I know there are tons of need greaters that have blogs and websites, but are there any official special full time servants (like Bethelites, CO's etc.) with a web presence (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, blogs, etc.)? Do they have rules against them doing that?
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Bethelites on Facebook, etc.?
by neat blue dog ini know there are tons of need greaters that have blogs and websites, but are there any official special full time servants (like bethelites, co's etc.
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facebook, twitter, instagram, blogs, etc.)?
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What would be the perfect song to introduce a JW comedy sketch?
by usualusername1 ini have no idea.... .
any ideas will help.... .
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neat blue dog
"Everybody's talkin bout my tight pants, bout my tight pants, I got my tight pants on" (from Jimmy Fallon)
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need input: My older son has an interesting theory as to why my wife has her head in a watchtower 90% of the time
by goingthruthemotions ini am still having issues with my still in wife.
my two son's and i don't want anything to do with the cult.
our marriage is a battle ground all the time.
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neat blue dog
I know a female relative of mine, when it comes to doctrinal information, she will believe absolutely ANYTHING the org puts in print. But when it comes to moral issues, like treating people unlovingly, being dishonest, putting rules and technicalities above people, etc., It's THAT kind of stuff that opens her eyes (albeit not all the way yet) and starts to get her riled against the org.
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need input: My older son has an interesting theory as to why my wife has her head in a watchtower 90% of the time
by goingthruthemotions ini am still having issues with my still in wife.
my two son's and i don't want anything to do with the cult.
our marriage is a battle ground all the time.
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neat blue dog
I know when I first heard all the usual apostate stuff you mention, I went in to zealous mode and read more WT publications in a shorter time period then I ever had. I was reading everywhere, at home, at work, in bed, taking notes. However, it was with an apologist's eye, to MAKE it all be true. Because I was constantly defending the religion and spouting historical rarities and statistics, other JWs admired me and thought I was just extra spiritual or something, but I was really in defense mode, clinging to 'the truth' while subconsciously refusing to admit to myself that I knew it wasn't. After some years of this, I experienced about a year of vacillation, a mental tug of war that was leaving me internally exhausted. Then seemingly suddenly, I accepted where I stood: this was not the truth. All in all this process took me about seven years.
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Does anyone know what this is?
by Tameria2001 inyesterday my sister cut her foot on a piece of metal that was sticking out of my yard.
i've lived in my home for almost 8 years now, and well i'm guessing this thing must have worked it's way up to the surface or something, never seen this thing before.
i started to dig it up, and the thing just kept getting bigger and bigger.
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neat blue dog
Post-exposure tetanus shots contain a blood fraction, in case that would bother you're conscience.
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Oct 2021 Time Capsule
by LevelThePlayingField inwhat do you think the jw religion will be like in oct 2021?
if we go back five years from oct 2016 you get 2011. there was no jw.org, really pretty much no tablets, most people were using paper copies for everything.
now that's all changed.
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It will be smaller but steady, no mass exodus or anything like that. Growth will perhaps decline or level out, with many of them being born ins. More Hall sales along with less Hall buildings, resulting in longer commutes for most congregations sharing a hall with 4/5 others. That won't matter though because video streaming of all meetings will be opened to the public. (It's already available, but by login only.) That, along with JW Broadcasting will be the meetings for many, with attendance 'required' only at periodic gatherings, in addition to the Circuit Assemblies, (which will start using videos in the program and replace the Regional Conventions, resulting in more income instead of spending donations on civic center rent.) The Awake! will be discontinued, replacing it and the public Watchtower with a new single periodical for the public. (The study Watchtower will still be used at weekend meetings.) Once everything is squared away financial-wise, they might foray into real television broadcasts that actually reach people who arent already JWs, (unlike jw.org and JW Broadcasting, which are pretty much only used by members) like Jimmy Swaggart now has. Or they may try to release one of their movies theatrically, (considering the two most recent had improved acting and SFX but also a generic feel good low budget inspirational Christian film feel and message, kind of like the ones the baptists have been releasing). The message and dogma will soften, although they will retain key elements that make them feel unique, like no Christmas/Halloween, no hell, no cross, no war/politics. Conscience matters will become more common. They will continue to have the apocalyptic scare messages from time to time along with light scriptural references to 'prove' a thing here and there, just to keep the rank and file feeling legitimate about their religion, but by and large the message will be a non-confrontational one of standard Christian values preached by many denominations, save for swapping the word "heaven" for "Earth". Most will be content to raise their children this way and pass it on as a fond heritage, based on feelings more than actual details. Besides a major medical breakthrough, I see no solution to one major thing: blood transfusions. This is the one doctrine of many decades ago that would easily have been discarded by now if the repercussions weren't potentially so great.
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Is It Really All That Surprising that Kevin Didn't Go Into the Bunker?
by Wild_Thing injust look at his history!
w00 8/15 pp.
8-11 - the watchtower—2000: "kevin needed an additional $900, so he decided to sell his 16 two-year-old pigeons.
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neat blue dog
Tyson to the pigeons:
"Now kith"
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New Secret JW Club Forms Preparing for the Great Tribulation
by xjwsrock insign up today!.
before it is too late!.
introducing the u.u.u.. ..... wait for it..... .... the unarmed uneducated underground.
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neat blue dog
What was that secret knock again?
Bum bum bum
Bum bum
Bum?
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Is It Really All That Surprising that Kevin Didn't Go Into the Bunker?
by Wild_Thing injust look at his history!
w00 8/15 pp.
8-11 - the watchtower—2000: "kevin needed an additional $900, so he decided to sell his 16 two-year-old pigeons.
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neat blue dog
Now all that's left is to find out how all the Ethan's are doing . . .
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Identifying warning signs of a cult
by stuckinarut2 inmany here will have read lists like this before and realised that most of these points fit the society to a tee!.
but for any new members or lurkers, check out this site!.
https://culteducation.com/warningsigns.html.
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neat blue dog
Thanks stuckinarut2 this ones a keeper for sure. I already had this bookmarked but forgot all about it, thanks for the reminder. It would be good to show this to a JW under the pretext of bashing another religion, then watch the CD kick in . . .