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  dos it really matter if it was a cross or a stake???

  by highdose in

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  what does it matter?

  i belive its been found that the romans used both, so what does it matter?.

  what does it matter that the roman word for cross sounds also like a word for another god?.

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  clearpoison

  It seems to have great significance to some. I think it's related to wide-spread usage of cross as symbol for christians. It's symbol on churches and people use it as jewelry among others. If the tree was cross there is relation to why this symbol could be used and the declaring it pagan symbol would lose ground. One way of proving you are right is the prove others are wrong, "there, you see, they even use pagan symbol to describe themselves, how low can they go", kind of logic. Those fake-christians use pagan sign as their most significant symbol, they are so evil and drifted away from true religion, right. It sounds less convincing when you must state that for some reason they want to use the murderweapon as their symbol, but it really was there and is related to death of Jesus.

  Semantics, I would say from my point of view, but the devil lies in nuances.

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  Did anyone try to go to the high school prom ?

  by Pitchess Co-Gen in

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  i remember being a high school senior and wanting to go to prom ( i graduated from high school in 2003 ), but prom was forbidden when your a jw teen.

  i even said to my parents if i took a witness girl would it be ok; they actually said yes.

  i found a girl ( yes she's a witness ) to go with me, but here's the kicker she agreed to go.

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  clearpoison

  Undercover's words brought some delightful memories in my mind. Thank you for that.

  I just loved our nerdy chemistry and physics club at school, it was one of the highlights of the week, and no, meetings did not fit to that list.

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  Did anyone try to go to the high school prom ?

  by Pitchess Co-Gen in

  1. jw
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  i remember being a high school senior and wanting to go to prom ( i graduated from high school in 2003 ), but prom was forbidden when your a jw teen.

  i even said to my parents if i took a witness girl would it be ok; they actually said yes.

  i found a girl ( yes she's a witness ) to go with me, but here's the kicker she agreed to go.

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  clearpoison

  We have similar event here in my lilliput country, very much like US prom dance. My family tried their best to convince me to go there, but I had other plans, I could with good reason escape from school and ski one more day, as there was no real studies going on that day. I wasn't really that much for partying and dancing in those days (full-scale nerd), but I still get reminded by my family that I escaped against their will. Here it is not seen as bad thing by most JW families to participate in school traditions as such, post-parties might be seen in other light.

  Ofcourse you have already shown your true colour by choosing high school education in stead of vocational studies.

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  Questions for former elders.

  by evilone in

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  i have a few questions regarding moving and changing congs.

  i would love to hear from former elders.. .

  my wife and i will be moving soon, and as i described in an earlier post we will be using the move as an opportunity to fade.

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  clearpoison

  Could someone please explain why there would be need to visit the "new" congregation. What would happen if you ask your current secretary send your cards to some congregation anywhere in the world and just never appear there. Would they send the cards back to "old" congregation after a while?

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  dos it really matter if someone drinks the wine and eats the crackers??!

  by highdose in

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  a big part of every memorial i ever went to was given to drumming it home that unless you were anoited you couldn't partake.

  and everyone would be watching the "strangers" as their turn came, ripples of horror would go round the congregation if they dared to nibble or sip(!).

  ... but seriously what is the problem?

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  clearpoison

  I can't refer it to anywhere in Bible, most probably there is no such relation. But as I understood the severity of this issue in JW context was based on the idea that partaking is lead by the understanding of partakers position given by the holy spirit. Any other person touching those emblems would be in risk of offending the holy spirit as this understanding of their anointed status was not given. The bad and dangerous thing here was actually the fact that as holy spirit is not a person, it cannot forgive you in any possible manner, thus potentially subjecting any unworthy partaker to already been irrevocably judged.

  This is more or less the lesson I was given.

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  How many received the memorial invitation?

  by IMHO in

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  how well is this territory being covered?.

  how many on here (active jws excluded) received an invitation?.

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  None personally, but my family have been "blessed" with at least four different visits around this theme in last two days by different persons in congo, talk about coordination. I was able to hear what happened in two latest visits, these friends were not let in so they stood by the door. They talked mostly about weather and wind, just slipping as good-bye "see you tomorrow in memorial" kind of thing. This must be funny coinsidence as during last half year there have been 3-4 contacts in overall with some sort of encouragement to my family and now suddenly in two days the very same amount.

  I guess my family is heading to memorial, I can't.

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  Would You Care If You Were Disfellowshipped?

  by minimus in

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  would it have any impact on you?.

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  clearpoison

  Not for me personally, but I assume that it would make my family's life at least slightly more complicated.

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  Memorial PT Outline reflecting new songbook ....(pdf available)

  by yknot in

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  clearpoison

  Thanks,

  Funny though, this is new outline, but I just get weird feeling that I've heard it already, over and over again. Let's see for how many years...., no too revealing.

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  Who many anointed were there in 1992 ?

  by the max in

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  hi everyone, according to some dubs, the year on year increases the annointed is attributal to annointed ones in countrys previously not able to register, for example in former ussr,since the iron curtain came down in circa 1990, i would like to have information regarding the numbers from around this time and onwards, and if you have any comments on these assertions from the dubs, i would appreciate them, regards .

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  clearpoison

  Obviously it took 16 years for anointed in Warsaw pact to wake up and realise their true status.

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  If You Could Choose The Manner Of Your Death...What Would It Be?

  by Was New Boy in

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  most people really don't want to think about it....but if you could choose, how would like to leave the planet?.

  going out with a bang could be fun..... dying as a martyr?.

  dying as a hero saving someone?.

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  clearpoison

  While sleeping, thank you

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