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  Awake

  by Marcial in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectid=398787&partid=1&searchtext=vase+athletes&page=1.

  comparez avec la page 29 de watchtower 01/octobre /2002.

  fideles dans les petites choses ...oui pas en publiant des images truquees comme celle-ci.

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  Autrement dit, "les ouefs" n'existent plus. . . .
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  COMPETITION IN THE CONGREGATION!

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there always seemed to be a level of unspoken competition within the congregation.

  wether it be between elders, ms, pioneers, etc... who's kids are doing more, who gets more hours out, who comments the most or the best, who gives the best parts, whos kids are the best, who has the better car, who has the better house, who has the better job and so on... it's not openly discussed but you can discern it through conversations, sometimes you can hear undertones of jealousy or meddling in others business, this always bothered me!

  if this is gods organization whats with all the jealousy and competiton, i would see other religions or organizatons with less of these issues and question it!.

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  NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

  Say it ain't so!!!

  [good observation]
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  The " HIGHER EDUCATION" thread!!!

  by DATA-DOG in

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  2. friends

  alright.

  let's have the ultimate discussion on "higher education.

  " let's talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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  breakfast of champions

  Name: Breakfast of Champions

  Age: 40+

  Level of Education: High School

  College: Some (started in 2011)

  Employment: Full time (but soon to change. . . )

  When I was in high school and trying to decide what to do with my life, my evil, worldly father (who was soon to be destroyed at Armageddon) gave me some of the best advice you can give anyone with regards to education: You are going to have to work at least 40 hours a week for the rest of your life, so you might as well be doing something you like, and make the most money you can doing it. So go to college!

  My JW mother would sick the congregation elders on me constantly over the college issue, and they had a million reasons why college was such a terrible idea:

  It would show that I am spiritually weak

  Girls would be constantly throwing themselves at me trying to get laid

  You'll get into drugs

  Armageddon would come while is was in college and it would be difficult for god to sort me out from the rest of the worldlings in the 400 seat lecture hall

  This system is about to end and you would be BLOOOOODGUILTY if you don't pioneer

  You're just greedy and you want to make lots of money

  etc... . . .

  The pressure was constant, unrelenting. On the other hand, my evil worldly father never pressed the issue (I kind of wish he had!) and so I pioneered out of high school. I literally (I am not making this up) had nightmares of being on campus when Jehovah rained fire and brimstone down on us- this is the level of indoctrination and mind control we are talking about here. I actually feared going to college.

  Not to mention my father would most certainly be killed in Armageddon, because I was pleasing men, and he would never be motivated to accept the "truth." My father in now into his late 70's.

  If you want to know what I'm doing now, see my thread Big Changes
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  Raised On the Third Day?

  by TTATTelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have some potentially controversial questions.. i have always wondered about these things in the back of my mind, but i would immediately dismiss them.

  now i am giving myself permission to explore them further.... a lot of attention is given to how big the sacrifice was on the part of jesus and god when jesus laid down his life.

  as the story goes, jesus gave his life for our sins and then was miraculously raised back to life a couple of days later.. consider this.

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  If a thousand years if as one day to god, what is three days?
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  Guns

  by Brother Mike in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does anyone know why people say as jws you can't have guns.

  i've asked people at the hall and they say jws aren't supposed to have guns.

  i asked them why, and they all say just because we're not supposed to.

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  breakfast of champions

  Where I live, guns don't seems to be a problem.

  And I live in the NYC metro area!
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  Hello New World: JW.org prepares for the Long Haul In the Old World

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the prominently displayed text in the home page on jw.org is (predictably) matthew 24:14. but you do not have to be too keen-eyed to see something pivotal missing from the shortened verse.

  it omits perhaps the most important part of the verse (well, important for an end-times religion).. this is how it reads on jw.org: "this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth.".

  this is how it reads in the bible (nwt): "this good news of the kingdgom will be preached in all the inhabited earth and then the end will come.".

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  Great observation, STEVE2
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  Peter O'Toole passes

  by designs in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  lawrence of arabia made him an international star, but his acting gifts showed in many of his films.

  goodbye mr. chips, in which he starred with petula clark, is one of my favorites.. rip .

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  breakfast of champions

  Best movie line ever:

  "The trick is not minding that it hurts."
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  this week's wt study

  by thedog1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i conducted the wt study tonight on higher education.

  i wondered what the reaction of the bros and sis would be.

  there was no deviation from the idea that a university education is not a good idea.

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  I began reading this piece of complete shit article and I believe my blood pressure instantly spiked.

  Wait until their donations dry up because their undereducated membership can't afford to put food on their tables.
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  10 Years out of the JW Organization- What I've Learned ( For what it's Worth)

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  10 years ago i stopped attending jehovah's witness meetings for good.

  walked out of the kingdom hall cold turkey never to return based on injustices i observed among others and myself at the hands of elders giving out not god's counsel but personal opinions as counsel .

  some of them weren't even giving out wt society counsel- just personal opinions.

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  breakfast of champions

  Yep - that about sums it up!

  Thanks again, FLIPPER

  One of these days we're going to have a beer together!
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  Interview with an apostate: Hillfy54321

  by Hillfy54321 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  tell us a little about yourself and your family.. im sixty years old, and i am a second generation jw.. were you a born in or a convert?.

  i was a born in.. are your parents / family jws?.

  my parents were both witnesses, as also was my oldest sister, though they are all now deceased.

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  breakfast of champions

  Welcome HILLFY. Interesting story.