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  Mobile Hotspot - JWFACTS.COM - Assembly & Conventions

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here is an idea i tested.

  works at both assemblies and conventions.

  i have noticed at the last convention and at my last assembly that when i opened up my wifi setting, tons of hotspots came up for people tethering their tablets to their smart phones.

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  cappytan

  STA: I liked the idea. :-P

  Last convention, I set my wifi hotspot to "jehovah-is-a-sh!t-weasel"
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  Beast of no nation

  by WasOnceBlind in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i always had a problem with the belief that god is allowing all the suffering in this world to go on just to vindicate his name and prove the devil wrong.

  i watched this movie on netflix and i can really see why the atheist movement is growing.

  it really does a good job of portraying the suffering in some parts of the world.

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  cappytan

  evolution seems to far fetched

  Are you sure it's evolution that you feel is too far fetched? Or the current hypotheses on abiogenesis?

  Evolution is an established scientific theory (scientific theories are hypotheses that have been proven) with a mountain of evidence to back it up.
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  No 'Tight Pants' policy is now official - classed as 'disturbing'

  by wizzstick in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in short:- tight pants is no longer just a am3 hang up (or is that a hang up on the well hung?

  )- brothers who have effeminate body language are flagged up- as are sisters with 'masculine' hair styles or dress- such dress is 'disturbing to the congregation'- the above must heed the (repeated) counsel from the elders...or they get stripped of the right to share on the ministry- however...this will not be revealed (announced) to the congregation.

  wow.

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  cappytan

  But that is the problem, IT ISN"T !!

  Actually it is. Look at point number 4 under Behavior Control in Hassan's BITE model.

  
  
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  New Edition of the NWT Bible in the works!

  by Wonderment in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i just noticed in the jw.org site that the watchtower society recently published online the first book of the study bible (matthew), a new edition of the nwt bible.

  so far, i'm seeing an overview of the book considered, and explanations of various verses of each chapter throughout.

  it is not a full commentary.

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  Oh wow! Are they really doing a revised version of the New World Translation? Did you also know that JWs don't celebrate Christmas anymore?!
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  If there is anything to bible prophecy, keep an eye out on Israel

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what will be the end game whether in a few years, our lifetime, or hundreds + years from now.

  bible prophecy did say israel / jews would be scattered then eventually brought back.

  russell was declaring that and it was believed before being changed shortly before it happened.

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  Bible prophecy? Bollocks.

  And bad form on the PMS comment. What the hell, man? Because a woman wants to discuss a subject on the facts makes her premenstrual? Offensive and inappropriate.
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  No 'Tight Pants' policy is now official - classed as 'disturbing'

  by wizzstick in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in short:- tight pants is no longer just a am3 hang up (or is that a hang up on the well hung?

  )- brothers who have effeminate body language are flagged up- as are sisters with 'masculine' hair styles or dress- such dress is 'disturbing to the congregation'- the above must heed the (repeated) counsel from the elders...or they get stripped of the right to share on the ministry- however...this will not be revealed (announced) to the congregation.

  wow.

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  cappytan

  I can vouch for what Morpheus says. We had a guy in one of my congregations that grew a long ZZ top style beard. He was baptized. They removed his service "privileges." No announcement of course, but my Dad told me. (Dad was the PO.)
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  No 'Tight Pants' policy is now official - classed as 'disturbing'

  by wizzstick in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in short:- tight pants is no longer just a am3 hang up (or is that a hang up on the well hung?

  )- brothers who have effeminate body language are flagged up- as are sisters with 'masculine' hair styles or dress- such dress is 'disturbing to the congregation'- the above must heed the (repeated) counsel from the elders...or they get stripped of the right to share on the ministry- however...this will not be revealed (announced) to the congregation.

  wow.

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  cappytan

  Kudos to Lloyd for getting this leak.

  A Bethelite sent it to him. Do you know how high up you have to be in Bethel to have access to the CO's outline? At the very least, you'd have to be in the service department.

  First the letter leak, and now this leak. This mole is very high up indeed.
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  You have a $100,000,000 budget to do a global campaign against the WTBS worldwide. How would you spend it?

  by JWchange in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  what if by inheritance, winning the lottery or any other way, you suddenly got your hands on $150m after tax.

  you maybe would spend a third of this giving your extended family financial security for life.

  you maybe would buy a boat and a few investment properties.

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  I wouldn't start a campaign with it.

  I'd set up a charity/scholarship to help youths that want to escape the cult get a college education and provide some living assistance while they go to college.
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  2015-2016-More BOEs just arrived!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  these boes just arrived!.

  .. re: global assistance arrangement for the 2016 service year .

  http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/xnlm2ba.

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  cappytan

  The description for that Global Assistance Arrangement sounds like a fund set up specifically for lawsuit settlements disguised as "disaster relief."
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  We discovered a Dyson Sphere! . . . maybe

  by Coded Logic in

  1. social
  2. current

  okay, okay, okay - i know we're not supposed to jump to conclusions.

  but the odds this is a "naturally occurring event" are pretty low.

  and it's just the sort of megastructure we would expect an advanced alien civilization (type 2) to build.

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  cappytan

  Very weak arguement.....we dont understand so it must be aliens ....or Jehovah's toilet light going on and off.

  You must not have read the article. None of the scientists quoted are saying that it "must be" aliens. But, they said that there were enough factors and evidence to at least consider that hypothesis.

  Allow the scientific method to run its course before you ridicule it.

  A quote from the article: "To be sure, both Boyajian and Wright believe the possibility of alien megastructures around KIC 8462852 is very, very remote. It’s worthy of hypothesis, Wright told Slate, “but we should also approach it skeptically.”"