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  Welcome !

  by Simon in

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  2. friends

  welcome to the newest jehovah's witness discussion forum on the net.. please register so that you can post to the forum and turn this into a welcoming place for other brothers and sisters online

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  slimboyfat

  There are lots of JW forums already to choose from. I doubt this one will last.
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  Did you know that J.F. Rutherford was part of the Knights of Pythias? There's PROOF for this!

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  wow.

  wow.

  wow.someone just sent me a scan of the boonville advertiser newspaper in which it mentions j.f.

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  slimboyfat

  I think it's interesting but not terribly surprising or scandalous.

  I'd be astonished if it was a different J F Rutherford. It's safe to assume it's him.

  Times like these we need Leolaia around.
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  "Heritage" Vintage JW movie from 1966

  by NikL in

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  2. friends

  i can't remember where i first heard about this movie but it was recently.

  i guess they even showed it on tv.

  probably payed for like an infomercial.. anyway, i looked it up on youtube and viola!.

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  slimboyfat

  Can anyone name the brothers in the 3 minute introduction to The New World Society in Action?

  Milton Henschel

  Leon Weaver(?)

  Sister(?)

  David Splane(?)

  Brother(?)

  Brother(?)

  Deaf brother(?)

  Lyman Swingle
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  "Heritage" Vintage JW movie from 1966

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i can't remember where i first heard about this movie but it was recently.

  i guess they even showed it on tv.

  probably payed for like an infomercial.. anyway, i looked it up on youtube and viola!.

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  slimboyfat

  The New World Society in Action is on YouTube. Introduced by GB members 1.0.

  https://youtu.be/qUILPQqLEmo
  

  I can't find the others.
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  Map: Clinton Archipelago vs Trumpland

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  great visualization of the voting difference from the election!.

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  https://www.inverse.com/article/25635-map-remakes-us-trumpland-clinton-archipelago.

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  slimboyfat

  To state the bleeding obvious, of course: hardly anyone lives in the flyover states where Trump won, and Clinton got nearly 3 million more votes than Trump overall.

  I just noticed that Trump won Utah by a significant margin. So much for the Mormons voting against Trump on principle...
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  "Heritage" Vintage JW movie from 1966

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i can't remember where i first heard about this movie but it was recently.

  i guess they even showed it on tv.

  probably payed for like an infomercial.. anyway, i looked it up on youtube and viola!.

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  slimboyfat

  Sad to watch that video. I know old timers who converted in this period. They really believed they were swapping a "worldly" way of life for something better. They were sold false promises. There were some gains involved in adopting a JW lifestyle for sure, but they were incidental, and in no way equal to the prize offered.
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  Map: Clinton Archipelago vs Trumpland

  by Simon in

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  great visualization of the voting difference from the election!.

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  https://www.inverse.com/article/25635-map-remakes-us-trumpland-clinton-archipelago.

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  slimboyfat

  Really? I want to visit the Black Hills. I doubt many Oglala voted Trump.
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  Automatic Disfellowshipping

  by snugglebunny in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  back in the 60's and 70's, when i was a jw, i held a number of ministerial posts.

  this meant that i was privy to many congregation issues that involved disfellowshipping or restrictions.

  probation was the term that we used then for restrictions.. if a person appeared before a jc and was found to be guilty and placed on restrictions, then the person could be automatically disfellowshipped if they committed the offence again whilst still on restrictions.. i know this for this reason: one lady from our congregation who had engaged in fornication some years earlier had been placed on probation.

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  slimboyfat

  Sorry I was only joking. There's no harm posting the same topics I don't think.
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  Automatic Disfellowshipping

  by snugglebunny in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  back in the 60's and 70's, when i was a jw, i held a number of ministerial posts.

  this meant that i was privy to many congregation issues that involved disfellowshipping or restrictions.

  probation was the term that we used then for restrictions.. if a person appeared before a jc and was found to be guilty and placed on restrictions, then the person could be automatically disfellowshipped if they committed the offence again whilst still on restrictions.. i know this for this reason: one lady from our congregation who had engaged in fornication some years earlier had been placed on probation.

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  slimboyfat

  snugglebunny you are a repeat offender with the same topic twice in a row. I hereby put you on automatic forum restrictions. ;-)
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  Infinity versus nothing

  by Fisherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some people like to believe in something others believe in nothing; so in what location did the substance that expanded into the time/space universe exist before the big bang?

  where did the energy that caused the big band come from?

  how did the substance that became the big bang change from being inert and sterile and come to life to having the properties and drive that it does?

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  slimboyfat

  It why is there a universe in the first place? Or anything at all for that matter?