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  Night Guards at Twickenham

  by Duncan in

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  2. friends

  a very enjoyable part of my job these last few years has been entertaining clients with corporate hospitality at the rugby union international matches at twickenham.

  i work for a software company, as finance director, and these events such as the six nations, or the annual barbarians tour - provide companies such as mine a valuable opportunity to spend time with customers and prospects and try to interest them in our products, or at least get them to be favourably disposed to the company.

  sponsorship of rugby matches like this is actually quite a smart move marketing-wise.

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  Welcome aboard, four candles ! Enjoy.
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  Is the Watchtower finally changing for the better?

  by Dead Man Joaquin in

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  2. bible

  i'm having a hard time figuring things out here.

  the last few years it's become increasingly cultish - i.e.

  the public & kool-aid editions, the infamous november(?

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  Will we see more changes for the better?

  That depends on whether you think that changes like that make it "better". I hold to the view that it's rotten at the core i.e. it's basic teachings are wrong, so it wouldn't matter how much the outside packaging is presented, it's still a rotten apple!
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  Is this new? WT says that JESUS resurrects.

  by ozziepost in

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  2. bible

  yep, on the "official" wt site, there's an article on grieving and a photo caption that reads:.

  bible accounts show that jesus has the power and the desire to bring children back to life.

  http://www.watchtower.org/e/20070501/article_02.htm.

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  Jesus seems to be taking on a larger part of the theology of the Jw's nowadays.

  That's an impression I have too.. I remember the days whenabsolutely everything (except the cross!) was attributed to Jehovah. I recall mentioning to people at our KH that Jesus is the creator and being looked at very warily! Yet that's what the NWT says. Colossians chapter 1, for example, states just that. Even the inserted word "other" in the NWT doesn't change the fact that Paul speaks of Jesus as having created..

  So, I'm especially 'sensitive' to reading anything in their publications that reveals a change in their official stand on the nature of Christ; it was that that caused me to question the Dub teachings many years ago now.
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  Is this new? WT says that JESUS resurrects.

  by ozziepost in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  yep, on the "official" wt site, there's an article on grieving and a photo caption that reads:.

  bible accounts show that jesus has the power and the desire to bring children back to life.

  http://www.watchtower.org/e/20070501/article_02.htm.

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  Yep, on the "official" WT site, there's an article on grieving and a photo caption that reads:

  Bible accounts show that Jesus has the power and the desire to bring children back to life

  http://www.watchtower.org/e/20070501/article_02.htm

  I wonder, is this a new slant on the resurrrection?

  I find it interesting that in such an article, they don't say "Jehovah will resurrect".

  Are they trying to appear more acceptable in their message, i wonder?
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  Vaccines,Alt Srvc,GB, NEW/Old Light---I think i'm starting to see the light

  by dirtyknections in

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  [edited: see duplicate thread http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/158726/1.ashx].

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  See duplicate thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/158726/2916299/post.ashx#2916299
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  What Its Like To Be A Gay Ex JW....

  by str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i guess its time to throw my little story out there.

  i keep reading everyones stories and thinking how brave you have all been, coming out of the organisation and facing all the repercussions of doing so.. .

  i only last august disassociated myself.

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  real one's in the cooler!

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  What Its Like To Be A Gay Ex JW....

  by str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up in

  1. jw
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  i guess its time to throw my little story out there.

  i keep reading everyones stories and thinking how brave you have all been, coming out of the organisation and facing all the repercussions of doing so.. .

  i only last august disassociated myself.

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  real one obviously is oblivious to the full implications of accepting every line in the old testament.

  possibly but this thread has gone way off topic. If i recall, it was about personal experience and did not call for a judgment, let alone homophobic slurs.

  Let's get back to topic.

  Please.

  Ta.
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  What Its Like To Be A Gay Ex JW....

  by str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i guess its time to throw my little story out there.

  i keep reading everyones stories and thinking how brave you have all been, coming out of the organisation and facing all the repercussions of doing so.. .

  i only last august disassociated myself.

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  Why do people try to twist the Bible?

  Why, indeed ! Perhaps because they're bigots?
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  What Its Like To Be A Gay Ex JW....

  by str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i guess its time to throw my little story out there.

  i keep reading everyones stories and thinking how brave you have all been, coming out of the organisation and facing all the repercussions of doing so.. .

  i only last august disassociated myself.

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  real one:

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  Cynical Post By Hillary-Step ...

  by snowbird in

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  2. beliefs

  snowbird,.

  what have you against cuddles, hs?.

  in real life?

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  Enough!