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?JW guy and Taser attack during Cowboys - Jets game?
by james_woods ini just saw this on the morning tv news - and did not get to hear enough of it to make sense:.
but, they were saying something about a patron sneaking a taser into the sunday game and using it on another fan.. they also said that one of the guys (i assumed the victim) was "a devout jehovah's witness who does not believe in saluting the flag or standing for the national anthem".. anybody know what happened here?.
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Do they read the paragraph before or after asking the questions?
by james_woods ini used to be the wt study conductor back in the 1970s.
the way i remember it, we asked the question first, got several comments, and then read the paragraph.
if we were running long on the hour time, i would sometimes just read the last few paragraphs.. something i read here made me think that this had been reveresed - i.e.
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How many illogical JW beliefs did you choke down for years?
by james_woods inthis was inspired by that thread marvin did on the "ectoplasm".. in something of a confession - i actually gave that hour public talk on this subject.
and it was very popular with the jws.. i did not believe a word of it - even at the time.
did not believe in the "demons" either - with or without the slime.. it got me to thinking - how much of this did a small back room of your mind reject?
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Famous B-17 Liberty Belle crashed this morning in Illinois
by james_woods inhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/13/b-17-bomber-crashes-in-il_n_876008.html.
this plane was one of the few flying fortresses still in operating order and was scheduled for an airshow next weekend.. pilot reported a fire on board, could not make it back to the field, and had to put it down in a cornfield.
all 7 persons on board escaped, but the aircraft is a total loss..
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Funerals of past WTBTS presidents -
by james_woods inok, i thought of this last night because i remembered there have been numerous threads about how mysterious j.f.rutherfords funeral arrangements were - only four people or so did the ceremony (sort of in secrecy) and nobody to this day knows what happened to the body or where he is buried.. but it occurred to me that i was an active witness when knorr died, and just left shortly before franz died - and i know nothing about the funeral of either of them.... have no idea what they did for jaracz, or even for russell as well.
well, edit to say that i have seen the russell gravestone and pyramid shrine when i was in pittsburg pa for congregation servant's school in 1970.. does anybody know the inside information on these - where they took place, was it by invitation only, what did they do, etc.
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Lovelylil is my star JWN member of the year -
by james_woods inlike probably everybody else, i have been following along with the whole six-screens mess.. i would just like to say, on a thread all its own, that imho the one person that stands out to me as being the reasonable adult -.
was our poster lovelylil.. she made her point, and has now been gracious enough to attempt to accept apology where it was given and move on past that nuthouse.. excellent..
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Happifying? Real WT quote, or are we joking -
by james_woods inmaybe i just missed it, (the story of the word) - but i am seeing this word "happifying" in a lot of threads.. can it possibly be that the wt actually printed this??
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JW superstitions about the memorial -
by james_woods innow that we are all thinking about jw memorial - i was just remembering all the silly superstitions the jws have put around this - their only holiday.
as far as i can tell, none of these are actually biblical:.
1) - it must be held only once per year.. 2) - it must be held on "nisan 14".. 3) - it must be held after sundown.. 4) - the bread must be unleavened.. 5) - the wine must be plain (not fortified) red wine.
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Unkown tribute to Liz Taylor - now revealed.
by james_woods init is a nude photograph, probably nsfw, but in extremely good taste.. it was taken by her friend actor roddy mcdowall after he assured her it would be done in good taste, and was a present to her new husband todd.
she was 24.. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1372513/intimate-portrait-liz-taylor-24-seen-time.html.
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Terry - did you get your catalytic converter fixed?
by james_woods ini had not seen terry post in quite a few days, but i am glad to see him on several topics today.. it made me think to ask - what happened about your catalytic converter?.
james.