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  The walls of Jericho, where?

  by uncle_onion in

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  i am reading a book recomended by ginny tosken.. in it, it states that there were no walls around the city of jericho.

  i seem to remember someone posting last week about this which contradicts the above.. uo

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  Having personally BEEN to Jericho, I'd like to suggest that the author make a little trip there.
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  I think I am gonna be sick

  by NikL in

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  my good lil jw wife received the following heartwarming e mail.

  gag!....

  experience: told by instructor in recent mts class graduation .

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  Scorpion you are too dang funny!

  Well if the pigeons get disgruntled with Crooklyn, only the rocks are left boys and girls!
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  Hang-ups about sex

  by jelly in

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  i have not really thought this out yet but i was thinking after reading another post.

  what exactly did jesus say about sex?.

  the only things i can remember about jesus was that he revealed his messiahship to a woment that had multiple husbans (lovers), for married men to not lust after other women, and in his linage was a former prostitute.. .

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  Jelly, I'm with you.

  I have a hard time reconciling Paul/Jesus.
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  Birthday parties- A good idea or not????

  by nogs in

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  i've just recently (today) booked my little girls first birthday party at mcdonalds, she went to a pals birthday party a week ago.

  well since i was brought without having any, and started bringing my daughter up that way, is it ok to do do them now we have left, i suppose now we have left it doesn't matter what we do now is it,are any other parents doing the same, i wonder?????.

  naomi.

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  Last week was my daughter's 11th birthday. We're putting the 'party' off for another month, until the pool is open and the water's warm enough to swim in (although she jumped in with her friend Sunday).

  We did, however, make her day special. My girlfriend Shar stopped by and brought her 6 Digimon presents all wrapped up. Then we took her to Toys R US and let her pick out whatever she wanted (a $60 LEGOs Dinosaur adventure set). Then we took her out to dinner and everyone came over and sang, and everyone in the restaurant told her Happy Birthday. My best girlfriend Christine stopped by Saturday with another present for her, a COLOR GAMEBOY!!! Eden's had been stolen.

  She has been saying for the last week, "Oh thank you so much, this is the best birthday of my life! Oh thank you thank you thank you!"

  I hope you will give your children the chance to feel super special one day a year, the light in thier eyes is unbelievable.

  And by the way Nogs, even though I'm only recently inactive, I've been celebrating Eden's bday since I met Jerry. He was not JW, he grew up very poor and never got a bday. So he said he decided if he had children they were going to have the best day of the year on their birthday (except for Christmas).

  One other thing, it makes it all worthwhile when you have an appreciative child.
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  Where do they sit in your hall?

  by ns7 in

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  what i find bemusing is, if there are any disfellowshipped ones in your hall they have to sit at the back.

  now without getting into the merits/rights/wrongs of whether this should be still acceptable, where do they sit in your hall?

  you see i seem to remember that they would sit on the back row, come in quietly just after the song and prayer and leave at the end just as quick.

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  You are right. When my DA'd sister went for a meeting a year ago to discuss being reinstated, they asked her NOT to sit by my parents, but to sit at 'the back' of the hall, and please not look at people. Bunch of fucking bullshit. She told 'em as much.

  Of course, it also wasn't enough that she agreed not to gamble on the basis that Jehovah's FDS said it was wrong; no! She had to be willing to say the words, 'I believe gambling is wrong.' When she wouldn't say it, they told her she was, what else?!?!?

  UNREPENTANT

  When she does bother to go now, she sits directly between my parents, who are so glad to have her there they could give a shit what others think.
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  End of month, did you turn your time?

  by Gopher in

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  that is, in the usa, did you turn your clocks one hour ahead for daylight savings time?

  this is the first sunday of april, after all.. oh, did you think i meant "did you turn in your time reports for field service?

  if you, thought so, april fools!.

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  UMMMM ok Patio---It's

  'Spring FORWARD, Fall BACK'
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  Meetings

  by OrangeBlossom in

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  do you think the wts will ever reduce the number of meetings per week, maybe drop one night a week?

  just curious!

  it seems that everyone is so whipped from working all day, i really think that's why there is such a drop in meeting attendance.

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  I'm putting money on the fact---WHEN they do shorten meeting requirements--it will be DUE to simplification of Jehovah's arrangement.

  Anyone else care to comment on the verbage that they will use?
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  Elders' Gems of Wisdom

  by stephenw20 in

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  my dad asked the co about this one.

  mat 27:52-53. and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, .

  and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

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  Our old CO who, during the first meeting of his visit, always took a harsh attitude whilst the cong. waited with baited breath to hear his words of 'wisdom.'

  "The elders are having a tremendous amount of SEX...er, success....with the ...er..." I don't remember the rest of the comment cuz I was in the back laughing.

  A group of us young pioneers were out in the country when some announced they had to use the bathroom. Well since we were near the one young brother's home, we just went there. They only had one bathroom so all the sisters ran inside to go (I didn't have to). The young brothers say, "Let's go look at the mule." and I decide looking at a mule is better than waiting in the car. So I follow them over to the corral and lean over it with them. They start yelling and screaming "Get out of here! OMIGAWD". Unbeknownst to me, "looking at the mule" was code for 'let's go piss by the corral.'

  Winter field service in NY is very hard on your boots. One young brother had on the only boots he could really afford, cowboy boots that were beat to hell. Well after mushing through the snow, we got back on the semi-clean sidewalk and he 'STOMPS' his feet to knock the snow off. One of his heels came right off and he was walking on three protruding nails. We about peed ourselves.
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  _______hates Jws!

  by NikL in

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  i was thinking about this the other day.

  when i was a jw there were always stories circulating around concerning a certain entertainer hating jws.

  i suppose it was some sort of jw urban legend but it goes like this.... a jw couple is at a concert by some artist while in another town for an assembly.

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  I can't believe you guys forgot Earth Wind and Fire, whose music wouldn't 'play right' if JWs were in attendance; therefore they were asked to leave!
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  Visiting Bethel/new Corp Arrangements

  by LDH in

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  a recent post from a wol newbie:.

  please, at least once anyway....it is soooooooooooooo worth it!

  any of you visited bethel lately????.

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  I'm thinkin' Freddi didn't read my post too clearly, LOL.