Posts by insearchoftruth

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Miami Has New Young Partakers

by James Jackson in

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snapper creek (miami, fl) congregation, had 2 pioneers (female), partake at the memorial for the first time.

one is 20 years old, the other 23.. the gt delayed again!!

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insearchoftruth

will a partaker such as this be in the count made, or will they determine that they should not be counted?

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Essay by Barbara Anderson: "What's in a Name?"

by AndersonsInfo in

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whats in a name?

posted on april 15, 2014 by barbara anderson http://watchtowerdocuments.org/whats-in-a-name/ .entry-meta-icons .entry-meta .

.entry-header one morning at bethel in 1989, after the usual text discussion before breakfast, there was an announcement to the staff about the legalization of jehovahs witnesses in poland.

2014-03-29 BOE CONFIDENTIALS PDF Adjustment to financing Kingdom Hall and Assembly Hall construction worldwide

by WatchTower87 in

2014-03-29 adjustment to financing kingdom hall and assembly hall construction worldwide.

pdf version: http://adf.ly/juxnc.

instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily.

insearchoftruth

and if the elders make the donation resolution, what are the chances of any votes against....one question, in a congregation vote, do women have voice and vote?

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Is the WBTS a parasite on worldly society?

by Frazzled UBM in

so i ran into a couple of elderly lady witnesses on the street and asked them the usual questions about how much they knew about the history of the organisation.

anyway after being dismissed with the usual contempt i asked them whether they were working and the answer was "no we are on the pension and live in council housing".

so it got me to thinking that across the developed world there must be very large numbers of witnesses or ex-witnesses in exactly the same situation - basically living off the evil worldly state or more precisely the taxes of evil worldly people.

insearchoftruth

I would agree with you, I wonder what percentage of the JWs get some sort of public assistance which comes from a government that they do not have the ok to vote for.

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31 years young tomorrow, B Day...four years of freedom from the towers...

by Joliette in

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joined this website in july 2010 and havent looked back...so happy to be watchtower free!!!!

(i was born feb 16th 1983).. i'll be 31 years old tomorrow and i feel indifferent about it.

as usually my mom said your gonna be 31 but she didnt say happy birthday.

insearchoftruth

OK so I am extremely late.....Happy Birthday my dear friend!!!

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New NWT - what's the REAL reason?

by wallsofjericho in

one thing i have learned over the years is there is a clear, distinct purpose to everything the wts does.

everything is done to accomplish a defined purpose.. did they really print millions of new bibles just to be more accurate?

after decades of toughting how much better the nwt was than any other bible?.

insearchoftruth

I think it is another attempt to build enthusiasm. I have never been a JW, but from what I have seen the older books, such as the Grand Climax at Hand, actually did have some (misguided) thought behind them, the new books and tracts are merely fluff and drivel, there is no real new information and they are all written to such a remedial level. Also to tack on to what the earlier poster stated, I am sure that they are more than recovering their costs....need to keep the presses and the volunteer labor busy!

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What JW beliefs did you used to hate trying to defend?

by DuvanMuvan in

as one of the jw "young ones" i was always expected to witness to my friends at school if i wanted to make god's heart glad or whatever but i didn't.

the closest i ever got was just explaining why we didn't celebrate christmasetc.

even then i was just reciting things i read in publications.. one topic i always tried to avoid talking about was birthdays.

insearchoftruth

Thanks you all for creating this list, my wife is back to an 'on again' study due to some misfortunes in her life...thats the way it normally rolls with her, and these would be some good things to try to nonchalantly bring up if the study conductor is around, always enjoy them squirming!

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The Ray Franz Movie

by RayPublisher in

been wanting to talk about this for a while... three years ago on this forum my friend cedars brought this up.

let's do it!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sykaxxpyos.

insearchoftruth

I remember a few years ago PBS in the US showing the knocking documentary, at a minimum an effort like this should get similar airplay.

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The Ray Franz Movie

by RayPublisher in

been wanting to talk about this for a while... three years ago on this forum my friend cedars brought this up.

let's do it!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sykaxxpyos.

insearchoftruth

Seems like there is a lot of animosity and attacks by the wt on the Catholic church, how about floating something like this by a network like EWTN, may have a bit of a slant due to the funding source, but the story is what the story is.

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Will anyone be in Jainesville Wisconsin for the circuit assembly?

by Brother Mike in

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i'm just curious if anyone in my area besides me who visits this site will be attending another boring assembly in janiesville wisconsin on april 12 and 13th?

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insearchoftruth

Used to live in Beloit, I do like that area, but not for a JW event!