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Anyone notice there has not been any announcement for the annual meeting broadcast this year?

by nowwhat? in

let the speculation begin!.

careful

Maybe eye...dub is right about leaks, but surely SOMEONE here must be able to get some info from still-in family members and share it.

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Can you help with this?

by vienne in

i need a scan of this: the apocalyptic interpretation of history of american premillennial groups, phd dissertation by carl ludwigson, 1944. if you have it, please contact me..

Carts on both ends of the farmersmarket

by Still Totally ADD in

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friends

my wife and me have a booth at the local framers market.

there is usually about 12 t0 14 vendors each week on a small short street in town.

what is funny on each end of this short street are cart setups with 3 people on each cart.

careful

Wow, that's powerful!

Done, they came D2D in my neighborhood recently, 4-5 of them.

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The Day Kenneth Flodin got rid of his car

by Gorbatchov in

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friends

on youtube a great clip, about the day kenneth flodin (jw broadcasting) got rid of his car.. enjoy.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78b67l_yxuc.

g..

careful

In three different browsers I got "video unavailable."

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The word for Seraphim also translates to snake or serpent??? Really can change or explain bible meanings

by Bad_Wolf in

i was answering a post whose conversations went into the book of enoch in which i had read before.

i came upon information that seraphim also translates to serpent.

i have long thought the old testament does not mean what most religions have interpreted.

careful

Try "burning ones" or "fiery ones." "Seraphim" is plural; the singular is "seraph."

Surely you can use wiki like the rest of us:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seraph

Serpent is an entirely different word, or actually two words:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpents_in_the_Bible

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Circuit Overseer's Outlines

by AverageJoe1 in

here's the outlines in english and spanish, grouped together in order for september 2018-february 2019.. english: https://we.tl/6orrqltrya.

spanish: https://we.tl/6w0acsdefr.

as per usual, these links will expire in 7 days from the date of this post so get them whilst they're hot!.

Thank you AverageJoe1. I read them over and wondered whether some MS would go to an elder and "fess up" his watching porn online. What if the elder was in the same boat? Would he say, "Well, don't worry about it. It's not that big a deal." I doubt that, since if he did, it might eventually come back on him when he is found out. So then it really looks like he'd have to hypocritically counsel the MS not to do such bad things while he himself is doing the same. I don't think this scenario is so impossible. I remember elders who carried on illicit sexual relations with sisters or more commonly with "worldly" women, cheating on their wives, for years, DFing others while doing so, and then finally being found out, or just quitting one day, abandoning their wife and kids, and shocking their fellow elders.

It seems like porno watching would be more common. Therefore, the above scenario must be real.

The GB must see this as a genuine problem, the way they keep bringing it up over and over.

Another thing that struck me is how even the CO has very little leeway to add his own stuff. Even for them every moment is scripted. It really has become an organization of robots, speaking only what they have been told. Hardly Heb. 5:14!

Perhaps the scripture that best describes the org today is that one from Ecclesiastes, repeated several times, "Nothing new under the sun. Everything is vanity and a striving after the wind." That is probably the most depressing, negative book in the Bible in overall spirit.

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Cart work faces headwinds.

by lastmanstanding in

my little bethel bird has whispered in my ear some encouraging news.

it has been reported to the canadian branch that some witnesses doing cart work had police stop them from carting in public parks.

the direction sent to the southern ontario congregations is to cease carting until further notice.. this is no joke.. have a jw-free day..

careful

SBF,

If you’ve not even got an interesting partner to chat with on the carts it must be excruciating

I've yet to see a cart manned by just one person. All I've seen are 2, 3, and more on up.

Got any evidence for "JWs are thoroughly fed up with the whole thing"?

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Congregation Reassignments in Ohio?

by My Name is of No Consequence in

from what i understand, a letter was read this past week in regards to congregation reassignments and that the elders want to meet with people at their homes to tell them where they have been reassigned.

obviously, this would be due to the merging and dissolution of congregations.

can anyone confirm this?.

careful

MNISC, it's at 6540 W 130th St., between Holland/Huffman and Big Creek Parkway, just a bit N of Southland Shopping Center, in the NE tip of Middleburg Heights. It's a few hundred feet S of Brook Park and across the street from Parma Heights. It's a crowded, densely populated area, lower-class than the expanse and roominess of Seven Hills and Brecksville.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/41°23'09.8%22N+81°47'08.6%22W/@41.386052,-81.785724,18z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d41.386052!4d-81.785724?hl=en-US

Doubtless the ~~displaced~~, er, reassigned publishers will love it.

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Congregation Reassignments in Ohio?

by My Name is of No Consequence in

from what i understand, a letter was read this past week in regards to congregation reassignments and that the elders want to meet with people at their homes to tell them where they have been reassigned.

obviously, this would be due to the merging and dissolution of congregations.

can anyone confirm this?.

careful

Thanks stumbledbyothers.

Of those in that greater Cleveland area, the Seven Hills KH is worth the most money since it is in the highest socioeconomic location. The distance from Brecksville to W 130th St. is a considerable distance. Will the publishers in the upper-middle class place enjoy being sent to a lower middle-class location with a considerable drive to boot, and losing their own nice KH? Not likely.

The GB, in their great interest to make money, are sowing the seeds of discontent among those in the best position to contribute financially, give the largest green handshakes to the CO and visiting Bethel speakers, etc. Shooting themselves in the foot again, now by irritating their greatest supporters?

Avon Lake has already been mentioned. Does anyone know what's happening on the east side?

These lawsuits over their bungling of the child abuse cases must be really bleeding them dry. Of course, in their eyes they are not to blame, just like the 1975 fiasco.

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JW's really are NOT really neutral in politics - Proof

by LevelThePlayingField in

from: https://www.jw.org/en/news/legal/legal-resources/information/.

(emphasis is mine).

“jehovah’s witnesses do not involve themselves in political issues or governmental affairs.

careful

Thx Anders for this info.

OSCE = Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

It's not the scandal of the org joining the UN, but it's close, given the OSCE's political activities and goals. Perhaps the GB view it like filing a Friend of the Court brief in legal matters?