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  All 2016 Convention videos in English and all Talk outlines for download

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  all convention videos in english and all talk outlines for download.

  http://avoidjw.org/2016-regional-convention/

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  Talk 15

  Loyally Uphold Jehovah’s Judgments - Shun Unrepentant Wrongdoers

  Outline

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwqmWMK7dwtlQ2tfT2ttZWtkRUU/view

  Video

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwcJUZ5-Vb4&feature=youtu.be
  
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  Beards - September 2016 Watchtower

  by Listener in

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  the issue of whether beards are acceptable or not is addressed in the september 2016 watchtower - well sort of.

  it is as clear as mud as to whether they are allowed in places like australia, usa and britain.. 17. what are some factors that may affect whether a brother wears a beard?17 what about the propriety of brothers wearing a beard?

  the mosaic law required men to wear a beard.

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  konceptual99

  Link not working rebel...
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  All 2016 Convention videos in English and all Talk outlines for download

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
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  all convention videos in english and all talk outlines for download.

  http://avoidjw.org/2016-regional-convention/

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  konceptual99

  Just looking at some of the videos it's clear that that the WTS has really pumped money into the production. They are pretty well made and employ many techniques typical of films to provoke emotions.

  The end of this one... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz7ztagfBPE&feature=youtu.be

  is like a patriotic war film - the dubs will love it. It's frightening how much emotions are being played with now to inspire and cajole.
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  All 2016 Convention videos in English and all Talk outlines for download

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  all convention videos in english and all talk outlines for download.

  http://avoidjw.org/2016-regional-convention/

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  konceptual99

  Great job. It's encouraging to know that there are ones with conscience still in at levels permitting access to this stuff and willing to distribute it.
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  HTTPS (SSL security) Now Available

  by Simon in

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  i've setup an ssl certificate so you can now use https to browse the site.

  this creates an encrypted connection between your browser and the server which is more secure and prevents urls visited from being shown in router logs, content can't be eavesdropped etc.... there are also some performance benefits but they won't kick in until i make some more changes.. consider it experimental for now but at some point it will likely automatically redirect you to the secure version of a page.. you can try it by adding 's' to the http part of any address or just goto the home page and browse from there (some mixed content means you may not get the fully green https status in your browser just yet though).. let me know if you have any issues using the site..

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  konceptual99

  Good for me on Chrome on iOS.  Good job!!
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  Home bookstudy ended because of 'independent study' groups? Any interesting stories regarding these types of groups?

  by Nicodemus Kathoplizo in

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  someone suggested the other day that the home bookstudy meeting ended because of 'independent study' groups (in ireland) going 'off the reservation' and left the truth (tm).. has anyone heard of this before?.

  does anyone have interesting stories of 'independent study' groups resulting in large scale apostasy?.

  they did not publish this for no reason:.

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  konceptual99

  I think part of the reason was to allow more occupancy of Kingdom Halls. Every congregation would have a group at the hall taking up a night a week.
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  My 2016 RC Experience

  by wannabefree in

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  2. experiences

  i'm at the water park with my five year old in green bay.

  she was so happy to be spared another boring day like she endured at thursday's propaganda feast with her mother.

  after breakfast we drove by the convention site.

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  konceptual99

  I see three reasons for the name change

  1 - no more district overseers so removing the word from theocratease removes any vestige of historical link

  2 - a region can be made as big or small as they like as it has no tie to a specific organisational grouping

  3 - change for change sake. Keep that chariot moving...
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  New DNA Study Confirms Noah

  by notsurewheretogo in

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  http://www.icr.org/article/9325/.

  amazing read...go on , have a laugh if you want to.. new dna study confirms noah.

  by brian thomas, m.s.

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  konceptual99

  Finding a thread where the creation v evolution debate is populated with logical and reasonable evidence that presents even mildly compelling arguments to question the view that there is purely a naturalistic explanation for the progression of life on Earth is as rare as rocking horse sh*te.

  Instead all I see repeated time and time again is mountains of science greeted with nothing more than the intellectual equivalent of a child sticking their fingers in their ears and shouting "la la la la la, I can't hear you".

  I hang my head in shame that I was once on the wrong side of this argument. It's simply f***ing embarrassing to witness.
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  I'm getting disfellowshipped

  by raven in

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  2. experiences

  hi everyone, a bit of an update here on my continuing disaster of a situation.. (refer to my previous posts for the full story) my mom met with me yesterday for dinner, it was nice.. however, she brought up the fact that because i live with my boyfriend and how everything has gone down, i will be disfellowshipped.. i think the elders basically have enough proof of this.. due to the anonymous tipper (still have no clue who it was, i live in another town 100's of miles away from my old congregation territory), and my mom telling them.

  i'm not sure when they will announce it, or if they will contact me prior.. at this point i feel so emotionally dead i don't care- on the other hand, i don't want to be disfellowshipped because i do not want to loose a relationship with my mom.

  that is the whole reason i tried fading out.. .

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  konceptual99

  Sorry to hear that you are being disfellowshipped however I agree with oldskool - moving in with a boyfriend within six months of stopping going to meetings and telling your mum is a high risk strategy, long distances accepted.

  I think the advice you have had already on trying to keep the contact and build on it is good.

  I really wish you the best and hope that your mum sees beyond the rhetoric and is happy to carry on communication.
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  Evidence for a Young Earth

  by Perry in

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  for additional information:.

  for additional information:.

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  konceptual99

  Please look any of these up at Talk Origins and elsewhere on the web - they've been argued and debuked over and over again.

  Then again, I suspect you have and chose to maintain such beliefs.

  Which is exactly what I did before I simply could not ignore the weight of evidence to the contrary.