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  Chaos at Brooklyn Bethel 12/2016

  by James Jack in

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  this was how it was described to me yesterday by a brother who has been there for some 40 years.

  "everyone is about gone; the governing body is set to leave within 2 months; the kitchen and laundry personnel are gone and i have to fend for myself now.".

  "also the aggravation of 4 to 5 business men in suits with clipboards daily checking out the watchtower properties.

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  I'm sure the GB 7 and their 30 helpers don't have to do their own laundry and fend for their own food.

  
  

  (from Pinterest) Lunchtime at Brooklyn Bethel. Guests (and former Bethelites) Ed and Alice Spears
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  On the Yearbook's Report(Again)

  by Alex Bryant in

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  2. current

  hello.

  i have a question about the number of publishers reported on the yearbook.

  i was wondering if this number refers only to the number of publishers baptized or to the overall number of publisher(baptized & not baptized).

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  both bapt and unbapt. as long as they've been 'approved' by the elders to be publishers, and are turning time in, they're counted
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  FAVORITE DRINK....

  by brandnew in

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  2. friends

  me personally.....i think....if it was meant to be mixed ...it would come in the bottle that way.. that said...bacardi gold.

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  Why don't you do anything?

  by WireRider in

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  2. scandals

  i'm not jw, so i see this all standing up and very clear from an outsider perspective (i am still seeking my path).

  i joined the blog a few weeks ago.

  i dated a divorced jw (jw from birth) for a couple of years recently.

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  @WireRider

  The Catholic Inquisition killed thousands. Mistreated thousands more with physical and mental torture. Yet... The Catholic Church is still around generations after.

  Despite Protestants fighting to their deaths against the Catholic Church, they've managed to still be around.

  If such an evil institution that burnt people to death and tortured false confessions out of people could survive the centuries--what makes you think any cult, especially not as crazy violent as the Catholic Church was, can't survive, and even thrive despite opposition and reform?

  Armstrong's Church of God went through an epiphany of sorts and left behind their cultish ways to become Grace Communion International, yet there are a dozen or more offshoots still holding on to Armstrong's crazy cultish ideas (in many ways very similar to WT doctrines).

  How can any of your ideas to have ex-JW's band together and reform or fight the JW.0rganization succeed where there's obvious examples of very toxic religious institutions continuing to exist and thrive?

  At most your ideas are born of a feeling of frustration, sadly this feeling wont change much.

  
  
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  News Which UK J.W.'s Won't Get in their Kigdom Ministry!

  by The Searcher in

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  2. scandals

  a source tells me the following: .

  for shropshire uk by the name of anthony manning has been removed and judicially reproved.

  portishead congregation in north somerset is being merged or disbanded on sept 1st 2015 due to "aging elders, poor attendance, decrepit kingdom hall and landslip" - of course the suspicion is wt just wants to sell the hall off.

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  What's a tonester?
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  JW Version Of Spring Cleaning

  by JW_Rogue in

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  2. beliefs

  from the january study edition second study article paragraph 10:.

  we can use the memorial season as an opportunity to look through our wardrobe, our movie and music collections, perhaps even the material stored on our computers, smartphones, and tablets.if i were going to a place where jesus would be present, would i feel uncomfortable wearing this clothing?if i did wear it, would it be obvious to all that i am a follower of christ jesus?would jesus be entertained by watching this movie or by listening to this music?

  if he borrowed my cell phone or tablet, would i be embarrassed by what he saw there?as you consider the subject matter of a video game, ask yourself: would i find it difficult to explain to jesus why i enjoy playing it?

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  Sounds like the rabbinic pharisees having their little children search out the house for leaven.

  Searching out and destroying Chametz (Leaven) during the Passover Season.
  
  
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  What did you have for Christmas dinner?

  by GrreatTeacher in

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  my inlaws are polish, though my husband is a 3rd generation american, but the food traditions have stuck around.. we have christmas eve dinner starting with red beet soup with sour cream, pierogies filled with mashed potatoes or saurkraut, ham, polish sausage sliced and cooked with saurkraut, turkey (that part is american), krischickies (likely spelled wrong) which are crispy pastries dipped in powdered sugar, and apple pie (also american.).

  there are goodnatured threats toward bad children who may need to get their dupa busted (butt spanked) and therefore santa will bring figismachen.

  i also love golabkis (ground beef and rice wrapped in cabbage leaves), but these were not served this time.

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  I had italian bread with garlicky cheesy spread and 7 cheese lasagna and chased it down with beer (my wife had merlot) and pecan pie for desert with coffee. It was yummptious!
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  Adult Coloring Books

  by littlerockguy in

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  anybody take up coloring?

  i got lost ocean by johanna basford and i got another coloring book mandalas and more.

  i just use crayola colored pencils and some gel pens and thin tipped markers.

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  Ahhh okayyyyy, I thought adult coloring books meant something along the lines of nudie pics you colored in by numbers or something.
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  "Shema oh Yisrael"

  by Aleph in

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  watch this and be silent..

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  Imagine

  by Doug Mason in

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  mary gives birth to a girl..

  jesus shares the lead in his ministry with a woman..

  half of jesus leading disciples and half of his apostles are women..

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  Imagine
  John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band
  Imagine there's no heaven
  It's easy if you try
  No hell below us
  Above us only sky
  Imagine all the people
  Living for today...
  Imagine there's no countries
  It isn't hard to do
  Nothing to kill or die for
  And no religion too
  Imagine all the people
  Living life in peace...
  You may say I'm a dreamer
  But I'm not the only one
  I hope someday you'll join us
  And the world will be as one
  Imagine no possessions
  I wonder if you can
  No need for greed or hunger
  A brotherhood of man
  Imagine all the people
  Sharing all the world...
  You may say I'm a dreamer
  But I'm not the only one
  I hope someday you'll join us
  And the world will live as one