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  1969 Awake on Education - A Sore Spot for Me

  by NotBlind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my father would have started college 49 years ago this week.

  about three months earlier, the week he graduated high school, the awake!

  magazine came out with some very clear direction to teenagers.

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  Some gems from the "Anointed" WT study

  by NotBlind in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i know this has been discussed before, but i think some of these wacky (but thought-provoking) comments deserve their own thread.. paragraph 6 says: modestly, anointed ones acknowledge that they do not necessarily have more holy spirit than those with an earthly hope.

  they do not claim to have special knowledge or revelations; neither do they try to prove that they are in some way superior.

  somebody needs to send this memo to the gb.

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  KM School for Elders Only in 2015 Service Year

  by NotBlind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just heard this at the meeting last night - km school for elders only to be held between november 11th and january 11th.

  it will be one day (8 hours) and will likely be an update on the new org.

  changes being fired out, likely judicial in nature also..

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  jw.org seems to have crashed

  by NotBlind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today, sept. 14th, is the big day when jw's are supposed to be able to download the new songbook music from the jw.org website.. and their website seems to have crashed.. too much traffic/demand for the new tunes?

  or was it hacked?.

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  Was Simplification the Downfall of the Watchtower?

  by NotBlind in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a thought i had daydreaming while at the recent convention .

  old timers in the organization often reminisce about the way the wts was many years ago.

  attending a convention meant (a) getting hot meals, (b) orchestra music before and during sessions, and (c) two, three, or even four dramas.

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  Are the Disassociated shunned?

  by NotBlind in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on a whim, i recently visited the jw media site and found this question in their beliefs faq at http://www.jw-media.org/beliefs/beliefsfaq.htm:do you shun former members?those who simply leave the faith are not shunned.

  if, however, someone unrepentantly practices serious sins, such as drunkenness, stealing, or adultery, he will be disfellowshipped and such an individual is avoided by former fellow-worshipers.

  every effort is made to help wrongdoers.

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  Bill Bowen Was Just on WPSD-TV

  by NotBlind in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i just saw bill bowen on a television spot on wpsd tv out of paducah, kentucky.

  they stated that bill will be defending himself against charges of "causing divisions" in the jw church.. bill stated that he 'still considers himself a jw in good standing and wishes to remain that way'.

  also, the anchors made mention of bill's website, even giving his url.

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  Special Local Needs Part -- Re: Dateline

  by NotBlind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  by means of a phone conversation with my sister this morning, i have learned that a congregation very near to bill bowen, the m__w__ congregation, gave a local needs service meeting part last night on the subject of "protecting your children from pedophiles".. although i wasn't there, here's what my sister said was included in the talk:.

  1. when a man is a pedophile, he won't ever be a ms or elder again.. 2. wt doesn't shield offenders from 'caesar's laws'.

  note: never said that they turn them in to the authorities, just that they don't 'shield them'.

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