Posts by paradisebeauty

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Preaching from door to door (music scene) Проповедь от двери к двери (музыкальная сценка)

by oppostate in

an entertainment for international convention delegates.

quite a lot of dancing going on!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq1zztq2zle.

Can You Really Become Inactive Instead of DA'ing and Keep Your Family

by truth-or-consequences in

oz branch coordinator terrence o'brien opined a number of times at about 1:00:00 until about 1:15:00 of his testimony, that a dub does not need to da, they can become "inactive.".

i sent our beloved angus stewart my personal experience, as well as observations about official borg teachings.

(he replied in short order.).

paradisebeauty

there is high pressure to unofficially shun faders who are known to live a lifestyle that doesn't comply with JW rules.

I'd say they also shun faders who don't do anything that doesn't comply with jw rules.

I am not disfellowshiped but shunned, though the only thing I do different of them is researching the Bible out of more sources of information.

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Can You Really Become Inactive Instead of DA'ing and Keep Your Family

by truth-or-consequences in

oz branch coordinator terrence o'brien opined a number of times at about 1:00:00 until about 1:15:00 of his testimony, that a dub does not need to da, they can become "inactive.".

i sent our beloved angus stewart my personal experience, as well as observations about official borg teachings.

(he replied in short order.).

paradisebeauty

Since this year's commemoration I've been to perhaps 2 meetings.

But even before, I was skipping more and more during the last year or so. Sometimes I was going to one meeting in a month.

They gave me 2 assignments in school, but 2 weeks before the assignment I told them I can not make it.

I've only been contacted by the elder to whom I was suppose to give the preaching report.

And I only have contact with one person from the organization, a friend to whom I also told my concerns.

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Western Decline is a Reality - 2015 Memorial Attendance

by berrygerry in

as has been observed in western congos, the decline is real.. usa is 12.475 % less -2015 vs 2014.

paradisebeauty

I don't know is memorial attendance means something.

People come out of curiosity. I am sure most find it very strange that almost no one partakes.

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Who really is the faithful and discreet slave?

by quincemyles in

matthew 24:45-47: who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?

happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.

truly i say to you, he will appoint him over all his belongings.".

paradisebeauty

the same with the little flock - Jesus was speaking with the 12

Also in Luke 22:29, where jw's read "covenant for a kingdom", no other translation has the word "covenant" there.

The disciples were fighting who would be the greatest, and Jesus calmed them down: don't worry, my Father gave me the kingdom, and I assign it to you, the 12 of you will judge the 12 tribes of Israel.

And if you look in revelation chapter 21 or 22, the new Jerusalem has 12 gates with the apostles' names on each of them.

But the JW's say that God took the kingdom from the Jews to give it to them ... would God exchange some pharisees for other pharisees?

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"You Became So Beloved to Us"

by wifibandit in

pixel and wifibandit present, in its original form, gmb_e.mp4 "you became so beloved to us".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odfdkl8lwpk.

paradisebeauty

as if the CO's were not worshiped enough ....

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Why I have renounced Atheism and become a believer again

by cantleave in

i have always said that if a god showed itself i would follow the evidence and renounce my atheism.

i have now seen enough to start believing again, i am so happy, i feel a inner contentment, when he connected with me i really knew it was him.

if you are not a believer you will not understand this, but trust me, look at the evidence, open your heart to him, let him in and your life will change for the better.

paradisebeauty

@ cantleave

I am so happy for you!!!! It is amazing!

I am also a believer.

Don't believe in the jw doctrine (because it is not Biblical), I believe in God, in His Son Jesus and I read the Bible.

May God bless you.

2 corinthians 13:14 "May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all."

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Can disassociated ones get reinstated without proving repentance?

by maksutov in

one of the jw high-ups questioned by the australian royal commission (i think it was o'brien) stated that those who had disassociated (as opposed to being disfellowshipped) do not have to undergo a lengthy reinstatement procedure of proving repentance over many months, but can simply ask to be reinstated immediately.

is this true?

has anyone heard of this ever happening?.

paradisebeauty

One brother also moaned about DA'd brothers or sisters walking straight back to the WTS, saying something along the lines of "she can do what she wants for a number of years, while we ['the faithful'] have to suffer being JWs".

If the JW's would do any thinking they'd realize that the easiest way to get to paradise is for people who never learned the "truth" because their doctrine states the "unjust" will be resurrected in paradise just like all the hard working jw's.

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UK Watch Tower branch financial info

by paradisebeauty in

taken from http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/showcharity/registerofcharities/charitywithpartb.aspx?registeredcharitynumber=1077961&subsidiarynumber=0.

i wonder what exactly the uk charity commission is looking into.

just financial data or also practices of the watch tower?

paradisebeauty

These are for 2013:

Question 5 - The charity's income and spending What were your charity's most significant activities during the year and how much did it spend on them?

Charitable activities £ 000s:

Production of literature and magazines. 10,812

Promoting Christian missionary work. 1,403

Donating to further religious education overseas. 19,004

As you can see, they donated 19.000.000 punds to "further religious education overseas"- I guess these are money donated to the watchtower in US

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UK Watch Tower branch financial info

by paradisebeauty in

taken from http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/showcharity/registerofcharities/charitywithpartb.aspx?registeredcharitynumber=1077961&subsidiarynumber=0.

i wonder what exactly the uk charity commission is looking into.

just financial data or also practices of the watch tower?

paradisebeauty

taken from http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1077961&SubsidiaryNumber=0

I wonder what exactly the uk Charity Commission is looking into. Just financial data or also practices of the watch tower?

Because if they will look into practices, I think sending some complains to the uk commission about their shunning practices maybe would make them change things in the future.