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  How it begins

  by FadeToBlack in

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  found this perusing quotes from charles dickens book 'great expectations'.. pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.

  charles dickens,

  great expectations .

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  That is for sure the first 'formal' link DOC. But I was thinking of something earlier in the process. What was it for you?
  
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  How it begins

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  found this perusing quotes from charles dickens book 'great expectations'.. pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.

  charles dickens,

  great expectations .

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  FadeToBlack

  Found this perusing quotes from Charles Dickens book 'Great Expectations'.

  “Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.”
  ― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
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  NFL player quits career to become an idiot

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  http://www.jwleather.com/news/jason-worilds-quits-nfl-to-knock-on-doors-as-a-jehovahs-witness.

  jason worilds quits nfl to knock on doors as a jehovahs witness.. 3/19/2015.

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  What a waste. Maybe now that he has his priorities straight, he will qualify to carry the microphones at the KH. Hope he was good at saving cash while he was active....
  
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  Assembly Assessment increased 300%

  by James Jack in

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  2. experiences

  while at the assembly, when reading the financial statement, i noticed our expenses went from $2500 to almost $9500 so i questioned an elder and said that the assessment per publisher is at $10.50 for all in the us branch territory.. he added this helps the society know how much is coming in and helps them plan out future projects!.

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  So how many special pioneers, missionaries, and traveling overseers are there? Once we know that, the math is easy.
  
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  Assembly Assessment increased 300%

  by James Jack in

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  while at the assembly, when reading the financial statement, i noticed our expenses went from $2500 to almost $9500 so i questioned an elder and said that the assessment per publisher is at $10.50 for all in the us branch territory.. he added this helps the society know how much is coming in and helps them plan out future projects!.

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  I suspect that those 'out of court' settlements are starting to add up.
  
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  Ever Think About This One? Another Bible Contradiction

  by freemindfade in

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  2. beliefs

  8you must not make for yourself a carved image+ or a form* like anything that is in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.-deuteronomy 5:8. .

  18 you are to make two cherubs of gold; you will make them of hammered work on the two ends of the cover.+ 19 make the cherubs on the two ends, one cherub on each end of the cover.

  20 the cherubs are to spread out their two wings upward, overshadowing the cover with their wings,+ and they will face each other.

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  SonoftheTrinity said: Exodus was really written by Moses

  Really? In what written language?
  
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  Assembly Assessment increased 300%

  by James Jack in

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  2. experiences

  while at the assembly, when reading the financial statement, i noticed our expenses went from $2500 to almost $9500 so i questioned an elder and said that the assessment per publisher is at $10.50 for all in the us branch territory.. he added this helps the society know how much is coming in and helps them plan out future projects!.

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  Don't contribute anything. You and I need it more than they do. If they are so in need of cash, they can sell one or 2 of those expensive German offset presses that 'we' purchased earlier. Now that they are going digital, who needs expensive printing equipment anyway?

  I will always remember getting reamed by an elder (who I thought was a friend) for daring to ask why the expenses were so high for the CA. Lots of good old threads here from former CA account servants who were kind enough to explain how it worked.
  
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  POLL: Will You Be Attending The Memorial & If You Are---Why?

  by minimus in

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  i was just invited.

  i thanked my old elder friend and he left.

  (i'm not going).

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  No way. (I left out the other word). I went to last years JW.org infomercial as a courtesy to my wife. Never again.
  
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  Do JW Children Still Call Adults "Aunt" and "Uncle"?

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i was young we were taught to refer to other adult jws as aunt or uncle.. was this also the case in other countries and does it still happen?.

  was it just a custom or has the literature ever commented on it?.

  thanks.

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  Still done in Poland.
  
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  Minister Creflo Dollar asks for $60 million in donations for a new jet

  by Oubliette in

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  2. scandals

  minister creflo dollar asks for $60 million in donations for a new jet.

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  in related news, seven other televangelists seek untold millions to build a religious compound in upstate new york: .

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  I haven't seen a performance by Mr Dollar, but I bet he puts on a much better show than any of the GB judging from what I've seen at Jw.org TV. The man has obviously found his niche.