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Demonized Wall Paper!
by D wiltshire inyears ago i studied with a couple, that told me of an elder that studied with them years before.. they were having marital discord at the time and this elder was famous for finding demon posessed objects.. so this elder while conducting his study and talking about their marital problems asked them if perhaps they may have inadvertently brought home a demon posessed object, and that this was the cause of their domestic problems.. well they went through their whole apartment with this elder to see if they could find anything, but were unsucessfull.
finally when in the kitchen the elder said he felt strange and that something in the kitchen must be causing it, they looked and looked but nothing.. but when the elder touched the walls of the kitchen, he felt the presents of something there on the walls that could be the causing of their problems.
so they dung into the wall of the kitchen and found that it was painted over a couple layers of old wall paper.. guess what was one of the pictures they found on one of the layers of wall paper?.
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Fred Franz Picture in Watchtower Nov 1, 2001 ! ! !
by alliwannadoislive inbrowsing through the watchtower of 1st november and i was reading the story of russell kurzen.
on page 23, there's a picture of him with albert schroeder, eduardo keller and fred franz.. your thoughts on this plz - is it a softening of attitude ?
i would have thought it (policy wise) would have been inappropriate for them to, in a sense, acknowledge mr franz as a 'brother'.
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Countdown to Christmas......
by individuals wife inwell, i started today.... christmas shopping!
i have been waiting a long time for this pleasure and i couldn't wait another day!
well, it is only 12 weeks to go!!!
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Society CD ROM vs BOUND VOLUMES
by ballistic inseveral years prior to the release of the first edition of "the watchtower library" in england on cd rom in 1994, the society made an announcement that back-issues of bound volumes of the watchtower and awake would be available (for sale) by ordering through the literature desk.. many in the congregation had wanted a complete library of watchtowers for years and there was a frenzy of orders placed.
i, myself, ordered the complete collection.. however, upon receiving news of the cd rom becoming available, i wondered just why the society had made so many old re-prints available when they must have known about the future release of the cd.. this also coincided with the rules changing in england for the charging / donating for literature and i distictly remember a talk by an elder saying how much we should donate for the cd through the new donation process... something like "a comparible encylopedia on cd rom would cost 30 to 40 in the shops - so how much do you think we should donate for this treasure of god-given knowledge".. it just struck me that the literature sell-off was a last ditch attempt at making money, for fear that the cd rom combined with the new donation programme would spell disaster for the societys income.. any thoughts?.
i need a more recent copy of the cd rom if anyone has one?
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JW's for Dummies (End, Honestly!!!)
by Preston inyou begin to respect other peoples opinions more...even that fred guy..... .
you begin to appreciate the world more ... and the variety of it all.
you feel special.
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'You Know' the Devil's Advocate ...
by alliwannadoislive inhey c'mon - doesn't anyone get the joke here - 'you know' is the 'devils advocate' - he is no more an active jw than any of us .... i have a similar 'alter-ego' on a work-based site i visit - call myself 'stzak' and i am a self righteous overtly religious bigot !
... does this sound familiar ?
- my guess is that 'you know' is an apostate, and is having a fantastic time winding everyone up and ... gulp ... we swallowed it ...
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Are You Thinking Of Leaving the Borg?
by Cassiline infor those of you who are thinking of leaving the borg.. here's the thing: we are trained in that organization to doubt ourselves.
we are trained not to question.
we are trained not to doubt the organization.
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ex-JW's : Would you go to war?
by Jim Lad inmy ex-brother in law phoned this morning and asked me how i felt about going to war now that i'm not in the org anymore.
with so many years of being told not to i wonder how many of us still feel that way.
would you be worldly conscientious objectors or would you defend...etc.... i'm not trying to antaganize or be inappropriate.
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Well, I'm stuck in my office in Manhattan for now
by Michael3000 inhi, folks.
i know nytelecom works nearby (across the river?
), but i can tell you all that today has been (and will continue to be for a loooong time) the single most bizarre, surreal event i have witnessed.. i work in an office building at 26 broadway in manhattan, about 10 blocks from the world trade towers.
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Welcome to the Great Tribulation, Folks!
by chipster inas i was in the dentists chair this morning, i got the news and my heart just sank.
i think of all those poor people and their grieving families, and my heart goes out to them.. well, you know, i have to say this: ....my money is on you.. i think you nailed it this time.... what is the verse about them "growing faint out of fear"???.
all i can say is..stay tuned.....you guys ain't seen nothing yet..... the fun begins when the terrorists are identified and recompense is sought by the united states.. oh, and not to mention the ramifications in the global markets..... yep, like i said folks...."welcome to the gt.....and the finale is the big a"... this is a day that will go down in world history.. chipster