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  What JW Beliefs Did You Find Difficult To Explain?

  by minimus in

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  there are a lot.

  anything blood related was difficult to reasonably prove from a witness perspective.. 1914 was another one.

  what can you add to the list?

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  Cedar Point, Ohio... Where the historic 1922 convention fulfilled bible prophecy of the seven angels blowing their trumpets in the book of Revelation.

  TRY TO EXPLAIN THAT BULLSHIT!
  
  
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  Coping with a change of heart

  by Strugglingrsa in

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  after 24 years of active service as a witness my marriage came to an end causing massive trauma.during this tragic life event for a period of approx 8 months i went haywire.

  drinking.

  partying.smoking.i was disfellowshipped.i met a wonderful non witness along the way and am remarried.what i don't get is this.if an announcement was made that i am no longer a jehovahs witness then why does the bible principle in corinthians about not even greeting he who calls himself a brother still apply.

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  Am I a danger to my family and past friends so much so that I have no hope.

  The WTBTS is the ''modern-day Pharisees.'' They step beyond the scriptures. Jesus would be ashamed of their teachings.

  Just like communist countries who use their military, court system, and incarceration to stay in power and control the population, the Watchtower Society uses disfellowshipping as its only means to stay in power and control its members.

  They use families and friends as their military. They put fear into anyone who does not shun other members. They use family, friends, and congregation members to do their dirty work.

  

  
  
  
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  My message to those who have always placed heavy burdens on its members

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  in this kingdom hall photo, there will be some members who will probably leave the organization.

  some will stay and suffer just to be with family.

  i feel sad for those who stay just to please the family.

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  Wasanelder Once

  After 40 years in, I witnessed all the drama, backstabbing, rumors, divorces, cheating, a physical fight inside the Kingdom Hall, spankings of small children where no one said a word, members who would change congregations due to conflicts with Elders, heated words on the podium from one Elder to another Elder, spousal abuse, disfellowshipping, brothers who were contractors who were shady even to fellow members, Elders who favored family when it came down to appointments for Ministerial Servants and new Elders, loans that were never paid to fellow members ...where Elders had to step in, Elder wives knowing everything that was happening in the congregation, drugs, alcohol, etc. etc.
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  My message to those who have always placed heavy burdens on its members

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
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  in this kingdom hall photo, there will be some members who will probably leave the organization.

  some will stay and suffer just to be with family.

  i feel sad for those who stay just to please the family.

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  In this Kingdom Hall photo, there will be some members who will probably leave the organization. Some will stay and suffer just to be with family. I feel sad for those who stay just to please the family. I was one of them. Some will disassociate, some will get disfellowshipped and lose family members due to shunning. The mental and physical burden will take its toll on everyone.

  This message is to the 8 Governing Body members and all the Elder Pharisees who ''truly'' believe this is ''GOD'S'' organization and do all the WTBTS dirty work :

  I hope you enjoy Jehovah's Witness workload the rest of your lives. Year after year, you will toil for nothing. Armeggdon will never come! All your hard work was for nothing!
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  2018-Annual Service Report!

  by Atlantis in

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  if this has already been posted just disregard.. 2018 annual service report one in english and one in spanish.

  other news included.

  zipped folder.

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  Confesión Religiosa Inscrita

  December 15, 2018

  TO ALL CONGREGATIONS

  Re: 2018 Annual Service Report

  Dear Suckers Brothers:

  We are disappointed pleased to share discouraging encouraging highlights from the 2018 service year report of Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide. ( We don't include Muslim and Communist Countries..which would amount to about 5 billion people)

  The peak number of publishers was 8,579,909. ( Don't forget we count 10 year-olds and it only takes 5 minutes of field service to make the list)

  Jehovah’s people spent a total of 2,074,655,497 hours in the ministry, a 1.4 percent increase from last year. ( We happily count coffee, donut breaks and 4 publishers sitting in a car wasting time while waiting for a member finishing their spiel and 30-minute rides to the next householder)

  It is especially encouraging to note that 281,744 were baptized! ( Let's not fool ourselves... most of them are family members and small children...forget about someone joining from a cold call )

  This is no evidence that Jehovah’s people take seriously the commission to “make disciples.” (Matt. 28:19) (Actually, we take away privileges and Armageddon is out of the question if you don't preach)

  We were delighted to see a 1.5 percent increase in the number of regular pioneers, totaling 1,243,392! The worldwide Memorial attendance figure was 20,329,317. ( Most of these attend due to hounding from family members. 12,000,000 will not attend a meeting or get baptized..but we will see them again for next year's Memorial)
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  Elders and Attendants sing, clap and turn backs on Street Preacher after Duluth RC.

  by ToesUp in

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  very strange behavior by the attendants and elders after the duluth, ga, rc.

  on the first link the attendants start to exit the arena, then line up and turn their backs on the street preachers.

  (around the 6:00 mark).. elders and attendants after duluth rc.

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  In their 140 year history, Jehovah's Witnesses have tried every means to preach their gospel. They have won many United States Supreme Court cases to preach their message.

