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  WT Compares Higher Education to Drugs and Alcohol

  by Bangalore in

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  Pefect example of the "read between the lines" methods of theocratic council. They're not "saying" higher education is wrong...but...
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  Circuit Assembly Confronting Apostate Challenge

  by watson in

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  well, i sat thru day 2 of the latest circuit assembly.

  instead of having the co or do re address the "generation" confusion, they had a couple of brothers do a demonstration.

  mocha break out in service, weaker brother mentions he's tired....all of the changes lately, the confusing new understanding of that generation, et al.

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  Comparing us to paedophiles will just confuse elders....

  LOL, easy to do.
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  Does this help with the Generation thingy?

  by watson in

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  http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/former-president-john-tyler-1790-1862-grandchildren-still-191230189.html.

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  http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/former-president-john-tyler-1790-1862-grandchildren-still-191230189.html
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  Circuit Assembly Confronting Apostate Challenge

  by watson in

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  well, i sat thru day 2 of the latest circuit assembly.

  instead of having the co or do re address the "generation" confusion, they had a couple of brothers do a demonstration.

  mocha break out in service, weaker brother mentions he's tired....all of the changes lately, the confusing new understanding of that generation, et al.

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  Even if they've heard of Jehovah...it may be difficult for many to leave their family's customs, culture, lose their national loyalty, perhaps leave their significant other because of what they hear and from whom they hear it, about an ancient Hebrew god. They may need more.
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  Through The Grapevine Report on Recent Circuit Assembly

  by headisspinning in

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  i just got a call from my 'faded' sister who still has the 'pleasure' of having contact with our jw family.. my mother called her and said that she and our dad had their circuit assembly this weekend and apparently a governing body member gave a talk... that seems very odd to me.

  do governing body member usually speak at circuit assemblies?

  maybe it was a branch member?.

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  From the talk I heard this last weekend, by the DO, it is obvious that many are "associating" with their disfellowshipped loved ones. They are disobeying the Governing Body/Faithful Slave. It's making the GB nervous.
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  Circuit Assembly Confronting Apostate Challenge

  by watson in

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  well, i sat thru day 2 of the latest circuit assembly.

  instead of having the co or do re address the "generation" confusion, they had a couple of brothers do a demonstration.

  mocha break out in service, weaker brother mentions he's tired....all of the changes lately, the confusing new understanding of that generation, et al.

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  You nailed it Flipper. They realize it, and are trying to be pre emptive. Now I wish I had made day 1.
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  Writing dep.

  by obarac in

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  where can i find (if there is) info about who serve in writing dep.

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  Since there is an ongoing "dumbing down" on the literature, I suspect they don't need to have much more than a HS degree. Perhaps that's another reason to keep them anonymous, to keep it from being said that a bunch of home-schoolers or dropouts are responsible for the drivel.

  Sorry to say, I think the folks on the "Writing Committee" are brilliant. They serve a purpose.
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  Are we living with the last generation of Scientologists?

  by Gayle in

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  http://www.thevine.com.au/news/current-affairs/know-this-tv-binging,-immaterial-products,-scientology's-end,-italian-tears,-the-kickstarter-scam20120122.aspx.

  are we living with the last generation of scientologists?

  over the past decade, membership has dropped in the us by 20,000. in an article for lrb titled "religion, grrrr" rachel aviv reviews one of the only academic studies of scientology to date.

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  What definition of "generation" are we talking about here? Just wondering.
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  Circuit Assembly Confronting Apostate Challenge

  by watson in

  1. jw
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  well, i sat thru day 2 of the latest circuit assembly.

  instead of having the co or do re address the "generation" confusion, they had a couple of brothers do a demonstration.

  mocha break out in service, weaker brother mentions he's tired....all of the changes lately, the confusing new understanding of that generation, et al.

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  Look for the District Conventions to be big on damage control. Pre emptive discussions, demos, etc. Time is the enemy, the internet, the move from Brooklyn. I believe many are questioning, but can't go anywhere. Family, friends, business interests, networking, support, too much.
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  Plague of Reality

  by Oceangrinder in

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  i'm sorry to question the innocent, for one knows only what is given unto them.. i apologise in advance for broaching touchy, or ill-illuminated subjects that have caused mortal injury to myself for reasons i am yet to comprehend.

  i will admit to failing in terms of receivership of jehovah's love, but by my inability to accept reality.

  i like adam, and to my chagrin have tasted both good and bad.

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  God was created so that men could "keep and control" their women...just sayin'.