MidwichCuckoo

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  More Society cutbacks - Society says "screw you" to the publishers yet again

  by sir82 in

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  at our service meeting it was announced that there is a change in the manner in which magazines are now to be delivered to the congregations.. up until now, magazines were sent to each kingdom hall via ups.

  in years past magazines were sent to each congregation po's home address via ups.. going forward, magazines will be sent only as far as the assembly hall.

  it is the responsibility of each kingdom hall to send brother(s) twice a month to drive out there, pick up the magazines, and return.. this of course saves a little bit of money for the society - shipping larger packages to fewer addresses will cost less.. however, what about the expense to the local congregations?.

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  funny how there making the JW's think that times are so bad now and the end is sooooo sooooo soooo near that they have to start cutting things back....

  Good one peaches...when the end was so, soooo VERY close decades ago, publishers were encouraged to sell up etc and put 100% into preaching work (you know, the poor families that lost everything). You'd think, if they believed their own words, they'd sell up all their lovely treasures on Earth (instead of trying to grasp more) and subsidise the R&F to preach till the VERY IMMINENT end.
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  Watchtower most widely read magazine??? Gawd

  by ESTEE in

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  i have not posted in a very long time, but here is a link i thought might be of interest.

  it made our local paper, likely sent by the jws for some more free publicity.. http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/thesearch/archive/2010/05/27/what-is-the-most-widely-read-magazine-in-world.aspx?commentposted=true#commentmessage.

  i posted a reply under their comments.

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  It´s funny you STILL go and hang on every word. Sounds like some kind of obsession to me.

  Oh, the irony
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  UK Newspaper articles. Young JW death re 'no blood'

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1279252/jehovahs-witness-15-dies-refusing-blood-following-crash.html.

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  The article doesn't mention if the lad was Baptised..? Let's see Paul Gillies claim that 'we only Baptise as adults' as he did (on UK morning TV programme) after Emma Gough died refusing blood.

  Poor lad, such a waste
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  A sister from an old congregation wants to talk to me tomorrow....

  by not a captive in

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  it is peculiar.

  she called the woman i work for to set up a visit after noon tomorrow to talk to me.. i don't know this sister very well.

  she is from a congregation i attended about six years ago.

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  What nelly said - weird - to contact your employer (rather than drop you a note/text directly) to speak to you...?
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  How dangers is field service really, has anyone ever heard of someone being hurt or killed while doing some form of witnessing

  by life is to short in

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  2. experiences

  ok my other thread was not totally what i was after.

  after thinking it through i was wondering if any of you have ever heard of someone being hurt by a householder in field service.. .

  like i mentioned in my latest thread about the sister who was murdered and then her death was blamed on her.. i know in the hall i grew up in there were many sex offenders living in the area.

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  Blondie - I can't find it but I remember an experience in the magazines about a brother who was killed by a man at the door who ended up studying in prison and becoming a jw, upon release he put in 200 hours a month to make up for the pioneer brother and for himself (back in the 100 hr/mo day)

  I heard that one as a teen at my Kingdom Hall...looking back, I find it hard to believe.
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  I just had my first child

  by daniel-p in

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  baby girl, 6 lbs, 14 oz, 19-3/4in, looks like me they say.... still in awe... there were some complications, but mom and baby are doing good.

  baby's down the hall in nicu and it still doesn't feel real.. .

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  Many Congratulations Mr and Mrs Daniel-p !!
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  The generation changed is explained in the June 15'th WT!

  by life is to short in

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  2. scandals

  it is here in writing the new generation change.

  on page 5 of the of the wt while talking about the annual meeting report.. "john barr gave the third and final talk.".

  "john barr made clear that the gathering wound not continue indefinitely.

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  Black Sheep: my wife is buying into this without any shadow of doubt. When I pointed the generation change to her, she thought it was perfectly logical

  Same here. When I mentioned this to 'my JW', they pre-empted me by saying they'd ALWAYS believed it (???). It's like every former belief they've ever had is just erased in a heartbeat.
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  It's going to be a glorious spring weekend..............

  by cantleave in

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  with no bs theocratic activity - since dropping out of the borg life really is for living..

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  The weather is glorious at the moment too...last year I saw (in my road) a JW out with his two lads (aged about six and eight) both dressed as you'd expect. They were dragging their feet and looked so miserable...a gloriously warm Saturday morning. I felt sad for them.
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  How is a Jehovah'sWitness suppossed to know they are annointed?

  by brainwashed-from-birth in

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  are there any tests/interviews they have to go thru to prove it?.

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  There is probably some correlation between 'Annointed' and 'mental issues', eg attention seeking.
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  Start planning now for 2014- the 100th anniversary of 1914

  by moshe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's not too soon to start mentioning that to jw's- let them know that 100 years is a long time and even g-d only made the israelites wander in the wilderness for 40 years, before he brought them to the promised land.

  let the doubt begin creeping in and let the jw's know they aren't the only ones with doubts.

  i will mention 2014 to jw's from now on- it's a date that the wt hopes the jw's will ignore..

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  I will mention 2014 to JW's from now on- it's a date that the WT hopes the JW's will ignore.

  So you're out of retirement..? Do you think JWs will put any bearing on the 100th Anniversary of 1914...? I don't understand how they will make any comparison, they don't actually 'think'...