  Somehow, this puny little man has no business preaching his message on public property. His message somehow bothers them to the point of having brain-dead brothers looking like a bunch of goons.
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  Do elders still ask inactive members to write a letter to disassociating yourself from the Congregation?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  do today's elders ever meet with inactive members and pressure them to write a letter disassociating themselves from the congregation stating that, ''you no longer wish to a jehovah witness"?.

  i was baptized at the young age of 16. after turning 18, i stopped attending meetings, field service, and all jehovah's witness activities.

  i wanted to be with my high school friends, go to rock concerts, have a girlfriend, and live like a normal teen.

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  LoveUniHateExams said: The fact that the elder's manual says that elders aren't to force a DA means nothing.
  The reality is often very different.

  If anyone gets a chance to download “Shepherd the Flock of God” manual for the congregation Elders, nowhere does it instruct Elders to follow members (who they suspect of committing adultery or fornication) in a car and collect evidence for themselves.

  My baptized teenage cousin ( who was an elder's son) and his best friend (also baptized, who was also an elder's son ) were both followed by two Elders (who suspected both were up to no good). The two elders ( who followed my cousin and his friend in a car) always butted heads with their elder fathers.

  The elders would follow them in their cars, hide and wait to see what they were up to. One night my cousin and his friend met their girlfriends at a local hotel and rented a room. The two elders parked the car and waited in the parking lot. My cousin and his friend came out to the parking with their girlfriends and.... lo and behold.... find the two elders waiting for them.

  They both admitted they had girlfriends and were fornicating at the hotel room. Both were disfellowshipped. I was at the Ministry School meeting when they made the announcement.

  What the elder manual teaches and the reality is very different.

  
  
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  Do elders still ask inactive members to write a letter to disassociating yourself from the Congregation?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
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  do today's elders ever meet with inactive members and pressure them to write a letter disassociating themselves from the congregation stating that, ''you no longer wish to a jehovah witness"?.

  i was baptized at the young age of 16. after turning 18, i stopped attending meetings, field service, and all jehovah's witness activities.

  i wanted to be with my high school friends, go to rock concerts, have a girlfriend, and live like a normal teen.

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  Do today's elders ever meet with inactive members and pressure them to write a letter disassociating themselves from the congregation stating that, ''You no longer wish to a Jehovah Witness"?

  
  

  I was baptized at the young age of 16. After turning 18, I stopped attending meetings, field service, and all Jehovah's Witness activities. I wanted to be with my high school friends, go to rock concerts, have a girlfriend, and live like a normal teen. ( My Jehovah's Witness mom went insane when I quit )

  
  

  Elders would stop by to see why I stopped all activities and encouraged me to come back. After numerous attempts, they told my mom that I needed to write a letter and sign my name stating that, "I no longer wish be a Jehovah's Witness."

  
  

  I did write the letter and had my mom hand deliver it. I never heard back from them. As to what they were going to do with the letter, I didn't know or cared.

  
  

  Three years later I came back to the meetings. Thirty-Five years later, I left for good.
  
  
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  One scripture Jesus quoted that the Watchtower Society forgets to teach/apply

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  14 and this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.. .

  19 go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[b] the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that i have commanded you.

  and behold, i am with you always, to the end of the age.”.

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  The Watchtower—Study Edition | JUNE 2003

  
  What Is Happening to Charity?
  Jehovah’s Witnesses today are also quick to help when disaster strikes. During the summer of 2001, for instance, torrential storms caused major flooding in Houston, Texas, U.S.A. In all, 723 homes of Witnesses were damaged to some extent, many of them quite badly. A disaster relief committee made up of qualified Christian elders was immediately formed to assess individual needs and to allocate relief funds to help the local Witnesses to cope with the situation and repair their homes. Willing volunteers from neighboring congregations performed all the work. One Witness was so appreciative of the help that when she received payment from her insurance company to cover the repairs to her house, she immediately donated the money to the relief fund so that it could help others in need.

  It's amazing how the Watchtower Society only helped homeowners( who were all Witnesses ), raised relief funds ( from Jehovah's Witness contribution boxes), got free labor from local congregation members and received an insurance settlement for their relief fund.

  There is a kind of giving that is even more important than charity. Jesus alluded to this when a rich young ruler asked what he had to do to get everlasting life. Jesus told him: “Go sell your belongings and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven, and come be my follower.” (Matthew 19:16-22) Notice that Jesus did not just say, ‘Give to the poor and you will get life.’ Instead, he added, “Come be my follower.” In other words, as commendable and beneficial as charitable acts are, Christian discipleship involves more.
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  One scripture Jesus quoted that the Watchtower Society forgets to teach/apply

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  14 and this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.. .

  19 go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[b] the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that i have commanded you.

  and behold, i am with you always, to the end of the age.”.

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  Jesus said in Matthew 24:14

  14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

  
  

  
  

  Jesus said in Matthew 28:19-20

  19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[b] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

  
  

  Jesus also said at Matthew 19:21.....

  
  

  Matthew 19:21 is never mentioned or taught by the Watchtower Society. It is passed over and forgotten. Some sayings of Jesus are just a mere suggestion.

  Providing food, water, healthcare, shelter, an education, and taking care of orphans/widows is not in their nature. Somehow, this scripture has no real application in their lives!

  Books, magazines, the construction of Kingdom Halls/assembly halls/factories/warehouses/branch offices are their only concern.

  Jesus would be ashamed!