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  Door to Door Witnessing Anxiety

  by NotFormer in

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  it's not only the jws who do door to door witnessing.

  the independent baptists for the most part have "soul winning", mainly door to door witnessing and leaving tracts, as a tennet of their faith.

  this discussion is interesting:.

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  BluesBrother

  I certainly suffered anxiety going door to door. …It was ok if you were with a good partner and you got along well. The conversation with him/her kept your mind off it . Calling alone was difficult.. I think I felt too much for the people, knowing that I was interrupting their morning. The worst was when you had waited a while and heard the thump of a zimmer frame making its way painfully to the door and you knew that some old person had struggled to get there. I felt awful…
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  Elders get Paid??

  by jwundubbed in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just did a google search to see if i could find out if my old kingdom hall was still there, in the town i grew up in.

  google has generated questions.

  the first question asked how much jehovah's witness elders get paid.

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  BluesBrother

  Utter twaddle ! Elders work hard behind the scenes preparing talks and meeting parts. They travel to Elders meetings and to deliver the talks at their own expense , Secretaries do paperwork, probably computer work these days.... all without payment.

  If I had been on that sort of money it would have been harder to leave.
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  Merry Christmas

  by jhine in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so for those amongst us who celebrate the season .

  merry christmas everyone.

  .. jan from tam .

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  BluesBrother

  Sea Breeze , whilst I know that we come from a different culture, to us in Britain the whole idea of presenting a teenager with such a thing is…. Well, scary. I hope all goes well.
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  Merry Christmas

  by jhine in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so for those amongst us who celebrate the season .

  merry christmas everyone.

  .. jan from tam .

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  BluesBrother

  A poem from Benjamin Zephaniah ….. I am posting it kind of tongue in cheek. Whatever you do , have a good one ..

  Talking Turkeys​

  Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas
  Cos’ turkeys just wanna hav fun
  Turkeys are cool, turkeys are wicked
  An every turkey has a Mum.
  Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas,
  Don’t eat it, keep it alive,
  It could be yu mate, an not on your plate
  Say, Yo! Turkey I’m on your side.
  I got lots of friends who are turkeys
  An all of dem fear christmas time,
  Dey wanna enjoy it, dey say humans destroyed it
  An humans are out of dere mind,
  Yeah, I got lots of friends who are turkeys
  Dey all hav a right to a life,
  Not to be caged up an genetically made up
  By any farmer an his wife.
  Turkeys just wanna play reggae
  Turkeys just wanna hip-hop
  Can yu imagine a nice young turkey saying,
  ‘I cannot wait for de chop’,
  Turkeys like getting presents, dey wanna watch christmas TV,
  Turkeys hav brains an turkeys feel pain
  In many ways like yu an me.
  I once knew a turkey called…Turkey
  He said “Benji explain to me please,
  Who put de turkey in christmas
  An what happens to christmas trees?”,
  I said “I am not too sure turkey
  But itÕs nothing to do wid Christ Mass
  Humans get greedy an waste more dan need be
  An business men mek loadsa cash’.
  Be nice to yu turkey dis christmas
  Invite dem indoors fe sum greens
  Let dem eat cake an let dem partake
  In a plate of organic grown beans,
  Be nice to yu turkey dis christmas
  An spare dem de cut of de knife,
  Join Turkeys United an dey’ll be delighted
  An yu will mek new friends ‘FOR LIFE
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  A BEARD PREDICTION FOR 2024

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. friends

  fyi, i posted this prediction on my facebook page last night and it has received 224 likes and there have been 83 comments made.

  many of the comments are hilarious.. .

  a beard prediction for 2024:.

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  BluesBrother

  Joking apart, I was a little surprised that they did not specify “ neat and well groomed beards” . As it is the GB have given a green light to wannabe ZZ Top lookalikes….
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  Beards are now allowed - New Light

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  lett has announced in the latest video update that jehovah has dignified the brothers by now letting them to choose for themselves whether they want to have a beard or not -.

  https://www.jw.org/en/news/region/global/2023-governing-body-update-8/.

  this applies worldwide and to all brothers in any position..

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  BluesBrother

  Steven Lett is such a terrible speaker that I had to stop and see this from the official website to check that it was not a parody... He seems to be getting worse .....

  After all these years They finally see the need to clarify the issue! Beards have been commonplace for decades and I thought the issue had died the death. It is not uncommon around here ( U K) to see an appointed man with a beard.

  Oh well.......
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  The "Problem" With Zoom

  by XBEHERE in

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  here is the org's problem with zoom, attending this way does not fit with their "scriptural definition" of a christian gathering.

  at least not anymore, one thing my pimi wife is fine with is attending on zoom occasionally, even 2-3 times a month or so.. if some of you recall, during covid there were break out rooms setup for people to stay on and associate.

  many would also stay in the main meeting and talk over each other trying to say hello, etc.

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  BluesBrother

  They be logged into the zoom meeting, but are they even watching? We don’t always.
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  This week’s watchtower 🤬

  by MissDaSilva in

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  2. friends

  just been watching a youtube video by jw escape, lovely lady.

  the subject was this weeks watchtower - “are you ready to obey?”.

  what a blatant psyop this is.

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  BluesBrother

  Yes they want the flock to be blind obedient sheep who just do what they are told , without thinking . That is not new but it is more blatant these days.This is the congregation watching the monthly broadcast

  
  
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  Were we really meant to live forever?

  by Leathercrop in

  1. watchtower
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  our capacity for adaptation (there's an official term somewhere) is apparently very vast.

  meaning that whatever is a novelty always becomes old news and apparently it happens very quickly.

  human beings in fact have to put a lot of effort into not discarding valuable things and relationships because of our overwhelming tendency to become incredibly used to it and just plain bored with them.

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  BluesBrother

  As best I. An recall, Jesus never told anyone that they would specifically live forever on Earth. I never could grasp the concept of eternity, everything has a beginning and an end , even planets and stars...

  It is hard to kick the ideas completely out of my mind , living as I do so closely with dubs for whom such things are part of every day conversation. But do I believe it? No .
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  Judicial Committees asking Details of Sex acts

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember knowing that jcs would ask very personal questions about sex activities.

  this article addresses this: https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15074595 .

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  BluesBrother

  They are told not to do this . I sat on many committees over the years and never saw it happen. This from “ Shepherd The Flock” chapter 16

  ”The committee should first seek to establish the facts and ascer- tain the attitude of the accused. This requires skillful and discreet questions. The judicial committee should be thorough but not in- quire about needless details, especially in regard to sexual mis- conduct.”