RATHER, ELDERS SHOULD BE GUIDED BY SCRIPTURAL PRINCIPLES AND ASSESS EACH CASE ON ITS OWN MERITS.
In other words, if you go to college you will still be subjected to a colonoscopy.
Sea Breeze
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Further education
by ExBethelitenowPIMA ini just saw on a video that there has been a change about further education.
here is a screenshot of a letter that went to all elders.
i am an elder but i don’t remember this one, perhaps it is only for some areas?.
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Merry Christmas
by jhine inso for those amongst us who celebrate the season .
merry christmas everyone.
.. jan from tam .
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Sea Breeze
whilst I know that we come from a different culture, to us in Britain the whole idea of presenting a teenager with such a thing is…. Well, scary.
As it should be, to the enemy. Your culture wouldn't exist without mine.
Meet Audie Murphy, the most decorated war hero in US history. He grew up shooting squirrels out of trees, huntng doves, & rabbits, and picking cotton. He's from Texas, as are most military special forces personnel I'm told.
In northern Europe, Murphy made a name for himself. Some of the highlights of his actions are near Ramatuelle, France, where a group of German soldiers appeared to surrender, only to kill his best friend. Murphy then advanced under direct machine gun fire on the structure they occupied and wounded two of them, killed six, and took 11 prisoner.
Soon after, he earned a Silver Star for taking out an enemy machine gun position, killing four Germans and wounding three near the L’Omet quarry. In the same place three days later, he advanced alone and under heavy fire on a hill with a radio and directed his men for an hour.
When his unit caught up to him, they found Murphy alone, surrounded by 15 dead Germans and 35 wounded. His actions earned him a battlefield commission.
Murphy’s most famous action was the one that earned him the Medal of Honor at the age of 19 in January 1945. During a routine advance near Holtzwihr, France, Murphy and his men were moving forward aboard an M-10 tank destroyer that took a direct hit from enemy fire, disabling it. He ordered his men to withdraw to a patch of nearby woods as he stayed in place with a field telephone to direct artillery fire. All the while, enemy forces continued to pour heavy fire on his position. His Medal of Honor citation details the heavy enemy casualties inflicted by American artillery. Nevertheless, German forces continued their attack, advancing on Murphy from three sides. Ignoring the grave danger, he climbed atop his burning M-10 — in danger of exploding at any moment — and began firing at the enemy with the vehicle’s .50-caliber machine gun, killing dozens of Germans and thwarting the attack.
Murphy held his position, and later killed an entire German squad attempting to flank his position at a distance as close as 10 yards away. According to reports, when asked how close the Germans were to his position, he said, “Just hold the phone and I’ll let you talk to one of the bastards!”
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Merry Christmas
by jhine inso for those amongst us who celebrate the season .
merry christmas everyone.
.. jan from tam .
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Sea Breeze
you are pulling our legs--arent you ? How old is your son ?
Nope. But he is 18.
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Are Atheists Hypocritical in Celebrating Christmas?
by Sea Breeze inrichard dawkins revealed that he celebrates christmas on radio four's today programme.. here is is quoted as saying: .
'i am perfectly happy on christmas day to say merry christmas to everybody,' dawkins said.
'i might sing christmas carols - once i was privileged to be invited to kings college, cambridge, for their christmas carols and loved it.
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Most people like all the cool stuff God made, but they just don't like him. Atheists are just a little more honest about it.
God: So, here we are on judgment Day. Do you have anything to say in your defense?
Atheist: Yes! I never knew you existed. You shouldn't judge me. (Atheists love telling God what he should do)
God: Well, you did celebrate my birthday for 75 years when you were alive.
Atheist: Yes, but it was only for selfish reasons.
God: This is not looking good.
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Merry Christmas
by jhine inso for those amongst us who celebrate the season .
merry christmas everyone.
.. jan from tam .
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Sea Breeze
I got my son a semi-auto Benelli Shotgun for Christmas this year. Can't wait to see the look on his face.
But the Governing Nannys say that JW kids get gifts all year long and are better off.
Kid: Oh wow Dad, What's in the box?
Dad: Your new WT CD Rom library of course! It's how we conduct spiritual warefare.
Kid: But Eric's dad got him a shotgun and is teaching him how to dove hunt.
Dad: Guns are instruments of war. We don't do that. Go read your Watchtower and prepare for Armageddon. This weeks' lesson is on how to hide in your attic like a scared rat if your government takes away your rights.
