just for that.

  I remember shaking my head about it, how much money was being raised just to spread lies to unknowing people.
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  2016-2-17-Destroy Previous S-77 Forms!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  these numbers and letters:--gbr659967--are the only identifying markson this boe..the "informant" who sent it said:.

  "this letter came through the congregation inbox and so hasn't got theusual identifying information.

  the name of the file is probably thebest way to identify it.

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  maninthemiddle

  OH, so they are not talking about blank forms, but one with personal info on them? So that means no data stored in the UK, but on servers somewhere else, presumably in the US.
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  2016-2-17-Destroy Previous S-77 Forms!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  these numbers and letters:--gbr659967--are the only identifying markson this boe..the "informant" who sent it said:.

  "this letter came through the congregation inbox and so hasn't got theusual identifying information.

  the name of the file is probably thebest way to identify it.

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  maninthemiddle

  Both letters are there, the new one and the 2011 BOE letter, but not the new form.
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  2016-2-17-Destroy Previous S-77 Forms!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  these numbers and letters:--gbr659967--are the only identifying markson this boe..the "informant" who sent it said:.

  "this letter came through the congregation inbox and so hasn't got theusual identifying information.

  the name of the file is probably thebest way to identify it.

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  maninthemiddle

  So with the GBR on it, was that addressed to the UK branch area?

  also was there really an attachment or am I missing the new form that it mentions?
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  Christians, Pedophilia and the Australian Royal Commission

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  the vast majority of christians are not pedophiles and would most likely deplore it.

  so why do so many church organisations try to cover it up?.

  probably there are two reasons:.

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  maninthemiddle

  Just saw this on youtube. As a big fan of Tim Minchin and this song deserves some publicity.
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  How the Governing Body views their unpaid laborers

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  maninthemiddle

  and yet this is after they supposedly dropped the type/antitype thing.

  Is not this the same thing in a different package?
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  BOE 2016-01-15 Re: New Feature on jw.org for Processing Recommendations of Elders and Ministerial Servants

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  boe 2016-01-15 re: new feature on jw.org for processing recommendations of elders and ministerial servants.

  pdf.

  thanks ich3b!.

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  maninthemiddle

  Slowly joining the computer revolution, aren't they.
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  Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi people,.

  i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).

  1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.

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  maninthemiddle

  1) raised

  2)1995

  3) 2009

  14 years