Barrold Bonds

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  Needed - a printable 2013 DC badge

  by venetian in

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  is anyone able to post this years dc badge for printing?.

  i'm a man with a plan .

  mawahhhhhhh!.

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  Is your time really worth that little? You're actually going to a convention just to record a talk? You do realize that the police or whatever authorities aren't going to do anything about it aside from thinking that perhaps you're a little loony.
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  Tony Soprano dead at age 51

  by rip van winkle in

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  http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/19/showbiz/james-gandolfini-obituary/index.html.

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  Don't Stop Believin'

  I wonder if his life just cut to black?
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  Does Watchtower ban Movies, books or songs?

  by zound in

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  frequently asked question that is featured at moment on jw.org.

  thought it was pretty funny.. .

  do you ban certain movies, books, or songs?no.

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  This reminds me of one of my favorite Bethel stories.

  In case you don't know, Bethelites aren't allowed to watch R-rated movies. In fact, it's an automatic kick to the curb. I personally knew a few brothers were immediately kicked out because they were caught watching one of the Matrix sequels.

  Anyway, while I was there, the movie Saving Private Ryan premiered on NBC. It was aired commercial free and 100% unedited. If you haven't seen the movie, it's super violent. The morning after it aired, several people at my Morning Worship table talked about how they watched it! This included a Bethel Elder and his wife along with a couple others. It was pretty hard not to bite my tongue and raise a stink about it.

  Hypocrites.
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  Superman vs Jesus

  by jam in

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  my sister told me yesterday, guess the sunday sermon.

  given at my church, superman.

  the minister was making.

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  That's one minister's opinion. There's been quite a lot written on the topic. Here's some lines from some Superman movies. Here's the first one from the original '78 movie.

  Jor-el (Superman's dad): They can be a great people, Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you... my only son.

  Here's one from Jor-El again, in Man of Steel: You will give the people an ideal to strive towards. They will race behind you, they will stumble, they will fall. But in time, they will join you in the sun. In time, you will help them accomplish wonders.

  You can easily see similarities between this and what Jesus did, leaving an example. Also note the concept that both are 'only sons.'
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  Superman vs Jesus

  by jam in

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  my sister told me yesterday, guess the sunday sermon.

  given at my church, superman.

  the minister was making.

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  That's one. You also have the god/human dual nature of both characters. They both function as a savior of humanity. It's a pretty interesting subject.
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  Superman vs Jesus

  by jam in

  1. watchtower
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  my sister told me yesterday, guess the sunday sermon.

  given at my church, superman.

  the minister was making.

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  The Superman mythos contains tons of callbacks to Jesus. While it's hilarious as to why this preacher put that in the sermon, the comparisions are still there.

  
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  Is there any taboo on certain genre of music in the JW nutshell

  by DilemmaGF in

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  eg.... country music in particular?.

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  Of course. Anything hard rock (and harder) is 100% Satanic.

  Rap/hip-hop is bad because it 'glorifies' violence, sex, drugs

  If you grew up in the 90's going to the meetings, it was the thing that was always hammered on. Conventions, assemblies, always had parts about it. It was the boogey man of the 90's, similar to how college is the boogeyman for kids today.
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  Circuit overseers acting like bigshots

  by d in

  1. watchtower
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  i always felt that circuit overseers always acted as if they were some type of celebrity at the hall.people damn near worshipped these people.

  i always felt like we should worship god and not these people or the governing bodyw while i was still in.. this was probably my process of eventually leaving..

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  Of all the CO's I've had., there were 2 super super nice ones. Our family became pretty close to them. One would come sit-in on our family study and end up taking a nap on the couch, telling my dad, 'you got this.' I ran into him 15 years later at Bethel. He was sick with cancer and getting treatment at a NYC hospital. His wife and he still remembered me after all those years. I am guessing he's dead now.

  The other nice one was just never harsh at all. He was always genuinely encouraging and he didn't spew WTS bullshit when offering 'encouragement.' His wife and he went through a lot of crap before going into the circuit work so I think he had a much more balanced and realistic viewpoint on life. I think that goes a long way. A lot of the newer CO's are guys who went to MTS school at a young age and then after a few years right into the circuit work. They have no idea what real life is like.

  I've only met one CO who was a complete piece of shit asshole. He would constantly push his personal ideas as doctrine. As a kid in the 80's and 90's, my brother and I LOVED Star Wars. Toys, video games, the movies, everything. This CO noticed that and told my dad it was evil. My dad made us get rid of all our stuff. My dad just became an elder so I guess he figured he had to tow the company line. I even asked my dad if he really believed it was evil and demonic or if he was just doing what the CO said. He danced around the question so you know what he really thought. He couldn't admit he just did it because the CO said so. One time his wife was scheduled to go on a study with my mom but she broke the appt. because she had to get her hair done. My mom approached her about breaking the appointment. She replied, "I'm the CO's wife. I can do what I want." I hope they're dead now. Assholes.
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  Looking up scriptures during meetings

  by Stealth in

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  recently i attended a jw funeral after a 12 year fade.

  i did not bring a bible to the talk.

  i found it somewhat odd and distracting to the flow of the talk at how much time was spent by all the jws looking up scriptures in the bible that they have all have read 1,000s of times before.

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  If you want to shock people, just bring a tablet and look up the scriptures on an electronic version. Somehow the bible paper is sacred and it's not the same to use a tablet or computer or whatever.
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  Looooooooooong Prayers...

  by likeabird in

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  let's have a bit of a laugh.. .

  who of you rolled your eyes when brother never ending prayers was called up to give the closing prayer?.

  who of you then proceeded to tap your feet, fidget loudly or start doing balancing acts off the back of the chair in front of you while waiting for it to end?.

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  This is one of the few things the WT gets right. They've always directed brothers to keep prayers at meetings under a minute. It sucks when the brother decides to preach in his prayers. It's so awful.

  The worst place for long prayers is at Bethel. For certain prayers Bethel Elders are used. They few this is a chance to be in the spot light so they come up with the most word-salady prayers you've ever heard. Phrases like 'bless the hands that prepared this food' were commonly used.

  Best short prayer ever was from Brother Barbour. It was fried fish that day. His prayer was literally, "Jehovah we thank you for the food. Amen." It was amazing. He really wanted to eat that fish.