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QFR: Should marriages be arranged for true Christians in the congregation?
by sd-7 inin many cultures, arranged marriages are a common practice.
often this involves the parents of both parties making specific arrangements for their children to marry upon reaching a certain age.
sometimes there is money or property given to the parents of the bride as compensation for the loss of her efforts in the household.
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Tribute to the Pastor-Judge
by sd-7 init is with great sadness that we must report the passing of our dear pastor-judge russellford.
he hath finished his earthly course, and more assuredly the lord has raised him to an elevated position in the heavens.
truly, pastor-judge, thou art a king; and thine enemies shall come and worship at thy feet.
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"Do not become unevenly yoked"--weird comment at meeting
by sd-7 ini heard a really bizarre comment at one of the recent meetings.
someone, in quoting this scripture, of course went with the usual doctrine of not marrying/dating someone who is not a jw.
but one woman took it even further, by saying that this applied even to people inside the congregation who 'weren't spiritual enough' or didn't have some magnificent spiritual goals in life.
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Straw man in last week's WT
by sd-7 ini couldn't help noticing the wt study article this weekend, which was about cultivating love that never fails.
the correct spelling of it should have been cultivate, by the way.. the straw man of the love that the world shows was presented first--that people in the world know only romantic love, love of money, love of themselves, and love of pleasures.
this was contrasted with the 'love' that jws show, which consists of obedience to god's commandments.
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Borg court: 3rd session & verdict
by sd-7 inso...the third and final session was pretty straightforward.
they basically asked some more questions about the first woman, before i got back with the woman who became my wife.
then they asked what seemed like nothing more than a customer survey of "how are we doin'?
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Borg court: 2nd session
by sd-7 injudicial committee, round 2. i have to give it to the elders on this one.
they fought well, albeit with unrefined technique.
pure strength of authority apparently seems to make up for a lack of sufficient evidence, just as the 300-pound fellow who believed you were checking out his girlfriend can beat the tar out of you even though you were merely looking at the clock behind her on the wall.
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Let slip the dogs of war...
by sd-7 inthe calm before session 2 of borg court is a chilling one.
quietly, our units go about their duties, but deep down, they're wondering: can we match swords with the very powers-that-be?
we are fighting against mount olympus itself, the elders, the organization--with our beloved wife and child looking on.
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CO talk: "Jehovah's Witnesses killed Jesus"
by sd-7 inmentioned in his talk last week that the jews, who had the name "jehovah's witnesses" applied to them, killed jesus.
i found that a particularly revealing admission, simply from the way he said it.
"jehovah's witnesses killed jesus," he said.. he went on to explain that the coveted title of "jehovah's witnesses" was taken from the jews.
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The term "Organization" and its implications
by sd-7 injehovah's witnesses commonly use the term "jehovah's organization".
anyone who questions doctrinal points is one who "questions the organization".
the term, as any informed jw would know, was born in the era of j.f.
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In This Issue: 'Meat in Due Season'--Do We Eat It Gratefully?
by sd-7 inin this time of the end, the world continues to degenerate further and further into wickedness.
indeed, "wicked men and imposters advance from bad to worse, misleading and being misled.
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