DwainBowman

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  Candace settled and she deserves the peace.

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "hot topic on topix seems to be candace conti settlement.

  but it's all quiet here.

  are you guys aware that your hero, who was not in it for the money but to change policies, settled without changing anything?".

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  DwainBowman

  My elder brother in law, has hinted that there are some changes coming down the borg drain, dealing with the Sick-O's!

  So I would guess all these lawsuits are changing things. We'll see whenever it hits!
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  Name "UNWRITTEN" Rules That JWs Are Supposed To Follow

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as with the scribes and pharisees, there are a number of unwritten rules that witnesses are supposed to follow.

  here's a couple : "worldly" kids in society depictions are shown quite often wearing their baseball caps backwards.

  jehovah's witness youths would not want to imitate that "look".

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  DwainBowman

  I was told, don't worry so much about school, time is short, the end is coming in just a few short years, quit school, pioneer, 75 is almost here!

  I will be able to retire when I die! Well I won't be able to work that long, I am slowly losing the feelings in my feet and legs! I hope someone shoots me before I get to the totally dependent state!

  Thanks so much JW.borg!
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  What instructions came with the new brochure?

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  like the title says, i'm wondering if anyone here knows what instructions came with the new brochure about returning to jehovah.

  did each person get a certain number at the convention?

  are they to be handed out at will, up to each publisher's individual discretion?

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  DwainBowman

  The how to use information will come along in the KM's down the road, along with demonstration on the service meeting!
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  8 hrs i can't get back: What a waste of my time the DC was, Wife is in full cult mode, rubbish from the talks

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  omg...what a waste of a day.....my wife is in full cult mode.

  we had one chair seperating us in the bleachers.

  we did not talk on the way to and on the way from.

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  DwainBowman

  I just got back to the motel, and indeed it was horrible! Rock hard seats, no room to move, about 2, I went to the van, and stayed till it was over!

  2 more days if hell!

  Dwain
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  Why is the Governing Body pushing the very young(5-12 year old) into getting baptized into subservience to the Corporation?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i think a very simple reason may be because the very young are pretty much the only ones naive enough to take the plunge these days.

  with the internet available to inform people about the deceptive lies printed by the wt corporation it seems that they are getting their member from the less informed population like the elderly and the very young.

  they/gb hate higher education because they loose members who get one and so they are focusing on those that are dumb enough to believe their boogie man bull shit about jehovah choosing their corporation and anybody not a part of it he will destroyed at armageddon.. also we need to consider that they view these young people as a potential free labor source so the sooner you get them hooked into baptism with the threat of disfellowshipping you can get more free labor out of them..

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  DwainBowman

  Well they can't keep beating the explosive growth drum endlessly unless they have the baptism numbers somehow, to support the claim!
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  Need to Vent: Well this weekend is a wash, 3 days of my life i will not get back and wife is slipping in to cult mode

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yep, the cult fest is upon us....3 days of my life i will not get back....ughhhhhhhh.

  and my wife has been slipping in to cult mode the last 2 days.....you know the look.

  almost like a glazed over look with a side of guilt and a side of narrow mindedness.

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  DwainBowman

  I am with you! I am here at a motel waiting, wishing I could get out of it!

  3 days setting in cheap hard, straight backed hell, 28 of them with no arms bolted together in row after %ow : (
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  Is there a difference between being pardoned or acquitted

  by Ucantnome in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in the new world translation of the holy scriptures (revised 2013) at romans 6:7 it uses the word 'acquitted'.

  in the kingdom interlinear translation of the greek scriptures (1985) it also has 'acquitted' and in the greek word for english word translation part in has 'has been justified' .

  the insight on the scriptures (1988) under the heading declare righteous page 803 talking about the original greek words that are translated as justify and justification and can be translated as declared righteous and pronounce righteous it says,.

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  DwainBowman

  To be pardoned, dose not wipe the slate clean, but it brings an end to any and all legal action against a person or persons. But it dose not, totally wipe the record clean, like it never happened!

  President Nixon, was pardoned for any and all crimes he may have committed during his term in office! It did not remove guilt, it just stopped the legal system from going after him, in any wsy!

  A pardon, may also restore some or all civil privileges, that convictions may have removed!

  If one is in prison or jail, a pardon would release one!

  But again it dose not wipe the record clean!
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  priveledges an extra layer of protection

  by aintenoughwiskey in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have noticed when an elder or ms gets in serious trouble, many times it's simply a demotion.

  local example.

  well liked ms son of a prominent elder/pioneer gets caught doing the dance with no pants with his fiancee.

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  DwainBowman

  In an area I used to live in, a large group of underage, kids all went out to the lake! The one elders son, and ms, pride of the congregation! Was 21, he went and got serval cases of beer! Well they all got drunk, and most also did the dancing in the sheets! It seem like 12 guys and 7 girls, involved! They were from 3 different congragation.

  It all happened on a Friday night. Well elder boy,went straight to the elders Sunday morning, naming names, and listing, who did what, how many times, and with who! About half were dfed, the other half, less 1, were reproved! Elder boy was treated like a hero! He got his a few years later, when the one baby that came along really started looking like him, DNA test said yes! The poor girl was passed out drung when he pumped her, she had no ideal, who the daddy was!
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  Changes for Volunteers at Conventions and Assemblies in Spain

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  someone sent me this from jwtalk.

  a guy on there just posted this regarding changes to the way the jws volunteer at conventions in spain and the changes seem fairly major:.

  we had a special meeting today called a training session for volunteers.

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  DwainBowman

  There must be some kind of changes to the laws, about all of that. It may take some time, but it will turn up!

  Dwain
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  Convention Tomorrow...

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  kill me.... it's hard to put into words just how badly i do no want to sit through this 3 days of bull $hit.

  i will appreciate any and all words of condolence, humorous, serious, or otherwise.

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  DwainBowman

  I feel for you : (

  I have to go next weekend, to some crappie place in Ar, extra cheap trade show / Flea Market type building, with really sad chairs, with no wiggle room! I can't afford it, very close to being totally broke, but no we have to throw $600 down the drain : (