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  DC Follies: Will SOMEBODY please come to Atlanta? Anybody? Pretty please? Don't make us beg!

  by sir82 in

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  "a friend of a friend" applied to go to an international convention this year.. they have not heard anything about whether they were accepted or not.. but recently, they received this e-mail:.

  brother xxxxx:.

  according to our records, you applied and were approved by your body of elders to be a delegate to international conventions outside of the united states, but were not selected.

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  I noticed that too Piztjw, "we rejected you the first time, but here is an invite to be rejected again!" Lol

  Maybe the nu-lite this summer will be a name change? Perhaps Pavlov's Witnesses?
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  DC Follies: Will SOMEBODY please come to Atlanta? Anybody? Pretty please? Don't make us beg!

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "a friend of a friend" applied to go to an international convention this year.. they have not heard anything about whether they were accepted or not.. but recently, they received this e-mail:.

  brother xxxxx:.

  according to our records, you applied and were approved by your body of elders to be a delegate to international conventions outside of the united states, but were not selected.

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  It does seem a bit ambiguous, maybe they are trying to say no handicapped people without actually saying it.

  Exactly! This is a direct quote from the BOE letter dated 31 July 2014:

  For those wishing to apply for one of the 2014/2015 international conventions.....All aplicants should be in good health and not in need of the assistance of someone else nor be dependent on a wheelchair, and oxygen supply, or similar health-realted devices.

  While that letter may have been written about foriegn land conventions it was stressed at the KH I show up at that no one in poorer health would be considered. So yes, it is the WT$ policy, and yes it is in print.
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  2014 DC Release (Unofficial Rumors)

  by WatchTower87 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  mi first prophecy:.

  friday afternoon: 4:20 teach your children to love gods kingdom!

  new book/brochure for children based on the articles "teach your children" (appeared in watchtower public edition).

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  Perhaps a new update of the Organization book? Naw, that would have to be at the new, special, one day assembly...the annual meeting. That way only "special" baptized, approved ones get one. The last update was handed out after a Sunday meeting years ago. I was travelling at the time (yeah I know JW's aren't supposed to ever travel) and the presiding oversneer in that town (he's in central Arizona. so watch your backs) told me if I had really wanted to get one I would have cancelled my travel plans. I didn't get one for nearly six months, and then only because a friend snuck it to me.
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  Why the GB can't be there at your CO visit

  by bruh2012 in

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  co this week said in his intro talk that the gb would love to be here, but they can't because they are busy running/overseeing over 110,000 congregations, so he is there to represent them.. gee i was wondering why we had to settle for less..

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  Can you tell us who that CO is?

  Sounds like the one that is in Bakersfield, CA.
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  DC Follies: Will SOMEBODY please come to Atlanta? Anybody? Pretty please? Don't make us beg!

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "a friend of a friend" applied to go to an international convention this year.. they have not heard anything about whether they were accepted or not.. but recently, they received this e-mail:.

  brother xxxxx:.

  according to our records, you applied and were approved by your body of elders to be a delegate to international conventions outside of the united states, but were not selected.

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  Let me get this straight....First you get invited. Then if you should be giddy enough to accept the invitation....you MIGHT BE selected by the WT$?

  I wonder what one of those bone-heads would think that was a good way for them to be invited to someones home for a meal? Brother Pious, I wish to invite you to my home for a meal. And if you say yes I will perhaps select you to come over. Am I seeing a level of goofiness that isn't there?
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  Observations About Today's WT Study

  by piztjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i made the following observations about today's wt study:.

  5 jesus inspected, refined, and cleansed his followers between 1914-1919. so if they were cleansed why were they still celebrating christmas and birthdays, something they now claim to be unclean?.

  6 jesus then appointed a "faithful and discreet: slave.

