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Does Beth Sarim still stand today ??? where is it exactly ???
by run dont walk in.
curious,.
is the building still standing, is the crypt still there, where exactly in california is it, street address etc.. who was it sold to when the watchtower got rid of it in i believe 1944.
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advice please!
by blondy ini could really use some advice.
i have never been a witness, but my boyfriend is(3rd generation).
his father is an elder, and his whole family is really into it.
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What did you actually enjoy about JW meetings?
by Pinned Blouse in.
as much as i dreaded going to all the meetings there were things that i did enjoy.. 1. no special parking spaces for the elders, etc.. 2. no collections plate going around the room.
3. no one person giving the talk every single week (can you imagine the same speaker 3 to 4 times a week, every day?
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Where Would You Most Like To Visit?
by Swan inwith millions of people traveling this memorial day weekend i am curious.. where are you going this weekend?
where would you go if time and money were not obstacles?.
i am going camping in the forest near the oregon coast.
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What's the craziest thing you ever heard at the Kingdom Hall or Assembly?
by Mr Ben inwhat's the craziest thing you ever heard at the kingdom hall or assembly hall?
there were lots of crazy ideas coming from elders, co's & do's in my neck of the woods, but one in particular sticks in my mind.
it was the very last circuit assembly at hellerby in yorkshire (hell!
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Words and Phrases from the UK
by Nosferatu inthis is mostly directed to all of you from the uk.
i listen to a lot of music from the uk, but there's some, i guess slang that i don't completely understand.. raw ramp: as in "you're a raw ramp".
i have no clue what this means.
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The strange case of my JW mom
by logansrun inmy mother has been a jw for the last forty years.
she attends all the meetings and goes out in service every other saturday.
yet, recently she admitted that:.
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How Many of You Felt That The "End" Would've Been Here By Now???
by minimus infor what it's worth, i never did.
i just never really believed in '75 or any other time.....signed, faithless minimus
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Something I just want to share.
by oscar inone of the elderly sisters in my moms hall just passed away she was around 95 she was such an active witness all her years i remember from a young boy and she was always talking about how near armaggedon was ,anyway i bumped into her at the hall a few years back and she was around 90 and she was telling me how she can't believe how armagedon did not come yet and that when she was a young girl the org.
was telling her it was right around the corner anyway after all that hope she never saw it , it made me sad that she passed and how the years fly by.anyways i just wanted to share this with everyone.
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My Aunt Is Told That If She Goes To My Daughter's Wedding She'll Be Deleted
by minimus inas a regular pioneer and even if she gave a gift, she'd be removed as a pioneer!
this woman is 80 years old and has been pioneering for over 40 years.
my mother also is a pioneer in a different congregation and she is wondering whether this is a new rule from the society or is something that the local congregation has decided.