Bonnie_Clyde

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  Jehovah's Witnesses NEED To Feel Special About Themselves

  by minimus in

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  being a witness is like belonging to a club.

  certain "qualifications" are needed to get into the membership.

  and like most clubs, there are different levels to establish how low or how high you are on the totem pole.. for many (without a life) being a witness puts you in a category above anyone else.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Brother Undercover...

  How did Bro. Minimus do on his gestures? or is that the next point on his counsel slip?
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  Any News on Pioneer Hrs Decreasing or Whether COs will be Ending?

  by Seeker4 in

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  a few months ago there were some fairly authoritative threads that the pioneer hours were being decreased.

  that has not happened.

  also, there was a thread that the co arrangement was going to be dramatically changed in the next year or two, and i got some private notes from some excellent sources attesting to that.

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  OK - how much does it cost the Society to keep the CO's? Isn't most of the cost absorbed by the congregations?
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  Help DF'd person in difficulty

  by besty in

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  can anyone recall the question from readers saying it was ok to help a df person in difficulty?.

  least i think it was a qfr - it cited examples like helping someone change a tyre at the roadside, or giving a single df lady a lift home from the meeting in the evening, or somesuch..... any takers?.

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  I wonder if that 1974 WT article may have been written by Raymond Franz while he was still at headquarters. As far I know, the WT tightened up since then (after 1980).
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  Elder Who Served on My JC - His Inactive Son is Foreman at One of my Jobs

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was an interesting experience i had a couple of weeks ago.

  one of the elders who tried to df me 2 years ago unsuccessfully - his 28 year old son is a foreman at one of the offices i clean.

  we had an interesting conversation when i saw him early one morning when he came in.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  I've known some kind elders, but I'm not holding onto the WBTS mindset. I think it's going to take more conversations than that to figure out where he stands.
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  New World Translation is produced by the anointed - "unique"

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this came from the november 1999 kingdom ministry, for the week starting november 29. .

  "20 min: our choicethe newworldtranslation.

  talk and demonstrations.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  This came from the November 1999 Kingdom Ministry, for the week starting November 29

  "20 min: Our Choice—The NewWorldTranslation. Talk and demonstrations. Among religious organizations, ours is unique in that we publish, use, and distribute a translation of the Bible produced by anointed worshipers of Jehovah."

  That really makes it special, doesn't it?
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  My cousin is getting baptised today

  by dorayakii in

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  my aunt sent me a text message last week informing me that my cousin would be getting baptised today.

  she's 16 years old.

  i kind of didn't know what to say, i knew the day would come when she'd have to take that step, but didn't expect it so soon.

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  I saw a 1-page ad from Allstate in the Wall Street Journal about why 16 year olds have more accidents than even 17 or 18 year olds. Their brains are not fully formed and cannot understand fully the ramifications of their actions.

  I think the same could be applied to 16-year olds (or younger) getting baptized. They have no concept of the ramifications. Clyde says no one should be allowed to be baptized until they are age 21. I say age 30, that's when Jesus was baptized--but then, why get baptized at all?

  Bonnie
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  Will "New Scrolls" be a Release of Old Scrolls?

  by cameo-d in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  will it be new information found in these old scrolls?.

  (personally, i think it's all contrived toward a specific agenda).

  but what i am wondering is....is it "new scrolls" just because it's newly released?.

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  New scrolls? What new scrolls? Revelation just states that scrolls will be opened. They could be old ones.
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  Did You Feel Better After Confessing Your Sins To The Elders?

  by minimus in

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  did you feel "more right" with jehovah?.

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  I never confessed my sins. I always felt it was between me and Jehovah. Besides, I didn't feel I ever did anything they wouldn't have done.
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  What is the WTS financial position?

  by Roddy in

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  2. scandals

  i know this may seen an obvious question but i'm wondering if their downward financial situation is accelerating in the last five years.. we know of the large real estate sell-offs in brooklyn and their large bethel layoffs -- things they never report on in their publications.

  pushing more and more of the traveling overseer expenses to the local circuit and congregations.

  how they have taken a lot of shortcuts with regards their printing operations.

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  In our circuit the Regional Building Committee told one of the congregations they were going to have to sell their hall and build a new one. Their hall was beautiful and there was nothing wrong with it, but it was built just before the RBC was formed so maybe it didn't meet their criteria. So the congregation obediently sold their hall, bought new property, then found out the new property was not suitable for building. For at least 3 years now all the witnesses have to drive another 10 miles to a hall in a neighboring city. Their old hall was sold to a local college and they got a real good price for it, but all the money was sent to the WT, and the local witnesses have no Kingdom Hall of their own.

  But they did what they were told...I think the phrase is, "strictly obedient."
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  JW self-defense...WT says we are too slow to use a gun!!!.......

  by oompa in

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  2. beliefs

  you gotta read this to beleive it!.....lately my mind is teaching s we had that "went beyond what is written" and this subject on self defence has cracked me up!!

  !.....you if gotta see this to believe it!....not just guns....but almost everthing is bashed...they did leave out the option of us carrying a sword o.j.

  style....or a spear.....this will make my list....(and you can have no privileges if you carry a gun at work...cop or security guard).......... *** g91 7/8 p. 12 self-defensehow far can a christian go?

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  The WT actually was, temporarily, lenient about using a firearm for protection. Awake! 09-08-75 p. 27: "In his Law to Israel, Jehovah God revealed that the individual had the right of self-defense. For example, regarding a thief who broke into a house at night, the Law stated: 'If a thief should be found in the act of breaking in and he does get struck and die, there is not bloodguilt for him.'" - Ex. 22:2. On page 28 the article goes on to say, "Peter's action...was not a matter of self-defense, but, rather, resistance to authorities and even against God's will....Accordingly, before buying a deadly weapon, one should certainly weigh both aspects--one potential danger against the other potential danger. He must decide which would be the greater risk." They actually gave us a choice....

  I thought the article was quite reasonable. Wonder if he it was written by Ray Franz? I've never seen this reasoning before or since.