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  Explain Your Avatar

  by new boy in

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  i know this thread has been done before.

  however maybe some of the new comers might like to know.. my avatar is the cover of my first novel "your crazy life.

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  Alligator Wisdom

  Bansky's "Rage, Flower Thrower". Seemingly under the guise and posture of a violent act of protesting, but with the message of waging peace.
  
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  Role Call!

  by new boy in

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  how many here have been active here on this site in the the last seven days?.

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  Alligator Wisdom

  *raises hand*

  Discovered this site at its infancy and officially registered over 16 years ago. Don't post much, but more of an avid lurker.

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  Japanese JW woman "volunteer missionary" murdered in Guatemala

  by Alligator Wisdom in

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  saw this in the headline news in japan as a jw sister "need-greater" in guatemala was murdered and her partner stabbed, but survived.

  the news agency nhk on tv was quick to note a statement from the japan branch that these two women were volunteers and were doing their "bible education" work on their own dime.. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/national/crime-legal/one-japanese-woman-killed-another-injured-guatemala/#.w-gzporrd9a.

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  Alligator Wisdom

  Saw this in the headline news in Japan as a JW sister "need-greater" in Guatemala was murdered and her partner stabbed, but survived. The news agency NHK on TV was quick to note a statement from the Japan Branch that these two women were volunteers and were doing their "Bible education" work on their own dime.

  https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/national/crime-legal/one-japanese-woman-killed-another-injured-guatemala/#.W-GZpORRd9A
  
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  Posters You Miss

  by minimus in

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  anyone that you miss from this site, dead or alive??.

  i miss farkel, blondie and a host of others!.

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  Alligator Wisdom

  Gary Buss

  Onacruise

  AuldSoul

  Dogpatch
  
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  Roll Call for the benefit of Newbies and Lurkers. In One Sentence tell why you left the Org.

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  roll call for the benefit of newbies and lurkers.

  in one sentence tell why you left the org.

  not 2 sentences.

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  Alligator Wisdom

  The Watchtower makes Politics, Policy, Protocol and Procedure a high Priority rather than the basic tenets of Christianity.

  Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)
  
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  suicide

  by zeb in

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  who among us has known a jw who has committed suicide.

  i believe this as a separate subject has not been covered..

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  Two.

  Both were wives of elders.
  
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  Today's text caused a fight between myself and my "Still In" wife.

  by NikL in

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  she insisted on reading it to me and i just couldn't keep my freaking mouth shut.. see if you can tell why.... sunday, february 18.

  they would go where the spirit inclined them to go.​—ezek.

  jesus has appointed the ‘faithful slave’ to be the only channel for dispensing spiritual food.

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  Alligator Wisdom

  Celestial chariot = Ezekiel's UFO encounter
  
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  How Many Elders And Ministerial Servants Are There In Your Congregation?

  by Village Idiot in

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  i'm curious to see how much manpower a little congregation - a hundred?

  - requires to keep it running.

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  Local foreign language congregation : 50 publishers / 9 elders / 2 MS

  Local congregation : 100 publishers / 3 elders / 2 MS

  Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)
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  Names of GB's wives?

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  does anyone know the names of the gb members wives?

  where could i find them?

  just curious!.

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  Alligator Wisdom

  I've met Susan Lett and Gloria Herd during my "zealous years" decades ago. This was before their husbands became GB members. Steven Lett was my Circuit Overseer and Samuel Herd was my District Overseer in southern California.

  Alligator Wisdom (aka Brother NOT Exerting Vigorously)
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  Use of first names at the KH

  by Sour Grapes in

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  have you ever noticed that know one uses first names at the kh?

  it is how are you brother jones?

  how are you sister smith?

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  Alligator Wisdom

  Whoa! A very significant topic for me ~

  I would call the members of the congregation Brother/Sister "First Name" (e.g. Brother Jason, Sister Karen...etc) when I conducted question and answer parts at the meeting. Some of the members of the congregation came up to me and told be that they liked to be called in such a way and that it felt warm and family-like.

  Well, one elder in particular (former Bethelite and missionary) couldn't contain himself and would have none of that. He call me in the back and counseled me with the same Watchtower article as Blondie quoted above. He even accused me that I didn't love Christ's brothers because I wouldn't follow their directions.

  I had him read Hebrews 13:23 and told him that was my Scriptural basis for using the first name after saying "brother/sister".

  He grimaced and sat there silently. He never liked me again.

  This form of legalism was the start for me to fade and leave the WT.