NVR2L8

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  I got my Bethel Application approved, I start in September

  by Quarterback in

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  well it took awhile.

  i've downsized.

  got rid of my bmw.

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  QB has a special skills in BS. He will fit right in at Bethel.
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  amazing apustates

  by Luo bou to in

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  for the arc to be apostate lies imagine the skill and talent involved in stage management such an event even finding someone who looked like g jackson to play the part of yhis gb member.

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  DoC as you serious about the photoshop comment? Especially when this comes from people who believe Satan was the ventriloquist behind the talking snake!
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  The Last Supper

  by Teddy in

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  i have been studying with the jw since june of 2016 and they say only the ones who make up the 144.

  000 and can partake of the bread and cup.

  is this true?.

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  Yes. So amongst the millions who attended the memorial of Christ's death only a handful (approximately 11000) actually eat and drink while others watch. The WT has long professed the number of anointed participants would decrease as we neared the end but the number has grown...you should ask your JW teacher why?
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  Virtual Reality??? Does it really work?

  by Quarterback in

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  every time i walk into a best buy, the vr equipment is busted for a sample test.

  does anyone know, or have tested these?

  is it really worth buying?.

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  There was a great demonstration of the Gear VR at the Samsung booth at the last Consumer Electronic Show and I took several press members through it. At first most said that they weren't very interested but as soon as I told them we could jump the long waiting queue they all tried it. You should have seen their reaction when the demonstration started. ...big smiles and looking all around. The demo was a boat ride in white water rapids and after they were surfing in Hawaii. The seats were moving and shaking which added to the experience. Everyone who tried it were really impressed and admitted that it was way better than they expected. The key element is content and Occulus has quite a library. Some of the summer Olympics will be recorded in VR.
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  Is Knowing/Using The Name Of God Important?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  2. beliefs

  i say no.. although the tetragrammaton appears close to 7000 times in the hebrew scriptures, the personal name of god does not.

  seems to me that god made sure that both that his personal name does not appear therein and that no one would ever actually know it or learn even how to pronounce it.

  he also made sure that his name (baring 3 hallelujahs in revelation) did not appear in the new testament.

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  Edgar J Hoover?
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  Calling All Who Were JWs Between 1967 and 1980

  by -Crossroads- in

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  hello jwn,.

  to introduce myself, i am still in the jws but learned ttatt some months ago.

  i now ask this question to get more info on a past teaching.. between 1967 and 1980 was when the 'current understanding' of the wts was that organ transplants were cannibalism, and thus abhorrent.

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  I was raised as a JW and in my 60 plus years I personally know of only one JW who had an organ transplant. So during the early days of this medical procedure it would have been very rare for a JW to be confronted to this situation. By the time organ transplants became accessible to most the WT made it a conscience matter. Still the WT's early view of organ transplant as cannibalism was absolutely ridiculous and sadly they still hold this position when it comes to blood transfusions and I have witnessed many turning down medical treatment that could have saved their life for alternative treatments that often failed to cure them. Since transplants were associated to blood transfusions an unrepentant sinner would be excommunicated, which would have been every case since an organ transplant would have been planned well ahead unlike a blood transfusion received in an emergency situation.
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  Printing presses, bye... bye...

  by sp74bb in

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  bye... bye.... no more new printing presses for jw.org... the growth is so tremendous (irony...).. all printing work in europe will be arrange in the next month only in selters (germany), but no renovation or upgrading in printing presses is expected... it will be a full outsourcing :).

  a worldly company axel s******* will be used.

  this company is known to be printing bild newspaper... the interesting part of it is the logistics will be as well outsourced.

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  How sad it is to see that Jehovah's hand is to short to continue supporting the printing in his own house and by his holy people...
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  Sin Inherited Humankind

  by looter in

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  so jws believe all humans have faults, problems, birth pangs, etc., because we all inherited sin from the original human being adam.

  like i would like this to make since but why would jehovah do this to future humans who have done nothing wrong at all?

  i think of it like if a parent has one child and that child really disobeyed her before then when the parent has a second child, she punishes that child because of what her first did.

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  So how did it happen? What caused Adam and Eve to feel ashamed they were naked when that's all they knew? There was only the two of them...Can we attribute the first clothing items to them? Was there something in the fruit that activated the aging process of their perfect body or did God put on a timer? What about the tree of life, how would it undo the consequencesconsequences of the inimaginable act of rebellion of eating a fruit? Doesn't all this sound absolutely ridiculous - how could I have ever believed all of it is beyond me.
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  Printing presses, bye... bye...

  by sp74bb in

  1. jw
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  bye... bye.... no more new printing presses for jw.org... the growth is so tremendous (irony...).. all printing work in europe will be arrange in the next month only in selters (germany), but no renovation or upgrading in printing presses is expected... it will be a full outsourcing :).

  a worldly company axel s******* will be used.

  this company is known to be printing bild newspaper... the interesting part of it is the logistics will be as well outsourced.

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  What will visitors be shown when touring Bethel? The basketball courts and swimming pool?
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  First exchange in years about JW religion with my wife...

  by NVR2L8 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  today my wife showed me the new medical directive and power of attorney form she got at the meeting.

  surprisingly she asked if i wanted to fill mine!

  i have been inactive for 6 years and i don't go close to any jw gatherings because i don't want friends who only care for me unless i share their beliefs.

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  My wife occasionally jokes about her carnivorous appetite which is a hint for me to grill a couple of juicy steaks on the barbecue. Although the bovine has been bled, we all know that every trace of blood hasn't been flushed out of the meat. But I won't even attempt to bring this up. Thanks Vanderhoven for reminding me the illustration about abstaining from meat shouldn't prevent you from accepting a kidney transplant.