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John Barr - Last of the GB 1.0
by Soldier77 in
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2. friends
so any word on his health lately?

what has he been actively doing at bethel?

any inside scoop?.
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gutted - its July, are you growing your goatee yet?
by Soldier77 in
1. jw
2. experiences
from my previous thread on allowing beards/goatee's and the pact that you brought up.

i've started my goatee this past weekend!

came into work this morning and one guy i worked with looks at me and goes, "wtf is that?
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Anyone remember this illustration?
by Soldier77 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do any of you remember or have heard recently the illustration, "imagine yourself working in the sun on a hot day, you're parched, thirsty, you need a drink.

would you drink a glass full of water if it had a drop of poison in it?

no matter how thirsty you are, would you?
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What is truth? Discussion with my mother
by Soldier77 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i asked this question to my mother and her husband the other night in a heated debate about the falsehood that the wbts is teaching its members.

i reasoned that their teachings are a contradiction and how can one live their life in truth, in honesty, without deceit or lies if they accept contradiction within ones faith?.

so again i asked them, "what is truth?
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The no beard or facial hair rule
by Soldier77 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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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2010 DC - not going (yay)
by Soldier77 in
1. jw
2. friends
so without giving too much info away so that someone might id me, i have to travel a long distance to get to any dc.

so i'm making plans to take a trip to the states to spend time with family, and my mother asks me about attending the dc.

i said, look, i have limited time when i take a trip there and you want me to spend three days sitting on my ass listening to the same ole bullshit?
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CO visit reviews new "Generation" change today...
by Soldier77 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so this week has been co visit.

i'll try to do a review without too much of me going off on a tangent to get the overview out and then let you all comment as you see fit.. theme of the week based on matt.

24 (sign of jesus presence and the end of the system of things).. co stressed once again (he as said this in every talk this week) that we are approaching 100 years of jesus reign.
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Something the CO said at the CA last week...
by Soldier77 in
1. jw
2. experiences
... that i just remembered.

it has been brought up in one of the many enlightening posts here, but i wanted to just share what he said.. the co was speaking about how the org growth has somewhat tapered off and not seeing the large increases as before (too bad we don't have a talk about how many that have left!

) and that the org is now 7+mil active members (yes, he said active specifically).
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Book of Enoch?
by Soldier77 in
1. jw
2. friends
i came across this a few weeks back while doing some online research http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/ (i hope that's how you post links) and i'm curious to know if any of you have done research into this book and what are your comments/thoughts on it?.

i've read through the watchers and the adam and eve story, quite interesting opens up another angle of the whole "in the beginning".... how accurate is this book?

why was it left out of the bible?
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My awakening and realization that I have been told a lie
by Soldier77 in
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2. friends
hi all, new posting, but i've been lurking for a while.

i thought it was time to "come out" as it were and voice my story.... i was born into the jw cult surrounded by all of my jw family.

grandfather was an elder for almost 40 years till he passed, both of my uncles are currently now elders and have been for the last 15 years.