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Where is Tony?
by Athanasius inon february 22, 2023, anthony morris iii was officially removed from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.
a few months later it was revealed that the watchtower bought him a house in lumberton, north carolina.. however, and correct me if i am wrong, since leaving the gb nobody has reported seeing tony attending jw meetings or participating in field service.
in fact nobody has reported seeing him anywhere, not even at a local liquor store.
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the second house was purchased for another Witness couple
Well, that makes sense. Every alcoholic needs a drinking buddy. Eliminates the problem of driving drunk. What a reproach that would be. Another wise provision from the Governing Nannys.
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? Question for EX-JW grandfathers. What life advice would you give to your grandchildren and your younger self. ?
by Balaamsass2 ini read an interesting interview with billionaire warren buffet's sidekick, billionaire charlie munger.
good read, this grandpa agrees 1000% with his advice.
i wish i had learned earlier to realize almost everyone lies...(sometimes to themselves) but especially, all politicians and religious leaders.. what advice would you as a grandparent add?".
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Sea Breeze
Get saved as early as you can and stand on the promises of God.
Everthing I did prior to doing these two things in life was very nearly a complete waste of time.
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Merry Christmas
by jhine inso for those amongst us who celebrate the season .
merry christmas everyone.
.. jan from tam .
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Sea Breeze
Some day soon we can enjoy a happy great tribulation.
@ Bribie - Didn't you hear the good news? The rapture isn't just for the governing body anymore. All believers get to skip the tribulation:
The Rapture is for every individual who is in Christ (“them also which sleep in Jesus ... we which are alive and remain,” 1 Th. 4:14, 15). Compare 1 Co. 15:23, “But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.” There is no “partial” or “split” Rapture taught in Scripture.
The Rapture is an event in which the dead in Christ will be raised and the living saints will be changed and glorified (1 Th. 4:14-17). -
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Kingdom Hall Alarm codes.
by JEMIMAH injust back from renovating my holiday home in the south west of france.
beats yorkshire anyday.... anyway thought i would share this little account with you.. as most are of you are aware, the alarm code for about 90% of kingdom halls is 1914 (nineteen fourteen).. i t seems though that for the last 8 or 9 quick builds or refurbs in the uk, the brother who installed the numbers into the alarm control panel used the numbers 1975 and explained the number as one nine seven five not the the easier version (ninteen seventy five).. trivial joke or honest mistake, either way this poor brother has been rumbled and has to to meet with 2 elders investigating on behalf of a body of elders to see whether an apostasy charge will be brought.. he is supposed to be meeting with them over the next few days.. .
a very sad jem, who is sick of the whole elder abuse game.
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Yes, two elders and one of their wives worked for me in an everyday office environment which I owned. 3 to 4 non JW's worked there too. If you only knew the history of how I grew up it would be 100 times funnier. I smoked dope most every day as a kid in the 1975 aftermath, until age 23. I just couldn't believe in any of the KH / WT leadership or my parents after the 1975 failed prophecy.
I was a complete embarrassment to my family who had been JW's for generations already. I was labelled a wild idiot.When I moved to another city and became successful, and a baptized JW in good standing, they still didn't know what to think of me. JW's are uncomfortable with people who don't fit into nice little molds.
We all got along great at the office. Although, I do have to admit that the irony of being labelled an idiot for not listening to the elders when I was young, and then being their boss at only age 27 was somewhat gratifying. But, it was all for nothing, my parents never did except me.
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Kingdom Hall Alarm codes.
by JEMIMAH injust back from renovating my holiday home in the south west of france.
beats yorkshire anyday.... anyway thought i would share this little account with you.. as most are of you are aware, the alarm code for about 90% of kingdom halls is 1914 (nineteen fourteen).. i t seems though that for the last 8 or 9 quick builds or refurbs in the uk, the brother who installed the numbers into the alarm control panel used the numbers 1975 and explained the number as one nine seven five not the the easier version (ninteen seventy five).. trivial joke or honest mistake, either way this poor brother has been rumbled and has to to meet with 2 elders investigating on behalf of a body of elders to see whether an apostasy charge will be brought.. he is supposed to be meeting with them over the next few days.. .
a very sad jem, who is sick of the whole elder abuse game.
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do you think that 1914 is still a popular code at Kingdom Halls?
Yes, and the false alarm code to give to the security is likely 1975.
I actually had these codes in my office where two JW eldders worked for me. They thought is was funny.
