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  Assembly Dissembling

  by zack in

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  just a thought or two from riche's assembly.

  there was a talk about "loyalty to god"-- they numbered off things that were paramount displays of loyalty.

  number 4 was giving money to the worldwide work--- no strings attached.. the other things were giving your talks at the ministry school--- going to all the meetings, being obedient to the elders!

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  Home from Circuit Assembly

  by RichieRich in

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  as some of you knew, my circuit assembly was this weekend (dec 24 and 25).

  the theme was "clothe yourselves with the new personality".

  i guess the society has to reinforce the idea of humility, because apparently, you can't mislead haughty people.. from the sound of the accounts report, people are voting with their wallets.. nothing particularly egregrious was said.. luckily my mother had a fever this morning, so we got to leave at lunch.

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  Why aren't congregations much bigger in size?

  by JH in

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  like that, they wouldn't need so many elders and ms. they would have plenty of brothers to read and pass the mic.. no where in the bible do they mention how big or small a congregation should be.

  if ever one day they have a hard time forming enough ms and elders, wouldn't it be simpler to just make congregations larger?

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  Torture at DC

  by zack in

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  a thought worth mentioning about the venue i attended was the lack of sufficient sanitary facilties.

  attendance on sunday was almost 10k.

  of these, half were males.

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  DC 2005

  by zack in

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  it was stressed time and again how the fds in the body of the gb are to be obeyed.

  a speaker said the fds only gives suggestions/direction/guidance.

  three minutes later he's saying that if we don't heed the "suggestions" offered by the gb, it is tantamount to disobeying almighty god.

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  Back from the DC

  by jula71 in

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  first they should have changed "godly obedience" to "society obedience".

  i have never heard obey the gb pushed so hard in all my years as i dub.

  it was amazing.

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  Sins: How far back do you go?

  by zack in

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  if according to jw's one is cleansed of sins when one repents on the basis of jesus sacrifice, how far back do they/can they go in determining privileges, etc.

  how long is a sin that is forgiven by god (according to them) held against you by men?

  ( wtbts).

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  Watchtower says you're SELFISH!!!

  by zack in

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  last week's wt study was on selfishness.

  ostensibly, on living as a christian and being self sacrificing.

  we know that you're going to college and we don't want you to.

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  National Average = Quotas

  by zack in

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  the national average for publishers reporting feild service time in the untited states is just under 10 hours a month.

  this has become the de facto standard for every member of the congregation.

  if one fails to produce at the rate of others, he is "weak", his service is "divided", he puts the things of "this life" in "first place.".

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  Bethel wants lawyers!

  by zack in

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  at this week's service meeting it a letter was read to all congregations in usa:

  bethel wants lawyers, lawyers specializing in tax law, and cpa's.

  if you are in any of these professions you were supposed to talk to the po that evening.

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