In my experience the Society tightened things up and only an elder and perhaps accompanied by a mature male would now go into a prison. I have no idea about women’s prisons.
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Do the Witnesses still allow women to preach in men's prisons?
by JimmyYoung ini knew of several women who would preach at the local correctional facility.
some would do the fall in love and get married to a new convert who had a long prison sentence.
if the witnesses had half a brain they would stop this before it ever got started.
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The real dividing line isn’t between apostates and apologists it’s between...
by slimboyfat inexcellent observation from zizek about communist regimes: they didn’t care if people accepted the ideology or took it seriously, so long as people acted as if the ideology was true, that was the important thing.
in fact the regimes were deeply suspicious people who took the ideology too seriously.
people who took the ideology seriously were dangerous because they were prone to noticing the inconsistencies and flaws in the system.
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BluesBrother
Absolutely true SBF. I wish I could have written as well.
When I was a kid we had an Assistant Congregation Servant, as they were called in those days, He was the sort of JW who would go to his business on Christmas Day, becauese it was"pagan" to treat it special. He looked with disdain on those who did not keep up to his standards , an uber-dub.
All of a sudden he dropped it all completely and became apostate activist before the internet was thought of .
In contrast, those old timers today who crack jokes about the failed expectations and don't bother if aspects of their faiith are changed by decree, they are still there plodding on in a way of life they are happy with.
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JW Library, yet another knockoff
by neat blue dog inhere's the mormon's "gospel library", released 3 & 1/2 years earlier:.
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BluesBrother
The WTS has looked to the LDS for innovations time and again, The Watchtower Choir , videos and the FamilyStudy Night are examples.
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Hypocritical Tyndale video
by neat blue dog inat a recent midweek meeting, a short documentary about translator william tyndale was shown.
it begins with this statement about his death:.
"his crime?
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BluesBrother
Good point . Reformers and independent thinkers have always been persecuted by those in authority. Nobody likes those who criticise them and power gives the ability to denounce and sometimes crush them
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Canadians and Europeans, what do you think of your national health care ?
by RubaDub inwe have been in a battle over health care for so long here in the us regarding public, private, gov't subsidized, obama care, medicare for all, and just about every permutation of the above.. we hear the horror stories here that people wait 20 years for a check-up (ok, bit of an exaggeration), but you get the point.
one side tells us that canadians flock across the border when they are sick and need to see a doctor.
the other side says that is simply not the case.. so tell us, if you live under one of the government systems would you replace it?
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BluesBrother
As a Brit in the U k, we love to moan about the NHS but we fight like hell to keep it. The idea of a private scheme is intolerable.
Employees and Self Employed do pay, of course a fixed contribution is stopped from wages . For me though as pensioner I no longer pay, and the older you get the more you need it.
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Creepy display
by neat blue dog in.
i dunno about you, but if i walked up to this display at an expo i'd be a little creeped out..
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BluesBrother
Looks way too slick and commercial, like the stand belonged to a bank or something. The message that comes over is " These people want to sell me something"
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Set ptermber AT study article: "Armaggedon Is Good News!
by Room 215 inomg, is this the apotheosis of bat-shit craziness or not?
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BluesBrother
I get it now.... The title of next week's study article - " Armageddon is Good News"
I am glad I won't be there for that one ! ....butvwe can pull it to bits on here
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT November 3, 2019 WT Study Article (September 2019) JAH VALUES HUMBLE SERVANTS
by blondie inblondie’s food for thought, 11/03/2019 wt study article, jah values humble servants, september 2019. https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-september-2019/jehovah-values-his-humble-servants/.
opening comments/food for thought.
i first asked myself, why does the wts sometimes use the word “servant” then “slave”?
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BluesBrother
I think fastJehu has got it about right...
P 11) Each day, we have countless opportunities to show humility. Consider a few situations. When we receive counsel. We do well to remember that if someone takes the time to offer us correction, we have likely strayed more than we realize. At such times, we may find that our first inclination is to reject the counsel. We might criticize the person who gave it or the way he said it. But if we are humble, we will strive to regain our balance.
12 A humble person appreciates counsel.
So if I am given counsel that is inappropriate or wrong, I should just take it .."Thank you Bro"
Perhaps I could write and offer constructive counsel to the GB ? ( most of them could improve in speaking ability) .....Do you think they would appreciate it? No, neither do I.
"Moreover, in the past several years, many in the Bethel family have been reassigned to the field. Others have had to discontinue special full-time service because of health problems, family obligations, or other personal circumstances
16 Such adjustments were not easy for these brothers and sisters to make. ................. In time, though, they were able to adjust. Why? Above all, because of their love for Jehovah. They knew that they were dedicated to God—not to a work, a title, or an assignment. (Col. 3:23) They are glad to continue serving Jehovah humbly in any capacity. They “throw all [their] anxiety on him,” knowing that he cares for :/ them.—1 Pet. 5:6, 7."
Is that humility or a self righteous determination to be obedient no matter what?
Reminds me of "Animal Farm" when Boxer the cart horse met every setback with his motto " I will work harder"..... They worked him to death in the end..
Thanks Blondie for the review.
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Update/Change In OD Coming Soon
by mr_doubtful inthere will be an update/change in the od book coming soon.
i have it on good word that this change in the od book has already been pushed out & notified to the “higher ups”.
newwww light!.
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BluesBrother
I was surprised that I could read that book on line. In my day it, or the then current equivalent was kept secretly for the use of baptised publishers .... I believe you were presented with your copy after baptism.
The times they are a changin' .....
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simple illustration by a carpenter
by waton inthis week's study ( no.
88) on the illustration of abraham and the begging lazarus and the rich man, all dying, in heaven and hell fire.
the bible stories, convoluted as they are, even more pretzelled by wt.
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BluesBrother
The WT simply applies the illustration to the rich Pharisees of Jesus day and the poor man as the common people and suggested a coming change of circumstances.
We used to be told that "Churches " used it to support a hell fire doctrine. Logic and reasoning would show such an application to be wrong.
What was Jesus really saying? ..... search me, I am no scholar and those that are , do not agree.
do not agree.