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  kingdom ministry keeps

  by Bobyy11 in

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  2. bible

  i was wondering if someone could get me a pdf of all the keep articals in the kingdom ministrys?.

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  bsmart

  Check Atlantis, he often posts such items. Go to members (at the top of the page) and click on his name. Or send him a PM.
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  The Good Food Thread

  by MrsCedars in

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  2. friends

  my inspiration comes from the ingredients i have at hand, very often leftovers, and also home grown produce, herbs and spices.

  i still have a lot to learn, but i have come a long way since i first started cooking for mr cedars.. i think the first recipe on this thread should by the one that oodad has posted on other thread.... .

  shrimp scampi.

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  I believe that the oat cooky recipe is the only good thing that came out of the Awake. My sister has been making them for years. Love them.
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  The New Diary of Winston Smith

  by WinstonSmith in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

  fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

  i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

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  My new Kindle fire came with a dictionary, I bet it doesn't have theocratic definitions. Woe is me.
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  My grandson is interviewing with Harvard tomorrow

  by coffee_black in

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  2. friends

  i'm doing the happy dance!

  just got word a few minutes ago.

  his odds are pretty good!

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  Education opens up your life! Wonderful news!
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  Confidential File-1980 Watchtower Insurance Manual!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this file is usually kept in the congregation legal folder, and most jehovah's witnesses have never seen it or even know that it was ever published.. .. .

  1980 insurance manual for congregations of jehovah's witnesses.--------------------------------------------------------who is covered by the society's insurance arrangement (see page 12).the society's arrangement insures your congregation if you regularly meet in a kingdom hall which has one of the following:.1. an insurance account with the society.2.

  a loan from the society.3.

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  Atlantis, you are amazing!
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  New here

  by His Excellency in

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  2. friends

  for the record, i am not a native english speaker, infact i recently just started studying english about 18months ago.

  so apologies for any error you may encounter in the process of making sense of my logic.. i am from a small village in a destitute and war ravaged african country, 80 percent of people in my town live on less than 50cent in a day and myself included, no roads, no hospital, no public institution, no social welfare support, no national security institutiion, nothing, just tribal factions exchanging agricultural produce and i have always wondered why jehovah would have to put the preaching work ahead of a poverty eradication program at this desperate time of our existence.. .

  it was an emotional adventure on finding answers to that question that led me here.

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  bsmart

  We all had questions and this is just the place to get them answered. Welcome.

  bsmart
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  It would be a lovely letter

  by Defianttruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  letter from the governing body.. .

  dear brothers due to our failed attempts of interrupting scripture and completely false, multiple prophecies, we as the governing body are going to implement a few new changes to god's earthly organization.. .

  we are not god's earthly organization.

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  Good letter, wishful thinking!
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  Is it wrong to stay in?

  by confusedteenager in

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  2. friends

  i feel like, i don't believe in the majority of what the gb teaches, but all of my friends and family are invested in this organization and i feel it would be easier on me to just play the part and continue going through the motions then try to leave right now.

  is this taking the coward way out?.

  i just feel like i wouldn't have much to look forward if i stepped away..

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  One of the reasons I left after I graduated high school, was I knew that I couldnt take the subjection thing... The guys were so not what I wanted in a husband. I wanted a say in my own life.
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  My 66th birthday is today!!

  by Terry in

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  2. friends

  once i was little boy in fort worth, texas living with my maw maw and paw paw and mommy.. then, i was an 18 year old 6'4'' skinny 165lb religious nut being dipped in a baptismal during a local assembly.. suddenly, i was 20 and listening to a jail cell door clang behind me as a conscientious objector.. wow!

  23 years old and put on parole until my 6 years sentence was ended!

  i got married to a nice jw girl and had 3 kids!.

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  bsmart

  Happy Birthday!

  Have a good one....
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  A THANK YOU to the board

  by Jerohobobonadad in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello again.. i just thought i'd say "thanks" to all of the contributors to this board (and other boards/ websites, but mostly to this board).. i only started looking on the internet for info on the wtbts about 2 months ago.

  for years i had huge doubts about the org, but no facts to rationalise these doubts.

  some individuals have obviously spent many hours going through the societies literature and researching the history of the org and made this research widely available on line.. i can only imagine what it must have been like 10 or 20 years ago if a "witness" had doubts - where would you go to find out the facts?

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  I am so greateful that answers are available all over the net and especially here at JWN. I left long before the internet but sometimes "worried".

  Now, no worries!