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  Question for Current and Ex Elders

  by Iamallcool in

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  have you ever reinstate somebody even if they are not that repentant?.

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  skin

  @truth_be_known
  

  Would like too know too?
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  2019 Service Year Report Grand Total

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the watchtower is thrilled with the amount baptised in the 2019 service year.

  they are reporting an increase in publishers of 103,208 from the 2018 year.. this is what they have posted under global news on their website -.

  2019 service year report includes largest baptismal figure in 20 yearswe are thrilled to announce that during the 2019 service year, more than 300,000 individuals were baptized as jehovah’s witnesses.

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  It's not coming from NZ. Extremely poor baptism percentages here over last 10 + years.
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  Do the Witnesses still allow women to preach in men's prisons?

  by JimmyYoung in

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  2. beliefs

  i knew of several women who would preach at the local correctional facility.

  some would do the fall in love and get married to a new convert who had a long prison sentence.

  if the witnesses had half a brain they would stop this before it ever got started.

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  But it makes a wonderful upbuilding experience to relate at conventions, that prisoner is now serving as an elder at some congregation somewhere.
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  Hypocritical Tyndale video

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at a recent midweek meeting, a short documentary about translator william tyndale was shown.

  it begins with this statement about his death:.

  "his crime?

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  road to nowhere5 minutes ago

  I am sure they would burn us at stake if they could or throw rocks

  That has been said at meetings, but then say that because they are under law it can not be done.
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  Today's Watchtower Study Oct 6th

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  todays study article for 6th october discusses 2 cor 4 " we do not give up.".

  in the race for life christians must not give up or be distracted by , among other things, postponed expectations .

  hmm, what is the difference between expectations, predictions or prophecy?

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  Is that what happened in 1995 when the generation of 1914 passed away before the end came. All along I thought that idea came from those taking the lead? Obviously, it was my own wrong expectation here, and I can’t prove that now because those taking the lead instructed me to return or destroy any of the old unused WT material I had. Could the end being just around the corner be another one of my wrong expectations? Wait a minute, this WT study says to not give up.
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  We pray for the governing body

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  since when has it become cool to pray for the gb?

  i noticed that at the begining of my fade back in 2015, it had already been there for a good while and was already getting on my nerves.

  i means, i grew up in it, but can't remember much further than the 90s and i don't remember this being always in the payers.

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  What better way to inform everyone on how spiritual you are than to slip that line into your congregational pray.
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  Another silly Bible story...this time brought to you by Moses

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does this silly bible story make any sense after you take off your rose-colored glasses?.

  moses comes down from the mountain with two freshly made tablets of stone written with the finger of god.

  one commandment on the stone tablet reads '' you must not kill/murder.

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  That's a good one that I had never noticed before.
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  Our congregation will be deleted

  by Rattigan350 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last night was the co's visit.

  prior to his part, an elder had a part on following theocratic direction.

  it was about our congregation being deleted (there are 2 sharing this hall) and the people and territory being divided up to the 4 other surrounding ones.. they say it is not about numbers but about making best use of resources.

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  people at retirement age who did not plan (thanks to the religion telling them Armageddon would be here)
  

  Exactly, there is a couple here that have been very vocal over the last 30 or so years talking about how any one who plans for retirement has been blinded by the devil. It's very obvious that the end is so near....they used to continually say. They are now both very close to retirement age with no savings, dont own a house and are very worried about how they are going to live once retired. I could hold back and made sure they realised why they have got themselves in this mess. I was told in no uncertain terms that is not the reason. Meanwhile they continue to lap up the nonsense coming out of WT.
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  Need Help: My Correspondence with the Headquarters

  by Lobsto in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a month ago i sent a letter to the us branch about 607. my purpose for sending it was because i wanted to show to my parents through the letters the truth behind the date system.

  two days ago, i received a response from them.

  i think this is gonna be the first of many.

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  607BCE is clearly a biblical date, if it wasn't, then 1914 would be in error. Because 1914 is also clearly marked in scripture, and we know this by counting backwards using Daniel's 7 times prophecy we arrive exactly at 607. Here are two outstanding proofs that these dates are correct....Isn't this just circular reasoning? With no actual biblical start date or end date to base any of this from. So it has to be correct, to late to change it now, and I dont think they would change it, even if those many unread tablets show otherwise, then those tablets must also be wrong too.
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  "Gem from the November 2019 WT. Reject apostate material because JWs trust in "their brothers."

  by Daniel1555 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  dear friends.

  i didn't post for a while, but i still enjoy the great jwn community.. just wanted to share a "gem" from the november 2019 study watchtower.. paragraph 8 from the article "are you maintaining your large shield of faith?".

  satan, “the father of the lie,” uses those under his control to spread lies about jehovah and about our brothers and sisters.

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  They will try to turn us against one another.

  What more fear nonsense can they publish? And because JWs read this in the WT, they will believe that everyone in the outside world (enemies) have only one thing on their mind, and that is to make JWs turn against each other.