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I was a window washet...

by new hope and happiness in

thete are a lot of derocatory comments sbout witnesses and cleaning windows.

as a former window cleaner i can say:-.

a. i started my self employment at 17.. b. i built the round with my own initiative.. c. i was soon making 4 times the average hourly wage.. d. i was afraid of heights, but as the round grew i employed 2 people.. e. it exspanded to gardening painting and decorating ect, ect,.

Bonnie_Clyde

I remember the talks at the circuit assemblies where they interviewed young brothers who started their own window washing and carpet cleaning businesses and what a blessing...they could make good money doing jobs that "worldly" people didn't want, and they had time to serve Jehovah.

Years later they found that they have a ton of competition as many "worldly" people found they could also make good money doing the same thing.

Many brothers also developed health problems which made it difficult to do their job. The could hire employees, usually JW's, but they weren't always dependable.

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Purged songs of the Watchtower

by LogCon in

my memory of singing the kingdom songs go back to when i was a child in the 1950's.

they still hold a place in my memory and my heart.

how can something that is so much a part of your childhood not stay embedded in your heart.?.

Bonnie_Clyde

Emma - I have a copy of the green song book. Would you like to take a look at it?

Bonnie

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Whitney Heichel

by Bonnie_Clyde in

haven't heard anything more about this case.

aren't they supposed to bring jonathan holt to trial in 2014 ?.

Bonnie_Clyde

Haven't heard anything more about this case. Aren't they supposed to bring Jonathan Holt to trial in 2014 ?

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Harold Camping is Dead. Who now will issue Judgement Day predictions?

by PaintedToeNail in

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so, harold camping has died at the age of 92. no more end of the world predictions from him.

he apparently went into hiding after his last predictions didn't come true..

Bonnie_Clyde

My apologies, it was Armstrong who was a JW first, then branched off to create the Worldwide Church of God. (Yes! He WAS a JW first)

I wrote Herbert Armstrong a letter 50 years ago asking if he had ever been a JW, and he wrote back saying he had never been a JW but that he did subscribe to the Watchtower....unless he was lying.

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Prepare for meetings??

by Jen1 in

do you prepare for meetings?

if i go i spend a few minutes underlinging my books/watchtower.. i have noticed that those who do the micks especially notice when your stuff is not underlined, and comments are made after the meeting, not so gentle hints, about study and preperation!

in other words i am being told off, its usually the ones who are highly critical of everything i do, sometimes their whole family seems to be straining to see if my stuff is underlined, i know this because i heard the daughter to family wisper her watchtower is not underlined!.

Bonnie_Clyde

Back when we still had the book studies in the homes, Clyde (who hadn't been to a meeting for months) decided to attend with me. The conductor was attempting to do a review of the entire book that we had just finished, and as could be expected, people were slow in answering. Every time there was a lull, Clyde would raise his hand and give an answer that was right on--amazing everyone including me. I asked him how he did it since he'd never read the book. He said it wasn't difficult, it was just all the same BS it ever was.

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Upcoming assembly program - child shortage

by Bonnie_Clyde in

my daughter-in-law's father has been assigned a part on the assembly where he has to interiew 3 children.

problem is...there is only one child in his congregation.

half of his congregation is over 60 years old.

Bonnie_Clyde

My daughter-in-law's father has been assigned a part on the assembly where he has to interiew 3 children. Problem is...there is only one child in his congregation. Half of his congregation is over 60 years old. This should be interesting!

Anybody know what the part might be about? I have to believe it will be about planning ahead to pioneer after graduation and not go to college.

Bonnie

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YOU WILL NEVER SEE THESE ACTS EVER MENTIONED IN A WATCHTOWER PUBLICATION

by steve2 in

faking of hours in field service or dragging service time out by making coffee stops or driving for hours "between" household contacts are never frowned upon, let alone mentioned, in the publications.

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yet, in each congregation of jehovah's witnesses, to one degree or another, faking hours, padding time out with coffee stops and long journeys between opportunities to "witness" are endemic practices..

Bonnie_Clyde

My favorite is the pioneer sister who moved from Alaska to our congregation with her husband and children (20+ years ago). She counted all her time during the trip. She justified it by placing magazines at every gas station that they stopped at.

She occasionally joined us in field service, but she kept her time going by studying with her children when they got home from school. I'm sure she had some other tricks as we didn't see her that often in service.

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New! Borg instruct to report tract placements

by pixel in

there's a new letter coming up next week to be read instructing the publishers to begin reporting the number of tracts placed in the ministry, including copies of kingdom news 38, annual invitations, district handbills and other tracts.

lol.

see, the borg is allegue about numbers, and why on earth do they tell you to start counting placement in the middle of a campaing, like the one they are doing now witk kingdom news 38 and not before it started??.

Bonnie_Clyde

Somehow I think this has been done before--back in the 70's. I remember managing to get into an apartment building that my aunt lived in (it was unaccessible otherwise), and I stuffed tracts under doors before I left. It seems like we reported the tracts on our field service slips under "booklets."

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What % of householders would have a clue about the "life saving " message JW`s have brought to their doors these past 100 years.

by smiddy in

i`m an optimist and i would say zilch .

i would bet you a million dollars ( if i had a million dollars ) that if you did a survey in the street that you live , asking the householders what is the life saving message jehovahs witnesses bring to your door on a regular basis , they would not have a clue.. and they have been preaching this message for over 100 years .

how inefective can they be .. the probable answers you would get are : they dont take blood transfusions.

Bonnie_Clyde

The one thing missed here that I think many householders would say is that JWs are always predicting the END of the WORLD.
Armageddon, Armageddon, Armageddon. That's their message.

I saw a documentary on television about religions that preach Armageddon. They mentioned several (can't remember the names), but I know that Jehovah's Witnesses were not even once mentioned. At least in recent years, I remember the Society telling us that we should put our emphasis on the new world and not on Armageddon when we're at the doors.

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Jan 2014 WT study - more vomit

by EndofMysteries in

articles such at "100 years of kingdom rule" in which jehovah has 'in a sense' begun ruling as king, and jesus in a sense was made king.

even though the kingdom hasn't actually come.

it's not clear if the 1,000 year reign has began or not, if so only 900 years left of jesus rule?

Bonnie_Clyde

Aposta-Z - will you tell me the page number in Volume 3 of Studies of the Scriptures. I have that book but it's a 1908 edition.

Bonnie_Clyde

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