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  DO Brown Payne tells SA audience Serena Williams "disciplined" by her local elders for swearing on TV

  by oppostate in

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  at today's special assembly in natick ma, bro brown payne annouced to the audience that serena williams was disciplined by her local elders for her swearing escapade on tv.. saying: "can jehovah's witnesses swear like that on tv?

  " then he told the audience that she was "disciplined" by the elders of the congregation she's a publisher in.. doesn't this smack of revealing the private business of another person?

  the most the local elders could have said was "a matter concerning serena williams has been handled by the elder body".

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  No biggie.... her run-in with the elders was mentioned in a profile published in the New York Times Sunday Magazine a month or so ago.
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  Another doozie from DO Brown Payne about "many JW's compromising their neutrality" and voting for Obama

  by oppostate in

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  bro do brown payne told the audience of today's sa day at natick mass.

  that "many brothers compromised their neutrality by voting in 2008".

  he followed that by asking "and what has this president done for you?

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  He sure sounds like a "Brown Pain" (sic.)!!
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  A Note from Randy/Dogpatch (Freeminds)

  by Lady Lee in

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  2. friends

  this past week randy was hospitalized.

  he is now home recovering and has asked me to let you know that he will need a couple of days to recuperate.

  in the mean time: if you have sent him emails or want to send him an email, it might take a couple of days for him to respond.. feel free to leave messages here for him.

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  Been away, haven't seen this until now... wow... Randy, I'm real glad the devil spat you out and back into our embraces!!
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  Jesus=The archangel Michael?

  by WatchTowerofBabel in

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  (the first chapter of hebrews seems quite explicit on the issue).

  but since scriptural texts don't seem quite enough for my jdub kinfolks (wtf?

  ), i tried to find out where this poppycock idea first popped up.. .

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  ... maybe, maybe not; who cares, reallly and what difference does it make?
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  How will the present-day "anointed" react to their demotion?

  by Room 215 in

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  i wonder how they will respond to their demotion to parity with the "other sheep" as mere "domestics" in god's house.

  and what about the appontment of a 47 yeard-old to the governing boday?

  in my neck of the woods, the word of any forty-something who began partaking would fuel the gossip mill for weeks!

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  I wonder how they will respond to their demotion to parity with the "other sheep" as mere "domestics" in God's house. And what about the appontment of a 47 yeard-old to the Governing Boday? In my neck of the woods, the word of any forty-something who began partaking would fuel the gossip mill for weeks! It will be interesting to see what these events do to the number of partakers next year and beyond.
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  The Watchtower Attempts to Eliminate Discrepancies in Authority

  by Emery in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i began pondering about the reasons why this new light was made and have come to a few theories that may be plausible.

  my conclusion is that the society is hell bent on eliminating the discrepancies to their authority.. .

  the ancient lineage of the faithful and discreet slave - eliminated.

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  Personally, I think their new imaginings are so cocked-up as to be unworthy of a temperate response, much less of the thoroughly impressive refutations and intellectual capital lavished on it by contributors such as Leolaia and others-----
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  With the "New Light" concerning the GB, How would JW's respond to this question?

  by drewcoul in

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  i wonder if the wt or jw's in general would consider paul to be a member of the "faithful and discreet slave.

  he wrote a good deal of the christian greek scriptures.

  surely he would be considered one who was "dispensing food at the proper time" would he not?.

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  ... what a convoluted mess, all of this
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  Movies You Watch Over & Over & Over

  by 3acrewood in

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  2. entertainment

  have you noticed there are certain movies you just never get tired of watching?

  what's does your list include?

  here are some of mine (in no particular order as to favorites):.

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  "On The Waterfront"
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  The Society debunked the rumored new light on the F&DS in 1973

  by Leolaia in

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  this is the summary of the rumored new light from the 2012 annual meeting, as posted by cedars.. the faithful and discreet slave was not appointed at pentecost 33ce, meaning that there has not been a continuous line of members of the slave class on the earth down through the ages.

  the slave class was only appointed for the first time by christ in 1919.the faithful and discreet slave is a small group of anointed brothers during jesus presence serving at watchtower headquarters who are directly involved in the preparing and dispensing of spiritual food.

  the individual members of the governing body are not the faithful and discreet slave.

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  Why does all of this call to mind the struggles of the mastodons, saber-toothed tigers, or whatever, struggling to extricates themselves from the La Brea Tar Pits only to sink deeper into the morass?
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  Any other established religions take neutrality stand in 1914?

  by irondork in

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  2. beliefs

  the bible students' non-participation in ww i is one of the key reasons why jesus selected the wts as the organization through whom god would save the world, according to myth.

  were there other religious groups or organized groups of any kind reported on from that era that refused military service?.

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  Dozy, great find! Thanks