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  The Society and the Witness

  by trevor in

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  the society and the witness.

  the witness and the society.

  the society said nothing but.

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  Simon

  I'm impressed...that is very good!
  Thanks Trevor
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  A satirical site you might enjoy

  by RedhorseWoman in

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  2. humour

  to take a look at the wry side of fundamentalism, check out this site: http://www.landoverbaptist.org/home/

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  Simon

  That's pretty funny

  Edited by - Simon on 8 January 2001 2:46:46
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  All my life...

  by SixofNine in

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  ....i have always heard the term, "dedication", used as part and parcle of the term/act of baptism.

  you know, "dedication and baptism".. just recently, i've been wondering, why?

  it's not that i don't believe dedicating oneself to jehovah is a noble thing, i'm just wondering what the reasoning is for formally linking dedication with baptism.. have i missed something really simple here?

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  Simon

  I didn't say the new words either.
  Also, if the person was not an adult then legally, they could claim that any dedication (which they see as a legal thing!) is null and void so in effect should not be Dfd as they have never really joined.
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  Woman Joke

  by Frenchy in

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  2. humour

  this one was sent to me by my other daughter.

  > in the hospital the relatives gathered in the.

  > waiting room, where their family member lay.

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  Simon

  I wish you luck and hope you get the help you need
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  Woman Joke

  by Frenchy in

  1. social
  2. humour

  this one was sent to me by my other daughter.

  > in the hospital the relatives gathered in the.

  > waiting room, where their family member lay.

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  Simon

  yeldell2, I think you are getting a bit overly righteous about a little homour!
  

  Your joke was filthy! and demeaning to yourself, (as a witness?) Who-ever is the online host or administrator overseeing these discussions (and I'm sure there must be someone), I'm sure disagrees with that type of talk. There are worldly chatrooms for this.

  
  I, for one, haven't found anything offensive in this thread and there certainly isn't anything wrong with having a joke. Isn't Jehovah supposed to be a happy god?
  There are far more offensive things than have been mentioned here in the Bible itself and people described by the Bible as Jehovahs faithful servants are guilty of much worse language and behaviour than posting a joke on a discussion forum.
  I think any 'wordly' person reading this forum would get the impression that JW's can be normal, down-to-earth people but your posts would be in danger of giving them the impression that we are all humourless people who grouch at everything.
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  UK Posters/Lurkers

  by ISP in

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  i guess we are the minority around here but please check in or email.. regards to all posters by the way!.

  i am from the north west.. regards.

  isp

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  Simon

  Mommy - Angharad does Cross Stitch too, I'm sure she'd love to swap recipes, blue-prints or whatever they are...
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  Silentlambs-abuse

  by Venice in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i've seen some posts here regaring child abuse, pedophila and such.

  i'm sure most of you are aware of the poster knon as 'silentlambs' and his posts on h2o and other boards.

  here's some links if you missed the posts.

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  Simon

  I hope the press pick up on this and get the public attention that it deserves.
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  1914? Wrong! See why.

  by thinker in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  went to an interesting site the other day concerning 1914 and the wtbts.

  it seems well researched and true.

  hope you'll visit it and comment here.. http://home.online.no/~jansh/wteng/chron.html.

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  Simon

  Phew !
  Yes, I've got the book by Carl Olaf - it has tons more stuff in it as well that is absolutely indesputable.
  Didn't know if was out of print though...I suggest people try Randy's WatchTower store at http://www.freeminds.org if they want a copy.
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  Keeping a healthy bank account?

  by ISP in

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  2. friends

  what do you make of the point in the feb 1 2001 wt, page 18 parag15.. 'let us accrue something positive in a spiritual sense each day, building, as it were, a healthy, spiritual bank account.'.

  good works are good works but does their value accumulate some how as funds do in a bank account?.

  i thought this was an unfortunate illustration/metaphor.

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  Simon

  Yes, it has the implications that you can negate the effect of sins by doing good. We can either not sin so we don't have to do any good things (is that the JW motto) or we can sin like billyo and then work our butt off to make up for it.
  What would be neat is if we got a statement every month so we could decide what we could get away with...

  Edited by - Simon on 6 January 2001 4:49:36
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  Hey Simon

  by Seven in

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  2. announcements

  look!!

  over 10,000 posts.. great place to meet and exchange ideas.

  thanks for a job well done.. seven

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  Simon

  Awe shucks
  Thanks Seven !
  It's all you guys though who come and use it though - without you I'd just be talking to myself and would have been declared mad ages ago...