Topics Started by Barrold Bonds

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We deserve to die
by elfgoblin in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
at the meeting today, we were reading the watchtower and this elder apologetically said to such a degree in regards to romans 5:12 that "we humans are not worthy of any mercy from jehovah.

we shouldn't even have free will because we can't possibly do anything good enough to please jehovah.

we don't even deserve life because of sin.
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84 Lumber Commercial
by azor in
1. jw
2. friends
just saw this commercial and was very impressed.

hoping more companies start doing the same.

most of us are immigrants.
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Genesis Lifetimes and Numerology
by schnell in
1. jw
2. friends
out of morbid curiosity, i would like to here reduce the digits of the lifetimes stated in genesis chapter 5. it is clear that no human being has ever lived that long, and perhaps there is some numerological meaning to these numbers rather than literal history.

7 after he became the father of enosh, seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

10 after he became the father of kenan, enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Conditional Love
by Saethydd in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've noticed several posts recently claiming that jw friends and family members give out conditional love.

well, i'm not so sure that is entirely accurate, in fact, i would say they tend to be very steadfast in their love.

the issue is this, they have been taught a poor form of love.
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What have been some of the funniest local needs talks that you have heard?
by DaPriest in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i remember once in berlin south germany there was a local needs part for the men only, and how they should use the toilet.

in all seriousness for ten minutes a retarded nigerian was going on about how men need to sit down when using the toilet.

no mention of anything else.. it transpired that some little kraut boy from an "interested" family would aim for the side of the toilet and leave a great big puddle for others to clean up.
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What if Fred Franz had never existed?
by Magnum in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what if fred franz had never existed?.

those of you who weren’t around in the days when he was the oracle of jwdom or who at least aren’t familiar with the deeper publications he was responsible for probably won’t be able to comprehend the significance of the question.

i believe he influenced jwdom greatly, and the whole feel of jwdom would have been different without him.. during the 60’s, 70’s, & 80’s (not sure about 50’s), he was considered to be almost superhuman by some (a lot?
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So, I watched "The Founder" today, and had a minor Revelation
by Captain Schmideo2 in
1. jw
2. friends
in the movie's story, ray kroc, the man who is in charge of franchising mcdonalds restaurants, is finding himself in a situation where he is doing gangbusters at creating the stores, but is going broke on his contract.

he gets help from another fast food executive who examines his books.one aspect of the business jumps out.

the stores need land to operate on, and that money is going to the land-owners who lease the land to the stores.
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Poopie has recieved new light from latest clam book
by poopie in
1. jw
2. friends
on the subject welcome others the new light is i can now have limited association with df and da ones at the kingdom hall not strictl avoidance..
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Any updates on Vaping?
by longgone in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was wondering if the gb has forbidden vaping yet, so i did a search.

there was a thread from a year ago, the comments covered all the bases i suspected the wt would come up with.

i'm out, so it doesn't really matter to me.
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Just a dumb question. A minor was df in our cong 15 yrs old
by poopie in
1. jw
2. friends
the question is can her mother and father who are witnesses greet her in the morning only or would they be a sharer in her wicked deeds and thus also be df for saying a greeting?.