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Where are you ?

by sunshineToo in

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in which part of the planet are you?

i'm in the sf bay area, ca, u.s.a. i have been there for 17 years.. how about you?

Very close to Harm, excuse..."Charm City" the place where you too could become a chalked outline who went out in a blaze of glory glistening near the moonlit background of Ft. McHenry; whereupon Francis Scott sat as he wrote the words to our National Anthem while a certain Armada (no offense meant to our brit friends) was being blown out of the waters of our fine Cheasapeke Bay for disturbing the crab mating ritural.....(we had to save the crabs!!)

Home to Domino Sugar, Jeppe Nut Inc., the HQTS of the Social Security Administration, world famous John Hopkins Hospital (BTW, located in the middle of the worst ghetto known to man...plenty of research subjects tho), Preakeness, Edgar Allen Poe, National Beau Beer, famous McCormicks "Old Bay" seasoned steamed Crabs (that will burn the skin off your lips, make your eyes water and nose run...but ooh soooo good!) only to be found correctly made on Crab Row, and last but not least home of the "Espantoon"; Baltimore (City) Police nightstick. .... Oh, on the outskirts the US Naval Academy.

Maryland you are; beautiful you are, Maryland you're taking my breath and stealing my heart away!!

Maryland, you sure are beautiful, today!!! :)

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MSNBC talking about JWs right now, 3:20 PDT

by truman in

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a story about a jw man sueing his dr. over blood transfsion was just announced to be on within a few minutes.

truman

Lieu

Yep...it sure is....630pm EST...errr, uh, right now!

Edited by - Lieu on 23 July 2002 18:48:29

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Name your favourite kingdom melody?

by haujobbz in

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i used to hate the kingdom melodies, but maybe i did like one or two i think one was called "apostates on the march" @ i feel so human

Lieu

Any song that had a tune in an octave way above any singable key known to mankind........it made for loads of funnies.

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Do Jws help disfellowshipped ones or apostates?

by haujobbz in

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do you think that, if say you fell over and and seriously injured yourself in the street, would a jw you knew passing by help you knowing that you were disfellowshipped or so called apostate.

maybe even come to see you at home if you were unwell or depressed,i mean how many witnesses have assisted or helped you when you needed it mostly,you see i thought they were supposed to encourage you to become so called spiritually stronger.but saying that when you were active as a jw do you think you were helped in times of distress or illness by your fellow jw,for instance i know a woman who's still a witness but hasnt been to meetings for say a year and thats because she has severe athritis and guess what only 1 j-dub has wrote to her so to her it seems like if your not a regular at meeting you may as well be classed as disfellowshipped.

Lieu

Nope. I would think not.

I caught neumonia during pioneer school and was bed ridden for two weeks. During those two weeks one sister (along with her daughter) from my congregation came to visit....and that was someone whom I would have never guessed would stop by. (there are some good folks in there)

I recieved absolutely no phone calls from any of the brothers, not even my own BSC/BSO.

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JW response to 23,720

by ChristianObserver in

found this posted and thought it should be brought to the attention of members ......... "from: [email protected] .

i have since had a chance to look into this matter.

the numbers are way off beam and appear to have been exaggerated by someone.

Lieu

Thus, for example, one who defrauded his Christian brother or who failed to provide materially for his wife and children would find himself outside the congregation if he did not repent.1 Tim. 5:8.
The injured party could thereafter decide whether legal action should be taken in an attempt to force the guilty one, now disfellowshiped, to rectify matters.

Since when have courts asked for a person's religion?....wait til disfellowshipped?....the whole process could take months! ...

Jehovah God has permitted secular authority to serve as his instrument in bringing lawbreakers to justice, and in this case the one wronged would be availing himself of legal help after exhausting the intracongregational means to have the wrong corrected.Rom. 13:3, 4.

The scripture is true...."after exausting the intercongregational means" ....<----- I don't see that part anywhere in the noted scripture.

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Comments Please

by searcher in

isaiah 10:1,2 (nwt) .

woe to those who are enacting harmful regulations and those who, constantly writing, have written out sheer trouble, 2 in order to push away the lowly ones from a legal case and to wrest away justice from the afflicted ones of my people

sounds prophetic to me!

Lieu

It is Isaiah after all....seemed like 'good people' to me.

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Annointed

by Lieu in

i was looking over rev chpt 6 .... and have always wondered how wt articles could say gb members recieved their heavenly reward when absolutely none of them had met a violent death upholding the name of christ.

as a matter of fact, gb members have had a pretty easy if not extremely comfortable life without physical persecution (they always let the rank and file be the ones killed).

they basically have existed like hermits.. anyway, the verse that catches my eye is 11 where it states for the holy ones to rest a while longer until the number was filled also of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were about to be killed as they also had been.. just curious because all the true christians (those who would not change their faith in god and christ) died by violence, throughout the ages.

Lieu

I was looking over Rev chpt 6 .... and have always wondered how WT articles could say GB members recieved their heavenly reward when absolutely NONE of them had met a violent death upholding the name of Christ. As a matter of fact, GB members have had a pretty easy if not extremely comfortable life without physical persecution (they always let the rank and file be the ones killed). They basically have existed like hermits.

Anyway, the verse that catches my eye is 11 where it states for the holy ones to rest a while longer until the number was filled also of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were about to be KILLED as they also had been.

Just curious because ALL the true Christians (those who would not change their faith in God and Christ) died by violence, throughout the ages.

What do y'all think? ... In order to recieve a heavenly reward, wouldn't one think a violent death is a prerequisite?

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WHAT IS THE CHRISTIAN CONGREGATION?

by minimus in

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insight v1..".congregation..."the christian congregation of god...."those chosen by god to be members of the christian congregation are anointed with holy spirit.

" ,,,,can jehovah's witnesses rightly say , by their own publications, that they are the christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses?

....only the anointed are said to be of the christian congregation........and we all know there's no "anointed" left.

Lieu

Apparently, two or three people gathered in Christs name....

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is the WTBTS the False Prophet??

by 67mustang in

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i was wondering if anybody thinks the wtbts is possibly the "false prophet" of revelation???.

please comment.

Lieu

...The "Man of Lawlessness" maybe?

... Evil slave that beats his fellow slaves while the Master is away, maybe?

...Evil servant who hides his coin (knowledge and true benefits of Christ's ransom) in the dirt, maybe?

Ooooh, ooh, I know....the "some" referred to in...Timothy:

"...in later periods of time some would fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired utterances and teachings of of demons (1914!!!!1919!!!1925!!!1975!!! ---who said that?, I didn't say it...me neither...hey, who's there?!!!) by the hypocrisy of men who speak lies (JFR&FF "Millions now living will never Die!!!" ), marked in their conscience as with a branding iron; forbidding to marry (Bethelites and "Children" (tm)), commanding to abstain from foods (Count Chocula) which God created to be partaken with thanksgiving by those who have faith and accurately know the truth...."

Edited to add more stuff

Edited by - Lieu on 23 July 2002 6:1:54

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ARMAGGEDON has arrived !!

by refiners fire in

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how often does that thought cross your mind?.

it played on mine yesterday.

ive got a very expansive view across the melbourne flatlands and yesterday i looked out the back window and saw this dark grey storm wall coming in with rain so heavy that it was like a solid sheet of grey, swallowing the land.

Lieu

LOL @ refiners fire!!!