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  Yesterday's WT

  by tornapart in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  anyone who's still 'in' and went yesterday, how did it make you feel?.

  before i went i read the passage of scripture from romans 7 and 8 in a couple of other translations bsides nwt.

  beautiful and uplifting, how the spirit guides us and helps us overcome our imperfect nature.

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  The Governing Body was at the meeting tonight

  by wannabefree in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i gave in and went to the meeting tonight.

  first thursday meeting in a couple of months ...

  the whole congregation bible/book study was praise and worship of the governing body!.

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  Closing down of all non-native congregations in The Netherlands

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this weekend serious sources told me that in the netherlands the society is closing down all non-native congregations.

  because of the mixed population of this country, there are >100 non-native congregations like english, france, dutch-caribian, arab, chinese, italian, russian, spanish etc.. my source was backing the dissision of the society because "these non-native congregations are islands on their own, with group-thinking and not allways listening to the society..." and concluded "these non-natives has to learn dutch instead of we are learning their language".. strange: some years ago many jw's learned a foreign language (like arab or chinese!

  ) and now they are all closing down.

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  Feb 2012 public WT - they dare to comment on Harold Camping!!!

  by Mickey mouse in

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  The Ideas Thread - all are welcome!

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sorry it's been a while since i posted anything.

  i've kind of had my hands full of late.

  there are some things i want to say, but i am saving some of it for a more appropriate time.. i thought i would start a simple "ideas thread" as a thread on which we can, well, share our ideas!

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  A secular website/podcast interviews an ex-elder

  by JonathanH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just stumbled onto this by accident.

  i was reading pz myer's blog, and just on a larf clicked on a link to another blog.

  one of the first entries was "view from the watchtower" in which an ex-elder is interviewed about his past experiences as a jw.

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  Welcome Newbies & New Posters ! How has this Board Assisted You ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's nice to have you here !

  i found that this board was very supportive when i first got on it over 4 years ago .

  i still find it supportive !

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  New rules for talk recordings?

  by discreetslave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was told this is the new arrangement re recordings made known only to the boe.

  can someone confirm this?.

  one congregation cd is made of meetings, assemblies & dc to pass on to publishers who want to hear it.

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  Email from Stephen Bates regarding Quotes website

  by IT Support in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i received this email from stephen bates, journalist on the guardian (london) newspaper, a few hours ago:

  dear ken,.

  a few months ago you emailed me about the watchtower suing a canadian website.

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  Any science fiction freaks?

  by myauntfanny in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does anyone on here like science fiction?

  i've read everything by all my favourite writers and am looking for some new ones.

  any recommendations?

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