Posts by kairos

the belief system of witness has often been well described as a "house of cards"....seemingly stable, yet fragile at the same time.. as we try to awaken our loved ones, we may share certain topics and issues...trying to remove a card or two from the tower of cards.. sometimes in our eagerness, we try and remove some key hot topic...or a card or two at the base of the tower.. that can be very destructive and cause loved ones to act defensive or protective of their beliefs (the society).

they may dig in their heels.. rather, success comes from carefully and casually removing smaller cards from the top of the tower....then allowing them to even remove them for themselves!.

as keen as we are to just bulldoze them down, take it slowly and carefully.. show dignity, poise and grace....and patience....

kairos

thanks!

Still plugging away

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Newest Watchtower Silicon Valley land grab?

by Balaamsass2 in

just heard from a silicon valley elder yesterday that a number of local congregations are being dissolved and combined between belmont and palo alto, ca.

on the san francisco peninsula.

can anyone verify this?.

kairos

WT sells real estate for profit while masquerading as a religion/charity.

Some how, it's proof of direction by holy spirit....

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Was this elder full of bs again regarding the complete wt library online?

by Wakanda in

this is my first time making an o.p.

an elder told me that he had access to a website online that had all the old bound volumes and books.

also, he made sure to say it was not an apostate website, but a 'legit' website made by brothers.

kairos

http://wtarchive.svhelden.info/english/books-and-tracts/

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Be ready to obey!!

by kairos in

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http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20131115/seven-shepherds-eight-dukes/.

from paragraph 17-. at that time, the life-saving direction that we receive from jehovah’s organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint.

all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.. i think i know what the instructions will be.it's nothing new.

kairos

The whole JW experience is like living while looking through a microscope. ( tunnel vision )

You have no idea what you are seeing until you step back and look at the whole picture.
Am I right?

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Be ready to obey!!

by kairos in

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friends

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20131115/seven-shepherds-eight-dukes/.

from paragraph 17-. at that time, the life-saving direction that we receive from jehovah’s organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint.

all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.. i think i know what the instructions will be.it's nothing new.

kairos

As time passes, it must be mind bending to continue as an honest JW in legit good standing.

The "don't give up" convention theme made my day...

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Not Inspired?

by kairos in

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friends

the head, jesus christ, supplies the body members with what is needed for good cooperation, coordination, and spiritual nourishment.

in such respects, the governing body is organized to take the lead as jehovah directs them by holy spirit.. 2008 wt 5/15 pg 29. the party's over....

kairos

I wanted to get some fresh eyes on the opening post.

This whole situation is like a fantasy/reality that we got trapped inside of.

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Site Updates

by Simon in

just a heads-up that i will be testing some updates this evening.. the nature of the changes means it's difficult to test every scenario in advance offline (translation: it's a lot more effort and i just can't be bothered) so i'm going to go with the "wing-it" approach:.

deploy, check for errors, try to fix errors before anyone else notices them.. i can switch between the new and old version pretty quickly so if there are significant issues, i'll rollback and revert the changes while i work on the fixes.

worse case is the pages won't display quite right (dates might be a giveaway) but a full page refresh should fix things.. http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/.

kairos

thank you for managing this site.
I know it helps former JWs in many ways.

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Will Watchtower “simplify” the baptism arrangement at circuit assemblies?

by Londo111 in

watchtower ever “simplifies” its “arrangements”.

no more food.

one-day circuit assemblies…no more “special assembly day”--it was a sad occasion anyways.

kairos

maybe they'll go to an invisible or symbolic baptism...
( in your heart )

Kinda like the memorial where you reject the emblems, this way nobody has to risk dressing immodestly.

NuLite.
( also not inspired )