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  Conventions

  by Holden Caufield in

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  what did you make of the conventions i used to dread them.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6bhlhtbaos.

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  It must have been when i was winding down from from the religion at a four day Convention because on this Saturday Arvo was an AFL grand final and I snuck off to the local pub to watch it and came back after it finished .

  For some reason in OZ many Conventions clashed with an AFL grand final.

  This is going back 30 or 40 years ago now.

  In those days many attendants had radios stuck to their ears listening to the footy scores during the Convention.

  as they were walking around the grounds during security watch.
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  Archaeologists discover ancient 4,400-year-old tomb decorated with hieroglyphs in Egypt

  by naja in

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  how could this survive noah's flood?.

  https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/archaeologists-discover-ancient-4400-year-13737092.

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  Am I missing something here ?

  Archaeologists discover ancient 4,400-year-old tomb decorated with hieroglyphs in Egypt

  ?????

  Two stalagmites found in Chinese cave offer a way to improve accuracy of carbon-14 dating

  Something went askew here ,LOL
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  JW GoneBad, LV101, Saltheart - Thank You!

  by Atlantis in

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  we thank you so much for thinking of us and showing concern.

  this means a lot to us and we appreciate your kindness.. we have been here, but we have been contacting ones here on the board privately.

  when new materials arrive we sign in and distribute the documents to those that show interest.

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  I always appreciate your input Atlantis giving us information that is otherwise denied to us .

  Thank you .
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  Coming out of the Woodwork

  by Solzhenitsyn in

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  who was i to think that we would be left alone?

  it has been a dream for 2+ months.

  a few calls i let go to voicemail but now the wife and i are getting bombarded with text messages.. this isn't going to be easy.. since we're not looking to throw a grenade into decades of relationships, text replies thus far have been..."thank you so much.".

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  As has been said many times before , the only power they have over you is the power you let them have .

  You are the power of your own destiny not them

  You have control over the rest of your life not them
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  Jehovah's Witnesses and the Great Crowd

  by Meshech in

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  2. beliefs

  as jesus christ was preparing to go to his death, he encouraged his disciples with these words:.

  "in my father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, i would have told you.

  i go to prepare a place for you.

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  And if Jehovah and Jesus don`t even exist at all its all very meaningless .

  Its puzzling to me why intelligent human beings in this day and age debate interpretations and meanings of writings of thousands of years ago who had no knowledge of the information that is at the fingertips of anybody who has a PC today.

  If Jehovah ,Yahweh ,Jesus or any other God is going to destroy 8 Billion people simply because they can`t decipher correctly what was written down in an ancient language of thousands of years ago ,

  Then I say stuff em ,their not worthy of my worship ,and they certainly don`t love humankind.
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  The Apprentice - Watchtower version

  by catchthis in

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  being a fan of the tv show the apprentice, i love to "play along" to see if my ideas would work with what the teams are tasked to accomplish.

  many times, their ideas are totally off.

  other times, the executives they are tasked with providing a presentation to feel that they had 'hit a home run.

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  Bring back the Miracle Wheat that was such a big seller in its hey day.
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  Xmas, love it or leave it??

  by DATA-DOG in

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  2. beliefs

  i have to say that i’m not enjoying the xmas season.

  i have no emotional ties and i’m spending money that i have not set aside for xmas during a slow work season for my trade.. i’m not happy about it, because it’s foolish to spend money when you aren’t making any.

  then i feel like i’m expected to do all this, and to be happy about spending money and time on persons that i’m not that involved with.

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  Most people I know that celebrate Xmas are not religious at all and its a good excuse to enjoy a good meal and booze with family and friends and as adults no one is fussed about presents ,that`s for the kids.
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  What Are Ways You Can Tell Someone is a Jehovah’s Witness?

  by minimus in

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  is it something they do?

  how they say things?

  how do you spot a jehovah’s witness?.

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  ohnightdivine

  Their was an Elder in the last KH I attended that said " you can be walking down the street and you can tell a witness by their Kingdom smile " I kid you not.

  He was a nut case through & through .
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  Mo Money ... $$$

  by loneranger in

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  the money grab continues!!

  at a very recent circuit assembly (usa), the accounts overseer gave the typical accounts report for the ca in the early afternoon.

  there were 2100 people at the assembly.

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  The upside to this OP is that it may wake more people up to the fact that the JW religion is a cash cow for those in charge of it .

  Jehovah owns all of the Gold ,Silver, Diamonds and gem stones in all of the Earth ,its about time he started paying his own way.
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  Do elders still ask inactive members to write a letter to disassociating yourself from the Congregation?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  do today's elders ever meet with inactive members and pressure them to write a letter disassociating themselves from the congregation stating that, ''you no longer wish to a jehovah witness"?.

  i was baptized at the young age of 16. after turning 18, i stopped attending meetings, field service, and all jehovah's witness activities.

  i wanted to be with my high school friends, go to rock concerts, have a girlfriend, and live like a normal teen.

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  I`ve said it once i`ve said it before and I will say it again ,the G.B, Elders speak out of both sides of their mouth .