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  Armaggedon Postponed By Branch Construction

  by hillary_step in

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  jehovah's witnesses seek to expand campus in patterson

  by michael risinit

  the journal news .

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  New Harley, or Kawasaki...hmmmm

  by TR in

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  well, crap.

  i want a new harley fxd dyna superglide.

  but, then again, a kawasaki vulcan classic is a few thousand $$'s cheaper.

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  Why do the Governing body remain unknown?

  by sleepy in

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  why do the governing body remain unknown to witnesses in general?.

  i used to think that the fact that the gb promote themselves (personnaly by name) in the magazines and don't name writers of watchtower articles, was a sign that the governing body was humble and meek.. but why did they take this policy?russel and rutherford were certainly not unkown.when did the transition happen?.

  my theory is that this annomimity is use to make the magazines look like they are not aurthored by men.if an article appeared with the writers name , witnesses may choose to reject what is writen as they can see it was writen by a man.but not nameing the writers makes it hard for witnesses to identify the writers as just human like them, and gives the impression the magazines and books have a divine source.. any other ideas?

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  Funeral Discourse

  by messenger in

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  funeral discourse

  remarks regarding the deceased

  (use any that apply and are appropriate.

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  JW's Get DF'd

  by messenger in

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  i guess turn about is fair play.... ap world politicshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020719/ap_wo_en_po/egypt_copts_1 pope shenouda warns copts that marriage with jehovah's witnesses is ground for excommunication, divorce fri jul 19, 9:17 am et.

  cairo, egypt - the head of the coptic orthodox church criticized the jehovah's witness faith and said a copt's conversion to the sect was a ground for divorce, egypt's middle east news agency reported on friday.

  pope shenouda iii said conversion to the jehovah's witness faith was a ground for divorce within his church.

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  Lettermen just pounded the JWs again!!!!!

  by gambler in

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  david lettermen just crushed the jws again in tonights monolog.

  he said "are you tiered of all the religious sex scandals, now the jahovahs witnesses have a sex scandal, they group you then they leave you a pamphlet.then they went to court today but no one answered the door".

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  Another comment to Panorama

  by Mulan in

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  i was reading the comments to panorama about the sunday broadcast, and saw one where a 16 year old girl (sarah, south wales) complained because they were so negative and didn't "praise" the wts for being on the scene first when the terrorist attack happened sept. 11. i had to make another comment, to them after reading that one.

  i objected saying it was a rumor, or embellished gossip, and not true at all.

  it will be interesting to see if they print it.

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  Is the watchtower run by 12 men or 1 leader?

  by haujobbz in

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  does anyone know this.is it run by 12 men or 1?and if so, is one of them the old guy who starred in panorama last night.there must be someone at the top who makes big decisions who probably has a fat wallet,1st class transportation,regular holidays(no sorry i mean visiting different branches and assemblys,stays in the hilton and smokes big cigars.

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  Jaracz Witnesses

  by messenger in

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  well it appears jaracz is alive and well and calling the shots.

  the df article in the august km is typical of a new breed of "witnesses" that started back in the mid 1980s when tj started molding the organization into his image.

  first it was dumbing down the talks with no illustrations or creativity, then came the canned scriptures with the over simplified sermons at the door.

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  If Ray Fanz had never.....?

  by sleepy in

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  if ray fanz had never left the watchtower and written his book would you be here now?.

  if not, is that worrying for you?

  how many here worked out it was not the truth alone without the aid of a specific book and how many needed franz's work or someone elses?.

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