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  Scottish Convention Revelation!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some circuit overseer gave a talk and made this statement - "jehovah will very soon resurrect millions of people.....".

  "soon" is so old hat now - "very soon" will become the new buzz words in j.w.-land..

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  Quarterback

  Funny, I thought that the Scottish would have used different words to emphasize "soon"

  Like start off with : "It will come in a wee bit soon"

  Very close : "Friggin soon"
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  Im curious. What kind of lifestyle the GB live?

  by SecretSlaveClass in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  anyone ever seen pictures or the actual houses and cars the gb own?

  im wondering if the live a middle class lifestyle or more like high society?

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  I don't care what Matthew McConohey says. A Buick Continental is still an Old Man's car.
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  Im curious. What kind of lifestyle the GB live?

  by SecretSlaveClass in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  anyone ever seen pictures or the actual houses and cars the gb own?

  im wondering if the live a middle class lifestyle or more like high society?

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  No one could pay me enough money to live in Brooklyn. I know that New York City, and Brooklyn are prime real estate. It's amazing what a small 200 sq ft appartment rents for in that part of the world. Yes, they get their clothes washed, meals served, cars repaired at $5.00 an hr labour rate, but so does a person in the Army. They get no Religious Holidays off. On Christmas day, they are still reporting for work. They only get a couple of hours off on the day they need to attend the Memorial. But their reward is great in the heavens.
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  Did you know? The Watchtower called Filipinos lazy and barbaric, and CTR wrote letter to U.S. President to sell the Philippines to Japan?

  by Gilgamesh in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  100 years ago: wt calls filipinos lazy, barbaric; asks president to sell philippines to japan.

  http://ad1914.com/.../100-years-ago-july-1915-russell-claims.../.

  100 years ago: april 1915 - russell claims filipinos are lazy, barbaric; asks us president to.... main points:.

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  That's good research. Full-Time Student
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  Did you know? The Watchtower called Filipinos lazy and barbaric, and CTR wrote letter to U.S. President to sell the Philippines to Japan?

  by Gilgamesh in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  100 years ago: wt calls filipinos lazy, barbaric; asks president to sell philippines to japan.

  http://ad1914.com/.../100-years-ago-july-1915-russell-claims.../.

  100 years ago: april 1915 - russell claims filipinos are lazy, barbaric; asks us president to.... main points:.

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  Well, Russel never took a Cruise vacation.
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  JW ended a relationship with me

  by V1922 in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  my jw boyfriend just ended a year and a half relationship with me.

  it came out the blue and i'm deeply hurt by this because we were so compatible.

  he did it right before the big annual gathering he is presently attending.

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  You mentioned that he left you before the Big Annual Gathering(BAG). Well that makes sense. You can expect him to call or text you after the Big Annual Gathering(BAG). You see the BAG is a large dating platform that single JW's attend to meet other JW singles. He is cutting ties with you to be free to date other female JW's. When he realizes that it didn't work out there, he'll be back.

  But you better have some strong negotiation skills in place when he does. Start telling him, "You better put a ring on it".
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  When did things turn from paganism to religious?

  by ssn587 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  heard someone mention that certain acts are pagan.

  so thinking about it, i surmised that marriage, sex, eating certain things were okay and then after g-d gave the law to moses (supposedly) there was a separation for things, actions etc., that were pagan and otherwise bad.

  just wondering what others may think about this.

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  Paganism is a broad group of religions including modern Pagan religions, and magical and polytheistic religions. Paganism has also been understood by some to include any non-Abrahamic religions, but this is generally seen as insulting by adherents of those religions. It is often taken to exclude monotheism, and to express a worldview that is pantheistic, polytheistic, or animistic, however there are some monotheistic Pagans.[1] Once monotheistic religions such as Christianity and Islam started to become more prominent (in processes known as Christianization and Islamization), names to encompass polytheistic worshipers started to develop; some of these include Hellene, Pagan, and Heathen, at times these names were used as slurs.

  Modern knowledge of old Pagan religions comes from several sources, including: anthropological field research records, the evidence of archaeological artifacts, and the historical accounts of ancient writers regarding cultures known to the classical world. Before the rise of monotheistic religions, most people practiced some type of polytheism. Many of these religions started to die out and eventually became extinct. In some cases, elements of polytheistic belief systems continued into folklore. Paganism would later be studied during the Renaissance and Romantic era. Forms of these religions, influenced by various historical Pagan beliefs of pre-modern Europe, exist today and are known as contemporary or modern Paganism, also referred to as Neopaganism.[2][3]
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  Mystery of the ' Strange Couple '

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this strange couple was seen on main st. in vancouver, b.c.

  a casual observer would be hard pressed to figure out their relationship.

  the man seems a little young for the woman.

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  OMG...The Paparozzi is everywhere.
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  Tim Horton's sucks. I thought it was supposed to be good?

  by SnakesInTheTower in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my wife and i went to th yesterday.

  the chain started opening stores in the st. louis, mo area about a month ago.

  by now the bugs should be worked out.

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  Tim's has gone down lately. The Dark Roast is not too bad. But, I like a bold cup, and I like it black. If I had a choice, I would choose Starbucks.
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  Governing Body Obesity

  by Calebs Airplane in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  not sure if this subject has been covered recently but i thought i'd make this observation anyway.... i remember when the word "gluttony" was a frequently mentioned sin in public talks, in the wt publications, in convention talks, etc.. in fact, in the 80's and 90's it wasn't unusual to hear the words "gluttony" and "disfellowship" mentioned in the same sentence.

  i haven't been to a meeting in over 5 years, so i'm not sure if they still harp on the subject of gluttony or other excesses.

  but i can't help but notice how much heavier the gb 2.0 has become compared to previous regimes.

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  I'm afraid that I'm one of those Overweight people. I blame it on those Dam potato chips. If I don't watch myself I could eat a whole big bag of em, while watching TV. Then the TV advertising flashes images of Pizza, Hamburgers, Pasta, and Hot Dogs. I have low self control when it comes to junk food. Maybe I'm a glutton. They make Gluten free products, why can't they make things Glutton free?