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  Coordinator of Elders Problems in One Southern England Circuit!

  by The Searcher in

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  information just passed to me.

  let's hope this becomes even more widespread.

  i wonder if the britain branch suspects a conspiracy?

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  Sounds like no. 5 learned TTATT... lol

  No. 1 too. A beard? You go, brother! =)
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  What if you were God?

  by LAWHFol in

  1. watchtower
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  "what if you were god.

  ", is a popular question.. a similar question, that is not so popular, is "what if you and i are god?

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  Oh yeah, I would also write a better Bible. One that is much better than the ambiguous jumbled mess that we have right now!
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  Magazine Demo

  by OzGirl in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  two sisters did a magazine demo recently.

  one used her tablet to show a scripture to the other one.

  the second one said: "that looks easier than trying to find it in a book.".

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  In other words, the Bible is confusing, complicated, & difficult to use!

  I always dreaded flipping through the Bible, trying to remember where on earth God said what & where the heck were all the other scriptures which supported the scripture I wanted to use. If I was God & wanted to write a book which can benefit people, I would make it as user-friendly & easy to use as possible, with clear & specific guidelines which could not be misinterpreted. It would be clear, coherant, consistent, conclusive, certain & most importantly - convincing, instead of the ambiguous jumbled mess it is right now!
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  What if you were God?

  by LAWHFol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "what if you were god.

  ", is a popular question.. a similar question, that is not so popular, is "what if you and i are god?

  ".

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  If I was God, I would debate Cofty

  I might even lose... lol
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  OUR CHRISTIAN LIFE AND MINISTRY MEETING ASSIGNMENT SLIP

  by xjwsrock in

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  I've graduated from the TMS. Rejected my last assignment & simply stopped attending. Glad that I don't have to do this shit anymore!
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  WT Mtg "read scriptures" are only to be read by a 1 brother???

  by Olivia Wilde in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we had co visit recently & it appears that the co told the elders of the congregation that the scriptures indicated on the wt to be "read" on the watchtower study are only to be read by 1 brother in the entire study.... the elder conducting the watchtower announced that at the wt mtg... i was like what???

  only men?....

  has anyone else had this occur in their congregation?

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  Exactly... anyway for my cong, they do assign some sisters to read the scriptures too, BUT... there is a bias in the way they do it, such as scriptures being assigned mainly to elder's wives & other "spiritually strong" sisters who comment often. I was thinking - these ones ALREADY comment very often & are assigned further to read?? It gets sickening to hear these ones at the meeting over & over again. And since they are encouraged to read with feeling, they tend to put on an unnatural tone of voice when doing so. So irritating!
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  Where are you from?

  by BeautifulMind in

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  i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

  but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

  i currently live in georgia, usa.

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  So far nobody else from Southeast Asia.. will be a challenge to go for meetups, I guess.

  Me!
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  WT Mtg "read scriptures" are only to be read by a 1 brother???

  by Olivia Wilde in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we had co visit recently & it appears that the co told the elders of the congregation that the scriptures indicated on the wt to be "read" on the watchtower study are only to be read by 1 brother in the entire study.... the elder conducting the watchtower announced that at the wt mtg... i was like what???

  only men?....

  has anyone else had this occur in their congregation?

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  If this is the case, then my congregation is definitely not doing things right. They went from having the magazine reader read the scriptures to opening it up for anyone to put up their hands & be called on to read... to the current practice - which is for bro's & sis's to be assigned by the magazine consuctor before the meeting to read the scriptures. I though that was stupid & that the previous practice of giving everyone in the audience a chance to read was the best
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  KENNETH DELGADO vs. LAS LOMAS SPANISH CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, SAN DIEGO, CA Court Docs

  by LAWHFol in

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  2. scandals

  http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/nonpub/d066606.pdf.

  if anyone is interested in recent lawsuits concerning org..

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  Zalkin comes to kick the WT's ass again!
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  Introduction

  by shattered_origins in

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  i joined the forum yesterday and made 2 angry posts which received encouraging replies.

  i spent a good chunk of time today browsing various posts, and i can't get enough!

  i'm doing things backwards now and taking a moment to introduce myself.

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  Now I don't feel so guilty for missing so many meeting, and my fading intensifies.

  You shouldn't feel guilty at all. Happy fading! Btw, I'm also fading too =)