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  June 2020 Study Watchtower - One or two little gems! :(

  by The Fall Guy in

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  2. bible

  study watchtower, june 2020, box on page 22 - "note the comment made by an inactive one in spain: “i want to be reactivated, but it is very difficult.

  but it is not easy.

  i have to change my lifestyle and cut ties with some worldly friends.".

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  BluesBrother

  Some points in that article show that the G B are on a different plane....

  "As we see from Jesus’ illustration, it takes work to find something that was lost. Similarly, we might need to work hard to locate those who have left the congregation. "

  They dont have to seach for me .I am well known to them but they never speak "spiritually" to me, just small talk. Surely being inactive means you have stopped reporting, not attending. Come to think of it, if this virus thing goes on long enough , they will all be inactive.

  They speak as though it is all about US ,why we left. They can't imagine it is because of THEM and their teachings
  
  
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  Kingdom Hall put to new use.

  by Lost in the fog in

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  bulgarian community finds home in billerica in a former jehovah's witnesses kingdom hall.

  – lowell sun.

  https://www.lowellsun.com/2020/03/29/bulgarian-community-finds-home-in-billerica/.

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  BluesBrother

  The WTS has always had no qualms about purchasing church buildings or selling to churches when property is on the market .

  Tnat is strange, since a Witness would be in serious trouble if he took a job working for any Religious organization or if in business himself, agreed to do a job of work for one. The dubs I know would not pay money to enter a religious owned famous building, buy from a religious charity shop etc..... they view it as "supporting Bab the Gt. "

  However, paying hundreds of thousands of $ or £ , or receiving same for a building is o k ?.?

  BTW, nice looking KH , log cabin effect , I bet the locals were sad to leave it.
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  Coronavirus Positive

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey all,.

  i'm day six of isolation, confirmed to have coronavirus.

  i have been seeing very sick cv positive patients over the last month in my a&e role (emergency physician) it was inevitable i would contract it.. just wanted to give some symptom and treatment advice, it's anecdotal but may help.. started as sore throat and headache, then croaky voice, then dry cough, then episodic transient fevers, all this over the first few days.

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  BluesBrother

  As an emergency doc. you are one of the heroes of this time... stay safe and recover, we need you.!

  After reading this thread I went back and read some of your earlier posts and I am amazed. What you have achieved is awesome

  My humble thanks to you and all your colleagues.
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  IT experts

  by Youngaposthate in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  good day former jdubs, i'm a new member, particularly looking for it experts whome can verify if the jw apps track its members and record audio, particularly the khonf app.

  if you download app on google play store and click the headphones, a pop up requiring user to click pop up to enable audio recording is displayed.

  i'm minorly aware of the evolution of tech and tracking scandals.

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  BluesBrother

  I cannot really believe that the Watchtower Society busies itself with tracking apostates or it's members .

  It is true that when one logs into KHConf or LiveKH you are asked the number looking at it and one of them asks your name"for the count" . I never wanted to give my name on line so I used put random letters in and it accepted me.

  Zoom also asks your name because you are taking part in a vid conference call and the Watchtower Conductor takes answers if you volunteer one. I cannot see this going any futher than the local congregation.

  That said, I am certainly not a tech expert. I am just giving an opinion based on my experience of this Society.
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  Randy Waters

  by Victor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you live in san antonio and would like to help me help randy waters please send me a pm.

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  BluesBrother

  I live thousands of miles away across the world but I would send Randy my very best wishes and appreciation for the eye opening that his site gave me many years ago
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  This Sucks: Every Day this pandamic goes on, PIMI wife is slipping further and further into the WT abyss

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  there will be no hope that she will ever come out of the wt abyss.

  her mind is so diluted with the cult, i.e.

  the best life ever.

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  BluesBrother

  Support for the O/p “going through the motions” ...

  Hang on in there Bro.. this is a bad time that the world is going through. I heard a prediction today that by Christmas we will see a general boom in baby births , and marriage strife due to all being at home together.

  As for closed-minded dubs, this is wonderful, just like persecution, except it isn’t. “Surely a sign of the end” they say....

  Stick with it say little it does no good. They will see the system get through this and get back to normal ,Economically bruised but still standing .

  Us husbands just have to get on with it........
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  If You're Just Here to spread Your TDS, It's Time to Say Goodbye

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  if all you want to do it deliver a constant whine of "orange man bad" then find someplace else to do.

  it.

  frankly, i can't be bothered with the bullshit anymore.. honestly, your politics and the whole virtue signalling woke brigade has actually started causing real deaths and was ruining life for many before that.. if you can't control your disease, then i'll do it for you.. it's not open for debate..

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  BluesBrother

  As a Brit... Trump is not my President, neither is he the President of Canada so any discussion is academic for me , and for an ex Brit now living in Canada,such as Simon.

  However does this mean that pro Trump posts are still allowed.?

  If so, it would be very one sided.
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  My congregation is something else!

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not only do they want everyone dressed up for the zoom meetings( which i won't do) they decided to keep the zoom meeting at 1pm sunday!

  so they don't upset their spiritual routine!

  ugh!

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  BluesBrother

  We, dub wife and I, tuned in Sunday. Some others were dressed up, others were not. Nothing was said. We managed to set it so that our faces were not shown.. Thank goodness, still showed her name as an attender though. No doubt that zoom demands far more attention than just listening in on an app.

  I heard that another Congo with a pm meeting have changed it to morning during this period.I can imagine B o Es keeping a routine .....masochists!
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  Next we'll probably experience famine

  by wannabefree in

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  2. current

  this morning my wife made the comment ... "we'll probably experience famine next.".

  i don't know that she'd come up with this on her own.

  has anyone else heard a jw talking about this?.

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  BluesBrother

  You are not wrong Smiddy, I remember that too.

  I tell you, the dubs are loving this. Any indication that the system is in trouble and they are all over it . It seems like vindication of all their dire forecasts. So far they enjoy the novelty of meetings by zoom and the luxury of not having to get out to the Hall on Sundays. And no field service....Yippee!
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  Counting Memorial Attendees and Partakers

  by caves in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how will the borg be able to count the partakers(144,000 anointed) since jws are to celebrate the memorial at home?

  what about accurate counts for attendees?

  what challenges do you see?

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  BluesBrother

  I guess they will take the numbers of the sign-ons to each cong zoom show plus any using KHCONF or LiveKH, they do ask for your name....

  Any future ref to the numbers this year will no doubt have a note of the circumstances this year.

  Edit.. ‘Roadtonowhere’ , yes I had the privilege of getting the emblems one year . We made good use of the rest of it. Matzoh’s , cheese and red wine go down very well for a Memorial night supper.