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  Oh my God. Was my prayer answered???

  by quellycatface in

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  anyway, he applied for a lecturer's job at a college last week.

  he had a phone call today inviting him for an interview.. i'm kind of in shock.

  when we left 10 years ago, i was so upset after.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Serendipitous happenings...so wonderful for you. May you and your family be happy in your new home.
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  Qualifications for Gods Sole Channel--interesting article from the meletivivlon site

  by Jon Preston in

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  2. beliefs

  qualifications to become gods channel of communication[this article was contributed by apollos].

  the new teaching of the appointment of the faithful and discreet slave has arguably made 1919 an even more important date to jehovahs witnesses than 1914. appendix b1 of the revised nwt bible shows a time line of the message of the bible in relation to gods rulership.

  it is of note that the official doctrine of the establishment of gods kingdom in 1914 is not even mentioned only that satan was cast down around that time.. ever since the 1919 doctrine was announced at the 2012 agm, and subsequently published in the july 15th watchtower 2013, the appointment of the slave seems to have become a much more prominent topic in our teaching, and indeed in general discussion among witnesses.. of course we should remind ourselves that this new level of interest really has nothing to do with the date, and everything to do with the nature of the appointment.

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  Sledgehammer subtlety: The insidious reworking of Micah 6:8

  by rory-ks in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  micah 6:8 might be - or have been - a favourite verse of many.

  the verse used to read:.

  "he has told you, o earthling man, what is good.

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  marking for later
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  Is there anyone in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Stroudsburg-Pocono, or Allentown-Bethlehem area on here?

  by PaintedToeNail in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if so, does anyone want to do a meet up?

  pm me if you do.

  would like to meet some people who are living through this experience too.. .

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  PaintedToeNail

  Shamelessly bumps this thread up...
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  Prayers

  by WhoYourDaddy in

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  2. friends

  i'm asking for prayers for my daughters.

  4 and 7 years old.

  i'm at the end of a painful divorce.. it's all really too large to wrap my head around it.. if you ask for a prayer for yourself or others.

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  PaintedToeNail

  So sorry for your pain, although I don't pray, I will be sending positive thoughts your way.
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  Is there anyone in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Stroudsburg-Pocono, or Allentown-Bethlehem area on here?

  by PaintedToeNail in

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  if so, does anyone want to do a meet up?

  pm me if you do.

  would like to meet some people who are living through this experience too.. .

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  PaintedToeNail

  If so, does anyone want to do a meet up? PM me if you do. Would like to meet some people who are living through this experience too.
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  Bizarre comment about jw.org at SAD

  by sir82 in

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  2. friends

  recently attended a sad.. bethel speaker was gushing about the wt's embrace of new technology, in the part of his talk warning about "apostate" web sites.. a loose summary of his comments:.

  "and the brothers at headquarters have made it very safe for you to go to our website.

  in fact, the brothers talked to the folks at google, and they made a special arrangement so that when you type in 'j w period' into the google search engine, it automatically shows you the jw.org website.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Sounds like some kind of search engine optimization. Someone else had a recent post about everyone typing in JWfacts daily to change the optimization, might be a good idea. I only did it one time...
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  My First Special Pioneer Assignment

  by fulltimestudent in

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  my first special pioneer assignment.- part 1.. in australia, western civilization is a thin strip of land, that hugs the coast.

  all the major cities are on the coast.

  i grew up on the east coast of australia where the great dividing range, as its called, runs parallel to the coast, and limits the extension of cities like sydney and brisbane.

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  PaintedToeNail

  full-Excellent! Love it and waiting for more!
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  Really bizarre part on the meeting last night

  by stillin in

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  2. friends

  on the service meeting there was a part covering a couple of pages from the tms guidebook chapter on warmth and feeling.

  rather than coaching the r&f on how to make a school talk sound warm, it focused on the people that jws meet in their ministry.

  basically, the part could have been labelled "how to fake warmth and feeling.

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  PaintedToeNail

  I once met someone who was a deal broker with an energy company he said "once you can fake sincerity, you've got it made"...\
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  SOME are MORE EQUAL than OTHERS

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  george orwell's animal farm reminds me a lot of the wt organization.

  often we find jwn members quoting from 1984, and so appropriately too.. but animal farm has the pigs being "more equal" than other animals in the farm.

  what started as a "congregation of brothers" if it ever really was that in the russellite beginings has become a hierarchy controlled by an oligarchy where some, as the governing body, are more "equal", and thus more powerful and can do no wrong by the less powerful and loyal subjects.. .

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  PaintedToeNail

  Interesting, I often think of Orwell when the WTBTS is talked about.