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  Rant #77

  by 00DAD in

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  this isn't actually my 77th rant.

  i've completely lost track of all my rants.

  i'm quite sure i'm way passed 77 by now.

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  cobaltcupcake

  I wish I could get my family members out. My heart goes out to you 00DAD.
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  Has the GB ever explained how they receive "new light" from Jehovah?

  by cobaltcupcake in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember a long time ago the explanation was that various anointed ones would write to the gb with the same new understanding of a teaching, the gb would investigate it, and if it was acceptable, they'd pass it on to the r&f.

  of course, now we have the new light that new light occurs only to the gb, not the anointed at large.

  so, if any anointed ones get new ideas, they're just apostates, right?.

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  cobaltcupcake

  I remember a long time ago the explanation was that various anointed ones would write to the GB with the same new understanding of a teaching, the GB would investigate it, and if it was acceptable, they'd pass it on to the R&F.

  Of course, now we have the new light that new light occurs only to the GB, not the anointed at large. So, if any anointed ones get new ideas, they're just apostates, right?

  And what about the fact that in receiving new light they're communicating with the spirit world? How do they know it's from Jehovah, not Satan?

  And why did I ever believe that a bunch of old men in Brooklyn had a direct line to Big J?
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  What a Week! The Bees Got Married!

  by BizzyBee in

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  what a wonderful holiday season!

  time with family, time for fun, and in the midst of it all - we got married!

  after christmas we were in palm springs for the weather and golf, but took off for nevada on thursday and tied the knot in a sweet, simple ceremony.

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  Congratulations!
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  Happy New Year

  by Country_Woman in

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  Happy New Year!
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  When do new one year regular pioneers attend the pioneer school every year? What month?

  by Iamallcool in

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  cobaltcupcake

  I actually loved my two weeks at pioneer school. A chance to study with no distractions. Too bad it was interrupted every so often by field service.
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  typical circuit assembly

  by nowwhat? in

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  on the plus side there was good council about families and then there is that special feeling of the brotherhood you get.. on the negative side, the d.o.

  gave the "ol talk about the "busier we are, it won't seem like the new world is taking so long" talk.

  that's fine if you do'nt work for a living.

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  cobaltcupcake

  I remember going to a JW Super Bowl party in the mid-80s where the game was so bad that we stopped watching the game and started watching only the "Bud Bowl" commercials.

  I don't remember these parties being any kind of "trap." We behaved ourselves. Sheesh!
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  typical circuit assembly

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on the plus side there was good council about families and then there is that special feeling of the brotherhood you get.. on the negative side, the d.o.

  gave the "ol talk about the "busier we are, it won't seem like the new world is taking so long" talk.

  that's fine if you do'nt work for a living.

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  Hello

  by SunnyDays in

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  hello, you can call me sunny.. :).

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  Welcome Sunny!
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  Happy Hogmanay Everybody

  by cofty in

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  best wishes for 2013. .

  here is a scene from last year's hogmanay celebrations in edinburgh... .

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  cobaltcupcake

  Happy Hogmanay!!
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  The derisive term for the "annointed" - cracker eater:

  by james_woods in

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  i owe this one to palmtree (from an outside conversation):.

  i had forgotten it, but way back in the late 1960s, when all the "real annointed" were pretty old, and the whole organization seemed to be run by the "other sheep" - i think somewhere between 1966 and 1968, i first ran into this term:.

  "cracker eater" - a dispespectful term for the old, presumably senile, truly pre-1935 era jw annointed.. here is my nearly-forgotten story:.

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  cobaltcupcake

  Never heard that one before!