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  What's your all-time favorite Song by musician ? Name Song and Artist

  by flipper in

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  flipper again.

  personally my all time favorite song?

  stairway to heaven by led zeppelin.one of my top favorite groups ,too.

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  Pretty high on my list, even if it does show my age!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e1_K-JDfOk

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  Contribution Basis only

  by man in black in

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  excuse my lack of computer/searching skills here, but i have been doing a search for the reason that the literature is now offered on a contribution basis only.. i remember back in the late 80's or early 90's when the announcement was made from the platform stating that we were on longer to put a price on the magazines / books,,,, just ask for a contribution.. somewhere i remember reading on this site that there was a underlying legal reason this was done, when it was announced.. everyone was either saying that this was a "speeding up" of the work, or the usual "the end must be right around the corner" routine.. i really appreciate any comments .

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  Yes it was the Jimmy Swaggart case that caused the change. The WTS never told its members the truth of course; it was called SIMPLIFICATION.

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  Younger wife ploy?

  by dgp in

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  on another thread (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/196874/1/older-man-marries-younger-woman-yes3b-younger-man-marries-older-woman, i wrote the following:.

  by the way, this question of mine doesn't come out of thin air.

  i happen to have met a man, in his seventies, who was made an offer that he was supposed not to be able to refuse.

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  This reminds me of another cult (Children of God?) some years ago that sent out females to entice new members with offers of sex. It was called FLIRTY FISHING!

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  Did your Kingdom Hall have kitchen?

  by asilentone in

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  someone told me there are few kingdom halls with kitchens, i was surprised about it.

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  Our old KH had a full kitchen. Used for regional elders meetings etc. and also after the Tuesday afternoon group study. Now we have a newish quickbuild (very poor layout) and just have a small room with a kettle and microwave.

  Local KH has a flat above it where the CO lives. Quite common this arrangement in the UK.

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  Christians, Is it okay for engaged couples to have sex before marriage?

  by asilentone in

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  My wife just read a newspaper article to me about HYMEN REPLACEMENT. It's now available on the NHS for health and psychological reasons but not cultural reasons. (whatever that means) If you are not eligible for NHS it can be done in day clinic with local anaesthetic for £1700. Apparently very popular with Muslims.

  So if you stray before you wed all is not lost!

  George

  PS I suppose the operation is easily reversible!!!!!!
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  I'm brand new and my mind is 'tight'...please come in 'with ease.'

  by Joliette in

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  hello....my name is 'joliette' ...i'm a 2nd generation african american jw's (well, actually 3rd generation) my great aunts are all jehovah's witnesses.

  my late grandmother was not.

  i'm from milwaukee, wi.

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  LGBT == Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender

  George

  (I only know because my local library just started such a section.)
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  Can you "fornicate" with your marriage mate? I've heard the WTBTS says that you can. Is this true?

  by ultrabimbo in

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  is it true that the current thinking of jehovah's witnesses is that you can "fornicate" with your marriage mate if you engage in sexual activity that is not approved by the writing department at bethel?

  what are some examples?.

  ultrabimbo.

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  There was an article condeming oral sex in a Watchtower earlier this year.

  I too would like to see that as I have not seen such an article for many years.

  There have been plenty of articles, including the YOUTH book (Vol 2) which condemn the practice for people outside of marriage. Apparently many youths think they can get away with oral/anal/mutual masterbation sex without getting D/Fed as it is not 'real sex'.

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  Can you "fornicate" with your marriage mate? I've heard the WTBTS says that you can. Is this true?

  by ultrabimbo in

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  is it true that the current thinking of jehovah's witnesses is that you can "fornicate" with your marriage mate if you engage in sexual activity that is not approved by the writing department at bethel?

  what are some examples?.

  ultrabimbo.

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  NOT FORNICATION BUT NOT ALLOWED!

  w833/15p.31HonorGodlyMarriage!

  Cultivate a hatred for everything that is unclean before Jehovah, including what are clearly perverted sexual practices... Perverted acts, such as oral or anal sex, within the marriage ... If it becomes known that a member of the congregation is practicing or openly advocating perverted sex relations within the marriage bond, that one certainly would not be irreprehensible, and so would not be acceptable for special privileges, such as serving as an elder, a ministerial servant or a pioneer. Such practice and advocacy could even lead to expulsion from the congregation.

  Why? Galatians 5:19-21 lists many vices that are not classed as porneia, and which could lead to one’s being disqualified from God’s Kingdom. Among them are “uncleanness” (Greek, akatharsia, signifying filthiness, depravity, lewdness) and “loose conduct” (Greek, aselgeia, signifying licentiousness, wantonness, shameless conduct). Like porneia, these vices, when they become gross, can be grounds for disfellowshipping from the Christian congregation, but not for obtaining a Scriptural divorce. A person who brazenly advocates shocking and repulsive sexual activities would be guilty of loose conduct.

  w779/15p.558

  In this corrupt system of things where Christians have to live and conduct themselves within the bounds of Christian teaching, we must avoid developing the thinking and viewpoint of those who advocate wrong conduct... Man basically knows what God intended when he put the procreative powers in the man and woman and made it possible by the sexual union of the two to produce offspring. Therefore, man basically knows that sodomy is wrong, that oral copulation is wrong, that bestiality is wrong, along with adultery, fornication, homosexuality, and like practices. That is why, in order to promote family unity, both husband and wife must act within the bounds of godly thinking, based on the principles of the Word of God.

  w762/15p.123YouMustBeHolyBecauseJehovahIsHoly

  Unnatural practices in connection with sex in marriage, such as oral and anal copulation, have caused some of God’s people to become impure in his eyes. But TheWatchtower kept above this morass of filth by alerting married couples to God’s thinking on the matter.

  w751/15p.48

  Unnatural SexualRelations. Over two years ago this magazine warned against perverted sex practices such as oral and anal copulation, pointing out that, like homosexuality, these were “contrary to nature.”

  Just some of the references!

  George
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  More Society cutbacks - Society says "screw you" to the publishers yet again

  by sir82 in

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  at our service meeting it was announced that there is a change in the manner in which magazines are now to be delivered to the congregations.. up until now, magazines were sent to each kingdom hall via ups.

  in years past magazines were sent to each congregation po's home address via ups.. going forward, magazines will be sent only as far as the assembly hall.

  it is the responsibility of each kingdom hall to send brother(s) twice a month to drive out there, pick up the magazines, and return.. this of course saves a little bit of money for the society - shipping larger packages to fewer addresses will cost less.. however, what about the expense to the local congregations?.

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  Here in the UK we only get one delivery per month, with all 3 issues. So last week we had Oct 15th Study WT, Sept 1st Public Wt and Sept Awake.

  They are all delivered to one KH in the city and then each congregation collect them from there.

  George
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  It's amazing how many things in the publications and even talks are opinion but made to appear as fact.

  by Crisis of Conscience in

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  at the convention recently, i can remember different reasons being given as to why the end is near.

  pick whatever one suits you best but basically it goes, 'because this and that has happened, the end is ever closer.'.

  well here are some of my ridiculous opinions stated as fact, just to prove a point.. if you put pepperoni on pizza, there is no way a person will reject it.

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  It's quite easy to change an idea into a fact -

  You put the word EVIDENTLY in front of it!

  George