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  Can we be deleted as an appointed man, or disfellowshipped without meeting in a committee?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  so, i am genuinely wondering if the above is possible nowdays?.

  with the changes in the power structure of co's, the changes in gb directives re never questioning "jehovah's appointed channel etc", i wonder if "disciplne can be given out in absence?.

  i know that several elders in our cong have little "discussions" about my apparant slackening off, and would love to take action against me... they have tried to chat with me but that has been shot down.. so i wonder if they could just make a decision without me being present for it?

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  I was df'd in absentia. Not even an invitation. At least you're no longer stuck in a rut.
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  Who Is Engineering the Re-branding of Jehovahs Witnesses

  by millie210 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is it an outside source?.

  an inside job?

  maybe the younger gb "helpers"?.

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  millie, I found something interesting at http://www.silentlambs.org/Denmarklawsuit.htm. 

  "The Jehovah’s Witness Public Relations Official, J. R. Brown actually suggested to media that the reason members were disfellowshipped was due to possible sexual sins or theft.  As a result of these comments, Joe and Barbara Anderson filed a $20 million dollar lawsuit for slander and the reversal of the disfellowshipping decree." 

  It makes me think that they had PR men all along. Still, I believe that the changes in the Watchtower came from another PR, one that specializes in this kind of stuff. The Governing Body must have been desperate in seeking and following advice.

  By the way, can you provide a link to the Mormon version of Caleb and Sophia? 
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  Who Is Engineering the Re-branding of Jehovahs Witnesses

  by millie210 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is it an outside source?.

  an inside job?

  maybe the younger gb "helpers"?.

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  I have nothing verifiable but I'm sure that it is a 'worldly' PR agency. The Governing Body simply do not have the imagination to come up with these things.

  For instance, members of the GB were using humor in their assembly talks. I doubt they thought of that themselves, quite the contrary they must feel embarrassed, especially the ones that are no good at it, but go long with it. And their subordinate 'helpers' convincing them to crack jokes and get the GB to actually go along with it? No way.

  Too many things are happening all at once. It's a well thought out and organized plan. It's outside help I'm sure. 
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  Magic in Watchtower World..Sparlock the Warrior Wizard Toy..VS..The Singing WBT$ Literature "Cart with a Heart"..

  by OUTLAW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in watchtower world... magic is evil.....from satan!

  the wbt$ video "become jehovahs friend"... is about caleb and his sparlock warrior wizard toy... the lesson is "magic is evil"... .

  in the wbt$ video 'if you could see what i see"... your taken though the day of a wbt$ literature "cart with a heart"... it has a home... it thinks..it can see..it hears..it sings..it can feel!!...

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  Magic in Watchtower World..Sparlock the Warrior Wizard Toy..VS..The Singing WBT$ Literature "Cart with a Heart"..

  by OUTLAW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in watchtower world... magic is evil.....from satan!

  the wbt$ video "become jehovahs friend"... is about caleb and his sparlock warrior wizard toy... the lesson is "magic is evil"... .

  in the wbt$ video 'if you could see what i see"... your taken though the day of a wbt$ literature "cart with a heart"... it has a home... it thinks..it can see..it hears..it sings..it can feel!!...

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  And if the literature cart goes apostate what would it display? Crisis of Conscience, In Search of Christian Freedom, The Gentile Times Reconsidered etc.

  And where would it display them. You guessed it, right in front of the Kingdom Hall. 

  I wonder what songs would it sing.
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  Magic in Watchtower World..Sparlock the Warrior Wizard Toy..VS..The Singing WBT$ Literature "Cart with a Heart"..

  by OUTLAW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in watchtower world... magic is evil.....from satan!

  the wbt$ video "become jehovahs friend"... is about caleb and his sparlock warrior wizard toy... the lesson is "magic is evil"... .

  in the wbt$ video 'if you could see what i see"... your taken though the day of a wbt$ literature "cart with a heart"... it has a home... it thinks..it can see..it hears..it sings..it can feel!!...

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  Let me know if those carts start dancing.
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  What's your all-time favorite Song by musician ? Name Song and Artist

  by flipper in

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  flipper again.

  personally my all time favorite song?

  stairway to heaven by led zeppelin.one of my top favorite groups ,too.

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  Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel. It resonated with my moody periods.

   

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCNwgzM2rQ&feature=player_detailpage
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  Just talked to Witnesses at my door for Hour about Watchtower Child Abuse

  by flipper in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  it happened again like in july when i talked to an elder and his wife about child abuse, but this time i got a hold of rank and file members who fortunately i was able to play like a fiddle as they had no idea what they were up against here.

  so brother middle age ex-hippie convert ( as he told me later ) and sister middle age hair in a bun offered me the awake on death or our view of death.

  i graciously accepted gaining their trust saying yes, i had close loved ones who had died over the years but didn't know if i believed in a resurrection or hereafter.

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  I'm surprised they lasted there for an hour and actually listened to you. Good for you, you were well prepared.
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  It hurts

  by Gorbatchov in

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  2. friends

  it hurts me a lot to see all the changes in wts community.

  (hypocrisy, jw.org, property investments).

  it hurts me so much, sometimes i want to stop following it.. maybe it's time to say goodbye to it all, protecting me for getting mad.. i have a nice family, wife, kids and everything i wish.

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  Gorby, Is your family 'in'. If so are any of them mentally out? Are you still going to the meetings?
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  The best reasonable, rational, intelligent discussion on religion I've ever seen

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl6e4emx-4k

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  Village Idiot

  I personally believe that some people are neurologically predisposed to believing in something, anything transcendent. The religion may be false but it is the product of men who want to understand the mysteries of the Cosmos - and fail.

  I believe that we should redirect that predisposition into more valid and useful pursuits like understanding science and showing reverence to the (godless) Universe. The Universe is divine, it is sacred. It may not give a damn about us but it is all we have.

  As Carl Sagan once said, "We are a way for the Cosmos to know itself". He was a deeply spiritual man whose atheistic reverence for the Universe came out in his Cosmos series. Well worth the watch.

  I miss Carl Sagan. 

  PS: Thanks for the video Terry.