Go-bags started after Hurricane Katrina 2006 after the WTS realized how woefully inept they were handling the ones whose homes were destroyed and no where to go, elder bodies who had no concept of what to do, elder bodies who did not have lists of members and contact info or if they did it was woefully out of date. Then jws were instructed in the KM (I think) to be prepared and what to do.
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30JWs and Prepping
by TD inthe jws i know (which admittedly are more liberal than most) are suddenly into prepping to one degree or another.
some have simply assembled "go bags" with basic common sense supplies in case they need to bug out in the event of a natural disaster and others seem to be seriously into it, almost to the degree to which mormons are.
backup generators and a year's supply of food and water).
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Fully vaccinated
by llubrevlis2000 ini have just heard about a rebellion starting for the kingdom ministry schools this year.
nobody is allowed to go unless you are fully vaccinated and the unvaccinated are not allowed to watch by video conferencing.. apparently there are many congratulations insisting on recently fully vaccinated meaning to those elders, you had your latest booster recently.
if it’s been more than six months you are no longer fully vaccinated.. i hear of lots of elders or mss who just do not want to keep taking these injections some haven’t had a booster in months and now they are not allowed to go to the upcoming kms.. that is not really what the letter said, it says all coordinators have to check that all elders are fully vaccinated.
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blondie
Atlantis, a poster on JWN, who regularly posts links to letters to the elders, publications. Check with him for reliable information.
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Get vaccinated and boosted new document for elders only
by llubrevlis2000 intable of contents.
overview 1-2. safety precautions 3-5. get vaccinated and boosted take extra health precautions watch for symptoms 5. missed classroom instruction 6 maintain a spiritual outlook 7. overview.
3 4. safety precautions for attending theocratic schools.
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blondie
Atlantis, a poster here on JWN, has the most up-to-date links to WTS letters and publications. He usually posts the links on here to keep there being a question about what it really says.
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Scarce Watch Tower Booklet
by vienne inuncle b is seeking a scan of this booklet: https://truthhistory.blogspot.com/2023/02/we-need-clear-scan-of-this.html.
can you help?.
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blondie
I would direct your question to Atlantis, who posts on here. https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/users/15734/Atlantis
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Details of Noah’s Ark
by enigma1863 injw magazines have claimed the flood story has so much detail that it couldn’t be just a made up story.. is it detailed?
name one person outside of noah’s family.
name one nephilim.
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blondie
On another direction, name Noah's wife, or daughters-in-law. Probably because they were just women and not important.
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No more public WT & Awake?
by mikeflood inhave you guys noticed, this year 2023 no more public edition magazines...i wonder how they are gonna spin that fact.
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blondie
I went on WOL and looked for public WTS, and there are none. Probably the WTS will just have jws use the old magazines that are piling up at KHs and people's homes.
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Why are so many Jehovah’s Witnesses Angry and Rude?
by Vanderhoven7 inwhy do you think many jws are hostile and rude?
or is that just my imagination?.
mark jones writes: the vast majority of jehovah’s witnesses are nice people.
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blondie
I find that many are self-righteous and see the people at the door already toast at Armageddon. They see these people as ignorant of the bible (when too many jws don't know the bible themselves, just pat phrases the WTS teaches them, or figure the publication will do the witnessing). I have been with jws that rile up the person so much I have had to interrupt them and politely ask the person to forgive us and escort the jw off the property quietly. I finally preferred going by myself. Some jws see the person at the door's correct response to their rudeness as proof that they the jw is being "persecuted." Most jws only go door to door to insure their everlasting life on earth, not to share that prospect with non-jws. CYA.
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How Will They End 1914 Teaching?
by EmptyInside ini'm sure this has been discussed, but 1914 has to go away.
instead of, the overlapping generation teaching, they should have just ditched 1914. .
they should have done that a long time ago with 1975. it's the last of the teachings in the charles taze russell era.. i'm thinking they just will stop talking about it, and it will be out of the mind of the rank and file loyal witnesses .
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blondie
These responses while thought-provoking, the jws are not encouraged to think, but to obey the WTS in all things even if they don't understand. I doubt the WTS would use any of your ideas to convince ordinary jws. But it seems to keep the rest of you thinking.
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It’s started COBE asking all appointed men if they are fully vaccinated
by Indoubtbigtime inthere is a huge problem now in all congregations as the gb stubbornly will not do the u turn on staying fully vaccinated that many hoped they would do.. all congregations around the world the cobe has to ask all ministerial servants and elders if they are fully vaccinated (meaning no more than six months since last shot).
there is a massive problem now with many many jdubs not getting their latest boosters and not wanting to stay fully vaccinated .
but more serious than that is how the gb painted themselves into a corner with these vaccine mandates.. most governments did a u turn on the vax mandates but the gb can’t get out of this one so easily .
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blondie
FFGhost your comments jive with what it said to the elders in their letter from the WTS. "Just to clarify….
The vaccine requirements are for “theocratic schools” only. Things like the pioneer school, elders school (5 day and 1 day), etc.
if it doesn’t have “school” in the title, a vaccine is not required.
So the meeting with pioneers & the CO, the meeting with elders & CO, etc. are not included. No vaccine requirements for “meetings”, only for “schools”.
That said, I would not be surprised if some (many?) overzealous COBEs start making / enforcing their own personal rules and start badgering people about their vaccination status for unnecessary things. But that would not be the official WTS position."
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JW's are NOT connected to the WTBTS....
by BoogerMan in.....just as gerrit losch of the g.b.
claimed he has nothing to do with it - or vice versa.. i suppose that's why him & his jw g.b.
cronies assume total control of the wtbts annual meeting every year - because they're totally separate from each other!
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blondie
This is a misrepresentation by the WTS to protect themselves from personal actions by individual jws like elders or COs that speak as a representative, but are not acknowledged by the WTS. The WTS has separated the financial/legal departments from the GB group to protect the GB from liability. The WTS has counseled jws not to say, "the Society says" or the "paragraph says" so it is clear it is not the legal organization words. It is a moot point in reality. Some really wild things have gotten into the newspaper because a single jw representing himself as a jw spokesman officially. w98 3/15 18-19 Living Up to Christian Dedication in Freedom
4 In order to avoid misunderstandings, Jehovah's Witnesses try to be careful about how they express themselves. Instead of saying, "the Society teaches," many Witnesses prefer to use such expressions as, "the Bible says" or, "I understand the Bible to teach." In this way they emphasize the personal decision that each Witness has made in accepting Bible teachings and also avoid giving the false impression that Witnesses are somehow bound to the dictates of some religious sect.