Athanasius
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US Branch/Max was Right
by metatron inan interesting thing about the new yearbook: its references to the us branch office.
(in the world trade tower aftermath section , for example)instead of simply.
'headquarters'.. it shows a photograph of this committee - ten guys including max larson ( yep,.
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Family history.....(photo)
by WildHorses inwhen i was at my sisters for christmas, i notice that she had many of my grandmothers old photos.
she had one of them reproduced for my sister laurie and myself.
i used to go through grandmas photos often and was so glad to see them again.
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Holiday field service....as a kid
by freedom96 inmost of my jw experience was as a kid, and i remember going out in service on holidays, christmas in particular.. number one, it sucked because most people were there, and boy did i love not-at-homes.
they would answer, there would be food cooking, there was a full house with relatives and friends, and as you talked to the householder, everyone else in the house wanted to see who was there.
most of the time they treated us ok, but once in a while you would hear some person in the background make a snide remark.
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How much did you spend?
by JH inchristmas time can be very expensive for those who go overboard.
how much do you figure you're going to spend this year for christmas.
(gifts, food, alcohol, travelling)edited by - jh on 25 december 2002 15:14:19.
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Can You Discern What The Society Is Really Saying?
by minimus inso much of the watchtower is written in "code".
so much of the circuit and district overseers comments are spoken in "code".
for example, you are not told directly that you shouldn't read any other publication but the society's, but you are asked, "how could anyone spiritual ever have the time to keep up with their bible-based reading of all the spiritual food that we must take in, and still have time to read "worldly" books?
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Does your kid believe in Santa Claus?
by JH inof course witnesses don't teach santa to their children, for obvious reasons.
do you see anything wrong in telling your young child that santa exists?
for those who want to follow santa, go to this site, but you will need real 1 player.. http://www.noradsanta.org/
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The Government & Disfellowshipping
by Mary infrom everything i've read here, the jist seems to be that if you're disfellowshipped, you have little chance of winning a lawsuit against the borg because the government still gives them the right to "shun" members if they see fit.. it occurred to me that perhaps we're ignoring a potential ray of light at the end of the tunnel.
what if we tried to lobby the government into changing this, so that it would be illegal for any religion to shun former members?
it's a long shot maybe, but if it could be shown (maybe on another program like dateline) of how unfair, cruel and inhumane it is to tell people they must shun family members or close friends simply because they don't think the same way as them, then maybe eventually, one day, a law would be passed forbidding shunning in any religion.. it's not just ex-witnesses that would support this: ex-mormons, ex-scientologists, ex-seventh day adventists etc.
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To all who read the board, a special wish
by ozziepost into fellow posters, friends and lurkers,
with thankful hearts.
we lift a prayer.
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What Did You Hate About The Circuit OV.'s Visit?
by minimus ini think that there a number of things about the circuit overseer's visit that stinks!
one thing that i hated was how all the elders got together to "shepherd" the flock right before the co's visit.....what bothered you about the week long visit??
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Millions now living, expect to be DA'd
by cyberguy innew strategy to da/df millions who have left.
i'm wondering if there isn't a new policy of da'ing all those who no longer attend or are inactive "publishers" (find that in the bible!).
i've read a number of threads on this board whereby people are now being hunted-down, nazi-fashion, if when queried, "are you one of jw?