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  Happy, Well-Adjusted JW. However... Pet Peeve. Please Sound Off Yours.

  by Doubtfully Yours in

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  why the heck does the society have to publish more of the same stuff every single farging assembly???!!!.

  as if we don't already have tons of literature already!!!

  boring to keep reading the same stuff over and over and over again!!!.

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  wannabefree

  (Ecclesiastes 12:12) . . .take a warning: To the making of many books there is no end, and much devotion [to them] is wearisome to the flesh.
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  Documentary Film: 'Waiting for Armageddon'

  by leavingwt in

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  http://www.waitingforarmageddon.com/.

  "[the film] serves as an absorbing snapshot of america's highly influential, reportedly 50-million-strong evangelical christian movement.

  " (source).

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  wannabefree

  What?! I said MAJOR tweaks. Hey, I want to live on a paradise earth forever and ever!
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  Documentary Film: 'Waiting for Armageddon'

  by leavingwt in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.waitingforarmageddon.com/.

  "[the film] serves as an absorbing snapshot of america's highly influential, reportedly 50-million-strong evangelical christian movement.

  " (source).

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  wannabefree

  I watched this today. I must say, I prefer the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses.

  Jehovah's Witnesses just need a few tweaks ... albeit major tweaks.
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  The no beard or facial hair rule

  by Soldier77 in

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  okay, something that has always been a side point but still a rather ridiculous rule is that brothers cannot "serve" if they have a beard/goatee/anything more than just a moustache.

  at least in the states, i've heard of some congregations in some countries allow this, but they are the exception?

  your experience?.

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  The no beard or facial hair rule

  by Soldier77 in

  1. watchtower
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  okay, something that has always been a side point but still a rather ridiculous rule is that brothers cannot "serve" if they have a beard/goatee/anything more than just a moustache.

  at least in the states, i've heard of some congregations in some countries allow this, but they are the exception?

  your experience?.

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  wannabefree

  I know of a brother from Georgia who gave talks at conventions, he had a soul patch. I was told by a CO that brothers who are elders in the northern territories of Canada and Alaska and have full beards.
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  Governing Body 2.0

  by drew sagan in

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  i borrow the phrase gb 2.0 from alltimejeff, who used it yesterday in the post about theodore jaracz's death.. i was interested in starting a thread that addresses the new leadership regime that has emerged within the wts, especially in light of changes (albeit mundane) the organization has undertaken over the past 15 years or so.

  while few of us have had close contact with the men in charge, changes they have made in recent years surly reflect a definable leadership style.

  it also reveals a little bit about how they view the organization and its future.. from what i can put together, it seems that there a few obvious things to note.. - 1999 seems to be the sea change year in terms of gb appointment and might be seen sybolically as a turning point in terms of leadership for the group.

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  wannabefree

  Maybe the bugs will be worked out by GB 7.0
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  2010 DC bare bones pleeze

  by Open mind in

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  we're going to attend sunday morning, be as "visible" as possible, grab the new releases and leave.. .

  unless, of course, there's a "release" on sunday afternoon.. .

  could someone who has already attended please let us know what releases happen on which days?.

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  wannabefree

  2 brochures on Friday

  Jeremiah book on Saturday

  DVD on Sunday after the afternoon session
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  Audio version of 2010 convention talks

  by Bob1234 in

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  does anybody know where talks have been posted for this convention yet?

  particularly interested in friday afternoon symposium?

  thanks.

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  wannabefree

  Do you have a part in the symposium? Are you wanting to cheat?
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  Who Are Your Past Circuit Overseers? It's a small world..

  by mentallyfree31 in

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  who were your past circuit overseers?

  i'm sure a lot of us actually know mutual people, as the co's relocate all over the country.. here's a few from the southeast us: (let me know if you recognize any names and post yours too please...).

  ellwood johnson (new york/philadelphia area for several years also).

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  wannabefree

  Larry, Mo, Curly
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  Can't believe the rubish in the new "Was Life Created" brochure!

  by sabastious in

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  scient ists in the united states, asia,.

  and eu ro pe lau nched well-funded resea.

  rc h prog rams using met hods that.

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  wannabefree

  Cause and effect. Somewhere down the line creation happened. Deal with it. For something to come from nothing it had to have been caused. Who caused God? ... obviously the buck has to stop somewhere.