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  Jehovah's Witness Governing Body, (New Light Division) Are Vegetable Oils not more important than Beards?

  by was a new boy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  'use vegetable oil and soft margarine in place of animal fat,'.

  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/101997444?q=vegetable+oil&p=par.

  'when possible, cook with unsaturated vegetable oils.'.

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  NotFormer

  It's interesting that the rapid rise in obesity in the western world seems to coincide with the adoption of the "food pyramid". I believe the US government adopted the food pyramid in about 1977, and the rapid climb of the obesity curve begins in about 1980. With the food pyramid came a lot of today's standard dietary advice: don't eat red meat, eat polyunsaturated oils, eat a lot of grains, legumes and fruit 🍓 🍑, don't eat cholesterol laden foods, etc.

  I imagine all that "good advice" has turned up in various WT publications over the years.
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  Kingdom Hall Alarm codes.

  by JEMIMAH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just back from renovating my holiday home in the south west of france.

  beats yorkshire anyday.... anyway thought i would share this little account with you.. as most are of you are aware, the alarm code for about 90% of kingdom halls is 1914 (nineteen fourteen).. i t seems though that for the last 8 or 9 quick builds or refurbs in the uk, the brother who installed the numbers into the alarm control panel used the numbers 1975 and explained the number as one nine seven five not the the easier version (ninteen seventy five).. trivial joke or honest mistake, either way this poor brother has been rumbled and has to to meet with 2 elders investigating on behalf of a body of elders to see whether an apostasy charge will be brought.. he is supposed to be meeting with them over the next few days.. .

  a very sad jem, who is sick of the whole elder abuse game.

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  NotFormer

  Bringing this BTTT, not just because it's amusing.

  Given that 1914 seems to be fading from the collective JW consciousness (such that some on here dare to speculate that it may even be dropped one day), do you think that 1914 is still a popular code at Kingdom Halls?
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  Where is Tony?

  by Athanasius in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on february 22, 2023, anthony morris iii was officially removed from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.

  a few months later it was revealed that the watchtower bought him a house in lumberton, north carolina.. however, and correct me if i am wrong, since leaving the gb nobody has reported seeing tony attending jw meetings or participating in field service.

  in fact nobody has reported seeing him anywhere, not even at a local liquor store.

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  NotFormer

  Tony is a spambot?
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  Merry Christmas

  by jhine in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so for those amongst us who celebrate the season .

  merry christmas everyone.

  .. jan from tam .

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  NotFormer

  Beth Sarim: 😁😸😂 Yes, any day soon...
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  Merry Christmas

  by jhine in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so for those amongst us who celebrate the season .

  merry christmas everyone.

  .. jan from tam .

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  NotFormer

  Bribie, why does a future great tribulation stop us from doing good today? Celebrating Christmas does no harm.
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  A BEARD PREDICTION FOR 2024

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  fyi, i posted this prediction on my facebook page last night and it has received 224 likes and there have been 83 comments made.

  many of the comments are hilarious.. .

  a beard prediction for 2024:.

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  NotFormer

  AndersonsInfo: "WTC files for bankruptcy and half of the GB are forced to retire."

  As long as they each get two houses, it'll be fine!
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  Where is Tony?

  by Athanasius in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on february 22, 2023, anthony morris iii was officially removed from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.

  a few months later it was revealed that the watchtower bought him a house in lumberton, north carolina.. however, and correct me if i am wrong, since leaving the gb nobody has reported seeing tony attending jw meetings or participating in field service.

  in fact nobody has reported seeing him anywhere, not even at a local liquor store.

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  NotFormer

  Is he expected to do the door to door work? I want the scuttlebutt from his car group!

  But seriously, if he does attend a Kingdom Hall physically, I imagine there're some "security" arrangements in place. People turning up for meetings who are not known to the congregation will be due for some heavy scrutinising, I imagine. Possibly told the Hall is full and to try the next one over.
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  2023-12-15--Beards-BOE!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  governing body update #8. beards--see page 3 #2. page 1.--https://imgbox.com/qs27zbgh.

  page 2.--https://imgbox.com/r4jz1fvm .

  page 3.--https://imgbox.com/wynbxegx .

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  NotFormer

  BTW, goatees are not all that obtrusive, unlike a full on Russell beard. Why weren't they allowed? Is it because Satan is often depicted as having a goatee in popular imagery? 🤔😸
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  2023-12-15--Beards-BOE!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  governing body update #8. beards--see page 3 #2. page 1.--https://imgbox.com/qs27zbgh.

  page 2.--https://imgbox.com/r4jz1fvm .

  page 3.--https://imgbox.com/wynbxegx .

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  NotFormer

  "I begged him to just be patient and serve without a goatee for just 12 months to see if if things settled down as I didn't want to lose a good brother and friend over his small beard.

  "He agreed to give it 12 months.

  "He rang me within a week to the old elder had rung him up and apologised profusely, saying he was wrong, he could serve with his beard.. this was around 2013 so this issue must have been bubbling up for years."

  The level of micromanagement is ridiculous. I didn't realise until reading through these "beard new light" threads that the beard thing was mainly an "unwritten rule". It was so pervasive in exJW conversations that I thought that there must be a pretty comprehensive paper trail in the literature about it. The imagery certainly gave the impression; Jesus had the barest of neatly trimmed beards and a very short, conservative haircut. Heck, there's even one old image of Jesus in a WT, without a beard at all!

  I suppose one less club to beat the sheep about the head with is a mercy, albeit a small one.
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  Merry Christmas

  by jhine in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so for those amongst us who celebrate the season .

  merry christmas everyone.

  .. jan from tam .

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  NotFormer

  Happy Christmas to everyone!