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  Family of 4 in Miami FL Partakes

  by James Jackson in

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  kendall lakes congregation (miami fl usa), partook of the emblems.

  he is an elder(40), his wife and their 2 daughters (21 &19), all 4 are also regular pioneers.

  another 6 pioneers in that congregation partook of the emblems..

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  Dismissing servant

  So 10 partakers in one congregation. All of them pioneers. Hmmm. if this can be verified it's interesting.......something seems to happen among the insiders and very active ones.
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  Miami Has New Young Partakers

  by James Jackson in

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  snapper creek (miami, fl) congregation, had 2 pioneers (female), partake at the memorial for the first time.

  one is 20 years old, the other 23.. the gt delayed again!!

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  Dismissing servant

  I just wonder for how long they will remain pioneers. Probably the elders will take some action.
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  Please explain God's wisdom in Judges19;22-30

  by jam in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the just of the account, two people enter a city and can not .

  find lodging.

  an old man invite them to stay with him (levite).. this is so weird, all the men of the city come to have sex with.

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  I am not sure, but I think according to most scholars this story in Judges is older than the Story of Lot in Genesis. Probably some detail in the story of Lot is a copy of this story.
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  How many did NOT get invited to the Memorial?

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
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  i didn't.. i must really be wicked....

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  I did not get invited....in fact I celebrated 25 years without going to memorial tonight!
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  Sex really that bad?

  by Batman89 in

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  2. beliefs

  i was just thinking randomly.

  why/how are sexual desires really that much of a sin??.

  sexual energy is one of the highest forms of energies known, why would god put this strong desire in us only to have us repress it through his"word the bible"??.

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  Dismissing servant

  You have already gviven the answer.......the high energy of sexual desire......of course religion have to try to control that energy. If religion cannot control that energy it cannot control anything. That's why religion and sex is so connected.
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  Lot's last word to his wife

  by bamse in

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  does anyone come after us?.

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  Dismissing servant

  Lugna puckar, Bamse!

  Nice with some more scandinavians/swedes here.

  Why not: "Hey, did you tell the girls to take our wine with them?"
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  Do You Reply To Your PM's?

  by snowbird in

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  all of them?.

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  Yes, I do, but I very seldom get PMs!
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  REMEMBER THOSE IN NURSING HOMES

  by The Searcher in

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  2. beliefs

  when i saw this article's title in the latest kingdom ministry - http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/278822/1/june-2014-kingdom-ministry-km-06-2014-pdf - i was delighted!!.

  i thought, "at last, we are all being encouraged to visit our poor brothers & sisters in nursing homes, who feel abandoned!.

  nope, that's not it - it's all about targetting non-witnesses in those establishments, and get them to sign up for "bible" studies.

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  Dismissing servant

  "They need their wills. And yes most are mentally or physically disabled to a degree."

  I'm afraid this is at least an important factor.
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  Is this new donation arrangement for real?

  by nugget in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just read a post on jwsurvey about the new donation arrangement.

  congregations are to pledge a monthly amount to be sent to the society to fund the building of assembly halls and kingdom halls.

  congregations who already have a loan from the society will no longer have to pay back the loan but the amount pledged should not be less than the current monthly repayments to the society.

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  Dismissing servant

  Just one more thought.

  I know some cases in my country where an elder or a group of elders have been pushing elderly people (mostley women/widovs) to change their wills. In one case the elders had formulated a new will and pushed the lady to sign it. The lady felt so bad about it that she told her daughter about it, and she helped her mother annulate that will.

  So the thought of elders looking at tax returns is not that farfetched.
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  Is this new donation arrangement for real?

  by nugget in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just read a post on jwsurvey about the new donation arrangement.

  congregations are to pledge a monthly amount to be sent to the society to fund the building of assembly halls and kingdom halls.

  congregations who already have a loan from the society will no longer have to pay back the loan but the amount pledged should not be less than the current monthly repayments to the society.

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  Dismissing servant

  "There's a disconnect between the importance of the change to the everyday lives of ordinary witnesses and the banter on this board."

  Yes, that's true. All changes in doctrine about the FDS or the generation does not change the everyday lives of the rank and file. The rank and file has to continue washing windovs and doing field service as usual. Nevertheless those changes are of great interestto some of us anyhow.......everything isn't about every day life. Certainley not with religions