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  Why there shouldn't be Prayers at Meetings

  by ISP in

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  *** w50 3/15 95-6 letters ***.

  absence of prayer at public meetings!.

  november 17, 1949. dear brother:.

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  Simon

  I remember our circuit used to have proper sit-down meals and waiter/waitress service (sort of). It wasn't very efficient though speed wise...
  To avoid congestion, they split people into groups. You had a ticket with a letter on which you bought in the morning. They would have a large notice board on the platform at lunch-time with which meals were being served.
  Now the best bit...
  It took longer than the lunch time break to do all the meals...so...every so often, during the afternoon talks, someone would walk onto the platform and change the sign to the next letter and a lot of the audience would get up and walk out.
  Zealous types got there early to to get an 'A', 'B' or 'C' ticket...getting something like a 'G' got you out of the sessions though!
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  Hello.

  by gloria in

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  i'm not sure i'm putting this in the right place.

  i'm even a little hesitant to do this but i have finally decided to try, for a while at least.

  a lot of the comments that i have read seem somewhat harsh toward the witnesses.

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  Simon

  spot on larc
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  Greetings

  by Naeblis in

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  i registered a while back but never really posted.

  some people find me harsh.

  some people find me not nearly harsh enough.

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  Simon

  I sense a "hello, hello" thread forming...
  Nice to meet you, hope you enjoy your visit!
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  Wasted away !!

  by GeneBean in

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  why do people waste there time on this web site,jehovahs witness,discussion, if they cant stand jws, anymore ??

  maybe just to bring the strong down to there level.

  gene.......

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  Simon

  I don't think that anyone "can't stand JW's anymore"...most JWs are nice, honest people.
  Many have to cope with and understand the situations that they find themselves in because of the Watchtower society and being able to talk to others does help.
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  Introducing...

  by cita90 in

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  i'm on this site to meet new friends, who share my faith, as a baptized jehovah witness.

  please reply if interested.

  not here for negative replies, please.

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  Simon

  Hi cita90...nice to meet you. I'm sure you'll meet plenty of friendly folk here.
  Is cita spanish for something ?
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  Blasts From The Past

  by Frenchy in

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  like a bird that's lost its mate in flight.

  i'm alone and oh so blue tonight.

  like a piece of drifwood on the sea.

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  Simon

  I remember the record player we had when I was little played 78's 45's 33's and 16's (I think)
  I used to play Gypies Tramps & Thieves at 78 'cause I thought it sounded better (a bit like Pinky and Perky)
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  Re H20 - I need your ideas/suggestions

  by Kismet in

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  in view of the recent announcement and subsequent discussion regarding the fate of h20 i am looking at buying the domain and all the archives of h20 from rick.. i believe i can get it hosted at a local asp with which i have a great relationship.

  this is where i need your creative genius.

  i believe we could generate greater revenue from banners that are geared to the audience (kickboxing 101 lessons might be useful but ...).

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  Simon

  I'm knowledgeable about MS web stuff - IIS, ASP, VB, SQL Server, XML etc... so if you intend to use this then I could help.
  Depends on which software you use which depends on which server languages are available. If it's all unix then you will probably be looking at Perl (UBB) or PHP (vBulletin).
  Let us know some more technical details...
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  NWT

  by amicus in

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  when reading the new world translation i used to sometimes think, who translated this gobbledygook?..

  i just read another passage where the nwt manages to slaughter the english language.. acts 21:30 .

  nwt ...., and a running together of the people occurred:.... kjv ..., and the people ran together:.... niv ..., and the people came running from all directions.. this is an excerpt from the foreword of the nwt; it is a very responsible thing to translate the holy scriptures........into modern speech.

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  Simon

  I have a copy of the NT that shows eight translations to a page - it's excellent for comparing scriptures and if 7 say one thing and 1 says something different you can pretty much guess which one is wrong. Helps to avoid bias. It doesn't include the NWT though...
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  H2O Closing !!

  by LeeHiker in

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  posted by rick [rick] on february 02, 2001 at 16:03:02 {llynvmoc0u3m1gkntx/mfmfbt36xyc}:.

  dear friends,.

  i received word from a friend who has spoken with infonex that all shell accounts at cyberpass including h2o's will be terminated this coming wednesday, february 7, 2001. all information on our site will be wiped clean on that date.

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  Simon

  I understand the sentiment for calling people 'trouble-makers' but we have to be careful that we don't group everyone together. Some people do just like to be controversial and stir up debate but a lot of the people who post are quite sensible and would be most welcome to post here if the wanted - I'm sure quite a few here have been on H20 at smoe point prior!
  I posted there occassionally as 'Caliban'. The description I heard of it being like the 'front-line' is quite good. Maybe we'd just need to split things up here into separate forums so we could retain our cosy / friendly (usually!) area but still accomodate the more 'lively' stuff.
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  H2O Closing !!

  by LeeHiker in

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  posted by rick [rick] on february 02, 2001 at 16:03:02 {llynvmoc0u3m1gkntx/mfmfbt36xyc}:.

  dear friends,.

  i received word from a friend who has spoken with infonex that all shell accounts at cyberpass including h2o's will be terminated this coming wednesday, february 7, 2001. all information on our site will be wiped clean on that date.

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  Simon

  Good grief !
  I'll have to get cracking on the new version, ASAP...