Stepson has been misbehaving (going on 16 years old - last episode was viewing porn on the internet) and my wife has never pulled him into the WTS stuff at all, well now due to the wise guidance of her study sister she thinks 'Jehovah's Wisdom (YPA and Watchtowers and Awakes) are going to turn him around......I have tried to explain to her there is an infintesmally small chance that this will help him, and a huge chance it will cause him to act out and drive a wedge between the two of them...but I am sure the sister is telling my wife it is just the devil speaking through her UBM.
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Thinking about joining a youth group...
by Strider Arekksu inyeah... as the title states i was thinking of going into a youth group for bible studying.
since the jw organization kind of stopped that and moved it to like a 30 minute session at the school and other meeting.
they said it was for us to study personally or with our families.
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Thinking about joining a youth group...
by Strider Arekksu inyeah... as the title states i was thinking of going into a youth group for bible studying.
since the jw organization kind of stopped that and moved it to like a 30 minute session at the school and other meeting.
they said it was for us to study personally or with our families.
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The JWs believe in congregational learning only so youth groups and ministries that are broken down by age or gender are avoided.
What is the concern for this, are they concerned that younger folks would think too much for themselves and not have a shepherd to guide them back to the doctrine of the WTS?
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Thinking about joining a youth group...
by Strider Arekksu inyeah... as the title states i was thinking of going into a youth group for bible studying.
since the jw organization kind of stopped that and moved it to like a 30 minute session at the school and other meeting.
they said it was for us to study personally or with our families.
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Think it is a geat idea, there are often a lot of organizations like this at the larger colleges.....combine bible study with service projects and a great place to fellowship.
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Remember When They Used to Have Q&A After the Public Talk?
by daniel-p inyeah, that was before my time.
but i'm interested to hear from those who were around back in the day when they did this.
what were the questions like?
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I never realized how controlling it actually was....I guess that is the method used to direct and focus thoughts...
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Remember When They Used to Have Q&A After the Public Talk?
by daniel-p inyeah, that was before my time.
but i'm interested to hear from those who were around back in the day when they did this.
what were the questions like?
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never heard of the audience being allowed to ask questions.
So the ability to ask questions goes away as one progresses.
If one were to attend a meeting and ask questions, what would the reaction be???
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Watchtower negotiates with Town of Ramapo over taxes
by lrkr inhttp://www.lohud.com/article/20090615/news03/906150341/1019.
enjoy guys!
front page, above the fold this morning..
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Thanks purps, quite interesting!!
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Magic eight ball most likely has a better success rate than the WTS in predicting armageddon.....
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Five beneficial reasons why not knowing the day or hour can help us - another recording from the DC
by insearchoftruth indid not capture anything but the overarching topics here....but more on the end...... .
five beneficial reasons why not knowing the day or hour can help us.. .
listened to another section of auntbees recording, here are the five points the speaker makes why it is good we dont know......the focus sure seems to be on distancing themselves from the missed dates, while still stirring up a lot of fear and concern about being at the end of the end.
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Did not capture anything but the overarching topics here....but more on the end.....
Five beneficial reasons why not knowing the day or hour can help us.
Listened to another section of AuntBee’s recording, here are the five points the speaker makes why it is good we don’t know……the focus sure seems to be on distancing themselves from the missed dates, while still stirring up a lot of fear and concern about being ‘at the end of the end’.
- Reveals who we are.
- Makes Jehovah’s heart glad
- Helps to satisfy selfish goals while stimulating further self sacrifice, allowing you and I to simplify our lives in order to look at our circumstances and situations how they change and seize new opportunities to increase our spreading of the world. This bolsters our conviction that the end is upon us.
- Rely more fully on Jehovah. He is trustworthy, faithful and true to his promise. We can demonstrate our belief by our actions.
- It refines us, Psalm 119, vs 71. (its good for us if we suffer, only if we allow the suffering to be a tool for Jehovah.
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Answers to Bible Questions from the DC recordings provided by AuntBee
by insearchoftruth ini listened to this recording and wanted to provide a summary of what i have heard......in essence the end is here, keep on the watch, how can we tell the end is here, we tell you so, so keep on the watch....what about those who had incorrect expectations, well they were awake and watching, but mistook some of the signs, but the end is still soooo near.. .
the speakers pace is sooooo slow, even on the fast speed of playback, it seems to me to be slow.
he starts with an explanation on how they have a wealth of information available to them, and most of the questions they are answering come from the theocratic library, but one must be willing to do the research (i guess only amongst somewhat current publications, and of course only use the watchtowers information).. .
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You are welcome, far from verbatim, but covers some of the thoughts and the general trend where the conversation was heading.
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Answers to Bible Questions from the DC recordings provided by AuntBee
by insearchoftruth ini listened to this recording and wanted to provide a summary of what i have heard......in essence the end is here, keep on the watch, how can we tell the end is here, we tell you so, so keep on the watch....what about those who had incorrect expectations, well they were awake and watching, but mistook some of the signs, but the end is still soooo near.. .
the speakers pace is sooooo slow, even on the fast speed of playback, it seems to me to be slow.
he starts with an explanation on how they have a wealth of information available to them, and most of the questions they are answering come from the theocratic library, but one must be willing to do the research (i guess only amongst somewhat current publications, and of course only use the watchtowers information).. .
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I wonder if he said anything about the King of the North. Back when the USSR was at its prime they were identified as the KON and was proof that we were at the conclulsion of the system.
I don't remember hearing anything about the KON, but I was mainly trying to capture the questions and then some overarching thoughts and themes from each of the answers.
mindmelda is so correct, I think the focus on the end is because many of the JWs are in a situation where this current system of things (to use dubspeak) really stinks, so paradise earth TM is really all they have going for them.
My wife who is studying is now telling my stepson that he should really consider a career in carpentry or some other building skill...of course due to the impending arrival of the end and the need for those skills.