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  Have you ever played the lottery? Do you still do it?

  by Iamallcool in

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  i have never purchased lottery tickets in my life, but i have picked lottery numbers with someone in the past only one time.

  he agreed to split the winnings if we win, but we didn't.

  i am thinking about buying some lottery tickets, hopefully i will get very lucky.

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  Could the Governing Body be the "Evil Slave" of Matt. 24:48-51?

  by matt2414 in

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  2. beliefs

  48 but if ever that evil slave should say in his heart, my master is delaying, 49 and should start to beat his fellow slaves and should eat and drink with the confirmed drunkards, 50 the master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect and in an hour that he does not know, 51 and will punish him with the greatest severity and will assign him his part with the hypocrites.

  there is where [his] weeping and the gnashing of [his] teeth will be.

  " mt 24:48-51 nwt.

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  Jesus condemned the Scribes & Pharisees for their pious contempt of the flock. Their cold & heartless treatment of Jesus' sheep, even when they knew what was actually expected of them garnered them everlasting destruction. Sound familiar GB? Sleep well evil slave.
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  I love my Congregation and Can't Wait for the District Assembly!

  by laverite in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hello my fellow jwners.

  i have been going the local unitarian church off and on for a few years.

  my kids and i go regularly now and love it.

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  Billy; Let me know if they end the funeral service with the line " some here today may live forever." Yeah, I heard that line at a service last year. Obviously, the dead sister didn't make the cut.
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  Do You Think Writing My Daughter is a Good Idea?

  by mrquik in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i left several years ago & have one daughter still in.

  she's 32 & married to a nonbeliever.

  after i got labeled as an apostate, she cut off all communication.

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  Again, thanks everyone for the support. Thanks Paul for the timely post on reconnecting with those still in. I'll let you all know how things go.
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  +$4.00 Gasoline. How does it change the Energy game

  by designs in

  1. social
  2. current

  will it put pressure on politicians to approve the keystone pipeline.. should the nation's refineries stop selling as much gasoline as exports.. how does +$4.00 gasoline affect your monthly budget, how do you adjust..

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  I'm waiting for the "Mr. Fusion" device that was on the Delorean in "Back to the Future". Where is that cold fusion when we need it? Sure would like to watch the Middle East turn back into camel country.
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  Close To Genesis 11, Folks.

  by metatron in

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  2. friends

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2114379/star-trek-reality-microsoft-unveils-universal-translator-turns-spoken-english-26-languages.html.

  unless yahweh intervenes quite soon, we're gonna have the technological essence of the purpose of the tower of babel..... and as you may recall, "nothing that they may have in mind to do will be unattainable for them".. godspeed to that.

  no, it won't be skynet - but it might be the internet apotheosized!

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  As one of my teachers said years ago " Nothing is impossible. The impossible just takes a little longer." Thanks Mr. Cook.
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  Do You Think Writing My Daughter is a Good Idea?

  by mrquik in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i left several years ago & have one daughter still in.

  she's 32 & married to a nonbeliever.

  after i got labeled as an apostate, she cut off all communication.

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  Thanks all. I'm the grand dad. My youngest argues that I would never have listened when I was in, which is true. But lives change. Mine did. I'm hoping her's will too. She posted my granddaughter's first school assignment on her Facebook page. The thought of one more life damaged by this cult is almost too much to bear. My son-in-law is a great guy, but I doubt he would ever cross my daughter.
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  Do You Think Writing My Daughter is a Good Idea?

  by mrquik in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i left several years ago & have one daughter still in.

  she's 32 & married to a nonbeliever.

  after i got labeled as an apostate, she cut off all communication.

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  Hello all. I left several years ago & have one daughter still in. She's 32 & married to a nonbeliever. After I got labeled as an APOSTATE, she cut off all communication. Recently, they moved back into the area & I was considering sending at least one letter explaining my position. I mainly wanted to direct her to Paul's site as I couldn't argue any points better. I asked my youngest daughter who's inactive what she thought. She didn't think it was a good idea. I would hate to look back twenty years from now after my grandchildren have grown, wishing I had done something. Any advice or experiences?
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  As disciples of Jesus, JW's recognize the authority of Jesus Christ as exercised through "the faithful and discreet slave." - Our Kingdom Ministry

  by wannabefree in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  yep, that was in the may 1986 okm.. i was sitting on the floor, going through my binder of old km's looking at the ones from the year i came into the truth cult ... it's funny (in a pathetic way) how nothing has really changed (well, except for new or brighter light stuff).

  twenty-six years ago it was just as much a cult as it is today .. and i couldn't see it.. the article goes on to say .... "keep in mind that we are helping bible students to become disciples of jesus christ and not disciples of ourselves".

  ... since jesus' exercises his authority through "the faithful and discreet slave", i guess it would also be accurate to say "keep in mind that we are helping bible students to become disciples of the faithful and discreet slave and not disciples of ourselves".

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  You never get a straight answer about who's to blame for the mistakes. If they are indeed "authorized" by Christ, then Jesus has to take the fall. Yet blaming Jesus for changed doctrine that ruined lives violates the "the law of love." So they are left on the horns of a dilemma. If Jesus is not responsible, then the JW's are following men. They might do just as well following Ronald McDonald. (Might get a free hamburger.)
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  Memorial Invitation official first day today

  by OneDayillBeFree in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well it's that time of year again and the invitations to another pointless memorial aka reject jesus party is now in full swing.

  even though it's only the first day i'm already more than sick of it!

  this is the first year i am fully mentally awake for the memorial season, and honestly i'm so sick of it all!

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