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  INSTRUCTIONS FOR OUR CHRISTIAN LIFE AND MINISTRY MEETING

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
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  1. the life and ministry meeting will proceed as outlined in the life and ministry meeting workbookand according to the instructions that follow.. 3. treasures from gods word:.

  the theme and an outline of two or three main points are provided in thelife and ministry meeting workbook.

  this should be assigned to a qualified elder.. 6. concluding comments: 3 minutes or less.

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  FMCLAM!
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  Theocratic Ministry School . . . is still there AND longer?

  by warehouse in

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  so i made a timeline based on the leaked letter, it is as follows:.

  edit: updated chart with color, because the html version was crap.

  so i know i might be crazy, but is the theocratic school still there, just called apply yourself to field ministry?

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  If it looks like a school and sounds like a school....then it must be a ........Our (so-called) Christian Life and Ministry Meeting - nope, no "School" in that title.
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  Oooohhhhh the Irony

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
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  just skimmed the new october broadcast.

  http://www.jw.org/download/?fileformat=mp4&output=html&pub=jwb&issue=201510.

  check out losch talking about good works and sacred service.

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  Yes, ironic they show a brother doing laundry.....considering the amount of "dirty laundry" they are concealing.
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  November 2015 Awake

  by username in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok. when i first looked at the cover of this issue of awake i was instantly struck on how creepy it looked.

  my first impressions were the picture looked almost masonic in nature.

  well, further investigation has led me to another picture that shows a grand masonic hall.

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  Is this a stock photo the WT have used or is it bethelites playing dress-ups in a real church?
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  Just dropped the bomb

  by Powermetal4ever in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after a long struggle with myself, i did send a sms to my mother this morning, telling her i didn't want to go to the meeting, and that i no longer believe in the organisation, don't really believe in god any more either but i put that out.

  i wrote about three things that i thought are obvious, the overlapping generation that doesn't make sense, the flood an the animals in australia- how they came there.

  and jw tv that makes them look as any other religion.

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  Waking up is never as frightening if there is someone you love and care about who has done it first, so your strength may be the catalyst for her to start questioning her own beliefs one day.
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  My Mother Died Two Weeks Ago

  by Perry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  none of my jehovah's witness relatives called to tell me or my family.

  just found out this morning.

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  Losing a parent is bad enough but this cult makes it even harder by taking away your right to grieve with the rest of your family.

  So sorry for your loss, Perry and family.
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  Mass disassociation pact...

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  any takers?

  we can pick a date and pull the plug?

  lol .

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  I like the human rights aspect.

  Maybe there could be a series of rolling announcements on various days.
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  Just dropped the bomb

  by Powermetal4ever in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after a long struggle with myself, i did send a sms to my mother this morning, telling her i didn't want to go to the meeting, and that i no longer believe in the organisation, don't really believe in god any more either but i put that out.

  i wrote about three things that i thought are obvious, the overlapping generation that doesn't make sense, the flood an the animals in australia- how they came there.

  and jw tv that makes them look as any other religion.

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  It is indeed quite the internal struggle between being true to yourself and not, but I believe you made the right choice in being honest.

  Nothing may come of it, so don't sweat it, you'll cross that bridge if and when etc etc.

  Don't let anyone shame you for being honest.
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  Top three reason for it to be cult and/or not the true religion.

  by Powermetal4ever in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  alright, i want everyone to list your top three reasons for jw to be cult and/or not the true religion.

  1.you can't look, or wear whatever you want.. 2. blah.

  3. blah.

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  sparrowdown

  Something that I feel is very culty is how JWs will attempt (and in the case of converts succeed) to do is alter a persons perception of reality. They essentially teach the flock to reject reality and substitute it with their own.

  Also when JWs talk it makes my brain hurt.
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  Our CLAM meeting (vid): SELF-NEGATION is the first "treasure" from first meeting segment

  by Gilgamesh in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the first sample video of the clam meeting (christian life and ministry) at about 5 minutes, 50 seconds in, a brother (steven phillips) is assigned the first segment of the new meeting, "treasures from god's word.

  " ( http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodstudio/pub-jwbrd_201510_5_video ).

  he shows just how sloppy the wts still is at trying to explain the deeper meanings of scriptures.

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  Actually it should the O-CLAM.