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  Even after reading Crisis of Conscience, one thing (at least) still puzzled me

  by kepler in

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  it was several years back and from time to time i will look something up in the index.

  all manner of things about jw life are revealed - as well as discussions within the leadership, plus historical and contemporary controversies - but there is still something i missed.. please excuse me if this is not a detailed summary.

  when the drum roll starts for the purge, it appears that the friends and associates of ray franz are targeted first.

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  Thanks for the post Binadub!
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  Sherriff Joe Arpaio

  by Lady Lee in

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  i got the following from my daughter - jail time -- the way it should be.

  maricopa county sherriff.

  to those of you not familiar with joe arpaio, he is the maricopacounty sheriff (arizona) and he keeps getting elected over and over again.. these are some of the reasons why:.

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  Sherriff Joe is pretty much the Hank Quinlan of our era. Funny how Quinlan and Arpaio look alike too. On another note, I always find it kinda funny the people who think prison is like a country club or something. Yet those same people aren't exactly rushing to go to jail or prison. High Horse Mofos.
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  Cowboys Beat Giants 24/17

  by yknot in

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  praise be to the football gods!!!!!.

  giggles *somebody* owes me a congratulations.....

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  LOL Keyser. I don't believe that game was a reflection on the Packers, as much as the 49ers really are a threat this year. Hell, they were a threat last year, but they might be THEE squad this year. I can see them taking the NFC. Packers should breeze through Chicago next week.
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  King David an example in morality?

  by hoser in

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  from november study wt page 7 par 17. .

  "consider too how davids example of earnestly seeking god's guidance can help us to resist the temptation to view pornographic images".

  "meditating on his elevated standards equips us to keep free from the snare of pornography".

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  Everyone around him had to pay for David's sins, usually by their death.

  This caused me to recall the census that David ordered and the 70,000 people who died as a result.

  Then there's the account of David commanding Uzzah to procure the Ark and bring it back to Jerusalem, and we know the rest of that story.
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  Cowboys Beat Giants 24/17

  by yknot in

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  praise be to the football gods!!!!!.

  giggles *somebody* owes me a congratulations.....

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  Ha! EE.

  Can we treat this thread as the official NFL thread for the year? If so, the Patriots have a running game. BE VERY AFRAID.
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  Rumor Elders Will Receive Name Badges For Every Meeting.

  by HelpMeBelieve in

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  2. beliefs

  i keep hearing rumors elders are going to be getting permanent badge cards to wear to every meeting.

  one excited brother told me, "it would be nice if new ones to the kingdom hall could see who their shepherds are.

  there is a great surge in activity, new bible students will be able to locate the proper elder in charge of bible studies!

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  Something that assures me that this rumor is bologna, is the fact that there's hardly any visitors to a meeting anyway. When's the last time any of you had an RV that attended the meeting because you invited them to? When's the last time some random non-JW showed up to the meeting out of curiousity? "They dress so wholesome, I wonder how spiritually rich their meetings are? Guess I'm gonna have to go and find out!" That's never happened. We put out those retarded invitations inviting people to the Memorial and Special Talk, and for the latter there were no visitors present with the exception of ones who've faded and came only because of peer pressure an invitation from an active JW relative.
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  Rumor Elders Will Receive Name Badges For Every Meeting.

  by HelpMeBelieve in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i keep hearing rumors elders are going to be getting permanent badge cards to wear to every meeting.

  one excited brother told me, "it would be nice if new ones to the kingdom hall could see who their shepherds are.

  there is a great surge in activity, new bible students will be able to locate the proper elder in charge of bible studies!

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  Probably someone overheard that badges are worn during the elder school, and it somehow morphed into elders recieving name badges for every meeting.
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  Even after reading Crisis of Conscience, one thing (at least) still puzzled me

  by kepler in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it was several years back and from time to time i will look something up in the index.

  all manner of things about jw life are revealed - as well as discussions within the leadership, plus historical and contemporary controversies - but there is still something i missed.. please excuse me if this is not a detailed summary.

  when the drum roll starts for the purge, it appears that the friends and associates of ray franz are targeted first.

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  Maybe going after the friends and associates of Ray Franz was similar to a District Attorney putting the screws on a petty dope dealer or low ranked member of a criminal organization, hoping he'll flip and give up the goods on who's supplying him or higher ups in their criminal activity. So all the while the investigative committee in Bethel was going after various individuals and couples, they had the ulterior motive of building a substantial case on Ray Franz. They may have intended to bring it to the table with Ray Franz present amongst the rest of the GB during one of their meetings. They do that within elder bodies now if there's something questionable about an elder on the body or someone in his family. The entire elder body will be present while the accusing brother(s) lays whatever claim towards the elder in question, and then the body as a whole discusses it. Ray didn't give them the oppurtunity to pull a stunt like that which probably pissed them off in a severe way.
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  Serena Williams wins....but as a Jehovah's Witness will not toast.....New York Daily News Story

  by Balaamsass in

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  u.s. open sponsor moet leads champagne toast to champion serena williams, a jehovah's witness who does not drinkreporters on tight deadline wait for inappropriate-feeling homage before williams can begin press conference.comments (7).

  by filip bondy / new york daily newsmonday, september 10, 2012, 12:00 am.

  howard simmons/new york daily newsserena williams is thrilled about winning the u.s. open, but she will not celebrate with a champagne toast due to her religious beliefs.. there was an awkward interval sunday night in the press interview room, when the u.s. open sponsors, moet, delivered a trolley of small champagne bottles to the assembled media who already had waited an hour to ask post-match questions of serena williams.. before williams could begin answering questions, usta ceo gordon smith led a toast that basically called williams victory the greatest match in open history.. .

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  5 Reasons Why the DEAF Masturbation Video is different than anything before...

  by BluePill2 in

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  as some of you have noticed the asl video warning against masturbation (another guilt trip) is creating waves.

  this is not small fry.

  1. it is humorous - most topics (like other policies) are serious/depressing (blood, shunning, pedos).

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  I swear that la bamba looking kid is borderline breakdancing.