Posts by ZAPPA-ESQUE

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It is now official: Another falsified Watchtower prophecy

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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"jesus was obviously speaking about those who were old enough to witness with understanding what took place when the 'last days' began.

... even if we presume that youngsters 15 years of age would be perceptive enough to realize the import of what happened in 1914, it would still make the youngest of 'this generation' nearly 70 years old today.

" awake!

ZAPPA-ESQUE

Of course those stats [ thank you so much for the research! ] are now of now consequence anyway as that teaching [Truth ] is no longer Truth !

Why does this sort of stuff make me rancidly angry and aggressive ? MMMMMmmmmm I wonder -

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George Benson & Sheila Hutchinson on JW Broadcasting

by neat blue dog in

i am thoroughly surprised nobody has brought this up yet, but two of the original songs released last year, "i give you my best" & "jehovah welcomes you home" were performed by george benson, and the first one was a duet with singer sheila hutchinson, the same one who did duets with him over 10 years ago for the cancelled album mentioned in our kingdom ministry.

compare this:.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=58_mjyndcey.

ZAPPA-ESQUE

Big League Stuff - what with another post hinting at a possible USD 900 000 gift from the late Br Prince - superstars are good to have around - they do eventually die ! So suck-up to them !

Have met and spoken to Benson when he did concerts over my part of the world - very down to earth guy - also corresponded for some time over e-mail with him along with jazz Flautist Hubert Laws.

Benson attended the local KH during a jazz festival he played at here.

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Try Being Kind...It Actually Feels Good!

by EyesOpenHeartBroken in

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let me start by saying that this forum has been helpful to me in many ways.

i haven't gotten involved in much commenting and i am not very assertive by nature so i've steered away from participating in debates.

but i have read threads often and had a sense of community.

ZAPPA-ESQUE

Timely post .......I think a "commenting decorum renaissance" is a good thing !

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900000 US$ donations from Brother Nelson (aka Prince)

by sp74bb in

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2005 - $20,000 for chanhassen jevovah witnes y st louis jehovah witness2006 - $130,000 for jehovah witness kingdom hall2007 - $800,000 for peccole ranch lakes kingdom hall fund.

the amounts of his donations has been posted in other forums with copies of the public tax filings of his love 4 one another foundation..

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It was just too unusual that he received a press release statement post-Morte ! [subject to verification of this report]

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Healing

by compound complex in

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i feel an unfamiliar restlessness in my lower body.

too long have i been confined to my sickbed; my mind and heart coax me arise and gaze upon the world outside.

it is no longer a matter of fighting long-entrenched despair.

ZAPPA-ESQUE

Love it !

Needed that too !

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Another generation....

by joey jojo in

it has been 21 years since the 1995 article that pretty much buried the idea of the '1914 generation'.. remember those guys?

the ones born in 1914 that would still be alive when the end of the system arrived.. i'm glad i'm old enough to remember going from door to door, preaching this belief.

the reason i say that is because i have a lot of 'still in' jw friends and family.

ZAPPA-ESQUE

joey jojo

"Eager to see the end of this evil system, Jehovah's people have at times speculated about

That should read : The GB have at times [often] speculated ............................ That is a deliberate attempt to push the focus back onto the R+F ..as usual

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Thankful for my babies

by BeautifulMind in

i hope everyone is having a good day/night.

so i was just reflecting on how happy i am to have my babies, despite the orgs.

not so subtle requests that married couples not have babies in order to further serve the org.

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Ditto BeautifulMind

We were strongly encouraged to remain childless - and so our first baby who has just turned 26 came along after we had been married 11 years/

She then had Bilirubin issues and we had to face a major blood issue just hours after she was born.

When I reflect back on how easy it could have been to have listened to this "sage" advice to remain childless I actually start to tremble ! Damn that was a close call !

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