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  2010 CHRISTMAS CARD EXCHANGE

  by blondie in

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  i will volunteer to coordinate this.. if you would like a card sent to you or send a card, pm me your mailing address and a name the post office will deliver to.. what do you think the cut off date should be for sending the exchange lists out to everyone?.

  do you want it pm'd or e-mailed (if emailed send your email address with your snail mail.. i know that cards going overseas can take longer.. .

  blondie.

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  Sent you a message Blondie.
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  KM Jan 2011 Family Worship

  by dozy in

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  there is a big insert in the jan kingdom ministry about the family worship night (which has evolved new capital letters - like governing body.).

  some helpful suggestions include the head of the household putting an agenda on the fridge door a few days ahead for the family to "build excitement and anticipation" (i kid you not.

  ) the provision is compared to the sabbath arrangement as a gift from god.

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  I wonder how many families actually do this? Looking forward to seeing the insert as well.
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  Just feeling a little down in the dumps tonight...

  by garyneal in

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  ...though i guess the reasons why are silly.

  in a sense, but it makes me wonder on what's to come in the future.. i hate it this time of the year with a wife in the cult who's been taught not to celebrate christmas.

  my company is having a holiday party and she agreed to go to one but because we were also bought out and some of us are leaving and moving on, someone decided to have another one with just the employees of our company alone.. i wanted to go to that one too, but i did not want to go alone.

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  That's a great article Blondie.

  Gary, yes my husband seems to be an uber dub even though he no longer attends meetings. I'm a recent unbeliever, after being born-in. And although my husband is inactive and has lost his faith, he still won't go to his Holiday party at work. Maybe in a few years he'll change his mind. Who doesn't want to get dressed up, have fun, and enjoy a night without the kids?

  I hope you still attend your other party and have fun.
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  CO visit soon. Haven't been to meetings for a few weeks.

  by FifthOfNovember in

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  it's been a few months since i've been out in service and almost a month of no meetings.

  the co is visiting soon and i'm already paranoid enough about random stops by elders (although this hasn't happened yet).

  should i worry when the co is here?.

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  You might get a phone call to remind you of the CO visit, but you can let them leave a message and not answer. They only started hounding me after I missed a few months of meetings, but I'm baptized. I've never been happier, despite the fear I will get DF'd and ruin my relationship with my husband and inlaws. Freedom is a wonderful thing.

  If possible, I would unlist your phone number, and then avoid answering the door and they should leave you alone. If they catch you outside on the weekend, just let them know you're busy and tell them to have a good day. They don't have anything on you.

  Have fun in college!
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  Nobody forced us to believe. We CHOSE to follow their crap advice.

  by hamsterbait in

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  2. scandals

  have you noticed that the recent trolls are now claiming that if anybody drew conclusions or made decisions based on what the society was printing, it was their own fault?.

  kind of "we didn't force you to believe what we said or adjust your life because of it.

  you chose to think we were teaching the end would come in <insert time range>".

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  I wonder what trolls would say about born-ins? Born-ins really didn't have a choice.
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  Just feeling a little down in the dumps tonight...

  by garyneal in

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  ...though i guess the reasons why are silly.

  in a sense, but it makes me wonder on what's to come in the future.. i hate it this time of the year with a wife in the cult who's been taught not to celebrate christmas.

  my company is having a holiday party and she agreed to go to one but because we were also bought out and some of us are leaving and moving on, someone decided to have another one with just the employees of our company alone.. i wanted to go to that one too, but i did not want to go alone.

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  Hang in there Gary. My husband won't even go to an "end of the year party" even though witnesses who own companies throw them for their employees. They demonize everything.

  Maybe you could ask your wife if she would only go to the second party instead, if that's the one that will mean the most to you. It would be nice to say goodbye to your fellow workmates. Is it more of a retirement party? You could try and angle it that way maybe? Good luck!
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  Here's what I have so far...

  by MrFreeze in

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  2. beliefs

  okay so when i was talking with the brothers, somehow they got me to agree to come up with a list of jw teachings i don't agree with.

  for some reason the po gave the number as "12".

  don't ask me why he came to that conclusion.

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  Looks great! How about the teaching where they said they don't baptize in the name of any man or organization, but now they do?

  "A Christian, therefore, cannot be baptized in the name of the one actually doing the immersing or in the name of any man, nor in the name of any organization, but in the name of the Father, the Son and the holy spirit." Watchtower 1955 July 1 p.411

  "We do not dedicate ourselves to a religion, nor to a man, nor to an organization. No, we dedicate ourselves to the Supreme Sovereign of the Universe, our Creator, Jehovah God himself. This makes dedication a very personal relationship between us and Jehovah." Watchtower 1966 October 1 pp.603-604 (from www.JWfacts).

  Baptismal questions from the Watchtower 1985 Jun 1 p.30:

  (1) On the basis of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, have you repented of your sins and dedicated yourself to Jehovah to do his will?
  
  (2) Do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of Jehovah's Witnesses in association with God's spirit-directed organization?
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  taken from daily text for today

  by therevealer in

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  2. bible

  monday, november 22. youhadnohope.-eph.2:12.. jehovah's witnesses accept medical help and various forms of treatment.

  our journal awake!

  often contains articles on health matters.

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  Good one Outlaw! I needed a laugh.
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  Is poking at facebook considered flirting?

  by asilentone in

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  Nice_Dream

  I hope not, cause my grandma pokes my husband.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 11-21-10 WT Study (LEADER CHRIST)

  by blondie in

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  review comments will be headed by comments.

  of the congregation on earth.

  holy spirit...not through the gb?.

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  Thank you for your comments Blondie. Very insightful!