I have just had a sister for lunch and we discussed the increase in emblem partakers last year to an astonishing 12,600. She said "anyone" could just walk in off the street and take the emblems and thats probaly why the numbers have increased so dramatically,but surely elders are only obliged to report the number of" baptised" brothers or sisters taking the emblems?
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What is the qualification for emblem partakers ?
by franticfran ini have just had a sister for lunch and we discussed the increase in emblem partakers last year to an astonishing 12,600. she said "anyone" could just walk in off the street and take the emblems and thats probaly why the numbers have increased so dramatically,but surely elders are only obliged to report the number of" baptised" brothers or sisters taking the emblems?.
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Margaret Thatcher has Died
by cantleave inwhether loved or hated her, you couldn't ignore her.. http://news.sky.com/story/1075292/margaret-thatcher-dies-after-stroke.
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franticfran
Oh my goodness I dont believe I just said that!!! sorry everybody! I meant she was a strong woman.
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Margaret Thatcher has Died
by cantleave inwhether loved or hated her, you couldn't ignore her.. http://news.sky.com/story/1075292/margaret-thatcher-dies-after-stroke.
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franticfran
I liked her, she could strap a pair on when she had to!
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The CO 'encourages' Julia to meet with THREE elders- the latest episode in the best-selling drama, The Fade of Julia Orwell.
by Julia Orwell init was yesterday morning and hubby and i were having a huge sleep in.
it was just after ten, and with me being a bit flu-ey i was quite capable of staying in bed longer.
hubby was feeling it too, and we were pleasantly drifting in and out to the sounds of birds.. then suddenly, cloomp, cloomp, cloomp up the front stairs, then "rap-rap-rap" on the front screen door, that rapid-fire, strong knock of the practiced door-knocker.
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"I am realy sorry thats how YOU perceived it" see how they turn the whole thing back on you! It couldnt posssibly be tham at fault! Makes me so angry. No No the problem does not lie with you Julia,the problem lies with them. You know if I realy cared about someone,there is no way I would make them feel worse,I would have said "No No its all down to me" Oh dont get me started.
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Differences Between JWs in the US and Europe
by BU2B inthere are many cultural differences between the general population of the us and europe, what about jws?
i have heard about such things as beards being allowed, movies that a jw cant watch in the us or would be frowned upon watching being ok, same with tv shows, and even the way they dress in public.
seems more laid back over there if this is true.. any truth to this?
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franticfran
In the congregation we were in here in Scotland the elders were like chief inquisitors,what they said went,or you did! unless of course it was their friends or family in which case they were always a special case. Our son went to university and was immediately removed from the sound desk and they never stopped nagging the poor lad about "higher education" etc,it was a very uncomfortable time. Thank goodness were away from those hypocritical petty dictators. Free at last
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Hello
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franticfran
Welcome Apocryphal, you a have found a safe place to talk things through,people here just listen and are non judgemental,some who have been where you are offer their experiences to help you, but nobody ever makes you feel bad about yourself, so feel free for probably for the first time in your life, to say what you see. You will be fine realy you will.
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New light Watchtower magazine leaked from organization weeks ahead of general release
by cedars inhttp://jwsurvey.org/governing-body-2/new-light-watchtower-magazine-leaked-from-organization-weeks-ahead-of-general-release.
if doctrinal explanations are missing from the article, it is because they are also missing from the magazine.. i would like to give my thanks again to my source for supplying me with the magazine article weeks ahead of its scheduled release.
it showed remarkable courage, because risks were taken.
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franticfran
Cheers cedars,terrific article I have just "leaked it" to the sister who brings me my magazines,I bet she ignores it!!
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So...What Are YOU Doing Tonight?
by minimus ini think i'll go to my favorite`watering hole and help "celebrate" tonight's festivities.. what are you doing this evening?.
anyone going to the "lord's evening meal"?.
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franticfran
There is growing tension in our house,because my husband wants to go,or at least he says he is sorry he is not going but feels he cant go to our old KH I have suggested if he realy wants to he should go to another one,then I get the question, "do you want to go?" No I reply, not even if it was in the shed at the bottom of the garden. I have wasted enough of my life with this organisation!! No regrets either. Roll on tomorrow!!
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FOUR FREEMASONS receive honorable mention in today's WT Study...
by Calebs Airplane inthat's right... 4 freemasons are quoted with honorable mention in today's wt rag study... anyways, these are:.
paragraph 1: john greenleaf whittier (1807-1892) - freemason and quaker poet who wrote "masonic voice review".
there is even a freemason affiliated lodge in massachusetts named after him... the john greenleaf whittier order of demolay which is part of the "freemasons of the eastern star"... paragraph 4: albert barnes (1798-1870) - freemason and presbyterian who was directly involved in the gnostic liberation front which, among other false teachings, attempted to dissuade their members into believing that lucifer is not satan.
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franticfran
Selective memories,ever convenient.
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31 things each and every Jehovah's Witness NEEDS TO KNOW right now!!
by Terry inthings for jehovah's witnesses to think hard about.. .
1.you cannot change what you refuse to confront.. look at how you are feeling most of the time.
that sense of going nowhere and feeling down is not because you aren't spritual enough.
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franticfran
Point 12 resonates with us. 35 years with a large "family" how many now "0" Thank God I get to choose my friends now !!!