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  Does anyone have any fashion sense? Getting Married. Help?

  by RavenPearl in

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  2. friends

  i am a man and i have roughly 10 months to prepare for my wedding (including raising the funds etc... my fiance is caught up in her affairs associated with the wedding.

  now i do have a pretty good sense of fashion when it comes to 'dress to impress' when required.

  however, i'm not familiar with specific clothing lines.

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  Listener

  The person you should be talking to is your fiance, do you really intend to upset her within an hour of getting married?
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  need to "stay alive to xx75" to prove wt wrong? again?

  by prologos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you dont have be alive to 2075 to prove that the wt's anointed generation is and will prove to be wrong, it is!

  and you can do it now, by asking just one question:.

  does the "generation" prophecy of math.

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  I'm not sure Prologos, you do keep mentioning this point but I can't see it myself.

  When the scripture states 'until all these things have occurred' could be referring to all the signs. Armageddon is not a sign.
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  You Have Been Looking Forward to This for a Long TIme - October 2nd 1914

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  picture yourself as a member of the brooklyn bethel family on friday morning, october 2, 1914. you are seated at your usual place at the breakfast table, awaiting the arrival of brother c. t. russell.

  suddenly the door to the dining room opens and brother russell appears.

  he pauses for a moment, as is his custom, and greets the bethel family with a cheery “good morning, all.” but then, instead of immediately taking his place at the head of the table, he claps his hands and makes a thrilling announcement: “the gentile times have ended; their kings have had their day!” you can hardly contain your joy—you have been looking forward to this moment for a long time!

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  Hi CH Machislopp. It's nice to hear from you and glad that you are recovering although slowly.

  Every now and then I run into your past posts when researching and I would like to thank you for your valuable input.
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  Here's a morbid thought...

  by Rainbow_Troll in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it probably will never happen but... imagine the gb recieved some new light that told them the great tribulation was imminent.

  the world is going to hell and all jws can expect until armageddon is terrible persecution the likes of which no christian has ever experienced in two thousand years.

  but jehovah has a solution: put yourself and your family 'to sleep' and after armageddon's over, jehovah will 'wake his people up' at the resurrection.

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  We can expect anything from them, anything other than commonsense from a human standpoint.

  DAY TEXT -- Saturday, September 19 - "He will certainly bring about deliverance from the Assyrian."—Mic. 5:6.
  Today, Jehovah certainly has provided an abundance of spiritual men to shepherd his precious sheep, to strengthen his people for the future attack of the modern-day “Assyrian.” The most practical step that we can take to prepare for the coming attack of “the Assyrian” is that of strengthening our faith in God and helping our brothers to do the same. When “the Assyrian” attacks, the elders must be absolutely convinced that Jehovah will deliver us. At that time, the life-saving direction that we receive from Jehovah’s organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint. All of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not. Now is the time for any who may be putting their trust in secular education, material things, or human institutions to adjust their thinking. w13 11/15 3:16, 17 Examining the Scriptures—2015
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  New IBSA Britain Branch Construction Letters

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  december 12, 2016 re: branch relocation project - regional event registration.

  december 5, 2016 to all congregations re: branch construction project.

  december 5, 2016. to all congregations.

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  No Pepperheart, you've got it all wrong. It's a loving provision from Jehovah for those that cannot give in other ways, such as the building work. It allows them to receive their share of blessings.
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  GB Gerrit Losch and his questionable article in the 7/14 WT study edition!!!

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in this article gerrit talks about his father in the first and last paragraphs, what he says about him and his hope for him goes against all that witnesses have preached about the worldly for the last 100 years... as i recall aren't all the worldly supposed to be destroyed and never have a hope of everlasting life like jw's are, and isn't that the purpose of the preaching work to baptize and warn the worldly of this???

  if not why do jws even preach, or even become jws in the first place if all have a hope of everlasting life, jw and non-jw, are they releasing a little hint at new light to come???

  or am i just missing or over analyzing something?.

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  At the end of the November 2016 Broadcast Losch basically says the same thing about observing his father from heaven, who had died in battle when he as 2. He then adds that he hopes to see both his father and mother serving Jehovah.

  It's strange that in his position as GB member he has told every JW not once, but twice about his father, who he has basically never seen. Also that he will be observing from heaven.

  It's as if he is saying 'it's all about me, me, me'.

  He is really just showing that he is going to have a lot of bias towards this father of his if he does get to heaven.

  The GB love to brag about their future heavenly positions, so matter of factly and don't even bother to mention Jesus in all this.
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  Deborah Frances-White - Richard Herring's

  by Listener in

  1. social
  2. humour

  here's a video of deborah frances white (an ex jw comedian) on a show hosted by richard herring.

  she has a few interesting perspectives as a jw from 17.20 onwards.please note that there are a number of 'adult themes' and personally i don't think much of richard herring.

  it's the first time i've listened to him and i don't find him all that endearing but i'm sure there are some here that will enjoy this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1vsdnt-b4g.

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  Listener

  Here's a video of Deborah Frances White (an ex JW comedian) on a show hosted by Richard Herring. She has a few interesting perspectives as a JW from 17.20 onwards.
  
  Please note that there are a number of 'adult themes' and personally I don't think much of Richard Herring. It's the first time i've listened to him and I don't find him all that endearing but I'm sure there are some here that will enjoy this.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1vsDNT-b4g
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  Special Talk During the Meeting Today About the Bad Press in Canada

  by RobertT18 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i was invited to a congregation in ontario, canada today and as soon as the meeting opened the brother conducting the meeting said there was a very important statement coming from the borg.

  this talk replaced the two last parts of "living as a christian" section.

  he started reading a letter from the borg about how much they loved us.

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  Listener

  It sounds like the reference to windstorm is the bad publicity and the negative responses they are getting. They can't appropriately call it persecution because it's not.
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  Like / Dislike Display Issue

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  just a heads up, since the last update the like / dislike votes sometimes don't display immediately due to caching.

  they are all definitely counted though and will appear eventually, the issue is purely with the display part.

  i'll look at fixing the cache so it's more immediate..

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  Listener

  I'd just like to say thanks Simon for all the work you put into this.☺
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  wt on a slide, " 1914's generation is not only overlapping, but also composite.

  by prologos in

  1. social
  2. humour

  doctrines projected by wt writers can be compared to the slides in the old carousel slide shows, the jw audience was kept in the dark, but the next images' bright filtered new light had their rapt attention.

  often these doctrine images came around again but modified, often totally changed, turned upside down.

  think superior authorities, resurrection ----, .

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  The other sheep were not in existence in 1914, but that shouldn't be a problem for the WT writers. Maybe 'this generation' can include an invisible transformation from anointed ones to the OS which occurred in the early 1930s