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  Bethel Speaker- get rid of Facebook!

  by Kensho in

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  special assembly day (sad) bethel speaker ( a very good speaker i might add) in his talk " follow your spirit-directed conscience gave example of and elder and his family.

  he noticed his wife and daughter spending a lot of time morning noon and night on facebook, it almost seemed like that is all they did, so as a spiritual head decided to see what they were constantly looking at, "let me see what you are spending so much time looking at on facebook said the elder".

  the wife explained this is how we keep in contact with the "friends", elder started to look at her page and she was correct, there he found friends in the cong.

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  jean-luc picard

  i once through an album away after a talk on unscriptural music.

  later, i regreted it and went out and brought another one.
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  The Truth Changes: Watchtower of July 15, 2013

  by Doug Mason in

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  jean-luc picard

  i like the reasonning. thank you
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  Do You Ever Give Thought To A "Great Tribulation"?

  by minimus in

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  my mother asked me if i was thinking about it and how bad it will be in the near future.

  i said i didn't give it a thought.. is it something you ever think about, now?.

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  jean-luc picard

  at first i used to think about it, but that has been such a long time ago now.
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  Platonic "Lunch"

  by freeflyingfaerie in

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  age-old question.

  complicated x1,000 if one or both of the persons is married/in a serious relationship.. i am skeptical.

  very skeptical.

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  jean-luc picard

  personally, i can not imagine me inviting another woman to a platonic lunch. I guess that given certain exceptional circumstances, I may invite someone to have an unplanned lunch with me. but fixing a rendez vous is just another word for a date imho.
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  I heard Jehovah's Witnesses were the first ones on the scene in Boston providing assistance.

  by Theocratic Sedition in

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  you know those articles from the wt are coming, along with emails from jw friends and family.

  all the shameless self-attaboys, and fictitious observations by non-jws remarking on how jws provided the most and best assistance to the victims..

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  jean-luc picard

  They always say that. They were saying it 30 years ago. Nothing has changed. You may have noticed that there will be no public recognition, thanking the borg for their fast response. I guess thats proof enough of their disalusion.
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  Who would you date?

  by MsD in

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  i was just wondering i have a friend who is getting divorced.

  she is 32yrs old and has 4 children ranging from 10 yrs old to 18 mths old and i wonder if she can ever really date again?

  she's a really pretty woman but still i wonder.

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  Sounds like mrs P when we met, though she only had 3 children.

  There are no rules. Weve been together for 15 years. No regrets. I love my step children as much as my own, and they me.

  Life is wonderful.

  We have often said that our past lives, before we met, seem now but as a dream; as if we are spectators watching another, different couple.

  JLP.
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  Woops, forgot about the "Special Talk"

  by watson in

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  actually forgot about it.

  could someone post a link to the thread with the outline?

  just in case my mother asks...

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  jean-luc picard

  "Forgot about the special talk"

  Well thats about the best thing you could do with it.
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  Immoral sleeping arrangement?

  by hoser in

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  i'm reading through the watchtower rule book right now and i came to the chapter clarification and guidelines on handling certain matters.

  there is a part about scriptural divorce and even if adultery is not proved if your ex stayed all night or is involved in an immoral sleeping arrangement you can get scriptural grounds to remarry.. .

  they make a rule, then they have to make a rule for the rule, make another rule for the rule for the rule.

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  jean-luc picard

  I once shared a hotel room with my daughter and sister in law.

  I guess thats hard proof that once disfellowshipped, one just becomes a wicked,

  incestuous, sex feind, with no control over ones satanic driven fleshly desires.
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  Armageddon Diaries

  by Teeny Pyjamas in

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  hi guys and gals!.

  i want to write a sequel (or a prequel) for the armageddon diaries short story - http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/diary-of-an-armageddon-survivor/.

  do any of you have any good ideas for a synopsis?

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  jean-luc picard

  Interesting version.

  I prefer this one personally.

  http://www.1timothy4-13.com/files/bible/diary.html

  Strange, I was just thinking of this story, only this afternoon. Good read for those who dont know it yet.
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  Immoral sleeping arrangement?

  by hoser in

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  i'm reading through the watchtower rule book right now and i came to the chapter clarification and guidelines on handling certain matters.

  there is a part about scriptural divorce and even if adultery is not proved if your ex stayed all night or is involved in an immoral sleeping arrangement you can get scriptural grounds to remarry.. .

  they make a rule, then they have to make a rule for the rule, make another rule for the rule for the rule.

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  jean-luc picard

  "you can have scriptural grounds to remarry".

  just making up a get out clause, in a desperate bid to hang on to a few more "faithful"