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  At the annual meeting right now . . .

  by neat blue dog in

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  i'm at the recorded meeting right now.

  trying to hide my disgust sitting up front listening to geoffrey jackson quibble about the pharisaical minutai of sanctification vs. vindication.

  the audience is thrilled that they now have 'permission' to say god's name can be vindicated.

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  JustMe2

  pale.emperor:

  Years and years ago, we would say that God's name would be vindicated. Then we were taught that, no, we shouldn't say that. Instead, God's name would be sanctified and his sovereignty vindicated.
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  You're welcome ...

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  i figured i'd shut the site down for a couple of hours to encourage everyone to do their xmas shopping.

  the error message was a subtle hint, that's what "500 error" means ... go shopping.. whatever rumours you hear, it definitely wasn't that someone deployed a quick update before going on a 1.5 hour car ride to pick someone up and didn't think that the page they tested, to check it was all working after the update, happened to be cached.

  no siree bob, not that, na hah.. anyway, you're welcome for the extra chance to, erm, shop..

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  You're so thoughtful!
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  Living with Your Parents Well Into Adulthood the Norm?

  by Sorry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i don't want to seem like a jerk.

  i know full well economic times are not the greatest.

  there's no shame in struggling and staying with your family until you're back on your feet.

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  I think it was an assembly talk years ago that specifically discouraged single Witnesses from moving out of the family home unless they were doing it for spiritual reasons, for example moving where the need was greater. And, IF I remember correctly, they may have been encouraged to share a place with someone who would be spiritually upbuilding rather than living alone. Does anyone remember anything similar being brought out?
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  Sunday's WT...funny, but sad for Dubs...

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  despite my often smart-ass exterior, i really don't have any desire to see the r&f dubs suffering.

  i really do worry about the mental and emotional turmoil that they will experience, if and when the wtbts is truly exposed as a scam.

  i know it seems unlikely to happen, but you never know..... anyway, the wt for the week was cringe-worthy to say the least.

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  I haven't read the actual paragraph, but it sounds to me as if the illustration of the ball on the table was not meant to prove that the earth hangs upon nothing but instead is trying to show "how difficult it would be to convince someone that the Earth 'hangs upon nothing'", thus making it seem unlikely that ancient people would have figured it out on their own.
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  JW.org Caption Competition

  by pale.emperor in

  1. social
  2. humour

  your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to go onto jw.org.

  take one of their pics from any publication and add your own speech bubbles or caption.. here's mine.

  picture taken from the watchtower feb 2017.. .

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  JustMe2

  pale.emperor,

  I'm afraid I can't read your post's captions on my phone. Could you possibly use a different font? Or could someone copy what they say? Thanks!
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  The Anointed Class: Do They Have Spirits?

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i realize that the anointed class inherits heaven while the great crowd inherits a renewed planet earth, but how and when are the anointed chosen?

  are these people born with spirits or do they grow them as they live?

  when they die, they don't sleep but go right to heaven, right?

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  The Society teaches that when the anointed die, they are resurrected as spirit creatures. (They teach that the spirit that all people have is the breath of life, which is impersonal.)
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  Whats changed since you were baptized????

  by karter in

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  2. experiences

  i was baptized in 1986.. 2 generation changes..

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  JustMe2

  Blondie, Thanks for all the information!
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  Whats changed since you were baptized????

  by karter in

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  2. experiences

  i was baptized in 1986.. 2 generation changes..

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  JustMe2

  discreetslave

  Civil Service

  What's changed about that?
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  The most sick statement put in JW print

  by Chook in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  wt 1973 p568.

  "did you know, for example, that mothers and fathers that stroke the genitals of their fretful babies to keep them quiet are unwittingly encouraging them to become maturbators later on?".

  what sick fu... writing this article thought the the average person did this to keep kids quiet..

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  The Society didn't invent this idea. "The authoritative Growing Up: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia covers 87 cultures in which it says there is no incest, just adults playing with, stroking...their baby's genitals." http://www.geocities.ws/kidhistory/childhod/chch72dm.htm
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  Elders Advice Backfired And Now Im The Happiest I've Ever Been

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just wanted to update you guys of the amazing couple of weeks i've had in recovering from the cult.. i was attending the meetings still just so i could see my daughter in the kingdom hall and have her sit we me half the time.

  i had no intention of ever becoming a jw again but was hoping to be re-instated and just not turn up ever again so i could at least see my family.

  but then an elder said something to me that changed all that.

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  JustMe2

  Giordano, that "dislike" on your comment was supposed to be a "like". It's unbelievable that the elders wouldn't consider a medical emergency to be "necessary family business" that would justify "allowing" a disfellowshiped person to possibly come in contact with Witnesses.