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  Now do u believe in "SATAN" now?

  by breeze in

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  now that u are thinking about deserting the org and religion.....do you believe in the devil?.

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  starfish422

  Gosh, no!! LOL But thanks for asking.
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  How many elders...

  by starfish422 in

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  just a quick question...how many elders normally on a jc?

  i thought three; but when i met with the elders there were two.. thanks,

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  Jst2laws: My JC was in 1993!! LOL But thanks for the warning. Just trying to keep up with the current rules.
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  How many elders...

  by starfish422 in

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  just a quick question...how many elders normally on a jc?

  i thought three; but when i met with the elders there were two.. thanks,

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  Thanks for your answers, folks. I guess I was never placed in front of a formal JC; just the two elders fishing for information. They did ask me "THE QUESTION", though, about whether I thought the GB is Jehovah's visible org, blah blah blah.
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  How many elders...

  by starfish422 in

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  just a quick question...how many elders normally on a jc?

  i thought three; but when i met with the elders there were two.. thanks,

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  Just a quick question...how many elders normally on a JC? I thought three; but when I met with the elders there were two.

  Thanks,
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  It`s "FAMILY " Month at the Watchtower

  by Beans in

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  yes brothers and sister the focus over the next few months is how to maintain good family life.

  but not only that the watchtower will also tell you why there has been such an increase in single mothers in the last few years!

  as you know in the truth this does not exist as the perfect loving families can only be jehovahs witnesses.

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  EEK! Does this mean they're going to start celebrating mothers/fathers day? I was always told that they don't celebrate those days because you should be respectful and loving to your parents EVERY DAY!

  So they're going to put extra time and effort into spending time with their families this fall; and then to hell with it all eff. Dec 21/02?

  BTW, I haven't received an invite from my family yet; obviously they're letting it slip!
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  Things JWs don't say

  by WildTurkey in

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  lets post somethings as a dub you dont say:.

  luck, you dont say party, its a get together.

  you dont go to church, its a hall

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  I couldn't tell someone they were lucky; I had to tell them they were fortunate.

  I couldn't call my school friends "friends"; had to refer to them as associates. :P

  I will never forget the time my mother swore in front of the circuit overseer! :D She wanted to die. LMAO So I would say that *sshole is something JWs don't say but I know better. And so does Brother Ackerman.

  Edited by - starfish422 on 3 October 2002 12:34:35
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  It dawned on me one day.....

  by Flowerpetal in

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  there are eight elders in my congregation.

  all of them have children, except one.

  one elder has 2 which are both in bethel.

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  I also found it interesting that the elder who had the regular pioneer daughter who was reproved, was the same elder about 2 years ago who talked to my daughter in private after a Sunday meeting. He was reading scriptures to her, and we left the hall with her in tears. She wouldn't tell me what he told her, but it sent her to bed for a couple of hours when we got home.

  Flowerpetal, isn't it the rule that no elder should ever counsel a sister one-on-one? I would seriously challenge that elder for overstepping his bounds!!! Find out what it was about!
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  'Preventing Homosexuality...' Dr J NicoloSix

  by SixofNine in

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  Ugh, Halle Berry. I might like her if she wasn't always so in-your-face about the fact that she's black, she's been oppressed, boohoo sob sob every time she gets an award, she now feels so validated after working so hard, blah blah blah. How sad that it takes an award from the most self-absorbed, shallow group of people on earth to make her feel validated. I'd give her every award in the f***ing world if she would accept them SILENTLY!!

  Ahem....stepping down off my soapbox.....I present:

  Preventing Lesbianism (Harmony! are you paying attention??)

  Lenny Kravitz

  Rick Mercer

  And just in case you still have tendencies, lol...I submit the following:

  Phyllis Diller.

  LMAO!!!
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  Heat Advisory: Philadelphia Assembly Next Weekend

  by Room 215 in

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  calling all dubbies in the middle atlantic states unlucky enough to have been assigned to the annual sauna in philly july 11-13.. as the u.s, northeast bakes in sweltering heat and debilitating humidity, what greater first-hand evidence can you find of bethel's callous indifference to your well-being than their persistence in scheduling these pointless hum-drum events in such a notorious blast-furnace environment as vets stadium, when just across the street, at the spectrum, and in countless other venues, air-conditioned auditoriums are readily available to them?

  repeated, public warnings in the media of the health hazard to the very young and elderly posed by such conditions fall on deaf ears in brooklyn.

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  I remember being in Olympic Stadium in Montreal in 1984 and in 1985? Those years are approximate but it was around that time. That was awful; the first year the dome was open so there was sun but at least there was a breeze. The second year, they weren't able to retract that stupid covering so it was like an enormous oven. The large display that was visible from all points of the stadium, had a reading of the current temp and it hovered around 33 degrees Celsius ALL THE TIME. And we were camping in Trailer City which they had set up at the Botanical Gardens.

  Lots of fun.

  **Edited to indicate that 33 degrees is celsius, and not fahrenheit which would have been quite brisk for July.

  Edited by - starfish422 on 3 July 2002 10:58:40
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  Did you have a good Canada Day?

  by OUTLAW in

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  the house was full yesterday!family,friends,ice cold molson canadian beer,and crown royal canadian whiskey.you need plenty of refreshments to celebrate canada`s birthday!

  (lol)everyone had a good time.how was your canada day?

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  You bet your ass; I had a great day, despite the oppressive heat!