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  2016-12-29 BOE Re: Donations in Support of Kingdom Interests Worldwide

  by wifibandit in

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  december 29, 2016 to all congregations re: donations in support of kingdom interests worldwide.

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  Jesus said to the poor,sick,and homeless man:''I did not come to feed the poor,heal the sick,and watch after orphans and widows.I came only to build Kingdom Halls,printing factories,and collect
  Donations in Support of Kingdom Interests Worldwide!
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  Noah a Preacher of Righteousness?

  by Spoletta in

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  during the watchtower study today, i browsed genesis and looked for evidence of noah ever preaching to anyone.

  from what i could glean from the scriptures, it was a foregone conclusion that noah's family would be it on the ark.

  (unless they towed some rafts behind) my wife says that building the ark could be considered a witness of his faith to the wicked world, but that seems kind of lame to me.. so, should i just assume that god decided not to give anyone else a chance for redemption?

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  ''Stop laughing all you frickin morons.I will have to do some further research on how I will get some koalas from Australia and some penguins from Antarctica all on board.''
  
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  Mark Sanderson Talk re Belgium visit

  by Listener in

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  the degradation of the governing body members continues on.

  mark sanderson gives a talk regarding his visit to belgium for the memorial this year and was travelling from korea to munich to brussels, belgium on the day of the belgium terrorist attacks.he cannot wipe the smirk on his face as he relates his experience, with no regard whatsoever of all those unfortunately affected by the attacks.

  in fact, he personally found god's hand affecting him personally, allowing him to attend the memorial as planned and a kh dedication.he is that privileged during his flight travels that internet was available to him, enabling him to catch up on current news and to contact branch's.

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  "But thanks to Jehovah, the officials put no restrictions whatsover so we were able to have the memorial as scheduled at the assembly hall with 1,055 being present, which was a tremendous gift from Jehovah. And just at the time when of course, the Brothers were kind of agitated because of what was taking place, it was such a privilege to be with them, to be able to provide some comfort. Then just a few days later, on Saturday, we were able to dedicate the brand new Kingdom Hall complex in Antwerp. This is a five auditorium Kingdom Hall complex, it's quite a site, there's a picture of it on our next study edition Watchtower. You can see the brothers working on that Kingdom Hall complex."
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  Mark Sanderson Talk re Belgium visit

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
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  the degradation of the governing body members continues on.

  mark sanderson gives a talk regarding his visit to belgium for the memorial this year and was travelling from korea to munich to brussels, belgium on the day of the belgium terrorist attacks.he cannot wipe the smirk on his face as he relates his experience, with no regard whatsoever of all those unfortunately affected by the attacks.

  in fact, he personally found god's hand affecting him personally, allowing him to attend the memorial as planned and a kh dedication.he is that privileged during his flight travels that internet was available to him, enabling him to catch up on current news and to contact branch's.

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  smug :

  Exhibiting or feeling great or offensive satisfaction with oneself or with one's situation; self- righteously complacent

  
  
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  Jehovah protects his people. Did he ever protect you?

  by TimeBandit in

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  hello forum.

  i started this topic because i had been thinking recently about a story that i had heard many times in different congregations over the years.

  kind of a jw urban legend if you will.

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  Kind of a JW urban legend if you will. There is a myth about these JWs that were in service in a rural setting. They were walking up to a house when they saw a vicious dog running at them and they were sure that it was going to tear them to pieces. One of the JWs said a quick prayer begging Jehovah for protection. Before the dog reached them, at the last minute, the dog veered off and attacked a cow instead.

  We had a beloved member of our congregation who was around 78 years old.He looked much younger,never sick,still drove and never missed a meeting.Well,Jehovah forgot to protect him while he went out in field service.He dropped off an elder from the congregation after a couple of hours of field service and drove back home.While driving home,a cement truck his car head on and injured him so bad that he was declared brain dead.A few days later,the family decided to pull the plug.

  ( A popular term meaning to withdraw nutritional support and ventilation from a patient in a persistent vegetative state)

  Why didn't Jehovah have the cement truck driver veer off a little on the road and keep him alive?Why would Jehovah protect members from a dog bite but let another member die from a severe brain injury?

  Jehovah doesn't protect anyone!
  
  
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  My physically disabled mom attends one day assembly while excusing herself from her best friend's wake.

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  my mom has been physically disabled the last three years.she cannot walk without assistance,needs someone to cut up her food,needs help bathing and is either in bed,in a wheelchair or sitting in an electric recliner.my brother pays for her care while he's at work and takes care of her after work and weekends.. last week my mom calls me to tell me that her best friend of 50 years (who was not a jehovah's witness ) passed away.she tells me that the wake would be on monday night.i told her that i would help my brother get her in the car and stay an hour or so with them and help pay her last respects to her best friend's husband and 3 children.. she tells me that she would have a hard time getting in and out of the car and sitting at the funeral home would be too difficult.so,i decide to attend her best friend's wake to represent our family since neither my dad,mom and brother decide to attend.i attended the wake and told the widowed husband and the 3 children that my mom was sorry that she couldn't attend the wake due to being physically disabled.. i found out that my mom attended a one day assembly on that saturday.

  she sat in her wheelchair from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to listen to the program.i'm pissed that she would miss her best friend's wake but attended an 8 hour assembly.my wife told me that i should of called her on why....." if she's so sick she could physically attend the assembly and not her best friend's wake.

