Bonnie_Clyde

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  An active Witness proudly tells me about Shunning her kids back into the 'truth"

  by AuntBee in

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  "as he is a god of love.. these things serve to protect individuals aswell as the congregations.

  as a parent i fully understand the concept of wanting my children to choose their friends wisely, to be careful about literature they read & so on & would i cast them out for being wayward?

  yes, i have, & they learnt their lesson & were welcomed back with immediacy the minute they made the necessary changes.

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  The sad part is...even if were appropriate to DF the child for wrong conduct, if the child discontinues the wrong conduct, he/she is not reinstated unless he/she goes back to the meetings and grovels to the elders. It doesn't matter how good a life they are leading.
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  Crap my District Overseer says

  by easyreader1970 in

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  here are some things that came from the mouth of the district overseer over the course of the two days.

  1. the recession isn't going to end.

  things are screwed because the demons are controlling the world.

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  Sir 82 - your baseball game must have been extremely boring. But I'm really surprised that your congregation actually had a picnic. Do you think there was any immorality?
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  Crap my District Overseer says

  by easyreader1970 in

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  2. beliefs

  here are some things that came from the mouth of the district overseer over the course of the two days.

  1. the recession isn't going to end.

  things are screwed because the demons are controlling the world.

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  I remember the article (it will be denied now) where the TELEVISION was called "the eye of Satan in your home."

  They also criticised the sheeples for wanting VCRs then propmtly released Videos.

  Yes, I remember when we weren't even supposed to have a TV, then they criticized color TV, then VCRs, and now HD TV. It seems like everything something new comes out, it's wrong, but later it's OK because there will be something new to criticize. They just can't seem to mind their own business.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 09-19-10 WT Study (HARVEST)

  by blondie in

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  ours is the privilege to.

  plenty to do in this harvest work?1 cor.. 15:58.. .

  did russell expect there still to be harvesting today?.

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  The Lord, through his "faithful and wise servant" now states to us, "Let us cover our territory four times in six months." That becomes our organization instructions and has the same binding force on us that his statement to the Logos had when he said, "Let us make man in our image."

  The above quote from the 7-1-43 WT shows what having a "full share" in the ministry meant back then (this was in the midst of WWII). The end was so close....
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  Length of Meetings - what do they total per week now?

  by Little Imp in

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  the meetings used to be three times a week and totalled five hours.. the public talk on a sunday was reduced from one hour to three quarters of an hour whilst we were still attending and then following our fade we were aware that the tuesday night group book study was stopped.. does this now mean the meetings total three and three quarter hours?.

  my husband was asking me this morning and i wasn't sure so wondered if anyone can help me out here.. thanks.. li.

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  The meetings used to be three times a week and totalled five hours.

  While on the subject, does anyone remember when the ministry school and service meeting were actually close to 2 hours and 15 minutes? That was because they had to add in 5 minutes for song and prayer in the beginning, a song in the middle, and song and prayer at the end. Can't remember if they did the same for the Sunday meetings.
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  T"he Lord says we must cover our territory 4 times in 6 months" - 1943 WT - no excuses

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

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  well, you know, the end was coming.... do you think this was knorr or franz?.

  http://escapefromwatchtower.com/garage.html.

  the watchtower - july 1, 1943.

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  I think we would need the original to show to a Witness.

  If I knew how to scan, I would.
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  T"he Lord says we must cover our territory 4 times in 6 months" - 1943 WT - no excuses

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  well, you know, the end was coming.... do you think this was knorr or franz?.

  http://escapefromwatchtower.com/garage.html.

  the watchtower - july 1, 1943.

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  I just found the original 7-1-43 Watchtower in my closet and can confirm this quote is exactly as it was originally written on pp. 205-206. They were much more dogmatic back then--not saying they're not dogmatic now, they just sweeten it up a little more.
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  The Mark of The Beast

  by Kosonen in

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  the bible says that there will come a time when people everywhere around the globe will be forced to get the mark of the beast to be able to buy or sell.

  so those not accepting the mark will get it difficult to even buy food.. and it puts under compulsion all persons, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, that they should give these a mark in their right hand or upon their forehead,17and that nobody might be able to buy or sell except a person having the mark, the name of the wild beast or the number of its name.18here is where wisdom comes in: let the one that has intelligence calculate the number of the wild beast, for it is a mans number; and its number is six hundred and sixty-six.

  -revelation 13:16-18. as beasts symbolises political powers in the bible, so this beast here will be a new political power having power over all the globe.

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  Just this morning I saw somebody make their 666th post on this board.
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  WT And Hedge Funds?

  by Bangalore in

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  http://www.hedgefundintelligence.com/product/12525/forthcoming-events/investhedge-forum-2010.html?elementid=9148.

  bangalore.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  I wonder when these hedge funds hit the fan, how is the WT going to explain this away? Persecution, no doubt!

  Clyde
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  "At least He/She died before 'Armageddon'..." How do you counter this....?

  by ziddina in

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  we've seen this, or have heard of it..... a tragic death happens - often it's even caused by watchtower edicts, like shunning or "no blood" policy.... and the brainwashed - or brain-dead - witnesses resort to yammering watchtower propaganda - "at least he/she died before 'armageddon', so maybe he'll / she'll have a chance at being 'resurrected'...".

  we've all seen the insane level of hypocrisy within the watchtower society... i've several examples in mind, wherein the witness parent shunned a witness child, leading to the child's suicide or indirectly to his/her death, and then the witness - make that witless - parent stands there at the funeral mouthing that "at least he/she died before 'armageddon', so maybe he'll / she'll have a chance at being 'resurrected'..." line of b.s.

  ..... what can one say to block that self-congratulatory blather??

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  OMG - I remember saying exactly the same thing when my beloved uncle died back in 1972.