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  Barbie Update.

  by Englishman in

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  2 weeks to go!

  here's the likely guest list so far: .

  trucker .

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  Gadget

  PS Don't forget your Kingdom Melodies.

  Hmm. Anything else we should bring? Food, drink, ect?
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  Governing Body--Unanimous or Two-Thirds Majority?

  by blondie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the bible in discussing the debacle about circumcision in the early christian community, the wts states about what they consider the gb:

  w98 11/1 p. 5 how to solve problems peacefully.

  after a scriptural discussion, the apostles and jerusalem elders came "to a unanimous accord" not to burden uncircumcised believers unnecessarily but to admonish them "to keep abstaining from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication.

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  Is this similar to a judicial committee where only 2 of the three need to agree to be able to df someone? The other elder who disagrees is required to agree with the other 2 for the sake of unity and so a unaminus vote is acheived. Is this the same for the governing body, giving written evidence of unanimus decisions for the sake of unity?
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  the next scare

  by OICU8it2 in

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  let's see, wasn't the last big rush to armageddon around 1991 with the "peace and security" fulfillment approaching rapidly because of all the talk of peace finally happening after the end of the cold war with the demise of the ussr and berlin wall?

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  I heard one that after 9/11 people were going to blame religious fanatics for all the wrong on the earth, and strive to get rid of all religion, including witnesses.
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  Gender jokes

  by wonderer2003 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  "god," said adam, "why did you make eve so beautiful?".

  "so you would love her.".

  "but why did you make her so dumb?".

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  If only women came with pull down menus and online help...
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  How Did You Become Irregular and Then Inactive As A Publisher?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  did you suddenly just stop reporting time?

  did you do it gradually???

  what reaction did you get from the elders when you missed your first month reporting time?

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  (counted time on JWD)

  LOL!
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  Song Lyrics that "speak" to you

  by Xandria in

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  2. friends

  how many here have heard a song that touched or shaken your soul ?.

  i was listening to christina aguilera's song " i'm okay" and shivered.

  except it is not my father it is my mother.

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  A few years ago I'd just split up with my then wife, had money troubles because of the split, and was living on my own in an unfurnished flat drinking myself to sleep every night. I heard "Last Resort" by Papa Roach, and it just summed everything up for me. I've got my life sorted out now, but hearing it still makes me think.

  LAST RESORT

  Cut my life into pieces

  I’ve reached my last resort

  Suffocation no breathing

  Don’t give a f*** if I cut my arm bleeding

  Do you even care if I die bleeding

  Would it be wrong, would it be right

  If I took my life tonight

  Chances are that I might

  Mutilation out of sight

  And I’m contemplating suicide

  Chorus:

  ‘Cause I’m losing my sight, losing my mind

  Wish somebody would tell me I’m fine

  Nothings alright, nothing fine

  I’m running and I’m crying

  I never realised I was spread too thin

  Till it was too late and I was empty within

  Hungry, feeding on chaos and living in sin

  Downward spiral, where do I begin

  It all started when I lost my mother

  No love for myself and no love for another

  Searching to find a love upon a higher level

  Finding nothing but questions and devils

  I can’t go on feeling this way
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  Does Your JW Family Act Like This?

  by Banshee in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well, it is district convention time again.

  my mother is an active jw and faithfully attends these long, brainwashing sessions.

  she and i have fairly close contact and, over the past few years, i have noticed a definite pattern in her behavior after she attends the district conventions.

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  It sound like straight after the assembly she is upbuilt by what she has heard, and makes an effort to do more in the truth. But after a few weeks she realises how unrealistic 'what you should be doing' is, and when she realise she cannot live up to this it depresses her. At least she is only depressed for a short time, a lot of people are depressed for a long time because they realise they cannot live up to the requirements of being a jw.
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  My JW Husband Got a "Privilege" Back - UGH!

  by worldlygirl in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my jw husband came home from his meeting yesterday a little later than usual, and when i asked him where he had been, he said he had to meet with the elders after the meeting.

  well, it seems that even though he is reinstated, he has to ask for each of his"privileges" back one at a time.

  nothing like prolonging the agony!!

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  You have to ask to get priviledges back after being reinstated? I never heard about thios one before! So as well as having to brownnose to get reinstated, you then have to lick their shoes again and again to get 'priviledges' back? Is this another committee each time or just a chat? And what sort of restrictions can be placed anyway?
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  Does Your JW Family Act Like This?

  by Banshee in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well, it is district convention time again.

  my mother is an active jw and faithfully attends these long, brainwashing sessions.

  she and i have fairly close contact and, over the past few years, i have noticed a definite pattern in her behavior after she attends the district conventions.

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  (((KGB)))

  I always found on an evening after the sessions everybody was, "wasn't this bit great", or, "wasn't that a good point about...". They just used to go on and on about nothing really but were so wrapped up in it.
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  Manchester Assembly

  by Gadget in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been talking to a few witnesses who were at the assembly this weekend, and apparently there were loads of apostates there!

  any body from here go?

  i was told about silent lambs, and some others who were giving out leaflets.

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  now if they had just prayed, trusted in god, and opened the box themselves then everything would have been ok.... but no, just like the israelite kings, they sought protection from the nations under satanic influence.

  And they think they have problems recruiting attendant now, imagine how few would volunteer if they had to go and de-activate bombs as well.

  Gadget, of the "had to get a dictionary to spell volunteer" class.