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  Inactive ones talk... some lies I noticed

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the brother giving the saturday"inactive ones helping them to return".. he said, this year the society has been making an effort to contact all inactive ones.. and also... the elders visit all the inactive ones at least once a year .

  bs!

  totally bs!.

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  The brother giving the talk at the RC I attended didn't mention those things, so I don't think that was from the outline...
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  Listing Bros cv's in their intro

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  at the assembly i noticed something new and disturbing.

  when a brother is introduced before a talk the audience is now given their life history/ major accomplishments .. "brother arsehole who served at bethal for five years, pioneered in the foreign language territory for ten years, is an elder in x congregation and serves in the construction projects blah blah blah".

  this puffing up never used to happen?

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  I remember hearing that at the 2015 RC, so it's not a new practice that was just introduced this year
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  2016-07-15 TO ALL BODIES OF ELDERS IN RUSSIA New law on missionary activity

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  2016-07-15 to all bodies of elders in russia re: new law on missionary activity.

  translation:.

  to all bodies of elders in russia new law on missionary activity.

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  Sophia 3:9???
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  "What is in it for me."

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so if there was no promise of a "reward" for faithfulness...no paradise...no eternal life etc, how many witnesses would stick with the "faith"?.

  sure, the reward might be "making god happy", but he supposedly holds out the paradise promise with eternal life as an incentive right?.

  before anyone says, that's what satans challenge regarding job was about, just think.

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  Perry:

  God has a very easy yoke and a very light load.

  
  

  Could you be more specific?
  
  
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  My son is coming home to me soon. Yey!!!

  by KateWild in

  1. social
  2. family

  my son sent me a wonderful song a month ago on this thread.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5704271907520512/my-wonderful-son.

  it's amazing how a bad experience can trigger action.

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  Another young adult freed from the clutches of this evil cult! Well done and may both of you continue to grow ever closer in the years ahead!
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  2016 convention. Was there a leaflet / public invitation campaign this year?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just wondering if there was the usual hyped up leaflet distribution campaign this year or not?.

  as the convention seems more focussed on an "internal" message to keep witnesses loyal, did they want the public there?.

  and what would first time attenders really think if they heard the convention content?

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  Over here, they're inviting people to a convention which is hundreds of miles away! Pure stupidity & a total waste of time!!!
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  "Well now at least they get a ressurection!"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yes, that is what a witness said after the police shootings and terrible aftermath of violence occurred this week in the usa..... they said that it now gives them a chance to live forever...as if they would not have had that opportunity if they had not been tragically killed..... of course according to witness teachings, the contradictory thing is that if the big a had come a day before, then those same people would have been killed by jehovah because they were not his worshipers.....

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  This is one of the teachings which DID NOT make sense to me. God supposedly DOES NOT desire any to be destroyed, yet goes AGAINST his own desire and punishes GOOD people with everlasting destruction simply because they are not convinced that JW's have the truth? And other people who fall in the same category actually get resurrected just because they happened to die ONE day BEFORE Armageddon? Such an unjust and unpleasant God does not deserve my worship!
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  New form of preaching the End...JW?

  by Ozman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/sydney-man-says-he-climbed-the-sydney-harbour-bridge-for-god-20160707-gq18uc.html.

  man has silver bible in hand declaring the great tribulation on top of sydney harbour bridge.

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  What the ****?
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  Did you have "Your chair" or place you sat at the K.H??

  by karter in

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  2. friends

  i never really did but lots of the "friends" did like one brother who felt the cold and had "his chair" by the window and was always closing the window when everyone else wanted it open.. karter..

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  I usually sat at the back. Never liked the middle or front seats, even before learning TTATT. If all the rear seats were taken, I would "steal" a chair from the 2nd hall & create MY OWN place at the back. Nobody dared to say anything!

  I wasn't the only one who liked to sit at the back. Very few people actually liked to sit at or near the front. Those that did were mostly self-righteous individuals who I disliked. There were a few local needs parts and "gentle reminders" encouraging those who came earlier to sit at the front and leave the rear seats for those who came later. All to no effect!
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  Need Suggestions/examples: Guide to helping family & friends break free

  by LisaRose in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was going through my copy of steve hassan's combating cult mind control and it occurred to me that it would be great to have something like this specifically for us ex jehovah's witnesses.

  while this is a great book, the examples he uses are mostly from people that were moonies, as steve is a former moonie and many people that have contacted him for help were relatives of moonies.

  while cults all work basically the same, it would be nice to be have some ideas on things that are specific to jehovah's witnesses.

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  OverlappingGeneralizations:

  Psst! You forgot #3!

  
  #2 overlapped!