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  post meeting dirty moods.

  by zeb in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  so you are 'out' and the other in 'in'.

  do they come home with the grumps after every meeting?.

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  MrFreeze

  I always agreed that if you went to a meeting with a headache or something you felt better after the meeting was over. They pinned it on the loving atmosphere and holy spirit. Wasn't until later I realized it had nothing to do with that. Instead it was the relief that the frickin meeting was over.

  I know when I was out and family was in, they would be all smiles when they came home. Had to put on a false front. I can tell because they were a lot more chipper than when I was actually going to meetings.
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  Small tattoo

  by happy@last in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so yesterday after serious consideration i decided to walk into the parlour and get a small tattoo on my wrist.

  it's a small emblem/logo i created that has great meaning to me but wouldn't make sense to anyone else.

  i am so pleased with it and this morning can't stop looking at it and feeling happy about it.

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  MrFreeze

  Cool beans
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  Another Revised NWT Thread - subtly sowing seeds of doubt with chart

  by mindnumbed in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  pages 1744 thru 1746 feature a chart of the kings of the southern kingdom, ending with zedekiah in 607.. praise the new bible and all of the teaching aids .... draw attention to kings list and how convenient that is ... but, strangely, i decided to look up information in an encyclopedia about the different kings, and the dates are not the same ... so i checked a couple of sources and they are all different than the chart in the bible .... why would that be?.

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  MrFreeze

  The WT backs up their claims of 607 by adding a non-existent king into the Babylonian line of kings.
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  Pioneer Service School Adjustment for 2014

  by bnybyt in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the pioneer service school will now be only one week, monday thru saturday.. it will consist of 40 hours of instruction and illustrations/presentations.. the reasong given is that this will make it more accessible to the pioneers for due to work schedules and for congregations having to sponsor and support the school.. it will make it easier on everyone and those who haven't attended in the last five years may be able to attend this school with the new curriculum.. .

  what do you feel would be included in the new curriculum.

  probably more worship of the governing body and they don't need two whole weeks to get this across.. .

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  MrFreeze

  I wish mine had only been a week.
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  As seen on Facebook

  by MrFreeze in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i like to visit a website called lamebook.com.

  they compile some pretty funny stuff that people send into their website.

  i saw this and thought you all might find it funny:.

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  MrFreeze

  I like to visit a website called lamebook.com. They compile some pretty funny stuff that people send into their website. I saw this and thought you all might find it funny:

  
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  So how exactly did this "new translation" come to be?

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a normal person, upon hearing that a new (or revised) bible translation has been released, would have 2 questions spring to mind almost immediately:.

  1) who did the work, and what are their credentials?.

  2) what manuscripts is the work based on?.

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  MrFreeze

  Calling it a translation is misleading. Seeing as how it paraphrases so much.
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  My highlights from the AGM

  by Apognophos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some of this will not be new to those of you who read other people's notes, but i bet there are a few new bits for you here, so i've provided a user-friendly table of contents, as an homage to the contents that appear before each book of the bible in the new nwt.

  i might remember more highlights later, as i'm rather tired right now, but this is what i can recall off the top of my head.. contents (use of quote marks in this section is facetious; these are not actual quotes).

  "say, did you notice that 2014 is the 100th anniversary, people?".

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  MrFreeze

  I had dinner with my family yesterday and my mom was excited to show me the new Bible. I thought the NWT was the most accurate version of the Bible. Why did they need a new one?
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  The distinction between cult and religion.....

  by NoRegrets in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  another great article from the ted talks.

  opening quote really tells it all: "the distinction between cult and religion lies squarely in how those leaving or those wanting to leave are treated.

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eliyahu-federman/when-organized-religion-become_b_3996139.html?ir=ted+weekends&ref=topbar.

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  Ask ex-Mormons their opinion about the Mormon religion as a cult. That should tell you all you need to know.
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  Theists, why does God allow suffering..

  by The Quiet One in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ..specifically, the suffering of animals.

  you can talk about free will/sin/people choosing to not listen to god etc to explain human suffering being allowed.. but how can you love a god that allows animals, that haven't sinned or chosen to not have anything to do with god, to have their short lives ended in often long, drawn out, painful ways.

  i could list stories i've read that would probably make you feel ill, but i'm not looking to shock anyone or start an emotional debate.

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  MrFreeze

  I'm glad someone bumped this thread. Very good points made by OP that I hadn't thought of.
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  Missionaries to vacate all missionary homes

  by seenitall in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  latest news from a source (missionary in foreign land):.

  no more missionary homes anywhere in the world.. all missionaries presently in missionary homes must vacate.

  must get housing on your own / from the locals.. circuit and district overseers have moved into many of these former missionary homes.. reasons: liability, cost savings, real estate to be sold or used for other purposes.. needless to say, many of these longtime servants are very unsettled.

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  MrFreeze

  Jehovah really cares for his faithful servants doesn't he?