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  Protect Your Family??

  by Tech49 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  here is an article in the current study copy of the wt.

  tell me your thoughts and i will tell you mine.!

  this is a topic that i am very sensitive about, as i could never see not protecting my family, even if that meant using whatever means at hand to do so!

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  I read an article in the WT maybe 30 years ago that said that, when Jesus said "return your sword to it's place", that this was not referring to self-defense. I believe it even mentioned the scripture at Exodus 22:2: "If a thief should be found in the act of breaking I and he does get struck and die, there is no bloodguilt for him." How things have changed
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  Just heard that the WT sent money to help brothers in Russia

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  clyde and i had lunch with a friend who attended the assembly with his wife.

  he told us that he was sure he heard that the wt had sent money to russia to help the brothers financially.

  i told him that i heard the opposite....that they are directing witnesses to meet in private homes and set up a donation jar for the sole purpose of sending money to the wt, giving explicit instructions on how to transmit the funds.

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  Clyde and I had lunch with a friend who attended the assembly with his wife. He told us that he was sure he heard that the WT had sent money to Russia to help the brothers financially. I told him that I heard the opposite....that they are directing witnesses to meet in private homes and set up a donation jar for the sole purpose of sending money to the WT, giving explicit instructions on how to transmit the funds.

  Bonnie
  
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  How many remember the 1969 8 day convention?

  by seek2find in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  anybody remember the 8 day 1969 international convention.

  i was at the braves stadium in atlanta all 8 days with a sunburn and then wet clothes after the rain storms.

  if you were there (not necessarily in atlanta) do you remember anything about it?

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  "If there is a real burning hell, back in 1969 in Atlanta"

  Clyde and I were in our 20's and we had our 2-year old boy with us. Mid-week Clyde got sick, it was so hot and humid. He had to stay back at the hotel for the air-conditioning, but dutifully I took our son to the assembly. FINALLY, Sunday morning Clyde said, "We are leaving!" I was shocked as I felt it was our duty to stay for the entire week. But we left and drove up into the mountains of North Carolina, and I can't describe the relief. Clyde almost immediately got better with the cooler mountain air. We've talked about that miserable assembly for years.
  
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  have you noticed how the main Jw preaching message has changed?

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  years ago it was all about armageddon and getting out of babylon the great.

  then with the draw close to jehovah and is there a creator that care about you.

  it was all about building a relationship with jehovah.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  They still talk about Armageddon but only to themselves, don't want to tell the public because they want to keep the message positive. I watched a TV show that was about several religions that teach Armageddon, and JW's were not mentioned.
  
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  $25,000 for one-day assembly in our area

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  they started out with a $3,500 carry-over but by the end of the day they were short $25,000.

  the speaker eloquently beseeched the audience to go the atm machines and give their generous contribution or at least their widow's mite.

  after the sessions were over, our friend who attended walked from one end of the assembly hall and then to the other end and noticed long lines up to both machines with people who couldn't wait to run up their credit cards.

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  They started out with a $3,500 carry-over but by the end of the day they were short $25,000. The speaker eloquently beseeched the audience to go the ATM machines and give their generous contribution or at least their widow's mite. After the sessions were over, our friend who attended walked from one end of the assembly hall and then to the other end and noticed long lines up to both machines with people who couldn't wait to run up their credit cards. Later in the car, even his hard-core JW wife mentioned that she wondered how it cost that much for a one-day assembly in a building that was fully paid for.
  
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  Convention program 2017 AM3

  by George One Time in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/convention-program-2017/friday/.

  why would our beloved gb member be on the top picture of the program?.

  any ideas?.

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  "I often wondered why an Elder was removed when a child left "the troof." Isn't that child an adult and can now choose freely?"

  Seems like Jehovah lost 1/3 of his angels. What about the Nephilim? Did that make him a bad father?
  
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  Is the Mid Week Meeting shorter or longer than before they stopped doing the book study at homes?

  by Iamallcool in

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  2. friends

  any takers?.

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  Years ago the meeting at our hall was actually 2 hours and 15 minutes (maybe 2 hours and 10 minutes). The Ministry School had to be a full hour, the Service meeting had to be a full hour, and we had to allow extra time for song and prayer, including the middle song. So the meeting started at 7:25 p.m. and ended about 9:40 p.m. That was really rough on the school kids. We would get home at 10:15 p.m. at the earliest.
  
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  1914 in the revised NWT ?

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just awhile ago i saw someone mentioned that 1914 made it's way into the revised nwt.

  if this is true, will someone tell me where?.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Just awhile ago I saw someone mentioned that 1914 made it's way into the revised NWT. If this is true, will someone tell me where?
  
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  Watchtower Annulled My Baptism

  by RICHT in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  contrary to popular belief you can have your baptism annulled as i did by my local elders after my judicial hearing.. the watchtower of 1964 page 126 first paragraph clearly states that anyone that was committing a gross sin before, during and after their baptism is void.

  in order to get right with the lord you would need to be re-baptised.

  err no thanks, i'm not a believer!!!!.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Don't forget back in the 60's, you didn't have to go through all the questions with an elder before baptism. Basically all you had to do was show up. A person could have claimed ignorance.
  
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  Bro Knorrs Notes RE Disfellowshipping & Two Witness Rule

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  hi guys.

  a fellow ex jw shared this with me.

  haven't time to read them yet (i'm using my phone to go on internet).

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  It appears legit to me. Three things I noticed.

  1) It was a doctor in the congregation who gave her treatment and who seduced her, but she wouldn't tell them who the doctor was? Seems like they could figure it out. How many doctors would there be in a congregation? Most congregations don't have any.

  2) "If guilty of adultery before 1947, don't dig in." What happened in 1947?

  3) They were calling the congregation a "company" as late as 1951?