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  Another PR / marketing website for a JW international convention - this time Seattle

  by sir82 in

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  2. friends

  here is the link: http://seattledelegates.org/.

  i would guess this is the wave of the future.

  a secondary channel of business revenue for the wts - compensation for recommending restaurants, tours, etc.

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  The hotels look very grand , by our standards anyway. Things have certainly changed along the way....

  I just wanna say that the Seattle hotels on the website must be reserved ONLY for the INTERNATIONAL delegates. The approved hotel list we all got does NOT have ANY hotels in downtown Seattle. Don't recall Bellevue. But definitely NOT Seattle. I looked several times. I've stayed at the Sheraton. Quite a nice place. A bit overpriced. When the President comes into town and stays over, it's at the Westin.
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  I am Back on JWN and out of hospital

  by KateWild in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey everyone,.

  thanks qcf and nugget for starting threads.

  thanks cofty for wondering where i was.

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  Yay! (((Kate)))
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  Another PR / marketing website for a JW international convention - this time Seattle

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here is the link: http://seattledelegates.org/.

  i would guess this is the wave of the future.

  a secondary channel of business revenue for the wts - compensation for recommending restaurants, tours, etc.

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  These are the International Conventions. Seattle is hosting one next weekend. I'll be there. Yay me!!!

  Actually, this site is very useful. The elders in my cong haven't explained things very well regarding parking. This site has done a far better job. So, for what it's worth, I'm grateful someone put it together.
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  What do you think?

  by rosie70 in

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  2. relationships

  it happened to one of my friends.

  what do you think of the guy's behavior?.

  a girl and a guy are coworkers.

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  Tattoos are visible and could be seen by others. Too much risk. His behavior is secretive, and he's hedging his bets it will be kept secret. Just my opinion.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses destroyed documents showing child abuse allegations against church elder

  by burnedout in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  mark sewell convicted of eight historic sex charges, including rape.

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  i can not copy the link, but go to walesonline.co.uk.

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  Hmm. I question how good the lawyer was at getting information. The branch should have the original disfellowshipping info, even a minor record of it on the S-79a or S-79b card (whichever is applicable), even if the congregation fails to follow policy. That's according to a snippet reprinted in this thread. Of course, I don't know if that was the policy 20 years ago.
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  Stupid paragraph in this weekends wt study

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  how's these comments in this weeks study?.

  i understood that i had neglected my children when they most needed my guidance and affection, admits eduardo.

  i had not been there to read them bible stories, to pray with them, to cuddle them, and to play with them.

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  The WTS has a lot to answer for with this , they have failed to make clear that it is a personal decision that may at times be necessary

  BluesBrother, yes, you hit the nail on the head with this statement. This article made me really angry, even though I will probably never be in this situation myself. What really made me angry was paragraph 20, latter part:

  "He has given us his commandments--including those relating to family life and material needs-- for our benefit. When we follow them, we show that we love him and trust in him."This is what the love of God means, that we observe his commandments; and yet his commandments are not burdensome." -- 1 John 5:3"

  So, now, not going abroad for work is a commandment?

  Jesus called the Pharisees hypocrites because of "teaching commands of men as doctrines".
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  Venus Williams ESPN Nude Religious Controversy

  by ChuckFire in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  venus williams espn nude religious controversy.

  by mike tuttle.

  june 24, 2014. article source: http://www.webpronews.com/venus-williams-espn-nude-religious-controversy-2014-06?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3a+webpronews%2fall+(webpronews%3a+index+feed).

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  Ha ha ha... the "vow loyalty to the Governing Body of the corporation" links here to JWN!
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  Unbiased sources for research

  by PrincessCynic in

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  2. beliefs

  can anyone point me in the direction of unbiased (or outside) sources for research.

  i'm particularly interested in anything showing the teachings or russell and rutherford and proof of what the wts society was teaching in 1919?.

  i don't want to direct my friend to an apostate site..

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  Also, youblisher.com has lots of older Watchtowers on there. Not an "apostate" site. Just google "youblisher watchower 1913", for example, to get the WT for that year. A LOT of my research has come from there.
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  very well said!

  by alwaysthinking in

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  2. bible

  some dates are important to set, like weddings, retirement parties, and vacations, but not the date of the return of jesus.

  jesus said that "no one knows.

  " i've never really understood why something so direct and so simple could be so abused.. quoted from http://god-and-logic.blogspot.co.nz/2011/05/where-is-promise-of-his-coming.html.

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  Not only did he say 'no one knows', he also said "It does not belong to you to know..." (Acts 1:7)
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  My Open Letter to the WTS

  by braincleaned in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  today, i was pissed.

  so i wrote an official open letter to the borg.

  i'm posting it everywhere i can.. .

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  BTW, it was the July 2013 WT, not 2012.