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Who is Charles Sunutko?
by VM44 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in the spring of 1967 district overseer charles sunutko gave in sheboygan, wisconsin, the talk, "serving with everlasting life in view"

a recording of that talk is available on the internet at several places, easily found by a google search.. but who is (was?

) charles sunutko?.
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FOND FAREWELL TO THE BI-MONTHLY AWAKE!
by steve2 in
1. jw
2. friends
with the jw congregations about to be informed that the ubiquitous awake!

magazine is to be issued just once a month from january 2006, now is an apt time for interested parties to share brief memories and/or impressions about the bi-monthly awake!

magazines, whether poignant, hard-hitting or humorous.
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Patterson on the line: Watchtower claims that paying cash bond would cause immediate irreparable harm and hardship
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
a new article for those who are interested.... http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/patterson-on-the-line-watchtower-claims-that-paying-cash-bond-would-cause-immediate-irreparable-harm-and-hardship.

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cedars.
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2010 Circuit Assembly..........Sunday Program nonsense and madness.
by RULES & REGULATIONS in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i went to the sunday circuit assembly and came back all riled up with all the nonsense.. the sunday program was on ''safeguarding your spirituality''.

''it is better to remain single and not marry.

that gives you more time for studying and the preaching work.
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Blood Transfusions are Biblically Supported
by allpoweredup in
1. watchtower
2. medical
to jehovah's witnesses elders: blood transfusions are biblically supported: acts 15:20 says abstain from blood but 1 samuel 14:32-5 says saul's army ate unbled meat to not starve and no verses show god not forgiving them.

christ says god also forgave david's eating temple holy bread to survive and that god wants mercy not sacrifice.

(mt 12) the may 22, 1994 awake tells of 26 jehovah's witness kids who died without transfusions, and by common sense in massive bleeding as in car wrecks blood expanders won't save lives http://www.ajwrb.org.
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The facts on crucifixion, stauros, and the "torture stake"
by Leolaia in
1. watchtower
2. bible
finally, i will look at biblical and patristic evidence bearing on the crucifixion of jesus in particular.

we need to examine the earliest known descriptions of the kind of crucifixion adopted by the romans and the specific terms they used to refer to it.

apparently the society believes that crux still meant "stake" in the second century a.d., when tacitus composed his annals.
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New Provision to Assist Us to Abstain From Blood - Dec KM
by truthseeker in
1. watchtower
2. medical
if you wondered whether the society would print blood cards this year, they won't.

blood cards are out.. consider the box found on the december km, entitled "new provision to assist us to abstain from blood".

the governing body has approved combining the essential elements of the durable power of attorney (dpa) document and the advance.
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Living with Soundness of Mind in an Electronic Age - KM Part this week
by ezekiel3 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
looks like it is time to remind the flock that jwd is deathdealing.

this week service meetings are recycling old kingdom ministry articles regarding the danger of electronic communication such as the internet and email.. .

like i heard at a recent circuit assembly, "don't let your mouse turn you into a rat!".
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JW changes over time
by larc in
1. jw
2. friends
as many of you know, i am 63, and left the religion about 40 years ago.

i was raised in it and would like to explain what it was like compared to today.

first of all, back in the mid to late 40's the patriotism of the u.s. was very high and the treatment at the door was very harsh.
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HARSH FINAL COURT DECISION IN VICKI BOER V. WATCHTOWER TRIAL
by hawkaw in
1. jw
2. friends
i have some unique and troubling news.

i just got off the telephone with scott boer, vicki boer's husband and before that vicki.

her honour, justice anne molloy, has just ruled on the legal cost issue in the boer case.