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  Elders' Gems of Wisdom

  by stephenw20 in

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  my dad asked the co about this one.

  mat 27:52-53. and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, .

  and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

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  Visiting Bethel/new Corp Arrangements

  by LDH in

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  a recent post from a wol newbie:.

  please, at least once anyway....it is soooooooooooooo worth it!

  any of you visited bethel lately????.

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  Isn't the tie a phallic symbol

  by hippikon in

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  i seem to remember reading somewhere that the tie is a phallic symbol.

  can anybody shed any light on that.

  if this is so it should go the way of beards, birthdays, the cross, rock music, etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc.

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  Demons & Possession--New Teaching?

  by patio34 in

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  whilst reading the bible straight thru this last time (& probably is the last time) i noticed an odd thing.

  i'll just throw it out on the table and see what it brings.. starting in the gospels, demons and demon-possession seem to be very common and no one seems shocked.

  in fact, casting out demons is a definite part of the disciples'and jesus' work.. but, in the ot, there is nary a mention of demon possession, nor rarely a word about demons at all.

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  My story!!!

  by VeniceIT in

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  well i haven't really posted my story here, for one reason it was too painful to write out.

  well, i finally did go and write it up.

  it's pretty long so i'll just link it.. http://www.geocities.com/veniceexjw/mystory.html.

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  Kingdom Hall thinning out?

  by OrangeBlossom in

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  i was thinking about the post about japan closing about 300 congregations in the past 3 years.

  i know that the hall i occasionally go to is usually less than half full compared to a few years ago.

  my mom says that the elders in her hall are trying to come up with ways to get more to attend as attendance is really bad.

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  NEW RELIGION! NEED INPUT!

  by TR in

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  this is sort of a take-off of the "what should the wt do" thread.. i need to get together a board of directors and elect a president and officers.

  we need to figure out a doctrine, a manifesto, and a set of disciplinary rules.

  we need to figure out a way to fund our new movement.

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  Thank You Ray Franz.

  by Martini in

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  hello friends,.

  in a thread over at witnesses.net entitled "society bracing for law suits" fellow jw's are taking swipes at ray franz.

  not too long ago, while i was still under the wt spell i also would have similarily spoken abusively of ray.

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  Holiday plans for the summer?

  by Simon in

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  hi, anyone have any holiday plans for the summer?.

  we hope to go to canada to visit relatives and maybe go down to san-diego to take the kids round the zoo & sea-world.

  went there a couple of years ago on business and it was incredible!.

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  Forum plans and policy

  by Simon in

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  in case anyone is wondering about our registration policy:.

  i don't intend to turn people away who want to register and post or make ultra-strict registration procedures because i honestly don't think that they work.

  if i were to ask for names of congregations or presiding overseers then i have no real way of checking if they are correct.

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