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  Chess ban is still a current teaching

  by zound in

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  goatshapeddemons mention of chess being banned by jw's at one time was a new one to me.

  it got me thinking.

  they never corrected that did they?

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  Yup. Around here everyone is reallllllllly into college and pro football.
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  Chess ban is still a current teaching

  by zound in

  1. watchtower
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  goatshapeddemons mention of chess being banned by jw's at one time was a new one to me.

  it got me thinking.

  they never corrected that did they?

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  Oh man back when we studied the Keep Yourself In God's Love book, there's a section where it basically says don't watch violent sports. The conductor, a huge college football fan, asks after reading the lines, "What sport does this sound like?" Someone said football. He quickly replied, "What about hockey?"
  
  This was hilarious because it was clearly talking about football. It's amazing how elders (and anyone really) can give themselves a free pass while judging what others like or do.
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  WTS admits U.S. pubs. # not keeping up w/U.S. population #

  by Gayle in

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  in the worldwide service reports show:.

  2010 pubs were 1/259 population.

  so there it shows pubs "not" keeping up with population!

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  The only growth for JWs at all is in the third world. For first world countries, the only growth is in foreign language groups and communities.
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  Couple other interesting DC tidbits...

  by goatshapeddemon in

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  1) they're going to stop producing the wt publications index "because its hard to maintain and translate".

  so they're going to create a digital-only research tool on jw.org .

  it's like, how convenient and smart.

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  They actually are going to continute making the index but they'll have an online one too.

  As for the food thing, this is nothing new. When they negotiate deals for convention facilities, WT gets a lower rate by not using the concession stands and workers. In many facilities the food is operated by a separate company. For example in many sports facilities Aramark is the one commonly used. By not having to use them, the facility costs less. However, the facility owners don't want people (for any event) to get food from anywhere else like an outside restaurant so they have to buy there. To appease the owners, WT promises that the JWs won't go out for food but bring their own lunches. When JWs go out for lunch they're breaking the agreement.

  Is it dumb? Yes. I'm just posting the reasoning. Personally, I wouldn't mind having a fresh hot pretzel or some nachos from the concession stand on my lunch break :)
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  Gerrit Loesch was at our DC today!

  by goatshapeddemon in

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  so, unexpectedly, the final talk was announced today and to my surprise and evil glee, they announced gerrit loesch as the speaker!

  first off, at the beginning of his talk, he interrupted himself in the middle of his sentence to scold the microphone brother to lower my mike it's right in my face.. anyway, it was the talk on inspired truth, vs. inspired falsehoods.

  he went through 6 expressions inspired by the demons.

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  This is weird. There's a thread here for audio of the convention talks. I just listened to the recording of this talk and the six points are different. Was this talk not a manuscript talk? Most of them are now.
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  Gerrit Loesch was at our DC today!

  by goatshapeddemon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, unexpectedly, the final talk was announced today and to my surprise and evil glee, they announced gerrit loesch as the speaker!

  first off, at the beginning of his talk, he interrupted himself in the middle of his sentence to scold the microphone brother to lower my mike it's right in my face.. anyway, it was the talk on inspired truth, vs. inspired falsehoods.

  he went through 6 expressions inspired by the demons.

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  We need audio of this talk ASAP. That's a huge bold statement to make and we need to hear it.
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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.'