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2012 DC Program

by blondie in

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digital publications.

books and brochures.

http://www.jw.org/index.html?option=qryqcsvrglbbx.

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"Safe Guard Your Heart"? It sounds more like "Stop Thinking for Yourself and Deny Yourself all Joy in Life in the Name of the Watch Tower Society."

Notice, the program is brought to us by the "Governing Body".

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Pitiful, Pitiful, PiteeeFULL

by TOTH in

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so the hounder hounder co was in town for his bean counting mission and he was invited to pay my ill father in law a visit.

just like every other time he comes since father in law never attends anymore because of his failing health but this time he is a little judgmental.

my father in law felt very much like he was being interrogated rather than shepherded.

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TOTH:

I used to attend my CA at Yuba City. Small world.

I remember a CO who was nicknamed "The Terminator". He told the BOE that an elder or a MS who said the word crap should be removed. We said, "That is c-rap (pronounced "see-rap").

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How Do JWs View Gluttony?

by Bubblegum Apotheosis in

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this thread is dedicated to the judgemental fat and not so jolly elders and elderettes (non judgemental loving brethren, please disregard!)..

in my county, some of our appointed brothers and sisters are suffering from obesity, eating disorders and heavy drinkings.

what is the best way to approach brothers in charge, who are morbidly overweight, don't care about their physical appearance?

truth_b_known

JWs skate around this one.

I once heard it said that the Hebrew word for "gluttony" translated in to "The eating of too much meat."

I thought that if you're going to get DFed for smoking then you should be DFed for eating fast food and being obese.

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guilt tripping isn't working!

by thecrushed in

i had a ms come into my work today to encourage me to come back to the meetings.

he asked me how i was doing and i smiled real big and told him i was doing wonderful!!!

he was completely confused because i think i was supposed to be feeling bad and guilty for not going out in service and feeling like the wrath of jehovah was upon me.

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I never thought about using Captain Kirk to bring down the WTB&TS. Genious!

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This good news of the kingdom will be preached ...

by biometrics in

so some of my jw friends can't answer a lot of the questions i put to them.

invariably they end up with the comback line of "this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.

" and state that jws are the only ones doing the preaching.. i suspect most jws who've left have come across this.

Someone recently posted a link to a new JW website. One of the things it does is list about 6 religions that have similar beliefs thought by JWs to be exclusive to them. Included in this is a door-to-door preaching work.

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Watchtower threatens to sue their own

by blond-moment in

examining the scriptures daily.

interesting.

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As I have never owned any translation of the Bible other than the NWT, I have never even considered the fact that the NWT is copyrighted. That is crazy! The King James Version is public domain.

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Chronology of George Zimmerman

by Terry in

business insider put together some chronological bullet points highlighting the articles most important points:.

zimmerman grew up in a mixed-race householdhe was an altar boy at his caltholic church from age 7-17he is bilingualafter he finished high school, he studied for and got an insurance licensein 2004, zimmerman and a black friend opened an allstate insurance office (which soon failed)zimmermans 2005 arrest for resisting arrest, violence, and battery of an officer occurred after he shoved an under-cover alcohol control agent at a bar when the agent was trying to arrest an underage friend of hiszimmerman married his wife, shellie, in 2007. they rented a house in twin lakes.

twin lakes is about 50% white, 20% hispanic, and 20% black.in 2009, zimmerman enrolled in seminole state collegein the fall of 2009, a pit bull broke free twice and once cornered shellie in the zimmermans yard.

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To answer the question, "doesn't make it make you feel a bit differently about Zimmerman?" I would answer: Yes. However, I have never seen George Zimmerman as a murderer nor have I viewed Trayvon Martin as a victim. Not even the trial will let the public know everything that happened last night.

If George Zimmerman's story is completely accurate, I have no issue with what he did because he was within the law. If Zimmerman broke the law, then I hope he gets what he deserves. If Zimmerman's account is true, Trayvon got what was coming to him.

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guilt tripping isn't working!

by thecrushed in

i had a ms come into my work today to encourage me to come back to the meetings.

he asked me how i was doing and i smiled real big and told him i was doing wonderful!!!

he was completely confused because i think i was supposed to be feeling bad and guilty for not going out in service and feeling like the wrath of jehovah was upon me.

truth_b_known

An older Witness couple who had just moved here from anothe state used to stop by and talk to my wife who is also a fader. One Saturday morning my wife was gone and they stopped by the house. We spoke for a few minutes.

They say that I was wearing my old police academy PT t-shirt and asked if I was I was a police officer. I responded "Yes."

"Well, then you must notice how the world is becoming worse and worse, every day."

"No. I have seen some horrible things, but, statistically speaking, violent crime has been on the decline over the years."

They were stunned. As nature abhors a vacuum they quickly filled the gap with, "Well, I'm sure it is getting worse in other countries."

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2011 Yearbook= BEARDS are still for non-Witnesses ONLY!!!! Beard Fear?

by Witness 007 in

1960's the watchtower pictures showed jesus clean shaven and with short hair {watch 1954 p.511 "why do watchtower books now show jesus with short hair and no beard?

....because he is shown that way in representations that are older than the traditional effeminate looking pictures..."}.

yearbook 2011 p.57 "a bearded man named eric showed up at a congregation in the united states {oh god a bearded man!!!

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I read a recent article on beards. It was meant to be humorous, but contained some facts. According to the article, shaving facial hair started with Alexander the Great. His soldiers were prohibitted from having beards as an enemy could grab it. If you know much about hand-to-hand combat, if you control a person's head you can control their body.

Therefore, if a man shaves he must be learning war.

Ooops!

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Still confused after all these years,,,

by marriedtoajw in

as you guys can see i don't post as much as i'd like to.

work hours and little family time don't allow me enough time to do it.

as i've stated on some of my previous posts, also under the user name sahara, i still get confused after all of these years being married to a jw.

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I suggest that you not take a hardline stance against your children studying with Witnesses. Rather, be open and supportive. Also, get them involved in wholesome activities that Jehovah's Witnesses oppose. Make sure they play sports, go to their friends birthday parties, go trick-or-treating at Halloween, and have a wonderful Christmas.

As your children get older they will not want to go to meetings, go out in a door-to-door ministry, of give up fun activities for a control group. By allowing your children to study or go to meetings because THEY want to it gives you a strong foundation to support your children and oppose your in-laws when your kids no longer want to do it.

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