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  Is This ALL the Society Meant By Big Stuff Coming?

  by millie210 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok, internet tv, some new songs and updates on a couple obscure prophecies no one cares about.... .

  i for one was so disappointed at the smallness of it.

  i guess i bought the hype that when they said "big", they meant it.. .

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  TheListener

  Well, there is still the Zone Visit in November. Perhaps more tidbits will be dropped from mother's ass.
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  New JW... One Can Only Dream

  by Gustv Cintrn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here are a few of my wishful thoughts that, if came true, would make me enjoy my religion even more:.

  no more end of month time reporting.. delete one of the 1-day circuit assemblies.

  may replace with a 'special meeting', such as the one we had last year.. eliminate friday from the big convention.. no more international conventions!

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  What about actually teaching what the bible says instead of what they would like it to say?
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  Who was the Gilead Student that jumped overboard?

  by VM44 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  a gilead student from thailand.

  a young thai girl who came to new york to attend the gilead school in upstate south lansing, new york, had a mental breakdown.

  staff members pleaded with president knorr to send her home by plane, under supervision.

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  I miss Leolaia so much. Her posts and research were really instrumental in helping me free my mind. The few times we corresponded personally were so meaningful to me. Like most of who post here, when I was leaving I didn't know what to do, where to go or how to think. Leolaia helped me a lot.
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  Will JW.ORG actually harm the WT Society Long Term ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my son and i were discussing this yesterday over coffee.

  since the wt society in previous years virtually demonized going on the internet at all for jw's - now wt leaders are doing a complete turn around or about face probably so as to " compete " or keep up with all the anti-jw websites that are out there to give the wt society point of view.. however- it very well may backfire on them as once people start doing google searches looking for jw.org it will bring up all the other websites dealing with any jw issues and in the privacy of their own homes out of curiosity i'm sure lots of jw's are going to want to check out some of these sites to see what all the " apostate " hoopla is all about.

  i wonder how many jw's will do this and will it have an effect in opening more minds to other views ?

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  TheListener

  I feel like I'm coming to the thread a bit late. But here goes..

  I want jw.org to hurt them but I feel in my gut that it will somehow help them. Delusional members are already excited about how advanced the WTS is with the internet. This includes the Caleb cartoons and DVDs. The dubs I know are feeling like the organization has been given new energy and is really taking it up a notch - just before the end of the system - you know, to save more people. I think the website is poorly designed and out of date looking.

  I also think that playing the videos at the door thing just sounds dumb. I can't imagine I would ever have the guts to actually do that. I was one who barely ever asked for a donation. It was easier and less embarrassing to just donate myself - twice. Once when I picked up my mags and once when I placed them with someone.
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  More delegate parties and dancing!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  july 2014 - conyers assembly hall party and dancing for the.... play the video!.

  petra.

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  TheListener

  The real test will be if the WT or KM makes a mention of any of these celebrations.
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  LIVE! from the 2014 International Convention, its 'Your Girl Brooklynn!!'

  by j dubb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the latest wtaf dub convention video...enjoy.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ioych9mady.

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  Is she a witness? Unbelievable.
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  Ashya King's mother in the newspaper before

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  parent of brain tumour boy ashya king hit the headlines when living in milton keynes.

  the now-famous mum of brain tumour boy ashya king hit the headlines here in milton keynes when she was pregnant with him, the citizen can exclusively reveal.. determined nagmeh king donned a placard over her six- month bump and paraded the streets in a bikini during a battle with a private school five years ago.. she and her husband, who braved arrest to get the right treatment for ashya, lived next door to the grove independent school on redland drive, loughton, for several years, and were prominent members of the citys jehovahs witness community.. a war of words involving lawyers, council official and even police erupted when the school chopped down a boundary hedge, which the kings insisted was theirs.. the row had rumbled on for five years without any resolution until 2009, when then-mum-of-five mrs king took matters into her own hands.. i have walked outside the school with my placards between 8am and 9am every morning, she told the citizen at the time.. im not protesting im just spreading the word as a jehovahs witness should.. other parents complained as she mounted one protest dressed only in her underwear.

  but mrs king insisted she was wearing a bikini.. its not shameful or wrong to wear a bikini when youre pregnant, she said.. a neighbour said: it is a crazy sight a half naked pregnant woman protesting outside a private school.. the kings, who described themselves as missionaries at the time, became even angrier when they replaced the hedge with a fence and the school removed it, saying it was on their land.. the family was accused of dumping rotting rubbish on the disputed boundary line, hanging washing outside the window of school head deborah berkin, and playing loud music during school hours.. milton keynes council confirmed it had been called out several times by the school over dumping, while environmental health officials were monitoring the music levels.. mrs king vowed she would continue to fight, saying: the school had no right to take away our privacy.. three months later little ashya was born.. today jehovahs witnesses across the city are remembering the family fondly and praying for ashyas treatment to be a success.. meanwhile neighbours who once watched mrs kings bikini protests are full of admiration for her courage in defying the nhs.. one said: she is a woman not scared of doing battle.

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  JW in a bikini - outrageous! Thanks for posting this, I had no idea it was the same person.
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  My Elderette returns for a final Bible Study session, after I avoided her for 2 months (very long post)

  by Faithful Witness in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  some of this will be repeat, since it's been a little while since i posted about my "bible study" sessions with miss k, my elderette.

  we are talking about the name of jehovah.

  thanks for talking with us today.

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  Not too long. I loved it. Thanks for taking your time to post so much detail.
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  Our Kingdom Ministry November 2014 PDF

  by WatchTower87 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  our kingdom ministry november 2014 pdf.

  instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily.

  no virus ;-).

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  TheListener

  According to page 3 a dub can count a return visit by texting someone! Unbelievable. How low the bar has sunk.
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  My neighbor is a return visit. Should I say something?

  by Zoos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i stayed home sick from work the other day and noticed a car group pull up to my neighbor's house.

  she's a stay-at-home mom.

  i decided it was time to retrieve something from my truck to see if i could recognize the visiting sisters.

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  Most return visits end up going nowhere. Hopefully your neighbor will naturally fizzle out as a return visit. I think you have to be careful how much you say because if she becomes a witness you may end up with an unfriendly neighbor.

  I've thought about giving a return visit the link to jwfacts but then I also wondered if the return visit asks the dubs visiting them some of the issues they read about and get answers that satisfy them (even if they're crap answers) it may speed up their indoctrination instead of stopping it.

  Imho I would just mention to the neighbor that you saw the witnesses the other day at her door while you were home sick and wondered what's up. You will probably be able to tell right away what she really thinks about the dubs.