Posts by AverageJoe1

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Facial hair and Witnesses

by Jules Saturn in

i never understood why the society was against beards or goatees but completely okay with mustaches.

what's the difference?

facial hair is facial hair, whether it's above your lip or around your cheeks or under your chin.

AverageJoe1

I saw some pics on JWFacts of old pictures the Society had placed in their publications of Jesus with no facial hair-at all. Couldn't believe it. Forgot what time period this was. Might've been the '20s or something

@Jules No, if you look at the "Paradise Lost" book from the 50s (1958) that's the culprit. Lot's of pictures of Jesus and other first century men without beards, even ADAM!!!! Well at least they got Eve right!

As to who they are and the page numbers, in order shown:

Abel (page 36)
Cain (page 37)
Adam (page 21)
Paradise (page 198)
Jesus (page 141)

PS. Do you think the "evildoer" on the right has a mullet?!

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Looking for the entire 1954 Watchtower Bound Volume IN SPANISH

by ILoveTTATT2 in

jw
friends

hi everyone,.

for an incredible amount of topics (vaccinations, worship of jesus, among others), the 1954 bound volume of the watchtower in spanish would be incredibly valuable to me.. does anyone have a scan of it or could send/sell it to me?.

please let me know.. thanks!.

AverageJoe1

I've asked around but nobody seems to have copies of ANY bound volume from the 50s in Spanish. Sorry. I will keep looking though.

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August 31, 2017 BOE Re: Procedure for Handling Certain Cases of Wrongdoing

by wifibandit in

august 31, 2017 to all bodies of elders re: procedure for handling certain cases of wrongdoing.

AverageJoe1

Two sets of measures to judge by; something that God HATES by the way, according to the Bible.

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2018 Circuit Assemblies Talk Outlines

by wifibandit in

http://avoidjw.org/en/publications/2018-circuit-assemblies/.

AverageJoe1

Found them!

https://extj.co/foro/showthread.php?tid=641

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2018 Circuit Assemblies Talk Outlines

by wifibandit in

http://avoidjw.org/en/publications/2018-circuit-assemblies/.

AverageJoe1

Have the Spanish outlines for these assemblies been leaked yet?

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Last nights CLAM meeting

by dbq407 in

so hadn't been to a clam meeting in quite a few months, but went last night.

so we learned that gog of magog is not satan as previously believed.

they used a few scriptures that made it clear that it couldn't be satan and that it would be a coalition of nations.

AverageJoe1

Annon: where are the older ones?

Do you mean those millions who would never die?! They were all round at Kevin's house having a party, patting themselves on the back that they'd managed to herd their troublesome JW neighbours into a local basement and convince them the Great Trib was upon them!

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Last nights CLAM meeting

by dbq407 in

so hadn't been to a clam meeting in quite a few months, but went last night.

so we learned that gog of magog is not satan as previously believed.

they used a few scriptures that made it clear that it couldn't be satan and that it would be a coalition of nations.

AverageJoe1

tijkmo: what's a 'clam' meeting

Cult Lessons for Anxious Minions

Actually it's Christian Life And Ministry but I prefer my version!

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Some Things Just Dont Add Up, How Did We Miss This???

by pale.emperor in

some things i just didnt notice at the time which now seem so obvious:.

the bible tells us that the end will come like a thief in the night, when we least expect it.

(matthew 24:44).

AverageJoe1

Excellent points! Thanks. When you take off the Watchtower Goggles, all becomes clear!

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What would happen to a JW who respectfully refused to fill out a no blood DPA?

by Island Man in

i know you'll be involuntarily disassociated if you unrepentantly accepted a blood transfusion; and i know you'll be disfellowshipped for apostasy if you openly disagreed with watchtower teaching.

what if you have done none of the above but simply respectfully refused to fill out the dpa without giving any reason for your refusal - so they can't accuse you of openly disagreeing with the no-blood doctrine and df you for apostasy.

they don't know why you're refusing and you're not giving them the reason - and you're being very respectful.. what can they do?.

AverageJoe1

In Spain they don't unless they signed yours as a witness. Secretaries certainly don't have a copy on file. That would be against your data protection rights so you'd have to sign something to allow them to do so.

The thing here now is a personal "living will" which you fill out and take to the relevant authority in the county.

There are publishers here who still have the old Publisher card, that stopped being used back in the 90s!

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RC 2017

by wifibandit in

due to last years success, i will post everything related to the 2017 regional convention in this thread.. to start us off.... thanks to exjw reddit user ich3b we have advance notice of the theme (this is not a joke!).

the theme for the 2017 regional convention is: "don’t give up!” .

as always, if you have access to confidential materials you would like to leak but need to protect your identity, pm me or email me: wifibandit1 (at) gmail.

AverageJoe1

Swinging Safari: that's the one I was thinking about. Thanks everyone!