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  No Watchtower shipment

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it was announced at our clam that there "was no shipment of the october study editions of the watchtower" and that they were asking if people could just use electronic or make their own copies.. is this just happening in ohio, or did you hear the same thing?.

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  Aw, what a shame.

  Damn, if only you could study the bible by just using the bible.

  Great minds (snakeface)
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  BS stories in the publications

  by Billzfan23 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is an example of a story that just strikes me as funny from their publications:.

  "wilson, a christian from ghana, was notified that in a few days, he would be fired from his job.

  on his final day at work, he was assigned to wash the private car of the managing director of the company.

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  Thanks for not stealing my money Wilson Wiiiiiiiiillllssssooooonnn....

  
  
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  Nationwide epidemic

  by neat blue dog in

  1. social
  2. humour

  breaking: after testing of the presidential alert system this afternoon, young adults across the country are in need of counciling and admission to mental health clinics after receiving a message on their phone without consent.

  "i felt violated", said 29 year old shealyn.

  "now he's found a way to break into people's safe spaces.

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  Phones are "safe spaces" lol that's funny.
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  Anyone Tried "Sous Vide" Cooking?

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. family

  i like a nice steak but cooking one can be a little intimidating and the results hit and miss especially when it comes to getting the right temperature so getting it wrong can be an expensive mistake.

  can anyone do that "finger and thumb together to check the doneness" thing?

  i can't .... so i came across this cooking technique called "sous vide" which cooks food (in a sealed vacuum bag) in a warm water bath, even steak.

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  Restaurants and chefs use this method quite a bit. It's great for meat but works for many things, cooks it evenly, retains all the moisture and then chred on a grill to finish off - great way to cook.
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  WATCHTOWER Is Trying To Put Cameras In All of Their Kingdom Halls

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one of my best friends is in the security business.

  he told me the other day of how the watch tower has been in contact with his good friend and business associate.

  evidently they are inquiring about putting cameras into every kh so that they can do 24 hour monitoring.

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  If I had to walk into a KH again the camera would be catching some serious middle finger crime on my way out.
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  Our Christian Life And Ministry Answers

  by bola in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  please i need the answers to the our christian life and ministry from the month of october, 2018 to december, 2018..

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  sparrowdown

  Seriously???

  Look them up yourself or better still, tell her to look them up for herself!
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  Taking children out on the ministry

  by Freedom rocks in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  can i ask your views on taking children out on the ministry?

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  do you have any experiences you can share of things you as a child/your children/grandchildren have witnessed on the ministry that they shouldn't have?.

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  This is one my bugbears with JWs.

  I agree with "still ADD" I truly believe it to be a form of emotional and psychological abuse and one of the forced activities that forms the basis of the trauma that cements the indoctrination in the child's mind.

  The child is also exposed to all sorts of potentially dangerous people, animals and situations - again all part of the trauma for a child and the embarrassment can be crippling to a young teenager's self esteem and image.

  Just like being forced to keep awake at meetings with threats of corporal punishement and humiliation.

  Effectively teaching the child "learned helplessnes."

  Shame shame shame on you WT
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  Is attendance down in your location too?

  by StarryNight9 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was commenting on another thread about how local kh attendance is down.

  memorial attendance was also way down and the circuit assembly had hundreds less people than what is typical.

  my jw family has even mentioned it.

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  Just by the by I read an article the other day that said the Anglican Church is selling off churches also to make way for 'new form of ministry" whatever that means. I think western religions at least are going through a transition because of longterm ongoing global downturn of attendance at bricks and mortar churches.
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  Letter to elders: Say what brothers?

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to all bodies of elders .

  re: audio at sign-language meetings .

  dear brothers: .

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  So basically they love to sound clever with their fancy made up words.
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  Letter to elders: Say what brothers?

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to all bodies of elders .

  re: audio at sign-language meetings .

  dear brothers: .

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  Pregroup could be what they call a group before it is large enough to be called a group.