Athanasius

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  Funny Picture

  by LB in

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  i was over at strike9 and saw this photo.

  it really hit my funny bone..

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  Athanasius

  Great photo. Hilarious.
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  How was your new years day spent??

  by kelpie in

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  happy new year all..... i hope your new year had a better start then mine did.. my partner and i stayed up to 2am new years day to welcome in the new year in a way neither of us could before.. we were really looking forward to our sleep in when we were rudely awoken by my visiting father at 6am to say that we better get downstairs quick smart!!.

  we walk down the stairs to see nearly a foot of water through the bottom of our house!!!!!!!!!!.

  our hot water system decided to pack it in and break its seals thus water through the house.

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  Spent most of New Year's day adding the finishing touches to the short story that I am writing. Just finished a few minutes ago.
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  A DAMM FINE IDEA

  by josephus in

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  i was just re-reading coc by ray franz, and had an idea.

  as a jw i was allways concerned when the number of annointed went up in the yearly report, so this year why dont we all find halls that dont know us (if we are shy) and partake.. thousands of "new annointed" would put the shits up the society!, and the brothers!

  please tell me what you think as im quite excited anout this idea.. .

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  I think it would be a great idea. Don't know if all the new partakers would be included in the official count that the elders send to the Vatican, I mean Brooklyn, but we could drink up all their wine and eat all the crackers. I don't know what the elders would do if they ran out of wine and crackers. Would they have to send someone to Safeway to buy more before they could finish the Memorial?

  Sincerely,

  Athanasius
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  Background of those leaving

  by freedom96 in

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  who are the majority that are leaving?.

  are they those who grew up as witnesses, and this generation realized that this is not the true religion and leave?.

  or maybe a witness who had a position of power, such as an elder or ms, or maybe had some insight from bethel, and saw too much?.

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  I left in 1984 after reading C of C. But being an elder, I was able to see all the politics that went on in the Organization. Ray Franz's book confirmed my doubts.

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  Storming the Baracades

  by searcher in

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  i have been reading a lot of threads/posts where people are trying to fade quietly, and are being ' picked off ' one at a time by the new policy of contacting ' inactive ones '.. my thoughts on this are, why wait to be 'picked off' ?.

  if the wt is going to df/da people anyway, why not a mass da by all sending in letters at the same time ?.

  the wt is using a tactic of attrition, keeping people isolated from the flock and dealing with them one at a time, this looks good in the stats.

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  Back in 1989 a JC from my old congregation decided that since I hadn't attended meetings in over 5 years that I had disassociated myself. I don't think that this recent purge of inactive ones is a new policy.

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  Why is the WTBTS Dumbing Down?

  by hillbilly in

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  have you noticed the watchtower's slow drift into another self-destructive trap of their own design?

  i know i will get a couple of responses from some.

  the opinions will generally come from two camps: the society will never die because there will always be ones willing to write a mental "blank check"and embrace "god" through his "orginization".the society will prosper because it is god's orginzation in our times.. .

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  Athanasius

  Excellent point, R R.
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  How Do YOU Help People Out Of The Watchtower?

  by minimus in

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  what have you personally done to help people come out of the watchtower?

  are you actively speaking to your friends and/or family about what you now believe?

  were you disfellowshipped for speaking out against jehovah's witnesses?

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  You can't get them out unless they want to come out.

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  Are elders more spiritual

  by JH in

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  are elders more spiritual or just better qualified to teach?

  does the watchtower choose their leaders for their spirituality or their leadership?

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  Sometimes elders are selected because of their teaching ability. But most are chosen because they follow orders. Being buddies with the Circuit Overseer is a great help too.

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  CONGREGATION SPLITS

  by hamptonite21 in

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  how many times were you in a congregation split?

  i was in 1 in about my 10 yrs active as a jdub.

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  Athanasius

  I was in only one split, and that was in 1965. Left in 1984 so I don't know if the congregations have made any more splits.

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  Did you follow instructions carefully?

  by Outaservice in

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  the society reports millions of hours spent in the field service yearly.

  when you were active did you follow theocratic instructions carefully and faithfully?.

  did you stop for a coffee break and keep your time going?

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  Athanasius

  When it came to counting time, I always rounded up, never down. I think most in our congregation did the same.

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