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  The great British Weather

  by FL_Panthers in

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  anyone else getting a bit tired of being wetted upon?.

  i've sort of had enough already, suede shoes in the rain is not not a good idea.. .

  on the plus side, it's fun for fish .

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  weather happens
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  What three items were in the Ark of the Covenant?

  by jam in

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  2. bible

  i will give you a hint.

  1) jar of bread 2) stick 3) two stones.. and why were they placed in the ark of the covennant????.

  i'm embarrassed to say, as a former elder, schooled by the.

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  1: jehovah

  2: dunno

  3: ditto
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  Coping with becoming an atheist?

  by Crazyguy in

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  its been a very eye opening experience for me to find out that the god of the bible is as real as thor or ra.

  i still believe a higher power created life but can see now how it doesn't really care about us.

  so with this in mind realizing one has only 70-80 years to live and that may be just it, is very stunning..

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  i was born an atheist
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  Why is my JW mother so mean to me and her grandson??

  by quellycatface in

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  2. friends

  i've been wanting to ask your advice for ages on this subject and here goes.. my mum is a jw fanatic, she just reads the bible and the publications, no other books at all.

  she is a functioning alcoholic.. she is so disappointed in me.

  i married out of the truth, you see!!!.

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  why not ask your mother to "lend" you a large sum of money--? if she refuses you can use it as a good reason to shun her !
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  Men's hair

  by Mark_C in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many of my church leaders have inisisted that short hair for men is a strict scriptural doctrine, and not to be argued against.

  what do people think?.

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  Anyone recall asemblies actually being fun?

  by tim hooper in

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  2. friends

  when i was a wee lad, there was a carnival atmosphere at assemblies as this old footage will show:.

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  http://www.britishpathe.com/video/witnesses-baptised/query/jehovahs+witnesses.

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  the assemblies in my teen years--the 1960's----yes--they were fun. hanging about with dub-mates--looking for girls. i remember edinburgh ( murrayfield ) scotland--in--66 (?) i was 18. camping again in a large tent with several others. much drunkenness. woke up one morning to find a girl in the sleeping bag--next to me. dunno how she got there.

  but--i never took the slightest interest in the sessions--none of us did--it was just a bit of a jolly.

  it all changed when i got married--in '68---aged 20. my wife was a born in super-brat. a real do-gooder. i think it was '69 or '70-----went to a big one at the old football ground--wembley, London.

  sitting in the rain--actually supposed to listen. it meant a long commute each day. it was the turning point for me---last big assembly i ever attended.
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  The CO visit this week he says" In August..."

  by James Jackson in

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  2. friends

  up until 5 years ago, the co used to work up their own parts for specfic congregations in their circuits.

  everything is up to script, in other words, every co in the country are givings the same talks in the local congregations they visit.

  what got me to cringe is when he said at the meeting, trying to encourage everyone to pioneer this august; he said :" you know this october it will be 100 years since gods kingdom began ruling, remember what happen when joshua told the israelites to march around jericho on the seventh day, and what happened when they let out a great war cry?

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  the CO is right !---in part---IT IS a 100 years since--a 100 years ago.
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  Anyone recall asemblies actually being fun?

  by tim hooper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i was a wee lad, there was a carnival atmosphere at assemblies as this old footage will show:.

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  http://www.britishpathe.com/video/witnesses-baptised/query/jehovahs+witnesses.

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  twickers 63--i was there--aged 15--camping in the communal tents onsite with all my fellow dub-brat mates.

  our congregation servant was wealthy--he had a cine camera. lots of young sisters got filmed by us lads. happy days indeed.

  i wonder how many of my pals back then are still dubs ?
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  All this talk of Money

  by zebagain in

  1. forum
  2. suggestions

  would someone please layout for this simple soul what the wts is doing re 'donations' or 'pledges'.

  is the box at the back of the kh to be done away with?.

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  heres the link:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/scandals/279555/1/WTS-buys-c2a31-000-000-luxury-sea-front-property-in-Wales-UK#.U3-BRfldX8Y
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  All this talk of Money

  by zebagain in

  1. forum
  2. suggestions

  would someone please layout for this simple soul what the wts is doing re 'donations' or 'pledges'.

  is the box at the back of the kh to be done away with?.

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  in the UK the london branch has recently paid over £900,000.00 for a luxury house in north wales. ( there is a long thread on here ).

  someones got to pay for it.