Posts by minimus

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Sydlik's Prayer and Sunday's NYC Convention

by Mister Biggs in

for saturday's coverage, click here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=31702&site=3.

sunday:.

walk to bus (10 blocks or so).

minimus

Those that like to pray in front of a captive audience for such a long time obviously love to hear themselves speak.Sydlik and others like him should remember the Society's own counsel about long public prayers....not to do it, unless of course you are GB.

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Wedding ceremonies outside the kingdom hall

by Stealth in

jw
friends

i was talking with my sister jw this past week and she told me that in her congregation they now have a new rule that for a ms or elder to perform a marriage outside of the kingdom hall, like in someones private home or in a park it now requires the approval of the entire elder body.

i can remember many marriages that were not allowed in the kh, yet you could always find an elder or ms who was related or easy going enough that would agree to perform the marriage out side of the kh.

this was the case in my marriage since my soon to be spouse was not yet baptized they would not do it at the kh, so my bil ms performed the wedding at a local hotel.

minimus

Any marriages performed must have the o.k. of the body of elders.

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Witnesses Not Budging on 1914

by stevieb1 in

jw
friends

just attended the sunday of the zealous kingdom proclaimers district convention in manchester, england and during the final talk we had an update on the world situation as it relates to jehovah's witnesses.

the speaker was peter ellis, a member of the london bethel branch committee.. he stated that many had been waiting for armageddon for some years and some have become disappointed that it hasn't yet arrived, and that newer jw's did not seem to have the same degree of faith as some of the old-timers in the faith, hence this was of serious concern.

then he said something along the lines of 1914 being set in stone and that the organization was not going to get any new light on this key doctrine, hence we can be sure that armageddon is very near.. interesting don't you think?

minimus

coondawg, you are right about the higher education talk. I had it and the circuit overseer actually changed the whole tenor of the talk to make it look unlike what the wt. had previously stated. I remember wondering why this was being done and thinking that perhaps he was "running ahead". He explained that many did not get the real import of the wt. article and that is the reason the society wanted this talk to be given.

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CAN A CHRISTIAN BELONG TO A NUDIST RESORT?

by minimus in

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the may 15, 1962 wt.

states:"therefore no dedicated christian minister can remain in good standing in the new world society of jehovah's witnesses and at the same time be a member of a nudist colony or frequent nudist camps" so if you had to make a choice,what would you do?.

minimus

hmmm....you learn something new each day

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Who knows the names?

by Bang in

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friends

can everyone tell me the names that the wtbts calls people by?

and particularly anything that is meant to de-scribe others as condemned, such as spiritual fornicators and birdseed.

bang edited by - bang on 8 july 2002 4:36:29.

minimus

BASTARDS

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Some things that annoy me about the WTS

by Leander in

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friends

i'm still currently a jw myself and i'm serving as a minsterial servant in a limited capacity.

(a few weeks ago i was vocal about the doubts i've had and the elders made the decision to allow me to stay on as a ms but without giving talks) .

1. recently as in the last few years i've been paying more attention to the various members in the congregation and i've observed some interesting things.

minimus

Leander, I have saved this since you originally posted it.I have had most of the same questions.Your newest ones are very interesting.

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How many did YOU recruit?

by In_between_days in

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friends

just a quick question, and one that seems to take jehovahs witnesses back a little, an extremely good question to ask a pioneer.

"so, with all your hours of service, how many people have you actually brought into the jehovahs witness organisation?".

um.... genuinely, 100% of my old jw freinds have all been raised in the organisation.

minimus

unfortunately, about 10

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Question for JWs: What `Study Aid' is the Best?

by Room 215 in

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friends

calling all jw lurkers:.

after the bible (i assume you all agree that it's a christian's single most important souce of information), what's the next most important publication?

how many of you agree that it's a concordance?

minimus

Ozziepost, You are probably right that witnesses hold the greatest man with such high regard. That's why they all complained about it when it had to be studied again. Now I bet they wish they were studying it again instead of Isaiah.

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