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Did you skip the meeting to watch the superbowl ?
by av8orntexas in
1. jw
2. experiences
i know we must have alot ofpeople on here huge football fans like myself.

born and raised in boston, i am a huge sports fan, and of course patriots fan.

so anyone here go to another meeting, makeup some bs excuse, illness, flat out miss the meeting or anything else to watch game if your meeting happened to go from the 9am to the 3pm in january ?.
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How many Christians were there in the 1st century?
by yaddayadda in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just been reading former long-time brooklyn bethelite tom cabeen's very encouraging article entitled "where is the body of christ?".

(can be found at http://divinetruth.homestead.com/bodyofchrist.pdf) .

in his article, tom says: "when john received the revelation around the end of the first century, there were hundreds of thousands of christians, even by conservative estimates.
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"The Calendar of Jehovah God"
by cabasilas in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
1935 saw the brief attempt by jehovah's witnesses to adopt a new calendar freed from any connection to other religions or with names derived from paganism.

the 1935 yearbook published without much explanation a chart showing "jehovah's year of ransom 1903.

" the yearbook said: "a series of articles in explanation will appear in the golden age.
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A Religion of Assumptions
by Cold Steel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the jehovah's witnesses are a strange cultural phenomenon and one that has always puzzled me.

members call it "the truth" and, more boldly, "jehovah's organization.

" but many of those on the outside remain dumbfounded.
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Kiss the son lest God be angry and you perish in the way
by Quotes in
1. jw
2. friends
in another thread, quentin reminded us all of the lyrics to one of the kingdom songs: .

"kiss the son lest god be angry and you perish in the way" .

my question is: .
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What is the Real Financial Cost of a Circuit Assembly?
by FairMind in
1. jw
2. friends
my congregation along with about thirty others attends circuit assemblies at a facility that is owned by the organization (a converted school).

this building also has a section that serves as a kh for three local congregations.

i have noticed that when the financial reports are read at the assemblies that the expense (which is not detailed) is always around $4,000.
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Making contact with family
by Crumpet in
1. jw
2. friends
some of you may know that my parents and whole family do not have any contact with me, apart from my dad who has provided his mobile number for "family business/emergencies".

i never try to contact them anymore after a negative experience after being beaten up trying to break up a streetfight last november when i called my dad and he hung up as soon as he realised it was me crying on the other end.. .

anyway - i decided that just because they want to forget about me i don't have to be the same anymore and i wanted them to know how happy i was.
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Does the WTS's past matter?
by M.J. in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i know, i'd jump into this topic by saying, "heck yeah.

they're the ones saying they've been appointed by god based on what they were doing back around 1914-1919.

" but i'm trying to help someone out who has reached a roadblock with his wife.
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New Provision to Assist Us to Abstain From Blood - Dec KM
by truthseeker in
1. watchtower
2. medical
if you wondered whether the society would print blood cards this year, they won't.

blood cards are out.. consider the box found on the december km, entitled "new provision to assist us to abstain from blood".

the governing body has approved combining the essential elements of the durable power of attorney (dpa) document and the advance.
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Beautiful Circularity
by Euphemism in
1. watchtower
2. bible
just ran across this beautiful example of circular reasoning from the watchtower.w85 12/1 31. .

questions from readers.

was the apostle paul part of the christian governing body?.