"What? Songs 152-154 never really existed, they were only sung by a few overzealous individuals."
neat blue dog
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2016 annual meeting
by obarac injust a few minutes till the start ..... we hope for a news from absalom and wifibandit very soon.. wifibandit, any tread on reddit for am?.
also there were some info about live stream.
any news about that..
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My Story
by HereIgo inmy story: i am a 27 year old ex jw.
former ms and regular pioneer at age 19. i was very active and had many "privileges" including district assembly and circuit assembly parts etc.
as an example for young people.
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neat blue dog
Welcome Herelgo, glad to hear a bit of your story. Are you still a believer? (Not JW-wise, obviously.)
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2016 annual meeting
by obarac injust a few minutes till the start ..... we hope for a news from absalom and wifibandit very soon.. wifibandit, any tread on reddit for am?.
also there were some info about live stream.
any news about that..
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neat blue dog
Wait, there are currently 154 songs, including the ones recently released over the past few months. If this new songbook has 151, three of the older ones will have to be removed, and the rest renumbered.
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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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neat blue dog
Thanks magenta! Great start.
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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.
) with a web presence (i.e.
facebook, twitter, instagram, blogs, etc.)?
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neat blue dog
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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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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neat blue dog
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.