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  All Donations Received @ KH During Annual Meeting Must Be Sent To The Branch

  by thedepressedsoul in

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  2. beliefs

  i just got word that in all congregations where the annual meeting is being streamed, any donations received that day, even if put in the box for the local hall must be sent to the branch immediately.. there will be an announcement made before the program starts for this arrangement.

  so the extra electric needed that day, heat/ac that the congregation has to pay for does not matter.

  all money donated that day has to go to the branch..

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  Why wouldn't they send everything above running costs to the branch?

  WT owns their ass.
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  The upcoming protest at Warwick on November 5th

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  2. beliefs

  hey all.. just saw this video about the upcoming protest at warwick on november 5th.

  it looks like some momentum is building up to it.

  but what i really want to know is will it have much impact?

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  WT...compassion? ...aahhh no.

  But hey, I hope heaps turn up and wish them all the best for the event.
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  Is there anything good JWs taught you still benefit from?

  by venus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some years ago, i attended a jw wedding.

  marriage speaker said something which changed my life for the better, and it helps me even now.

  he told the couple: “the very make up of man and woman is such that conflicts can often arise between you.

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  I remember looking up an un-named quote from a WT once and it was a TD Jakes quote - WTF!!!

  All it said was it was a "well known preacher" but the quote was used as an argument for WT's position - double WTF!!!
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  "Circumcision is a sign to set you apart from the people of the nations"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we know that the hebrew scriptures, or old testament states that the practice of circumcision (of males) was supposed to be yet another sign that set the jews apart from the "people of the nations".

  but apart from so many odd things, how dumb is this?.

  i mean, how did someone know if a male was circumcised or not??

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  I thought you guys piss in front of each other all the time - eew btw.

  Well, let me see, did they have undies in those days or what?

  Coz maybe your junk just flopped out from behind your robes or toga occasionally by accident to the gasp of any nearby jewish people if it was still wearing it's hoodie.

  Very strange conversation stuck.
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  For ELDERS: Kingdom Ministry School for the 2018 Service Year (Picture)

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know wifibandit will post the pdf soon, this is just a snack for you guys and girls.... .

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  " Protecting Minors from Abuse."

  45 minutes of

  "All together now repeat after me.

  Jehovah's Witnesses abhor child abuse. To say we don't protect our young ones is ridiculous.

  JWs abhor child abuse. To say we don't protect our young ones is ridiculous.

  JWs abhor child abuse...
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  For ELDERS: Kingdom Ministry School for the 2018 Service Year (Picture)

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know wifibandit will post the pdf soon, this is just a snack for you guys and girls.... .

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  "Humility or Ability - Which does Jehovah prefer?"

  Well, we know he prefers zero real world qualifications and zero ability the two main criteria for appointment as an elder.

  Humility? Ironic considering you would think to be "appointed" a JW "Elder" with no actual qualifications would keep someone humble but actually it just creates delusions of power and greatness.

  Yeah, let's just say in JWspeak humilty = unquestioning, unreasoning, unthinking, absolute loyalty and obedience.

  IOW "Humility" = we say "jump" you ask "how high?"
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  Stupid, stupid nonsense in the October JW broadcast

  by sir82 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so in the october jw broadcast, there is a "morning worship" segment in which g. jackson goes to great lengths to explain how the term "those taking the lead" are not "leaders".. the terms are exactly equivalent, of course, but jackson, with a wink & smirk, pats himself on the back for his own cleverness on how different they really are.it's just so bizarrely absurd.. imagine if such tortured reasoning were applied to other areas..... -------------------------------------.

  restaurant manager: i'm sorry, the only position we have open is for dishwasher.

  applicant: that's insulting!

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  God GeeJay is a smarmy bastard.
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  Is there anything good JWs taught you still benefit from?

  by venus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some years ago, i attended a jw wedding.

  marriage speaker said something which changed my life for the better, and it helps me even now.

  he told the couple: “the very make up of man and woman is such that conflicts can often arise between you.

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  Any halfway useful illustration that was part of any JW talk I ever heard was usually stolen from pop psychology.

  Buy another telly= happy marriage seems very simplistic and a but of a downer for a wedding talk, more like a wedding tisk tisk. Hardly Yoda or Dr Phil.
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  JW Rumor: End of the Traveling Overseer

  by Edison Trent in

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  2. scandals

  a friend of mine has contacts to a family with several circuit overseers and special pioneers.

  they have good connections to bethel.. he told me that the latest rumor from bethel states that the cos should be abolished in their present form.

  they have also recently begun to take cos back to bethel.. over the same channel i have already heard of the car fleet program and that the dos should be abolished.. has anyone else already heard of it?

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  I imagine they will need to keep the COs on whilst they are in the throes of merging and downsizing since the CO is involved in the recommendation and co-ordinating of the merger and he is essentially the link betwen the congreagtions and the branch.

  It also makes sense that as congregation mergers continue resulting in fewer congregations, talks become videos and more things are done online they will need less COs. Since the CO arrangement is an expensive one I can see them finding an alternative in the future.
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  Instructions For Merging Congregations

  by wifibandit in

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  2. beliefs

  instructions for merging congregations s-67-e 9/17.

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  What was it Jesus said to Judas something to the effect of "whatever you are doing do it more quickly..."??

  Well whatever it was the sentiment is apt so whatever you are doing WT do it more quickly.