song 49.
10 min: local announcements.
selected announcements from our kingdom ministry.
20 min: "Reaching as Many People as Possible."*
20 minutes to cover what, a one page article that could be summed up in about 3 sentences. I used to dread being assigned one of these parts, trying to figure out how the heck I could drag it out for 20 whole minutes...
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so it has become habit for me to go out of my way when driving to make sure i can give it the finger as i drive by.
i especially like to do this on the way to one of my favorite bars, especially on meeting nights just so people who knew me can see me do it.
i don't know why, but this has become a tradition of sorts.
Oh I definitely give the salute whenever I drive by a Kingdom Hall!
I probably went too far though, when I shared this fact with my loyal JW mom. oopsies...
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i have heard rumors on here and other places that jw's are now allowing birthdays to be observed/celebrated.
is this true?
i hope so.
House said:
There is no new stance on B-days, they are still considered a paganistic custom, non-christian based. There is nothing in the bible that supports them, and the only evidence of them in the bible leads to the death of someone, and there was never a mention of them ever being celebrated by Jesus the son of god. A wedding aniversary has no paganistic backrounds.
Have you even read the rest of this thread?? There is nothing in the Bible that supports wedding anniversaries either, or Piñatas or luaus either, so why are they permitted?
btw, welcome to the board, stick around and you will learn a lot.
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someone, calling himself rev.
rokoli, posted the following topic on a pro-jw board: "they have him trapped and are torturing him.
he's a jehovah's witness...classified documentation.
the gentleman is penniless and nearly paralyzed from the waist up
from the waist up!!!!!!!! This will sure make the medical journals! LOLOLOLOLOLOL
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is this issue of the watchtower being part of the un department of public information of any significance?.
at the district conventions of jehovahs witnesses there are flags of the united states and other sovereign government such as states or other countries hanging from the buildings.
the governing body and the watchtower society rent buildings which become the equivalent of kingdom halls for the weekend.
Because there are forms that needed to fill out does not change those prior statements.
Have you read those forms? There's a lot in there that any R&F JW would have a problem with. Not to mention the fact that not only did they sign these forms, they actually kept up their end of the bargain by promoting UN ideals.
Heck if filling out a form is no big deal, then I am sure buying a political card that everyone is required to have is no big deal. Someone should have told that to all the brothers in Malawi back in the 60s/70s.
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an ex-dub friend of mine and i were discussing the various ways in which the wts ( governing body) has in so many ways, been guilty of many ruined lives.
i mentioned to him something i had forgotten about......that being the policy the witnesses had in the past with regards to how a witness mate handled physical abuse by their non-believing mate who physically beat them over their religion.. i related to him how my wife and i used to take a sister with an abusive mate back and forth to meetings for quite some time.
many times she had black and blue marks on her face as well as other areas.
They have NEVER apologised for ALL the heartache, lost lives, and ruined lives, that were due to their erronious teachings.
For anyone wondering about my screen handle... this is exactly where it comes from.
Also, so far the discussion on this thread has been mostly about JW wives being abused by non-JW spouses, presumably over the religious issue. What doesn't get talked about nearly enough, either inside or outside the Org, is all the abuse committed by JW husbands in good standing in the congregation. Even if the elders are made aware of it, their typical reponse is to basically look the other way, maybe have a shepherding call on the family...
Elder1: "gee Bob, you shouldn't smack your wife around."
Bob: <looking remorseful> " I guess not..."
Elder2: "Sister Sally, you need to work on being a better wife, maybe then Bob wouldn't have to hit you."
Sally: "Ok Brother Elder, can I get either of you more coffee?"
The elders might even make poor Bob get out his Bible and read a couple of scriptures, Husband should be loving his wife as his own body, yada yada... Then they will leave, patting themselves on the back on what a fine shepherding job they have done. Of course, as soon as the elders' car is out the driveway, you know what will be happening back in the house...
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i have a question i hope someone can answer for me.. my folks are sick and elderly dubs and i worry the borg will hasten their death.
they have those ridiculous blood card with an advanced directives pre-printed on them.
they also have a person from the cong designated as their surrogate?
Sorry, I too think you are totally out of line here. If your parents have made their wishes clear regarding the use of blood, you have no business interfering or trying to override their wishes. Would you want them trying to talk you out of a blood transfusion?
Of course, many older JWs have no idea about all the treatments that the Society has now said are permissable. Most of them think of it as very simple, black and white issue: no blood. In some circumstances it might almost be better to get the HLC involved, I know when my brother-in-law was resisting taking albumin, the elders were practically begging him to take it, and he finally did give in, fortunately.
But the idea of trying to force a medical procedure on someone, especially an adult, is abhorrent.
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this is always a popular topic, and i just came across some startling new research on just how noah and his family were able to gather all the different kinds of animals as they were commanded to do.
it makes sense once you just think about it a bit.. .
new evidence suggests noah's sons rode flying dinosaurs .
This is always a popular topic, and I just came across some startling new research on just how Noah and his family were able to gather all the different kinds of animals as they were commanded to do. It makes sense once you just think about it a bit.
New Evidence Suggests Noah's Sons Rode Flying Dinosaurs
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...and considering i don't have any, it is surprising that i found the nerve to post my photo as my avatar!
i was leery to use my photo thinking someone i knew could catch on to my new apostate antics.
so, i couldn't decide what to use.
All I can say after seeing your picture...
Hello Chrissy!
More pictures please!!!
Oh yeah, welcome to the board, too...
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has anyone else heard of this before ?
i thought only jw's were this stupid.
with this church, they cannot accept "a strangers blood..." .
Very odd and sad. But this quote is interesting:
Robert Rosetti, program director over investigations at the CPS Nueces County office, told the newspaper that when parents' religious beliefs conflict with medical recommendations, CPS will honor the religious beliefs if they are a "consistent" tradition within a known denomination.
"But when you have an individual interpreting, that's a different story," Rosetti said.
Does anyone else find the idea of the government determining if an individual's "interpretation" of his beliefs is "consistent" with that of a "known denomination" vaguely disturbing? If it's my religion, I should be able to interpret it however I want!
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