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  Bob up and down Naked.......Really???

  by Giordano in

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  after meticulous research here are the documented scientific pronouncements of the wtbt$.

  “air baths are good for preventing colds.

  what you do is strip naked mornings and evenings and then bob up and down for a while.” golden-age feb 1926 pg 310. .

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  What is TWTP?
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  JW Expressions We Hate

  by Socrateswannabe in

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  2. friends

  i was browsing through stuff on jw.org recently and ran across some expressions that really grate on my nerves: loyal love, loving-care, and loving-kindness, as in: "please exercise loving-kindness toward your servant.

  " who talks like that?

  they must be relics of the fred franz era.

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  "We missed you." (should've aimed better!)
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  How do I download 2015 watchtower CD on my Desktop?

  by Maralee in

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  2. tech-support

  how do i download the watchtower 2015 to my desktop computer?

  i really do need blow by blow directions.

  thank you, maralee

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  Insert disc into your disc drive. It should run automatically - so just click on all the steps it gives you until it starts copying it to your hard drive. It will ask if you want a desktop icon. Click yes.

  If it doesn't run automatically, find the disc drive on your PC, and click on the CD icon to enable you to see the file name "SETUP".

  Click on that and it will do it all for you.

  If you don't have a disc, you'll have to wait until someone uploads the 2015 WT Library to the net for downloading.
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  How do I download 2015 watchtower CD on my Desktop?

  by Maralee in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  how do i download the watchtower 2015 to my desktop computer?

  i really do need blow by blow directions.

  thank you, maralee

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  More info. Do you have the disc?
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  One to Remember!!

  by The Searcher in

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  Thoughts on John 7:53-8:11??

  by BarelyThere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i always accepted that the nwt said that these verses in john were not in the most reliable manuscripts.

  i thought it was strange that while the "old" nwt at least included the verses, the "revised" nwt completely omits them.

  now i'm trying to do research on my own, but my head is still spinning from all of the information i've taken in the past week.

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  In truth, these verses shouldn't affect anyone's faith, one way or the other.

  Witnesses would do better to examine the internal & external evidence regarding the "accepted" wording of Matthew 28:19. (see http://jesus-messiah.com/apologetics/catholic/matthew2819.html)

  Also, they may wish to check out John 3:16 etc. and discover that "exercising faith" is a NWT corruption of the Greek word pisteo, which means "believe", "have confidence in", or "be persuaded." (Blueletterbible.org)
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  My First CLAM Meeting

  by The Searcher in

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  2. humour

  i carried out my monthly "cover" visit to the k.h.

  tonight.

  as previously discussed on this forum, the clam meeting is just a rehashed, recycled, reshuffled, & rebranded ministry school and service meeting.

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  BigDummy - totally in tune with all of your comments.

  As for this one - An elder was giving a part a few weeks ago that required audience participation and at one point he asked a question and there was dead silence for about 30 seconds - an arrogant elder in my previous congregation got an even longer silence when he asked a question in his item. His response to the silent audience was, "Have any of you actually prepared this item??"

  What a gentle & loving shepherd. He's now a CoBE!
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  My First CLAM Meeting

  by The Searcher in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i carried out my monthly "cover" visit to the k.h.

  tonight.

  as previously discussed on this forum, the clam meeting is just a rehashed, recycled, reshuffled, & rebranded ministry school and service meeting.

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  I carried out my monthly "cover" visit to the K.H. tonight.

  As previously discussed on this forum, the CLAM meeting is just a rehashed, recycled, reshuffled, & rebranded Ministry School and Service Meeting.

  The apathy in the congregation (barely 50% in attendance) was palpable! I discreetly looked at different ones during the proceedings, and their stony facial expressions spoke volumes. This religion is not the one they signed up for, and several looked as if they'd lost the will to live. The young married couple in front of me kept themselves occupied by whispering sweet nothings to each other throughout the meeting. The same 7 or 8 people kept answering the questions from the platform. This meeting compounds the Corporation's major blunder of cancelling the home Book Study Group.

  I know - this post is in the Jokes & Humour section, but this meeting is one bad joke!!!

  I'll sleep well tonight.
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  Does Jesus have wings?

  by Bratbaby in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  years ago when i was attacked i had giant wings wrap around me in the midst of the chaos and i knew i everything was gonna be ok.all these years i assume d they were angel wings.then last night psalm 91:4 flashed across my tv and it made me wonder if it was jesus himself so i researched on my phone and came across this site.this is my 1st post feedback welcome and ty.post.

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  Paul McCartney did!!! :)
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  Most Poorly Written JW Book

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i was thinking the other day that the wt corp has produced thousands of books over the years.

  although the writers have changed the style is almost always the same.

  however, some books are just worse than others.

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  The "Imitate their Faith" book - by a country mile!

  "My Book of Bible Stories" is an articulate and intellectual Bible-teaching aid, compared to the "Imitate" book - as clearly proven by the mindless answers offered for the hypothetical questions, such as -

  Noah and his wife faced what challenges in raising their children?

  What aspect of Noah’s work may have been more challenging than ark-building.

  How might Noah and his family have been occupied during the final week before the Deluge?

  From whom might Abram have learned about Jehovah, and why may we conclude that this is a possibility?

  (a)　What preparations and decisions needed to be made prior to leaving Ur? (b)　How might we picture the morning of departure?

  What was the journey from Ur to Haran like, and why might Abram have decided to settle in Haran for a time?

  Why might Naomi have been concerned when her sons married Moabite women?

  What may have drawn Ruth to Jehovah?

  What was a threshing floor, and how was it used?

  Describe the scene at the threshing floor as Boaz finished working for the evening.

  What may have been the meaning behind the gift that Boaz bestowed on Ruth?