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  If You Could Pick Just One Title Of A Song That Would Describe Your Life

  by The Bethelite in

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  what would it be?.

  mine would be "rocket man" by elton john.

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  Is Guy Pierce dead? What happened?

  by Witness 007 in

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  wow i missed this!

  i have been running a "dead pool" for the governing body for 10 years here!

  i had money on samuel herd being next.....so only the 45 year olds will be left soon..

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  He ‘Knew the Way’

  
  

  
  

  GUY HOLLIS PIERCE, a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses, finished his earthly course on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. He was 79 years old when his hope to be one of Christ’s resurrected brothers became a reality.—Heb. 2:10-12;1 Pet. 3:18.

  Guy Pierce was born in Auburn, California, U.S.A., on November 6, 1934, and was baptized in 1955. He married his beloved wife, Penny, in 1977 and raised a family. His experience as a family man contributed to his fatherly manner. By 1982 he and Penny were busy in the pioneer work, and in 1986 he began 11 years of service as a circuit overseer in the United States.

  In 1997, Guy and Penny Pierce began to serve as members of the United States Bethel family. Brother Pierce worked in the Service Department, and in 1998 he was appointed as a helper to the Personnel Committee of the Governing Body. Brother Pierce’s appointment as a member of the Governing Body was announced on October 2, 1999, at the annual meeting of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. In recent years, he served with the Personnel, Writing, Publishing, and Coordinators’ committees.

  People of varied backgrounds and cultures were drawn to Brother Pierce because of his warm smile and good sense of humor. However, the qualities that especially endeared him to others were his love, his humility, his respect for righteous laws and principles, and his complete faith in Jehovah. To Guy Pierce, there was a greater possibility that the sun would not rise than that Jehovah’s promises would go unfulfilled, and he wanted to share that truth with the whole world.

  Brother Pierce was tireless in serving Jehovah, rising early in the morning and often working late into the night. His travels to encourage his Christian brothers and sisters took him all over the world, and he was never too busy to spend time with individual Bethel family members and others who sought his fellowship, advice, and assistance. Even after years have passed, fellow believers recall his hospitality, friendship, and Scriptural encouragement.

  Our brother and dear friend is survived by his wife and six children, as well as grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He also had countless spiritual children. A memorial talk for Brother Pierce was given at Brooklyn Bethel on Saturday, March 22, 2014, by Mark Sanderson, a fellow member of the Governing Body. Among other matters, he spoke of Brother Pierce’s heavenly hope and read Jesus’ words: “In the house of my Father are many dwelling places. . . . If I go my way and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will receive you home to myself, so that where I am you also may be. And where I am going, you know the way.”—John 14:2-4.

  True, we will miss Brother Pierce very much. Yet, we rejoice that he ‘knew the way’ to his permanent ‘dwelling place.’
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  Happy anniversary Watchtower!

  by Half banana in

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  if it still exists (!

  ) the watchtower magazine is one hundred and forty years old today.

  what a splendid record of thorough-going ignorance, persuasion, irrational belief, enslavement to religious rules, misinterpretation of the bible, false alarms, historical revisionism, misleading instructions and plain deceit.. 140 years of wasting the lives of millions of people suppressing their natural ambitions to live fulfilling lives, discouraging them from having children for the sake of nearness to the fairy tale armageddon, keeping jw children uneducated and dependent on the state to end up in old age on welfare and in poverty-- the list goes on.. what a record of destroying billions of trees to print this useless cult propaganda, getting a record distribution figure for numbers in the publishing world and for what?

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  Half banana

  That was well written and all true! Don't forget that we studied the Watchtower at home, had a brother read the paragraphs at the Watchtower meetings and parrot back the answers that the Society ingrained into everyone's brain.
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  What is the longest distance you drove to attend a summer Convention?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  here is a photo of the milwaukee brewers ( american baseball team) county stadium.

  for some reason, we were assigned this outdoor stadium for our 1975 four-day summer convention.

  our congregation was located 90 miles away on the north side of chicago.. some congregation members stayed at milwaukee hotels for the four-day convention.

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  Here is a photo of the Milwaukee Brewers ( AMERICAN BASEBALL TEAM) County stadium. For some reason, we were assigned this outdoor stadium for our 1975 four-day summer convention. Our congregation was located 90 miles away on the north side of Chicago.

  Some congregation members stayed at Milwaukee hotels for the four-day convention. Since my parents and some congregation members were either too cheap/ or didn't have the means to pay for hotels and meals, they decided to charter a bus to Milwaukee for the four days. The chartered bus picked us up at 7.a.m. every morning at our Chicago Kingdom Hall and drove 2 hours to Milwaukee for our 9:45 a.m. starting time.

