Posts by tim3l0rd

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Beard's Coming to the Borg!

by DwainBowman in

wt sept study edition, page 17, paragraph 17!

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tim3l0rd

It's still BAU. This post on reddit shows that the local bodies are still making up their own rules.

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STORY OF MY LIFE

by COLLINS in

hi my friends on the board i have decided to write a story of my life after all my various questions that i have been asking all this while.

you are really true friends because you always provide all the answers to my questions which i really appreciate.

this is my story.. i was born in the year 1997 on the 13th of november.

Is it common practice to keep using Kingdom Halls after congregations have been dissolved?

by keyser soze in

i ask, because a neighboring congregation of where i used to attend was dissolved, and the people from there were scattered about to whatever congregation was closest.

but it turns out that they still meet at the old kingdom hall a couple times a week, for field service.

apparently this is done for tax purposes.. i suppose from a fiscal standpoint it makes sense, though it seems a little deceitful.

Maybe they have to meet there to keep it tax exempt? They could have dissolved for several reasons. They may not have had enough elders. They may have had an elder body that wasn't following directions. They may have had a large scandal among the elder body. If they couldn't source enough elders to replace them they would have to dissolve the congregation and send the publishers to other congregations. If they think they might recreate the congregation in the near future, it may be better to hold on to the hall instead of building a new one.

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Convention coming to a city near YOU...

by Sugar Shane in

...and it's our duty to warn non-jws, or half awake jws about these events, as they start appearing in newspapers throughout the us, and abroad.

it almost comes out as a promotional ad for the jw convention.

the 'current events' editing staff of this paper likely has no idea what their promoting.

tim3l0rd

I posted a lightly edited version of my email to Emily in the comments of the article, but it didn't keep my paragraphs...

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Convention Releases 2016 available on JW.ORG

by Designer Stubble in

now available on jw.org the rc 2016 releases (all downloadable movies, no books)for a certainty god made him lord and christhttps://www.jw.org/finder?locale=en&pub=lrc&prefer=lang&srcid=sharehope for what we do not seehttps://www.jw.org/finder?locale=en&pub=dns&prefer=lang&srcid=shareoh jehovah...i trust in youhttps://www.jw.org/finder?locale=en&pub=tiy&prefer=lang&srcid=share

tim3l0rd

It wouldn't be the first time that they didn't release a book or brochure. It's been a while, but I remember several years ago that we had a convention with only 1 new brochure or maybe just a new video.

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Convention coming to a city near YOU...

by Sugar Shane in

...and it's our duty to warn non-jws, or half awake jws about these events, as they start appearing in newspapers throughout the us, and abroad.

it almost comes out as a promotional ad for the jw convention.

the 'current events' editing staff of this paper likely has no idea what their promoting.

tim3l0rd

I wrote to Emily expressing how I'm "trapped" in JW no-man's land. I can't leave and I can't stay. I explained why, linked to JWFacts, and invited her questions. We'll see what happens.

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Are you people the Watchtower?

by Richard C B in

are you people 'the watchtower'?.

no - we're an independent community site offering support for both current and former jehovah's witnesses and anyone else who has been affected by the beliefs, doctrines and practices of the jehovah's witness religion as governed by the watch tower bible and tract society (wtb&ts).. we are not affiliated with the wtb&ts in any way and we take your privacy and security very seriously doing our utmost to protect your identity and provide a friendly, tolerant and informative environment where you can ask questions, share information and make new friends.

membership is completely free and anonymous so why not join toda.

tim3l0rd

Richard,

Many of us have been hurt in several ways by the "org" and so our feeling towards it are raw. Many also would like to see it cease to exist, just as JWs would like to convert everyone if possible. Telling us to "move on" is the same as telling JWs to stop preaching. JWs would say that's ludicrous as they are trying to save lives. We feel the same.

Personally, I rarely engage on this forum any more as I prefer the reddit exjw community.

I hope you find what you're looking for. :)

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looking for video

by pbrow in

jw
friends

hey all,.

looking for a video i saw a while back.

it was a computer generated video w/ a computerized voice.

tim3l0rd

How about this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaUhR-tRkHY

Or one of his other videos?

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheraminTrees/videos

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Would we exist if Adam and Eve didn't sin?

by truth doubter in

my son asked me 40 years ago.

should we be glad adam sinned?

because if he hadn't, we would not be the person we are.. any opinions?

tim3l0rd

Looking at if from the standpoint of how DNA is transmitted from man to woman and the practically infinite possible combinations of DNA, I'd say that any small change (even position during the act) would significantly decrease the likelihood of your existence. So, I'd say it would be highly improbable that the same person would exist if any predecessor made even the slightest change in his daily activities.

You should watch "About Time". It's about a time traveler and it explores this idea a bit.

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Need confirmation: WT bought an entire mountain in China to mine the granite needed for new WT HQ

by WingCommander in

jw
friends

someone asked for a second source on this, so i'm putting this out there to those who may have visited the new wt hq lately and know it to be true.

i had read from others on the ex-jw subreddit that had taken a tour recently at wt hq, that they had been shown photos of a mountain in china, and told that this is where all of the granite is being mined from and shipped over to new york to use at the site of the new wt hq.

apparently, it was cheaper for them to do this and have the local brothers in china mine it, then having to by tons upon tons of granite here in the usa, even wholesale.

tim3l0rd

The WT has TONS of underground activity going on in China. It's easy for them to create a corporation that has no direct ties to the banned religion. They did similar things in the US when buying up property in New York. I personally know that they have corporations that they own/use in China for buying and warehousing all manner of Chinese made products to be used in other countries. I don't know the corporation names but I know some that have worked at them in China.

I could see them buying an mountain and using "need greaters" or Chinese JWs to mine the granite.