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  Are Beards becoming more acceptable due to decline in membership?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  2. beliefs

  i noticed a young brother with a beard being given more privelages within our hall.

  when he first grew his beard, he lost his privelages.

  but more and more recently he has been helping out a lot more.. the cobe is old school and a stickler for rules, but with the hall becoming more empty these days, and the need for young brothers, he seems to have relaxed on this particular watchtower/man made rule.

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  Apparently in some congs in the UK there are a lot of Polish immigrant JWs and their JW culture doesn't permit the beard. They then force this on to their native brothers and sisters claiming to be offended if a Brit was allowed on a platform with a beard.

  If I was still in the UK and that happened to me, I would direct them to the nearest airport and tell them they'd be best off in their own country instead of having the gall to force their culture on the locals.

  The very fact that someone gets shocked by a beard and then has the audacity (not that great freeware music software) to claim to know your "weak spiritual attitude" and determine your right to be a good Christian based on having a beard is beyond me!
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  2018 Memorial and Special Talk Speculation

  by SplaneThisToMe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so we all know that the special talk titled "who really is jesus christ?

  " will be given before the memorial next year which is very new.

  also new this year is that the special talk will be prerecorded and given by a branch committee member rather than a brother from the local congregation.

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  AverageJoe1

  Thanks MrRoboto. Now I can't get his stupid voice out of my head! Nooooooooo....
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  Angry the BBC covered J.W. child abuse on the national TV news at 1pm but not 6pm or 10pm

  by Isambard Crater in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  did the j.w lawyers gag the bbc or something?

  not even newsnight covered it.

  it was given 3 minutes every hour on the 24-hour bbc news channel though i guess..

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  Here's the link from yesterday's News At One but it expires today at 1pm (UK time) so you'll need to be quick Stan!

  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09fx5zr/bbc-news-at-one-20112017
  
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  Angry the BBC covered J.W. child abuse on the national TV news at 1pm but not 6pm or 10pm

  by Isambard Crater in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  did the j.w lawyers gag the bbc or something?

  not even newsnight covered it.

  it was given 3 minutes every hour on the 24-hour bbc news channel though i guess..

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  AverageJoe1

  Have you checked on iPlayer Stan? Maybe your local BBC News has it as well on there.
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  Angry the BBC covered J.W. child abuse on the national TV news at 1pm but not 6pm or 10pm

  by Isambard Crater in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  did the j.w lawyers gag the bbc or something?

  not even newsnight covered it.

  it was given 3 minutes every hour on the 24-hour bbc news channel though i guess..

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  AverageJoe1

  @stan

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42025255
  
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  Hellaby UK circuit A$$emb£y this Sunday

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my spies tell me that the attendance for hellaby this last sunday was only 600.. that's all i know.

  i imagine some on here have perhaps some more insights into why.

  however, it seems rather low, don't you think?.

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  @jookbeard

  In 1984. We were assigned to that assembly hall and helped build it back in the days when it was fun and you could have stickers and stupid stuff on your hard hats!
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  Theists, why does God allow suffering..

  by The Quiet One in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ..specifically, the suffering of animals.

  you can talk about free will/sin/people choosing to not listen to god etc to explain human suffering being allowed.. but how can you love a god that allows animals, that haven't sinned or chosen to not have anything to do with god, to have their short lives ended in often long, drawn out, painful ways.

  i could list stories i've read that would probably make you feel ill, but i'm not looking to shock anyone or start an emotional debate.

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  @Prologos

  ”That’s right fool. Now I’m a FLYING talking donkey!”

  
  
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  NFL player quits career to become an idiot

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  2. friends

  http://www.jwleather.com/news/jason-worilds-quits-nfl-to-knock-on-doors-as-a-jehovahs-witness.

  jason worilds quits nfl to knock on doors as a jehovahs witness.. 3/19/2015.

  120 comments.

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  He’s not an idiot, just hoodwinked. Just because people don’t share your views doesn’t give you the right to insult them.
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  Question about dfed relatives

  by awake!watcher in

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  does anyone know if there is a wt reference that says associating with a dfed relative is a conscience matter?

  i am asking because someone is trying to cause trouble and i was hoping there was an article i could point to to shut them up..

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  AverageJoe1

  Yes and it’s one I use frequently to debate with PIMIs. If it is in a Watchtower then this is to be taken as Gospel (heavy sarcasm here)!

  w74 8/1 pp. 466-473 Maintaining a Balanced Viewpoint

  Toward Disfellowshipped Ones

  Par. 5: Congregational elders, as well as individual members of a congregation, therefore, ought to guard against developing an attitude approaching that which some Jewish rabbinical writers fomented toward Gentiles in viewing them as virtual enemies.

  Par. 17: Since blood and marital relationships are not dissolved by a congregational disfellowshipping action, the situation within the family circle requires special consideration.

  Par. 18: Family members can carry out these Scriptural obligations and yet not show themselves out of harmony with a congregational action disfellowshipping one of the family circle. This they do by not spiritually fellowshipping with such a one.

  Par. 21: As to disfellowshipped family members (not minor sons or daughters) living outside the home, each family must decide to what extent they will have association with such ones. This is not something that the congregational elders can decide for them. What the elders are concerned with is that “leaven” is not reintroduced into the congregation through spiritual fellowshipping with those who had to be removed as such “leaven.” Thus, if a disfellowshipped parent goes to visit a son or daughter or to see grandchildren and is allowed to enter the Christian home, this is not the concern of the elders. Such a one has a natural right to visit his blood relatives and his offspring. Similarly, when sons or daughters render honour to a parent, though disfellowshipped, by calling to see how such a one’s physical health is or what needs he or she may have, this act in itself is not a spiritual fellowshipping.
  
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  Picture in latest Watchtower . . . What is it?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in this picture from the latest watchtower, what in the world is the guy watching on the left side of the picture??

  it looks like a female vampire holding a lightsaber.

  am i missing something?.

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  @Sparrowdown

  "Shaun of the Dead" right? I preferred "Hot Fuzz" :)