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The Governing Body said it ... are you ready !!!!!!!!!!!!
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i was at a funeral this weekend, the first time i'd been in a kingdom hall in 13 years, the talk was short about a half hour, and all jw stuff as expected, but the one part of the talk made me laugh, the speaker said :.

"we (a group of elders), had the oppourtunity to speak with a member of the governing body at the assembly, and he said : "we the governing body are confident that armageddon is close, and are ready for jehovah's day, are you ready ???"".

i couldn't believe my ears, they will never learn.
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Awake "the generation of 1914 will not pass away,the Creator's promise" ???
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2. beliefs
we all know this phrase very well from the masthead of every awake magazines from 1983 - 1995.. my question is ... exactly how long did this run, and why was it stopped in the 1980's as well of course in 1995. in coc it says it ran from 1988 - 1995, when i was home last summer had a chance to look at some old bound volumes, and i know it was in as early as 1983, i have heard that it was taken out in 1987 and put back in about a year later in 1988, is this true,.

can someone look through their bound volumes and figure out exactly how long this ran, and was it taken out for a little bit, and what replaced it, in 1987 and 1995.. also what did it say before this staement was ever printed back in the early 80's or late 70's,.

thanks, sorry i dont have a cd-rom or bound volumes to look it up myself
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Watchtower can be sued for NOT allowing blood transfusions ???
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i was watching the news today in alberta canada, saw a preview for the 6 o'clock news tonight mountain time channel 3, there will be a piece about a former jw, father (i believe it is lawrence) who's daughter died of leukima, and was not allowed to have blood because of her religion.

apparently the court has ruled that he can sue the watchtower for negligence, hopefully someone can tape this news piece and put in on the net, unfortunately i don't know how to do that.. go lawrence !!!!!!!!
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Any HIV experiences with witnesses ????
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2. scandals
we had one brother who became a witness after he contracted hiv, he was very subdued and very willing to learn and very into the "truth", i guess that can really have an effect on you.

he was very nice, i did feel sorry for him.

it is a very sad way to die, and a terrible way to life out your last days.
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Has the Rutherford class all passed on, and JW's bury his beliefs ?
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my family mentioned that there is no reason to read older publications when new ones are available,.

it got me thinking, as the 1914 generation is all but gone, what about the rutherford witnesses, how many are still around that were witnesses when rutherford was king, he died in 1942, that would make the youngest 64, as a baby, providing they were a witness, and at the time there was probaly only 300,000 - 500,000 witnesses max.. with no one around do jw's simply just disregard his beliefs ??

?, will the same happen with franz's beliefs in 30 or 40 years ?.
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Any PUBLICATION say that heavens doors were closed in 1935 ???
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2. bible
this seems to be jw belief, and only because rutherford said so in a talk, are there any publications that actually say that heavens doors were closed in 1935 ???

and any kind of references ???.

with the annoited class (pre 1935) getting smaller and smaller, i think in about 50 years the watchtower will have 144,000 replacements, how will they rectify this goof ???.
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What's next Watchtower gonna sue Ebay ???
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2. scandals
i find it funny and sad that the watchtower is pursuing internet sites to be shut down and to stop showing their articles, due to copyright laws.. i thought the goal of the watchtower was to preach the good news of the kingdom in all the inhabited earth and then the end will come.. apparentll not, with the recent lawsuit against the quotes site, i'm wondering if ebay is on their list, you can buy just about any publication from 1900-1950, and buy it fairly cheap i might add.

hhhhhhhhhmmmmm, maybe they will sue them to for distributing old publications for people to read.. what's next ????????.

any thoughts .........
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Even seen or read this booklet, anything about Christs return in 1914, 1874
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Do you think this is tacky and just plain pathetic (Watchtower) ?????
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i just returned from ontario, where a family member died, i was reading the obit, and i know its been said millions of times, but this really blew me away.

"a private family burial at ______ cemetery.

a memorial service will be held at the kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses on saturday august 13, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. as expressions of sympathy, please send donations to world wide work of jehovah's witnesses.".
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Confrontation times 2, My lovely weekend ahead. Any thoughts .......
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2. friends
well, my life is about to change over the next week, the anxiety is running high, and the adrenaline is going full blast, i hope i make it .... just a reminder of what has happened ... last summer my wife went to ontario and stayed with her sister, at the time me and her were not doing to well, and while she was there she screwed around on me, and her sister laughed about it.

it's been 11 months, i've did the counselling, and i've tried to forgive her, but i'll tell you all something ...... "it just eats at you everyday, no matter how hard you try.".

so i arrive on saturday, and day 1 will be taking care of this guy, i just hope i don't k--l him and spend the rest of my life in jail.