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  Can the Borg close down a Kingdom Hall because of low attendance?

  by Heartofaboy in

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  2. beliefs

  the land for our hall was given to the congregation by a local brother.. the contribution box was overflowing with gifts of money from the brothers & sisters in the congregation when they knew we were going to have our 'own' hall at last.. we built it ourselves with help from brothers & sisters that donated their time & skills.

  we had a small loan from the borg to help us finish the project & this was paid off very quickly.. that must be 25 years ago now.. we were told by circuit overseers we would be blessed if we had our own hall & that the fine witness would bring many people in to the 'truth'.. it didn't.. we were never a big congregation, however when attendance went down to below 30 a couple of years ago, the circuit overseers wanted to close the hall down.. the elders protested & the hall is still being used.. can the borg close down a kingdom hall they haven't built & keep the proceeds?.

  why doesn't it belong to the people that paid for it?.

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  darth frosty

  As answered yes they can.

  Also they will close a KH if the congregations can not afford their KH remodeling scam

  I know of 3 halls here in detroit (in poorer neighborhoods) that were shuttered when the RBC came thru and suggested a remodel to them.
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  So, if the r+f get to thinking the door to door is ineffectual

  by therevealer in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  because they have been at it for years without producing a new recruit (bearing fruit) this snippet from the november km will/should comfort them.. .

  3 how we bear much fruit: according to jesus' illustration, those who accept the.

  message would "bear fruit.

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  HUH?!?

  After a wheat stalk sprouts and matures, the fruit it produces is not little wheat stalks, but new seed. So the fruitage that successful Christians produce is, not necessarily new disciples, but the many-fold duplication
  of Kingdom seed-our expressions about the Kingdom.

  WTF is this spose' to mean?!?

  link
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  Best EZ 1 Liners to Say to Witnesses?

  by LV101 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  any suggestions?

  attending an invite (strange we're invited but hoping to make it worth my while) but i don't want to suffer big consequences as i've already said enough wrong stuff.

  i'm stuck reading hassan's ccmc book (about half way --- just don't have time and not into it).

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  I dropped a great one on a dub the other day. Was getting my oil changed and on the Today show they were talking about Tom Cruise scientolgy and all that crap. This lady sitting next to me was shaking her head and remarked 'that religion is a mess!'

  I corrected her "ALL religions are a mess!" while noticing the WT (kool aide version) in her lap. she ask if I am familiar with the JW's I tell her I served at bethel. She gets all bright eyed and ask what hall I go to?

  I get my big kool-aide smile on my face and tell her proudly I do not attend the KH no more! She says 'Oh you are disfellowshiped? Than I drop this jewel on her:

  NO! Why would you automatically think the worse of me?

  OH ya'll should've seen the look on her face! she starts stammering and back pedaling so I let her off the hook and say its ok its like a conditioned response programed into you! ;-)
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  I'm going to see 2016 Tomorrow Morning!

  by Farkel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yep.

  together with my liberal friend!

  i couldn't believe that movie is playing in no less than ten theatres in cowtown where i live.. i just ordered my copy of "the amateur" and it was only $4.95.

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  Liberty said: "His leftist Black Liberation theology/ ideology."

  um NOTHING Obama has done point to any black liberation!
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  ABOUT TERRY

  by Quentin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  terry was admitted to the hospital yesterday.

  he has a severe case of cellulites which has affected his neck glands.

  his face and neck are very swollen.

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  Glad you are doing well!
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  Message from a JW. Does this sound Christian?

  by TimothyT in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sent a message to a very good jw friend who must be about 20 now.

  here is the message:.

  "hiya.

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  darth frosty

  If thats the friend you talked/posted about in the past its the response you should have expected.

  A long time ago I realized there is no fraternization with witnesses. My wife after 5 years is finally starting to figure that out.

  Not to sound cold (but my name is frosty) JWs are brainwashed and you just dont know when that ticking time bomb of JW conditioning is going to kick in. Live your life enjoy you BF and tell us about some great trips and your learning experience at uni.
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  Are we Ex JW's just as cognitively dissonant as we were before?

  by chapstick in

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  challenge me on this.

  challenge yourself on this.

  can you, personally, handle the truth?.

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  um yeah?!? have you ever read any of the political threads?

  and i am talking about both sides.
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  A sure sign the End is Near....

  by King Solomon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the end of the month, that is, and someone apparently needs to get their hours in.... this resourceful jw (in the left side of the photo) set up shop for a few hours outside a local starbucks, with a wt and awake laid out on a table.

  and i i don't think he talked to anyone the whole time he was out there (a few hours).. sure beats all that walking from door-to-door, which would likely result in a bunch of not-at-homes on a weekday: most people are at work.. (i approached him when entering, and asked him about the parable of faithful and "discreet" slave, and asked him what he thought the difference was between a parable and prophecy.

  after getting a non-answer (that basically meant he didn't know), i wished him a good morning and went on my way.... .

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  but he doesnt have on a suit coat?!? how can he be a witness of jehovah and not have a suit coat on while witnessing in 90 degree heat?
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  Angels are dumb robots that can't understand human emotions.

  by scotoma in

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  2. friends

  the watchtower came up with this wacky idea in today's watchtower sun aug 26 par 7 of the study article.. gods great wisdom is made evident.

  in his use of humans to write the bible.. words convey not just information but.

  also emotions and feelings.

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  Yeah it really puts a damper on the whole: the sons of god began to notice the daughters of men and have passion for them?!? What would induce an emotionaless being to desire a woman? To further the sexless nature of angels when Jesus was asked about the resurection and whose wife a woman would be he confirmed that the resurected would be as angels and that was it! its like a known fact of the time was an angel was a sexless being and that was the end of that argument.

  So HOW can a sexless being WHO IS PERFECT be tempted to the point of lust by the daughters of men?!?
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  Favorite LAST episode to the ending of series drama or sitcom?

  by dreamgolfer in

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  2. entertainment

  1) mine, newhart show #2 - when "bob" wakes up and and said he had a dream he was running an inn in new hampshire.

  and it is suzzane pleshette next to him.

  still can't get it outta my little noggin.

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  off the top of my head mash

  also remember the hype for the last episode of seinfield but the show turned out to be meh.