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  @The Searcher

  I noticed that too. The way it is written though gives them wiggle room to make the claim that what was written bothe then and now is true. Technically it may be. However, the deception enters in when they forget to mention the totallity of their claims about 1874 and 1914, and the way what they write is phrased. It is kind of like if someone were to accuse me of taking issue with some of what the WT$ orders are presently. I could say, "I do?" or "I do." Same exact words, but they WAY they are said changes the meaning entirely to fit WHAT point I am making at the time.
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  Idiotic Statement in Today's Public Talk

  by piztjw in

  1. watchtower
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  "some though say, 'but you need to be balanced.

  you need to work, pay bills, provide for your family and so forth.

  ' but think about a bicycle.

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  DAMMIT Outlaw, I need to clean my PC monitor now! There's "coffee" all over it!
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  Interesting fact in the NNWT

  by piztjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was perusing the index of bible words in the back of the nnwt and found it interesting that the name jesus has only one scripture listed.

  the title christ has five.

  the name satan has twelve.

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  I was perusing the index of Bible words in the back of the NNWT and found it interesting that the name Jesus has only one scripture listed. The title Christ has five. The name Satan has twelve. And the title devil has eleven.

  Even the term "menstrual" has more listings than the name Jesus.

  Seems to me like Jesus and Christ would have been referred to more times than Satan and devil or even menstruation by writers claiming to be Christian!
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  Observations About Today's WT Study

  by piztjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i made the following observations about today's wt study:.

  5 jesus inspected, refined, and cleansed his followers between 1914-1919. so if they were cleansed why were they still celebrating christmas and birthdays, something they now claim to be unclean?.

  6 jesus then appointed a "faithful and discreet: slave.

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  piztjw

  I made the following observations about today's WT study:

  Par. 5 Jesus inspected, refined, and cleansed his followers between 1914-1919. So IF they were cleansed why were they still celebrating Christmas and birthdays, something they now claim to be unclean?

  Par. 6 Jesus then appointed a "faithful and discreet: slave. Only thing was THEY didn't know it. The wholesome spiritual food changed every few years. What was wholesome became "poisonous" and what was bad food suddenly was good for you. Since 1919 a small group of annointed brothers carried out the responsibility..." Not true! It has only been since the Big Eight in New York decided they were the only ones to be worthy of being the FDS. Prior to that it was the entire group of remaining annointed ones who made up the composite "slave". I wonder how many JW's actually caught THAT provable flip-flop?

  Par. 11 Footnote:December 1, 2998 WT examples of legal victories in various countries. This was to prove that Jesus disciples have protection in their ministry. But what about the legal setbacks and failures. No mention of the other side of the coin! Using only selected, mined, "facts" can prove nearly any subject under the sun.

  Par 13. Consider what the Messianic King has accomplished during the FIRST 100 years of his reign. Using WT "logic" the term FIRST 100 years implies there will EVIDENTLY be a SECOND or THIRD hundred years prior to the Big A.

  Par 14 The time for this to happen is very near. It's just around the corner. The only thing is that there is no corner. Just one big circle!

  Just a few of the things I noticed before I had enough and walked out.
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  Idiotic Statement in Today's Public Talk

  by piztjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "some though say, 'but you need to be balanced.

  you need to work, pay bills, provide for your family and so forth.

  ' but think about a bicycle.

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  So this morning the oh-so-typical Ministerial Training School graduate punk eldurr gave a talk about the evangelizing spirit.

  As I was listeneing to him drone on and on about "preach more" blah blah blah blah, "do more ministry" blah blah blah blah, "pioneer" blah blah blah blah, "move where the need is greater" blah blah blah blah, "simplify your lives" blah blah blah blah, I suddenly tuned in when he said,

  "Some though say, 'But you need to be balanced. You need to work, pay bills, provide for your family and so forth.' But think about a bicycle. You can't maintain balance on a bicycle unless you are pedaling hard and moving forward fast! If you slow down even a little, or try to turn you will lose your balance and fall down! So too you must DO MORE, PREACH HARDER, AND FASTER if you want to be balanced. If you don't, just like riding a bicycle, you WILL LOSE BALANCE AND FALL DOWN!"

  Damn. Here I thought that listening to the Bible's advice to "provide for ones own", "let him that does not work, not eat", was good advice. EVIDENTLY not according to the WT$.