  Since the bus arrived around 9 a.m. each morning in Milwaukee, all seats that were shaded/partly shaded or had a cover from the blazing sun in the middle of July were all taken. We had no choice but to sit on the outfield seats ( which were in full sun, all day long). Imagine sitting in the blazing sun all day long with a jacket/ tie or mothers having to take care of small children in the oppressive heat. Talk about sunstroke!

  The convention meetings ended around 5 p.m. We would get back on the chartered bus around 6 p.m.and drive back to Chicago for another 2- hour drive. It would be around 8:30 p.m. each night that we would arrive back home. We ate dinner around 8:30 p.m., went to bed and did the same routine for the next 3 days.

  What is the longest distance you drove to attend a summer Convention?
  
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  2019 International Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  i watched this convention video and do not recognize this religion any longer.

  there are attendants singing and dancing in grass fields.

  later, you see sisters holding up this silly sign that makes me laugh.

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  The video pictures look like it's this video.

  Thank you nonjwspouse for embedding this video. Yes, the screenshots are from the video you posted.
  
  
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  2019 International Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  i watched this convention video and do not recognize this religion any longer.

  there are attendants singing and dancing in grass fields.

  later, you see sisters holding up this silly sign that makes me laugh.

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  wannaexit4 hours ago

  How they have the audacity of holding up that banner is beyond me. Does anybody in the organization even believe that?

  Here is another silly banner being held up at the '' Love Never Fails'' 2019 International Convention Of Jehovah's Witnesses- Atlanta, GA

  
  
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  2019 International Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
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  i watched this convention video and do not recognize this religion any longer.

  there are attendants singing and dancing in grass fields.

  later, you see sisters holding up this silly sign that makes me laugh.

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  I watched this Convention video and do not recognize this religion any longer. There are attendants singing and dancing in grass fields. Later, you see sisters holding up this silly sign that makes me laugh. Yes! It's been around the corner since 1879!

  As the rock group, THE WHO sang on ''Won't Get Fooled Again''

  Meet the new boss
  Same as the old boss
  
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  Sunday...Funday

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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  share a laugh n a hoot!.

  have a great day all !.

  zing.

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  Jesus repeatedly tried to explain the ''Overlapping Generation'' teaching to his Apostles. Since they failed to comprehend this teaching, Jesus angrily told them, '' Maybe it's me, but since you do not comprehend this easy to follow teaching, I will only let a 21st-century Governing Body member named David Splane understand the true meaning and pass it on JW Broadcasting .''

  
  
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  Would You Be Afraid To Visit The Dominican Republic?

  by minimus in

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  a lot of bad things are happening there lately.

  people on vacation are mysteriously dying or getting violently ill. i’ve been there three times in the past.

  the first time it was great!

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  Minimus...In Mexico and third world countries ( like the Dominican Republic ) bartenders are supposed to break the legal and real alcoholic manufactured bottles after they are empty. Instead, hotel and restaurant bars fill up the legal alcohol bottles with counterfeit alcohol and serve it to vacationers who have no idea they are drinking poison.
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  Why doesn't the Watchtower Society never study the Bible cover to cover?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
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  in the 40 years as a jehovah's witness, i never read the bible cover to cover.

  the three meetings a week were broken up with book studies, awake and watchtower magazines,and ministry& field service meetings, all written by the watchtower society.

  never did we read any chapters from genesis to revelation and discuss the true meaning of what we just read.

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  Some years ago in what was then called the "Theocratic Ministry School" the first talk or "Instruction talk" was spent reviewing the material from the "All Scripture (si)" book which contained 66 chapters discussing a particular bible book. I seem to recall there may have been several weeks spent on each chapter.

  Yes, the first talk covered a few consecutive chapters in a sequential bible book, and the number 2 talk was a bible reading of a small, select few verses of one of those chapters, in the book, covered by the number 1 talk. This was done weekly, taking (i believe) about 2 1/2 years or so to cover the entire bible. You were supposed to read the entire bible chapter selections in your personal preparation for the meeting. So only 15-20 minutes were devoted to an average of 5 or so chapters of the bible, per week. Enough time to skim, but not nearly enough time to delve in.

  
  

  I was at these meetings where the Watchtower Society spent one hour each week showing you how to present the Watchtower and Awake magazines but only spent a few short years and spent a short amount of time (a half-hour) teaching (skimming) through the 66 books in the Bible in a question and answer session. I think that this book was the only material that the Society ever printed that actually came close to Bible teaching.

  Now, we know that the Watchtower Society is just a real estate and book publishing corporation.