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  New resolution passed at last service meeting? crazy!!

  by finallyfree! in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  so my ex who has gone back to the wts and is being given the tough love and is questioning whether shes makin the right move.

  she told me at the last service meeting that there was a resolution passed that stated that all leftover balances in the congregations accounts would be sent to the society to be used where the need is great, to help out with natural disasters etc and that the funds would be sent back to the congregation if they needed it.. has anyone else who is still in or knows active witnesses heard of this new resolution?

  apparently its everywhere in canada as far as i was told .. .

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  It's a wonderful financial move so that the money is used where needed. And note that, if the giving congregation needs the funds, they're returned.

  I think it's an awesome, money-smart arrangement!

  DY
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  Watchtower = Elders can disfellowship people for being too FAT!!! Has this happened?

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  watch 1974 p.167 "by disobediently overindulging in food and making a glutton of himself, he fails to show love for jehovah...if in the presence of others does he selfishly ignore there needs and take more than his share?

  is he grossly overwieght but shows no restraint at all as to food, habitually gorging himself?

  does he feel un-comfortable, perhaps even sick because of eating too much ...glutton has no place in god's congregation...they will not inherit god's kingdom...".

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  Witness 007,

  You sound like the old timer JWs that can't move forward from the old teachings. Hey, do you also quote stuff from when TV was black and white? When we used typewriters? When computers were the size of entire rooms? Gotta update your information library, I tell you!

  Although gluttony is definitely a sin, it's one that the person suffers the price in poor health without any extra outside punishment. Having said that, yes, I'd love it if people who cannot stop their excessive eating could also not have leadership priviledges in the congregation; no obese COs, DOs, elders, MS, pioneers, thus setting the example of self-control.

  I'd also like to see obese doctors/nurses/paramedics, all health care personnel, lose their jobs if they cannot maintain a healthy weight. I'm not talking a few pounds over, but rather OBESE people.

  Just wishful thinking!

  DY
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  What's with the tattoing your arms craze?

  by yadda yadda 2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why are so many guys getting their arms tattoed?

  looks awful, like they have been in a fire and have ash all over their arms, or like they have gangrene.

  just looks kinda dirty.

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  People with too much idle time in their hands and not enough moral substance in their minds. I heard some comedian say recently that "tattoos are a permanent mark of temporary insanity".

  Here in Florida that practice is so prevalent that even people you'd think have some sense are getting tattoos. It's awful! Another disfiguring and self-mutilating practice gaining ground is that cartoon-looking ear/nose gauging.

  "Look at me! Notice me! I'm different! I'm unique!"

  Rebels without a worthy cause?!

  Bunch of nuts!!!

  DY
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  Introducing myself

  by Micaela in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi everyone.. i just wanted to introduce myself since i am new to the forum.

  my name is micaela, i also go by mica.

  i have been studying with the witnesses for some time and i attend meetings.

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  You must be kidding, right?!

  This a website where disgruntled ex-JWs, a bunch of misinformed people and quite a group of nut cases have come up with to discredit the JWs!

  Get out of here and never ever return!!!

  DY
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  What % of current JWs sincerely believe Armageddon will come within the next 30 years?

  by jj123jj123 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just to give you a little background about myself, i was a born-in, i'm in my late 20's now, i faded away a few years ago after researching the history of the wtbs on the internet.

  my fade was aided by moving away with my job(i definately feel lucky about that).

  eventually, i had discussions with a couple of my closer jw friends about why i no longer believed in the wtbs.

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  Wasblind,

  No boubts here, just small disagreements here and there. In this case, just a personal resolution I made a long time ago to serve God in my abundant imperfection because he so deserves it (Rev. 4:11) not because there's an imminent "end".

  Actually, anyone that tries to please God because the end is near only gives Satan the reason when he told God about the man Job that mankind only served God because of personal survival interests.

  DY
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  THE WATCHTOWER ? MARCH 15, 2011 page 31

  by therevealer in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  what do you make of this.

  are they anticipating or experiencing trouble in the field or just promoting scare tactics again?.

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  We get challenged all the time by people while in service; we must prepare for it and accept that it's not goin away.

  As Jesus Christ said, he was persecuted and so will his followers.

  DY
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  What % of current JWs sincerely believe Armageddon will come within the next 30 years?

  by jj123jj123 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just to give you a little background about myself, i was a born-in, i'm in my late 20's now, i faded away a few years ago after researching the history of the wtbs on the internet.

  my fade was aided by moving away with my job(i definately feel lucky about that).

  eventually, i had discussions with a couple of my closer jw friends about why i no longer believed in the wtbs.

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  Ever since the 1975/mid-80s/mid 90s Armagedon fiascos I've been serving God to the best of my very imperfect ability as if the end is coming today, but preparing myself secularly and otherwise as if I'll live over 100 years old and it'll never arrive in my life time.

  Most JWs I know believe they'll see the end, but unfortunately we're all already dying one by one of old age and illness, and no end in sight.

  Having said that, I've decided that the correct path to take in my case, and as it says in the Bible, is to worship and serve God because he so deserves it for his benevolence and his creation, not waiting for any so called "end".

  DY
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  NEWSMAX - Jehovah Witnesses a publishing POWERHOUSE

  by Smoky in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  check out this link: http://w3.newsmax.com/a/oct10/jehovah/.

  i received this link from a brother "in good standing", though i could not decide if the article (oct 2010), was a good thing (to boost wt ego's) or a negative apostate type of information.. i was more suprised at the fact the it was in a rightwing political magazine.

  but what do i know.. any thoughts?.

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  Old news. JWs publish lots of stuff yearly and have millions of free volunteers distributing these publications daily throughout the world. Of course we have been a publishing powerhouse for many years now, and many more to come!

  Definitely a JW ego booster!

  DY
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  THE WATCHTOWER ? MARCH 15, 2011 page 31

  by therevealer in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  what do you make of this.

  are they anticipating or experiencing trouble in the field or just promoting scare tactics again?.

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  Haven't seen it. What's in it?!

  DY
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  Reply From Co-worker - Feel Excellent Moment!

  by Doubtfully Yours in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, there we all are in the break room in my place of work, and the topic turns to the holiday shopping madness.

  this co-worker starts to say how expensive this holiday season has been for him and that he's still not done, and too bad when the day comes the family members will find fault or something else wrong with his gifts, and to make things worst, that the wife also was purchasing gifts with his credit card so he feared the january statement.. so, i jokingly told him that one way he can remedy that is by telling his family that he's been studying the bible and that he won't be celebrating christmas this year as he's studying to become a jw.

  they all laughed loudly and the guy, second by others in the room, told me that i just didn't know how good i had it being a jw this time of the year.

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  People that are willing to reason ultimately accept that holidays are largely based on lies or unacceptable behavior for a person considered a Christian. However, they prefer to continue with the tradition as usual.

  The Bible does mention of people that will follow men's traditions rather than God's will; nothing surprising about it.

  It's widely known, truth be told, that we can be just as giving people as any others, but we express meaning in our giving not just because an annual date is set have we become enslaved to it. Our school graduation, baby/wedding shower, wedding, wedding anniversaries, children's parties, etc., are ocassions filled with joy, good food, gifts, all without the materialism and excess that are characteristics of today's holiday celebrations.

  It's wonderful in my case that many of my co-workers have checked our official website and found out the real reason of our stance on holidays and other JW behaviors. Their respect is much appreciated, indeed.

  DY