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  wedding anniversarys

  by zeb in

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  who makes anything of this?

  we live under the same roof but separate lives so i dont.

  and no flowers either as the it was two days after the last convention she went to that she noticed the last lot.. so.. incoming please..

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  Sorry to hear this Zeb, you are in a loveless marriage. So much for this years convention that is supposedly about love.
  
  She did notice them but chose not to say anything. That's more than rude.
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  A question for Aussies about NBN and streaming / network dropout problems.

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. entertainment

  has any fellow australians here had problems with the internet dropping out either with their computers or streaming devices on the tv`s etc.. since the nbn took over we have had nothing but trouble with interruption of services on the tv and computer.. i would say it drops out at least 10 times or more in any one day.. it`s a bloody pain in the ass.. a technician came out the other day and supposedly fixed the problem that they knew about by the way (why didn`t they do something about it then instead of waiting for me to make a complaint ?).

  the technician went away saying he had fixed the problem ,but lo and behold within a couple of hours we still had the same problems that have continued over this weekend.. i`m just curious if any other australians are having similar problems as i have outlined..

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  Our suburb is now NBN ready and I had a bloke from Telstra on the phone the other day trying to persuade me to connect. I said I had heard of so many problems. He told me that we would be guaranteed priority for the first month after joining, of having a technician to look after any problems. I thought he's basically confirming that there is a lot of issues if they have this sort of guarantee in place and only for the first 30 days.

  I think we'll wait.
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  Is this guy making a lot of mistakes?

  by rockemsockem in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i watched this video just a bit and from what i saw he made a lot of fundamental misstatements on jws.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le5kqhf8fx0.

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  Rockemsockem, it's a long video, so I was wondering if you could mention a few of the comments he was making that you think are wrong, so that we can discuss them?
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  Absolutely mind blowing. Wow just wow!!!!!

  by joe134cd in

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  2. beliefs

  https://www.facebook.com/rafael.riveraarias.3/videos/2271651422931947/.

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  That's what I read on a JW forum, that is the amount of international guests that has been approved.
  
  JWs from Western Australia have not been invited and they will have their own assembly at their assembly hall.
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  Oh how this religion has changed! Would this have been permitted 20 years ago??

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://m.facebook.com/100002613343180/posts/2271710659592690?sfns=mo.

  would the old-timers even recognise this religion anymore?.

  this is from one of the international conventions held this year.

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  Such a weird religion. It's not permissable to play kingdom melodies live at the Kingdom Hall or the Assembly but if they're entertaining those in 'high standing' at either of these places, its fine to play live worldly music and dance to it.
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  Check This out!! Help Needed-Former Elder Rodrick "Rod" Watkins Arrested for Felony Sexual Abuse

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/btf1as/help_neededformer_elder_rodrick_rod_watkins/.

  zing.

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  Listener

  I missundertood what John Redwood said, he wasn't asking victims the contact him, instead he is telling them to contact the appropriate authority.

  I don't think anyone would like their name being posted online with instructions for anyone who has been abused by him or her to go to the authorities.
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  "Are natural disasters a sign of the times?" -- Yes, says WT

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yes, bible prophecies suggest that there would be disasters during “the conclusion of the system of things,” or “the last days.” (matthew 24:3; 2 timothy 3:1) for example, concerning our time, jesus said: “there will be food shortages and earthquakes in one place after another.” (matthew 24:7).

  that from their website this morning.. i see how they've morphed (by interpretation) food shortages and earthquakes into virtually all bad happenings today.. i'll bet if the "blue bonnet" (one elder's fractured pronunciation of bubonic during a public talk, using it not once but three times) plague, one of which happened nearly 700 years ago -- was going on today, it would be a sign of the times.

  after all, it "caused the death of 60% of the population of europe".. no natural devastation like that seen since..

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  Yes, Bible prophecies suggest that there would be disasters during “the conclusion of the system of things,” or “the last days.”

  Its ts now just a suggestion?
  
  
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  Remember when we lodged in private homes at conventions?

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i bring this up now because i haven't seen any postings about that practice because i got out in 1977. when did wt quit soliciting private homes for accomodations?

  or have they stopped?.

  i hated it, but it was the only way we could afford to go.

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  Listener

  In the early 70s they held a large Convention in the middle of nowhere. It took us over 5 hours from Melbourne to get there. It was in a little town called Wagga Wagga.

  We stayed on a farm and there was no electricity.

  No doubt they got the grounds really cheap.
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  Check This out!! Help Needed-Former Elder Rodrick "Rod" Watkins Arrested for Felony Sexual Abuse

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/btf1as/help_neededformer_elder_rodrick_rod_watkins/.

  zing.

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  It upsets me that John Redwood asks for victims to contact him personally. Lloyd Evens has done this in the past as well. I confronted him about it on JW Reddit and he denied it until I linked his post from several years previously. It's not appropriate.
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  Rutherford's wife, why the info blackout?

  by VM44 in

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  2. friends

  rutherford ruled the watchtower organization from 1916 to 1942, traveled extensively, had several residences, most notably, beth sarim.

  but absent always was his wife, mary, not to mention his son, malcolm as well.. ok, rutherford was so well known, why did no one inquire about his son and wife?.

  when rutherford resided at beth sarim in san diego, why was his wife not there with him?

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  Farkel - It is also true that neither Mary nor Malcolm attended old Joe's funeral. In fact only FOUR people attended the funeral of this so-called "world Bible expert." Knorr and Franz did not even bother to attend his funeral.
  
  

  
  This is very odd, especially when there must have been more people serving him at Beth Sarim alone, including a prince and princess.
  
  It could be possible that there was a secret funeral,possible at his final resting place.