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  covid-19 Australia jworg style.

  by jonahstourguide in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi all.. i wanted to post this somewhere that all could see it.. here is a letter being circulated in melbourne australia area.. covid-19 announcement dear friends, the local body of elders have agreed on the following actions in relation to today’s announcement.

  theocratic events at this stage congregation meetings will continue to run as normal.

  no publisher should feel obligated to attend congregation meetings at this time if they feel concerned or anxious about doing so.

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  alanv

  Good point Smiddy3. They can make the bible back anything they say. Pretty easy considering how big a book the bible is.

  All circus assemblies have been cancelled for two months at this time.

  circus assemblies? haha
  
  
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  Can single sisters get Breast Augmentation?

  by friedchicken in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am curious can a single jw sister get a breast augmentation?

  will the elders disfellowship her?

  will jehovah be angry with her or upset?

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  alanv

  Im not sure how anyone would know for sure, if she had it done. Obviously if she showwed them off at the Kingdom Hall she would be asking for trouble. But if she covers up as all good JW women should, then they really cant do or say much about it. There are women who have one breast larger than the other, and have surgery to balance them out.Others have other adjustments made. Nothing to do with anyone else.
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  No Meetings, preaching work and circuits for JW's in Holland because of SARS-COVID-19 / Corona + Memorial only for JW's

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today all jw's in holland are informed that all meetings, the preaching work and the circuits are halted / closed because of sars-covid-19 / "corona".

  first till march, 30 and then maybe longer.. the first time that the jw work in holland completely stopped.

  the memorial will be held only for jw's.

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  alanv

  Lets hope other countries will follow the lead of Holland. It looks like the governing body are leaving it to local branches to decide what is possible and what is not regarding meetings and preaching.
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  2020--2 Letters--Coronavirus--Memorial!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2020 march 9, letter.

  https://docdro.id/cfjrhgb.

  2020 march 12, letter--coronavirus--memorial.

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  alanv

  They just cant bring themselves to say, we will cancel the memorial this year. The memorial is meant to be all about the anointed ones sharing bread and wine, so why would anyone not sharing in that meal need to be there?
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  Donating Blood a Disfellowshipping Offense?

  by HiddenPimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i served as an elder i never heard of this scenario presenting itself - giving blood.. has anyone heard of a judicial case where a person donated and was disfellowshipped?

  are there any references to this in the jw publications, manuals, handbooks?.

  not so hiddenpimo :-).

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  alanv

  Watchtower would be ok if you were just somehow just donating some fractions, but you cant do that, so you would also be donating parts of blood that Watchtower bans. But clearly they are trying to keep away from this subject of donating blood
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  March 2020 Broadcast - Hard Push to Baptism. Why?

  by Smiles in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the jw broadcast for march 2020 is a hard push for more baptisms, where mark sanctamonious sanderson makes ready use of the phrase "baptised disciples of jesus" instead of their typical catch phrase "baptised servants of jehovah".

  the "jesus message" is somewhat unusual rhetoric for jehovah's witnesses.

  why the big push for more baptism?

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  alanv

  Watchtower showed no increase in practically everything last year, but baptisms were up. So the org can home in on that one figure to mislead the sheep that they are having good increase. Also once a person is baptised, its much harder to leave the religion.
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  2020-02-27 German Coronavirus Letter!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2020-02-27 german coronavirus letter.

  i will have to wait and see if we can also get the s-147 in german.

  (announcements and reminders).

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  alanv

  Haha they just couldnt resist putting something in the letter about epidemics
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  Expect 90% of pimi's to go down with the ship here's why

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been feeding my very pimi brother tidbits and clippings of all the csa issues coming to light the last five years and all the org's business dealings of hundreds of closed halls congs dissolving etc.

  and reminding him of all the failed prophecies etc etc.

  although he would listen and acknowledge.

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  alanv

  For me it was always a good social life before i left 20 years ago. Always ''friends'' to go around with. It was only after i walked away from the cult, that those friends showed that they were totally conditional friends, and completely shunned me. No glad now that i have real friends who will stick by me, and not get upset if we disagree on some small thing.
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  May 2020 Watchtower They Admit, they don't know

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  they'll write pages and pages of stuff and yet they don't have any idea.. here's a paragraph from their latest speculations on future events, bolding is mine.. a prophecy recorded by ezekiel gives some insight into what may happen during the last days of the king of the north and the king of the south.

  if we view the prophecies of ezekiel 38:10-23; daniel 2:43-45; 11:44–12:1; and revelation 16:13-16, 21 as speaking about the same time period and events, it appears that we can expect the following developments.. that's an awful lot of assumptions to make.

  what they've done is picked out various scriptures from different parts of the bible and now state that they may or may not be talking about the same events.

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  Its interesting how they say what MAY happen. Thats a long way from the old days when so many prophesies were put out as fact. They have already said prophesy can be best understood after it happens lol. In other words they will look at some event, and decide if it can be included in some prophesy. For instance if the corona virus got completely out of control and killed hundreds of thousands of people they would then include it in what Jesus said about pestilences in Mathew 24. If it becomes controllable, then they wont be talking about it as prophesy at all.
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  Shepherd The Flock Of God secret elders' manual available on Australia Royal Commission website in pdf format

  by snapdragon4 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not so secret anymore!.

  https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/exhibits-case-study-54.

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  It says it was published in 2010. Im sure there must be a later updated version.