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  My mom has been physically disabled the last three years.She cannot walk without assistance,needs someone to cut up her food,needs help bathing and is either in bed,in a wheelchair or sitting in an electric recliner.My brother pays for her care while he's at work and takes care of her after work and weekends.

  Last week my mom calls me to tell me that her best friend of 50 years (who was not a Jehovah's Witness ) passed away.She tells me that the wake would be on Monday night.I told her that I would help my brother get her in the car and stay an hour or so with them and help pay her last respects to her best friend's husband and 3 children.

  She tells me that she would have a hard time getting in and out of the car and sitting at the funeral home would be too difficult.So,I decide to attend her best friend's wake to represent our family since neither my dad,mom and brother decide to attend.I attended the wake and told the widowed husband and the 3 children that my mom was sorry that she couldn't attend the wake due to being physically disabled.

  I found out that my mom attended a one day assembly on that Saturday. She sat in her wheelchair from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to listen to the program.I'm pissed that she would miss her best friend's wake but attended an 8 hour assembly.My wife told me that I should of called her on why....." if she's so sick she could physically attend the assembly and not her best friend's wake."
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  Funeral Memorial Service: Who was this mystery man?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  last night,my wife and i went to my cousins funeral memorial service.it wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be.they had two video screens with pictures of my cousin from a baby to the end of his life.they stopped playing as soon as the service started and the screens were raised out of the way.. the family and close relatives arrived one hour earlier to find seats near the front rows and have a little family time.. there was a mystery man that was seated near the front with a tablet,a jw.org pin on his suit jacket and just sat there writing on his tablet the whole time without greeting anyone or even speaking.. does anyone know who this man could be?

  was he sent by the society to make sure everything went well?.

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  Maybe he was an elder , big deal , elders are know to behave suspiciously, like their scanning over everyone.

  I know elders are given the duty of watching people at weddings to see who is drinking more than they should,watch who dances with whom,and make sure the D.J.'s don't play insane music.

  If this man was an elder,he must be a loser.I don't see why he needed to wear a pin,use a tablet for 2 hours and not even get up from his seat. STRANGE!
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  Funeral Memorial Service: Who was this mystery man?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  last night,my wife and i went to my cousins funeral memorial service.it wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be.they had two video screens with pictures of my cousin from a baby to the end of his life.they stopped playing as soon as the service started and the screens were raised out of the way.. the family and close relatives arrived one hour earlier to find seats near the front rows and have a little family time.. there was a mystery man that was seated near the front with a tablet,a jw.org pin on his suit jacket and just sat there writing on his tablet the whole time without greeting anyone or even speaking.. does anyone know who this man could be?

  was he sent by the society to make sure everything went well?.

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  Here is the pin he had on his Jacket! He was the only person wearing one. Why?
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  Funeral Memorial Service: Who was this mystery man?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
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  last night,my wife and i went to my cousins funeral memorial service.it wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be.they had two video screens with pictures of my cousin from a baby to the end of his life.they stopped playing as soon as the service started and the screens were raised out of the way.. the family and close relatives arrived one hour earlier to find seats near the front rows and have a little family time.. there was a mystery man that was seated near the front with a tablet,a jw.org pin on his suit jacket and just sat there writing on his tablet the whole time without greeting anyone or even speaking.. does anyone know who this man could be?

  was he sent by the society to make sure everything went well?.

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  Are you pulling are legs ?

  No,I have no reason to!

  
  

  If you haven't noticed JWOrg. pins are everywhere worn by numerous JWS .all over the place.

  I haven't been to any meetings in 5 years!
  

  Are you suffering from a form of paranoia ?

  No..but it was odd that he had a JW.ORG pin,sat by himself,didn't talk to anyone and was on his tablet before and during the memorial service.

  Are you thinking because he wore a pin that he's some investigative heavy from Bethel ie. under cover spy.

  No,but I was thinking that he was there setting up or observing something to make sure that everything was working at the Kingdom Hall.
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  Funeral Memorial Service: Who was this mystery man?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
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  last night,my wife and i went to my cousins funeral memorial service.it wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be.they had two video screens with pictures of my cousin from a baby to the end of his life.they stopped playing as soon as the service started and the screens were raised out of the way.. the family and close relatives arrived one hour earlier to find seats near the front rows and have a little family time.. there was a mystery man that was seated near the front with a tablet,a jw.org pin on his suit jacket and just sat there writing on his tablet the whole time without greeting anyone or even speaking.. does anyone know who this man could be?

  was he sent by the society to make sure everything went well?.

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  Location : Midwest,U.S.A.

  There were 405 people in attendance.He was the only one withe the JW.ORG pin and didn't speak to anyone. STRANGE if you ask me!