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  Posting smutty comments

  by Simon in

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  it seems hardly a day can go by now without someone making a smutty comment and i really don't get it.. there is no need to interject talk of masturbation, sluts, gay sex or toys into every topic.

  what are we, teenagers?.

  please think twice before posting such comments.

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  bats in the belfry

  By all means, make comments more readable for the research dept. at Bethel.
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  "People often wonder if deaf people can drive, get married, or raise a family."

  by cedars in

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  i've personally never wondered that, but apparently some people do.... (see 00:40 in the video below).

  http://www.jw.org/en/news/by-region/americas/united-states/video-clip-asl-bible-helps-deaf-family/.

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  Shouldn't the clip have made it into the "Children" section of JW.org for toddlers?
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  "People often wonder if deaf people can drive, get married, or raise a family."

  by cedars in

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  i've personally never wondered that, but apparently some people do.... (see 00:40 in the video below).

  http://www.jw.org/en/news/by-region/americas/united-states/video-clip-asl-bible-helps-deaf-family/.

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  bats in the belfry

  I've personally wondered how they sing (see 03:10 in the video).
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  A Chicken Story, by Anthony Morris the Third

  by cedars in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ukz5m-yo4&feature=youtu.be.

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  cedars >> Just looking at your research.

  As you pointed out, the place referred to as "Tahan" is actually Kalewa.

  Just looking at the makeup of Kalewa Township it says:

  Religion: 99% of the inhabitants of Tahan are Christian even though Burma is a Budhhist country and 90% of population are Buddhist. Only 4% of the Burmese population are Christian. There are over 50 churches in Tahan. This is the only place in Burma that a church can be seen from every street corner and where Christmas is celebrated.

  Once more we can detect a WTBTS focusing on proselytizing Christians to their JW belief system.

  True missionaries most likely will preach to pagans / heathens.
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  Change of 144000 doctrine?

  by Julia Orwell in

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  a friend of mine just got given a recording of the last ca which was held here a couple of weeks ago and she said there's been a change to the 144k teaching.

  she didn't understand what the hell they were rabbiting on about.

  she's really waking up as a result of all these changes, and so are some others she knows.. anyone know of any change to the 144k doctrine?

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  bats in the belfry

  Bobcat >>>

  What is the difference between the Great T and the Armageddon?

  . . . compare it with the excitement to come all the way to the point of no return.

  After the great tribulation, with its Armageddon climax . . . Source: Worship the Only True God (2002), page 188 par. 11
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  Why do witnesses listen to their GB

  by speargrass55 in

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  hello everyone, i want us to discuss the gbs right to control jws.

  the gb claim, and rf jws believe that they can't understand the bible without help from the gb.

  when you ask them why they listen to the gb you hear stuff like .

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  bats in the belfry

  . . . brainwashed for too long (short answer).

  Although collectively called the GB, its individual members are of the anointed “class”.

  Talking about those having “truly received this anointing” it is claimed that they have no special insights, nor does their holy spirit abound beyond what some experienced members of the “great crowd” have. — The Watchtower 2009, June 15, pp. 23-24 par. 15

  Just putting 2 + 2 together. Be your own prophet.
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  Preaching work

  by Kool Jo in

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  hello folks:.

  i was just thinking...what do you think the borg would look like if they said it's no longer necessary to do the preaching work...it's voluntary?

  1. some would go tru the motions just to appear 'spiritually strong'.

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  bats in the belfry

  If they restored the V. D. M. (Verbi Dei Minister) honorary degree they used to issue, perhaps some would be inclined to volunteer for the badge.
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  Change of 144000 doctrine?

  by Julia Orwell in

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  a friend of mine just got given a recording of the last ca which was held here a couple of weeks ago and she said there's been a change to the 144k teaching.

  she didn't understand what the hell they were rabbiting on about.

  she's really waking up as a result of all these changes, and so are some others she knows.. anyone know of any change to the 144k doctrine?

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  bats in the belfry

  They have stated that the anointed (sealed ones) - especially former GB members - already in heaven are helping bigtime in formulating new truths. God bless.
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  Forum cleanup and archive

  by Simon in

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  i mentioned i was cleaning the forum archive when i bumped this thread by oompa:.

  damm i miss jwd...this place will always be jwd to me.... rather than turn that into a discussion of the archive, i'll answer slimboyfat's concern here.. the things i'm clearing up are either:.

  time specific and non jw related (e.g.

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  . . . it's every bit like rewriting JWNs heritage.
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  Dog attack victim recovering, back to Jehovah's Witness ministry work ahead of upcoming convention

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/dog_attack_victim_recovering_back_to_jehovahs_witness/20130629_11_a1_cutlin782235?subj=1.

  by bill sherman world religion writer on jun 29, 2013. .

  beverly wright walked with a cane, slowly, avoiding uneven ground on wednesday morning as she went door-to-door on north delaware avenue inviting people to an upcoming jehovah's witnesses convention.. a week ago she had what she hopes will be her last of five skin grafts to repair wounds she received march 19 when a pit bull mauled her so badly that doctors told her she might lose her leg.. wright, 43, could have escaped injury that tuesday morning when an 80-pound pit bull burst through the front door of a house in the 200 block of n. lewis place and attacked her ministry companion and longtime friend, irene parker, 78.. but it never occurred to her not to help her friend.. both women were severely injured in the attack.

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  The two women have been in contact with Mike Harrell, the man who shot the dog. "He's very polite and humble," said Mike Elliott, Parker's son-in-law. Harrell saved Wright's life, and Wright saved Parker's life, Elliott said. "And I believe Jehovah had a hand in it," he said. "We believe angels accompany us in ministry."

  The WTBTS does a real brainf@*k on these people - by having them believe Jehovah was "really good toward them".
  

  . . . just perusing:

  *** Jehovah Cares for You ***
  Are you convinced of Jehovah’s saving power? Are you aware of his angelic protection? Have you personally tasted and seen that Jehovah is good? When was the last time that you were particularly conscious that Jehovah had been good to you? Try to recall. Was it at that last home you visited in the ministry, just as you were feeling you could do no more?

  w02 10/15 pp. 17-18 par. 16

  *** How Angels Can Help You ***
  Do angels care for people and protect them? The apostle Paul asked: “Are they [angels] not all spirits for public service, sent forth to minister for those who are going to inherit salvation?” (Hebrews 1:14) Clearly, the answer to Paul’s question is yes.

  w98 11/15 p. 6