I feel real bad about what some of you have gone through. It just didn't happen to me. It's flat no one's business if you want to have a gathering and play softball or whatever,or have any kind of gathering. You also can't be 'required' to call people, etc. Elders that stick their nose into that kind of deal need to be told off. I'm not saying that no one ever tried that with me but my experience has been that they back off real quick if you tell them to butt out. Just to put a time frame on it, I'm talking about the 60s and 70s as my growing up period. Like i said, most of the time we did that stuff every weekend, and more than one congregation was involved, we'd switch the locations back and forth. We actually got pretty good with the softball, double plays even, people would come and watch,
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Do Kids Hate Being JW`s?
by Englishman inmy kid brother, tom, was born to witness parents.
he was something of a surprise package and my parents were delighted.
my father said that tom was:.
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Do Kids Hate Being JW`s?
by Englishman inmy kid brother, tom, was born to witness parents.
he was something of a surprise package and my parents were delighted.
my father said that tom was:.
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How strange, the congregation I grew up in played softball almost every weekend, and usually fifteen or twenty people played tennis as well. Some of you people must be from Lower Slobovia.
Edited by - Xandit on 12 February 2001 13:48:56
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The Mario Moreno and JR Brown Chronicles
by silentlambs inthe mario moreno and get down j.r. brown chronicles.. how would you like these guys speaking for your church?.
they screw up because they don't call here (the watch tower legal department).
a jan. 2 statement from j.r. brown, director of public affairs for the jehovah's witnesses, said church elders "encourage the wrongdoers to do everything they can to set the matter straight with the authorities.
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Frenchy that was great. I think you should at least send it to the newspaper.
larc you might like a book called "Torch of the Testimony" by Kennedy. It's a history of non-mainstream religions and how they have all started with the intention of emulating 1st Century Christianity and then invariably deviated in a fairly consistent manner. I found it fascinating.
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A modest "Hello, everybody!"
by TheOldHippie inwitnesses.net's and (a couple of years ago) hourglass2's the old hippie modestly says "hello" and enters if not the building then at least the area.
live in europe, am - (i am sorry to say) - a countryman of the unholy trinity consisting of kent, jan h. and norm, and thus well updated with the practises of the observer-thing.
do not support the majority of what they think or do.
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Always liked your posts Hippe, I think you'll like it here.
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD: Jehovah's Will
by obiefernandez incaught this nugget in news of the weird, a united features syndicate by chuck shepard (clipped from creative loafing in atlanta, ga).
god's will.
a 45-year old woman who was killed as she walked onto i-55 near sherman, ill., in october was revealed to have been a member of a jehovah's witnesses breakaway group that believes they should test their faith (much like snake-handlers do) by standing in the middle of traffic.
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I fearlessly predict that this group will not be around long. That will be of obviously be of considerable benefit to the gene pool. Does anyone know how to contact these people? There are a few folks I'd like to send in their direction.
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The Storm has passed?
by ISP ini think our little encounter with 'danielle' has now finished.
i found it fun to start with but it became too much for me.
100+ posts in a day or 2 is akin to an attack on the board.. it also brought cuddily little focus to the board which i suspect would have brought on flame war iii if things had continued.
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Wow, you go away for a couple days and all hell breaks loose. I hope this doesn't continue.
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NEW RELIGION! NEED INPUT!
by TR inthis is sort of a take-off of the "what should the wt do" thread.. i need to get together a board of directors and elect a president and officers.
we need to figure out a doctrine, a manifesto, and a set of disciplinary rules.
we need to figure out a way to fund our new movement.
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I want to be Minister of Discipline and Bachanalia! I've got some really interesting ideas.
Edited by - Xandit on 4 February 2001 21:27:43
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H2O Closing !!
by LeeHiker inposted by rick [rick] on february 02, 2001 at 16:03:02 {llynvmoc0u3m1gkntx/mfmfbt36xyc}:.
dear friends,.
i received word from a friend who has spoken with infonex that all shell accounts at cyberpass including h2o's will be terminated this coming wednesday, february 7, 2001. all information on our site will be wiped clean on that date.
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I have to weigh in as one who hopes most of that bunch doesn't show up here. The thing I like best about this board is that most people doen't take themselves too seriously and you can have a civil discussion, disagreement even, without a lot of rant and polemics. Let them go elsewhere with a couple of exceptions.
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Wasted away !!
by GeneBean inwhy do people waste there time on this web site,jehovahs witness,discussion, if they cant stand jws, anymore ??
maybe just to bring the strong down to there level.
gene.......
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Hey dude, it's their time to waste. Why are you involving yourself in something that has nothing to do with you?
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NWT
by amicus inwhen reading the new world translation i used to sometimes think, who translated this gobbledygook?..
i just read another passage where the nwt manages to slaughter the english language.. acts 21:30 .
nwt ...., and a running together of the people occurred:.... kjv ..., and the people ran together:.... niv ..., and the people came running from all directions.. this is an excerpt from the foreword of the nwt; it is a very responsible thing to translate the holy scriptures........into modern speech.
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Anyone familiar withe The Original Bible Project? I've got the first section and it looks pretty good.