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  2014 summer conventions to have live video and audio feeds

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have heard from reliable source that this summer's conventions will feature video of various gb members as they speak and announce releases.

  the regional (as opposed to the international conventions) will have numerous video monitors all around.

  anyone else heard about this?.

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  Oh goody, GBTV.
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  My Elderette is attempting to change the subject again

  by Faithful Witness in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we were in the middle of discussing their use of god's personal name, and miss k was not able to find one place in the bible, where jesus actually said the name out loud (that wasn't a quote from the ot).

  we had started out by talking about jesus being "the way, the truth and the life.

  " then she stated that one of the purposes of jesus' coming to earth, was "to make god's name known.

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  The terms "my student", or "my return vist" should be a huge red flag. Why?

  Because genuine people don't have "students " they have friends.
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  STARTING OVER with my Elderette - What Does the Bible REALLY Teach?

  by Faithful Witness in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  she said, "so, what made you decide to study this book?

  at this point, she opened with a prayer.

  "...and some decide that such questions are best left to religious leaders and teachers.

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  Sure. I see, telling someone "your blood is on my hands" is not in the least manipulative or self-sparing.

  What a selfless angel using her time and gas trying to save your life.

  Wow, I might just go back, I had no idea their motive was love for people. I thought it was all about saving their own skins come the big A.

  Silly me. I learn something new everyday about these horribly maligned people.
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  In our local news... Jehovah's Witnesses LIED to Man with Brain injury

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://krqe.com/2014/05/08/family-of-man-with-brain-injury-fights-building-plan/.

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  https://www.facebook.com/savejimsview.

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  sparrowdown

  This sort of thing is no surprise at all. The cong I was attending was regularly getting requests from concerned family members requesting bro's to stop calling on Mr or Mrs so and so from such and such street who have dementia.

  The bro's felt they had a right to call if Mr/Mrs dementia let them in.

  They just did not get that it was unethical to take advantage of someone who was not in full possession of theit faculties.
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  What is your status???

  by lrkr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my family and i are planning a trip to a nice vacation area close to where my (active jw) parents and sister and brother in law live.

  my family and i are not df'd, da'd or anything else- we just executed a successful fade and havent looked back.

  sooo- i've expressed my interest in spending some time with them on vacation (why not- right??).

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  My status: fellow human being. That's the only one that matters.
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  Sign of the Time of the End ---> Armagaddon

  by Waiting4TheKingdom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  five events to come and to watch for:.

  1 world leaders say peace and security!

  - they "say" this but may not fully "achieve" this.

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  If God is coming to judge all religion, the WT and her supporters will be the first to have their crimes read out to them in this "universal court case".

  So watch out, according to your religions calculations you are on borrowed time.

  Better start getting your defence ready as to why you are defending religion.

  Because ain't no such thing as the "only true religion" theyr'e all FALSE.
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  Nestor and Toni Kuilan in the works of a new book!

  by A.proclaimer in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  nestor and toni kuilan are writing a book of their memoirs surrounding their experience with the 1980 apostasy hunts.. .

  read a little bit about it here:.

  http://freeminds2.org/meet-nestor-and-toni-kuilan/.

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  Randy,

  I just want to thank you for making your experience public it helped me alot. I remember printing it out and hiding it in my bedside table and I would read it before going to sleep at night. It was shocking and exhilarating at the same time. I thought for years the prob's of the cong were a result of "a few bad apples", but your story and others like it helpled me realise the problem is wide spread and systemic, the rot starting at the top.

  Thanks to you and nestor and toni and barbara and ray and so many others.
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  STARTING OVER with my Elderette - What Does the Bible REALLY Teach?

  by Faithful Witness in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  she said, "so, what made you decide to study this book?

  at this point, she opened with a prayer.

  "...and some decide that such questions are best left to religious leaders and teachers.

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  One thing you need to remember is that this is not about you it's about her ("your elderette").

  When JWs study with someone it's all about the JW, they really don't give a crap about the person other than what's in it for them.

  Be it, easy "time" or a jealousy-inducing, competition-inciting experience for the bro's, in which your elderette will tell all and sundry all of your personal details (real and embellished), along with her judgmental summary of your situation. Oh, and how she is being so patient and longsuffering in trying to teach you.

  I am sorry if that sounds cynical, but you are not dealing with a "normal " person.
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  Governing Body Replacing Santa Clause Role Model With The Mean Jealous Jehovah Will Smash You Against A Rock Role Model

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well i think the title says it all so expect nothing of any importance in the special dec. issue of the watchtower.

  to put santa clause in a good light would make jehovah very sad not to mention jealous, honoring santa clause makes this childish jehovah all jealous as he considers this an afront to his universal soveignty which gives him the right to destroy all false worshippers of the minor deity called 'santa clause'.

  and don't get me started about how sad jehovah gets when he finds some little kid has chosen a sparlock the magic wizzardkind or type of toy that might be in league with satan jehovah god's chief sadness maker.. jehovah wants to go on a witch hunt(smash those evil toys) and burn those sadness making wizzard toys, the governing body perhaps in the near future and still in this delusional state will pass a ban on kid toys and must pass the elder's approval list before you can even think of keeping them in your car or the holly kingdom hall owned lock stock and barrel by the watctower corporation ready to be sold out from under hard working jws to pay out child molestation lawsuit.. these criminals have no mercy for the flock and the children get santa clause taken away from them because of mean old corporate imaged jehovah..

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  sparrowdown

  I can see it now the next new release entitled

  " List of What Jehovah Really, Really Hates."

  Santa (anagram of satan)

  sparlock

  little doggies

  Dr suess

  smurfs

  cabbage patch dolls
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  A comment to make witnesses ears prick up and think.

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so the next time you are in a group of witnesses and discussion about a sad event where people died occurs (such as a car accident, natural disaster etc), just casually say:.

  " oh well, that's a few less people jehovah has to kill at armageddon.....so don't be upset!...at least they now get a resurrection".

  that will make witnesses think!.

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  A typical saying around my neck of the woods when someone died was " oh well, one more for the resurrection".

  Yes JWs are that callous and heartless.