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  Question about recent love bombing....

  by mind blown in

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  for more years then i'd like to count, one jw relative has never called to see how i was doing.

  today she calls out of the blue, asks how i am, and if there's anything she can do for me.

  as of late another jw relative has been a lot more communicative.

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  alanv

  There was an article fairly recently about reaching out to inactive ones to see if they can get them to go back.
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  Beginning of Electronic Assemblies?

  by Fading Begins in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  do you think this could have been an experiment to see how smoothly these events can be processed, and what the reaction is from the rank and file?

  it would sure save a lot of money if events like this could replace at least the one day circuit assemblies.

  there has to be some recognition that the "flock" is becoming weary and they don't have the funds to be travelling to these events.

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  alanv

  I think the flock have the funds, they are just opposed to spending their hard earned money at Assemblies
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  The contrast of the religion's magazines Today as compared to the Past!

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just out of curiosity, i picked up several of the religion's magazines that were laying in a public place.

  half of them were recent editions of the wt and awake and the other were older editions over 12 years old.. the contrast is like night and day!.

  i am not referring to the paper, either.

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  alanv

  Hi LongHairGal, I would just say, are you comparing the dumbed down public edition with the old mag which was for JWs and the public. They would say they purposefully keep the public edition light so as to attract more readers.
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  second study article July 15th 2013

  by inbetween in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  last weekend congos around the world studied the second artcile of the famous wt 15th july.. it dealt with the prohecy in matthew 13 about the weeds and the wheat.. while they claim, that the gathering in the storehouse took place after 1914, the gathering to the kingdom of heaven will be right before armageddon.

  what they did not mention, was when the resurrection of already dead anointed will happen.

  why some of them shine brightly in the kingdom, while others are still on earth ?.

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  alanv

  As time keeps ticking by more and more the society are distancing themselves from 1914. They have written less and less about it over the years.

  Totally agree most JWs have no idea how you get to 1914 from 607 BCE. Very soon I am sure it will gradually be forgotton. At one time that would have been unthinkable but I believe soon they will have no choice. I hope I will be around to se it happen in my lifetime.
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  2013 November Our Kingdom Ministry!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
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  2013 november our kingdom ministry.send space (click the link by the blue arrow)http://www.sendspace.com/file/0gdri1.file swap (click slow download)http://www.fileswap.com/dl/bfstz7xalq/.file flyer (click the green download button)http://www.fileflyer.com/view/cbxjfbx...atlantis

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  alanv

  Hi Dozy, there is a thread on the topix website that is about this Kingdom Ministry. As you said it is so dumbed down that the FADS have to tell the witnesses to say who they are and why they are there when they call at a door lol.
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  Do you believe God is using the governing body to lead his organization?

  by Zoos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  were familiar with the statements about how a persons claim to be anointed is between that god and the individual.. the governing body went on to say: "a number of factorsincluding past religious beliefs or even mental or emotional imbalancemight cause some to assume mistakenly that they have the heavenly calling.

  we thus have no way of knowing the exact number of anointed ones on earth; nor do we need to know.

  the governing body does not keep a list of all partakers, for it does not maintain a global network of anointed ones.

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  Hi Zoos, they say they have no list of the ones who claim to be annointed, but surely it is something stated on everyone's record cards. So all that is needed is a figure from each cong of how many they have. So why do they say they have no record I wander?
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  It wasn't supposed to be like this

  by molybdenum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is not the way it was supposed to be.

  gray hair and pains in the knee.

  you will not grow old or suffer from age.

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  alanv

  I remember being told at an assembly in the 1970s that the great tribulation was not in fact round the corner, it was now right in front of us lol
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  Questions from Readers ... In light of the new understanding of the Faithful and Discreet Slave, is it appropriate to refer to C.T. Russell as Brother Russell?

  by mindnumbed in

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  in light of the new understanding of the faithful and discreet slave, is it appropriate to refer to c.t.

  russell as brother russell?.

  in the past, some well meaning ones took it upon themselves to refer to c.t.

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  Yes the recent 'new light' has helped them in several ways, and getting rid of Russell was an obvious ploy. Its funny, for many years witnesses have been defending him and now they don't need to as the society have dropped him and now say he was just an ordinary bible student who got some things right and a lot of things wrong. lol
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  The first reaction of a JW with Cog Diss

  by Phizzy in

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  i don't think any jw is without cognitive dissonance, unless they really have no thinking ability whatsoever.. so, once their beliefs are challenged, what is their first reaction ?.

  nearly always, in common with others who have cog.

  diss, they challenge the integrity of the one offering the challenge they " shoot the messenger".. for example, the alcoholic or heavy drinker, when confronted with what may happen healthwise, will challenge the integrity of the research.

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  alanv

  Interestingly I recently had a chat with a friend of mine who is a Catholic. He was speaking about the virgin Mary and the fact that Jesus was her only child. I tried to show him that in fact Jesus had fleshly brothers and sisters, and immediately he shut up shop. He just would not entertain the possibility that what I said might be true. He wouldn't even look at the bible verses. Many JWs are the same, they like what they believe and do not want to actually check if it is right or wrong.
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  JW drone posted typical JW response about Syria on my Facebook wall

  by TheStumbler in

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  2. friends

  i like to keep politics and religion off my facebook.

  i have friends.

  colleagues and relatives on there from all different backgrounds.

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  alanv

  To be honest I think I would have left them on and added a comment about whether one country messing up means all other countries are no good. You could remind him that his comments are seen by many and he will be a laughing stock if he thinks all countries act the same which clearly thet do not.