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  Are Birthdays now OK?

  by rickroll in

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  2. beliefs

  i see so many old and young dubbers on fb who are wishing each other a happy bday.

  when i was in the cult it was a huge no no.

  is this a doctrinal change or is it just a bunch of dubbers who are bending the rules?.

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  Hosting a Joyful Birthday Party

  by Prester John in

  1. social
  2. family

  so after many years of being pimo, me and the wife have decided to start celebrating our sons' birthdays.

  next week is the first birthday party that we’re going to do, our eldest, aged 7.. and although i'm so looking forward to it, i feel slightly guilty and uneasy at the same time.

  a step into the unknown.

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  It was all GREEK to me

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  around 1976 i got the wild idea i'd like to learn greek (for my study of the christian greek scriptures and to 'get to the bottom' of whether i was wasting my time being even a token jehovah's witness.

  ) i would read the actual text and avoid my denomination's opinion commentaries, you see.. .

  i learned the characters in the greek alphabet rather quickly and started reading an interlinear (english/greek) bible aloud - practicing my enunciation.

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  My little Speech on Patriotism

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my july 4, speech on patriotism.

  the last person in my family to serve in the armed forces was my uncle jack during the korean war.

  he suffered a skull injury but fully recovered.. .

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  July 4 th Independence Day... Do You Know Any Witnesses That Celebrated?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i knew of a ministerial servant that was called out because he used fire crackers on the 4 th of july.

  we had to have an emergency meeting as to his qualifications.

  i remember imploring the body to not make a big issue over this and it was decided to just “counsel” him about being involved in a patriotic holiday.🤨.

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  Jesus in a Super Hero Cape

  by iloowy.goowy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have you see the latest fashion for jesus in the wt?.

  he's sporting a cape, just like superman!maybe caleb can get a t-shirt with a j logo instead of an s.. .

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  NBA Player Retires to Serve as Jehovah's Witness

  by 720Reddog in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27078092/collison-retires-nba-31-focus-faith .

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  50 Years since the first moon landing

  by eyeslice2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in july of 1969, i was 16 years old and was pretty excited by the prospect that the us would shortly land a man on the moon.

  however, i remember, vividly and older brother at the time confidently stating that man would never walk on the moon, quoting psalms 115 - "as for the heavens, they belong to jehovah.

  but the earth he has given to the sons of man.

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  Jehovah, Jehovah, Jehovah

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my pimi wife listens to a lot of the meetings on the phone with the speaker on.

  when i am watching tv i hear the meetings in the background.

  i just cringe with how a witless can't give a comment without having said jehovah at least two times.

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  Governing Body - Time in Ministry

  by Peeringin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is there any transparency in how many hours on the ministry the governing body members do on the ministry?

  by this i mean the physical act of going door to door in their area.

  i guess it is plausible that they would count overseas trips and working on publications as part of their ministry, but this is not what they encourage from the jw on the street.. is it possible for a gb member to be reproved or otherwise for not going out in service?

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