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  Annual Report??

  by TheListener in

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  has anyone added up the varous km's over the past service year to determine the % of growth for the last service year?

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  Has anyone added up the varous KM's over the past service year to determine the % of growth for the last service year?
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  important counsel about the BS changes... puke

  by song19 in

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  i seem to be on a dubs spam list... anyhoo, i just recieved this now if you really want to read it.

  hello, brothers and sisters:.

  9 at that satan answered jehovah and said: "is it for nothing that jehovah's witness have feared god?

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  Everyone's comments are right on.

  Getting ready to meet in private homes by cancelling the meetings in private homes. oh that's goood.

  Why did Wendy define the standard dub terms?
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  What was your first Computer?

  by The Lone Ranger in

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  the last topic got me thinking about this.. my first computer was back in 1981, a sinclair zx81, it has 1k of memory.

  then in 1982 i progressed to a clone of an apple 2 with 16k of memory which i incresed to 48k, a floopy drive for that apple cost me $600 !!!

  .. in approx 1987 i got an ibm xt 640megs with a 20meg hard drive..it was like a dream .

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  First VIC-20 (made by commodore)

  Then Commodore 64

  I loved those things. The tape drive, floppy drive and the plug-in expansion modules. whoo hoo.
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  Gleaning and Fasting, what are the Jehovah's Witness views on this?

  by insearchoftruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my wife was wondering why some people fast as religious practices and i told her that fasting is often spoken about in the bible, both ot and nt.

  what is the viewpoint of the wts on the practices of gleaning and fasting?

  i am amazed about how many things these "bible students" just gloss over in their teachings and studies.....but i guess neither fasting nor gleaning gets magazines and books distributed, do they?.

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  There have been articles on gleaning and tithing. Basically the jw's go with the principle of the matter and not the physical aspect of it.

  Bethelites glean after meals (they run around like maniacs with tupperware and stuff to gather leftovers from the various dining tables).

  They don't really discuss fasting.
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  When do folks who study with a JW generally start to tell thier friends?

  by insearchoftruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my wife is again studying with a jw sister, and earlier this week the sister was telling her about how wonderful it is to witness for jehovah.

  well since i have known my wife, she has never spoken positively about the jws to anyone.

  when can i expect her to be told that she should be sharing this with others.

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  TheListener

  Every person is different. Many swear they'll never go door to door - but they eventually do.

  If your wife has spoken negatively about the witnesses to her friends then she'll have to get over her embarrassment before she lets them in on the latest news.

  She may not be discussing it with you because you are going to try and reason her out of it or she may also be embarrassed and not want think about you looking down on her intelligence for studying, especially after the negative talk (not that you do look down on her - it's an irrational fear - everyone has irrational fears).

  I would say that when she does start openly mentioning it and telling others - she's bought it hook line and sinker. You have until just before she starts telling others to get her out. First comes her internal decision of acceptance and then after an unknowable period of time comes her verbal affirmation of her internal decision.
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  Witchtower twists yet another scripture 2Cor 12: 8 -10 Nov 15 WT

  by hamsterbait in

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  2. bible

  november 15 study edition, p24 para 5.. "regarding his "thorn in the flesh", paul made fervent pleas to jehovah (the scripture actually says the lord) read 2 cor 12: 8 - 10) god did not miraculously relieve paul of the "thorn in the flesh".

  instead, god strengthened him to endure it.

  jehovah's (whose???

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  Leolaia,

  Great post, as usual.

  I didn't realize the MT and LXX varied so much on Leviticus 24:16.
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  Witchtower twists yet another scripture 2Cor 12: 8 -10 Nov 15 WT

  by hamsterbait in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  november 15 study edition, p24 para 5.. "regarding his "thorn in the flesh", paul made fervent pleas to jehovah (the scripture actually says the lord) read 2 cor 12: 8 - 10) god did not miraculously relieve paul of the "thorn in the flesh".

  instead, god strengthened him to endure it.

  jehovah's (whose???

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  I have a rather simplistic question:

  Since the Jews didn't say God's name aloud due to religious beliefs, wouldn't it have caused at least some agitation among the crowd or Pharisees or Sadducees if Jesus used God's name? The Bible does record controversy over Jesus words but not his use of God's name.
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  Literature Request: "God's Kingdom of a thousand Years Has Approached"

  by insearchoftruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  want to read the part on the selection of the wts as 'god's sole channel'.. thanks!.

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  that's an old thick Freddie Franz special with a yellow cover.

  I'l see if I have a .pdf of it. If not I'll scan the pages tonight. I'll check this thread to make sure someone hasn't done it by the time I get to it.
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  To SO CAL: What CO's and DO's do we all know?

  by IreallydidwalkoutofaKH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  okay, in order it goes like this for me............brother peace 1980-83, brother rose 1984-86, brother yasko 1986-88, brother sekella 1988-91, brother billy ford 1992-95, brother davis 1996-99, brother irskin 2000-03 and then it gets kinda blurry....brother burge and another, brother hairston.

  okay, that just about does it.

  i have this topic becauce i tried reading the favorite co and do thread, but did not recognize any names......

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  Last I heard Yasko was a DO in NoCal. Probably still trying to lighten the mood by making fun of his name and ethnicity.

  Kin Suen was a kind man.

  Franklin Park was an A**.
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  shock breakthrough with my wife

  by stillajwexelder in

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  2. beliefs

  so my wife out of the blue says .

  "i thought when we went under ban, everyone would still meet in peoples houses at the the book groups.

  now they are doing away with that arrangement, what does it all mean.?

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  TheListener

  Most of us are familiar with how the elders really are.

  They will do the smallest amount of work possible. Once the studies are disbanded it'll be like pulling teeth to get the newly titled CBSO to shepherd his little group.

  Unless....the WTS makes the newly titled CBSO shepherd a separate family within his group each week. That would force the elders to shepherd and maintain control over the small groups. Of course, the elder wouldn't get a night off then. That would only last a short time before it sort of fades away.