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  Leaked David Spane Apostate Rant? (Upcoming Lloyd Evans Video)

  by Jofi_Wofo in

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  2. beliefs

  lloyd has a reminder set for a "leaked" video that he will be reviewing tomorrow, but it lacks details in the description.

  does anyone know what video he is referring to, or is this an upcoming loyd evans exclusive?.

  i find leaks exciting, especially if it's something that was never meant to be public and puts some serious egg on the faces of the blundering body..

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  If its something Lloyd is posting, then you know it will .........take 1.5 hours for him to say what could have been explained in 15 minutes.

  After 2 hours and 44 minutes, Lloyd Evans closes with : '' That's all we have time for!''
  
  
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  The Watchtower—Study Edition  |  June 2021

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  study article 24. you can escape from satan’s snares!.

  2 two of satan’s most effective snares are pride and greed.

  * for thousands of years, satan has successfully used these undesirable traits.

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  STUDY ARTICLE 24

  You Can Escape From Satan’s Snares!

  2 Two of Satan’s most effective snares are pride and greed. * For thousands of years, Satan has successfully used these undesirable traits. He is like a bird catcher who lures his prey into a trap or who ensnares it in a net.

  9 Still, Satan deceived Eve into thinking that she needed to eat from the one tree that was forbidden. Eve failed to appreciate what she had; she wanted more. We know what that led to. Eve gave in to sin and eventually died.​—Gen. 3:6, 19.

  17 For thousands of years, Satan has been the hunter. But soon he will be bound and eventually destroyed. (Rev. 20:1-3, 10) We long for that day. Until then, stay alert to Satan’s snares. Work hard to prevent pride or greed from dominating you. Be determined to “oppose the Devil, and he will flee from you.”​—Jas. 4:7.

  
  

  
  Here is an illustration I found on the internet on Noah's Flood. Jehovah destroys all life on earth: animals, adult humans and small children. Their sins are petty comparing to Satan the Devil. According to this study article, Satan has been around thousands of years and has successfully lured angels in heaven, Adam and Eve and every person ever born on this earth.

  Jehovah has his chances to destroy Satan at any time to stop his snares on all humans. For some reason chooses not to...Satan will even tempt survivors in the ''new system'' for 1000 years.
  

  I always found this hard to believe that an all powerful God would let Satan survive so long and choses to destroy humans instead... who only live into their 80's. I believe that Satan is a total fabrication. Satan cannot have this much power and control without God destroying him and his wicked angels!
  

  
  

  
  

  Genesis 6:17-21

  New International Version

  17 I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.

  
  
  
  
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  Where there any cases where members should not have been at the meeting but still managed to attend?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  no matter if you are tired, sick, worked late, trudging through heavy snow, or any other reason, you were never to miss the meetings.

  missing meetings is frowned upon.. i once went to a 2 day assembly with 2 wisdom teeth pulled the day before.

  my gums were still bleeding.

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  No matter if you are tired, sick, worked late, trudging through heavy snow, or any other reason, you were never to miss the meetings. Missing meetings is frowned upon.
  

  I once went to a 2 day assembly with 2 wisdom teeth pulled the day before. My gums were still bleeding. I should have been home! But, being stupid at that time of my Witness life, I managed to sit in the back row at the assembly with gauze inside my mouth. Several times I walked to the bathroom to rinse my mouth.

  There was an Elder who buried his mother-in-law in the morning and made his wife attend the Book Study with him that same evening. I felt so bad for his wife who should of stayed home that night.

  There was a brother who was in a bad car accident the week before our Assembly. With his daughter in the hospital, he managed to give his talk at the Assembly and left after his part to go back to the hospital. Why didn't he just cancel his part?
  

  Where there any cases in your Kingdom Hall where members should not have been at the meeting but still managed to attend?
  
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  ''Humorous Preaching'' coming near you soon

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. social
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  ''what is jehovah's witness' favorite band?''.

  i give up!

  what is jehovah's witness favorite band?.

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  ''What is Jehovah's witness' favorite band?''

  I give up! What is Jehovah's Witness favorite band?

  ''The Doors''
  
  
  
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  What is your status (as of today) as a Jehovah's Witness?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  active believer...still attend meetings, go out in field service, believe it's ''the truth''.

  active non-believer... go to meetings and field service to please family... living a double life .

  inactive believer...don't attend meetings but believe it's the truth, one day might go back to kingdom hall.

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  1. Active believer...still attend meetings, go out in field service, believe it's ''the truth''
  2. Active non-believer... Go to meetings and field service to please family... living a double life
  3. Inactive believer...Don't attend meetings but believe it's the truth, one day might go back to Kingdom Hall
  4. Inactive non-believer... Stopped attending all meetings, don't believe it's the truth, Bible is fiction Me: Stopped attending nine years ago, no longer believe the Bible stories are real, have no desire to attend any other Church
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  Just invited to a zoom memorial.

  by Overrated in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  walked away from the trooth years ago(over 20) my older sister sends me an invite to the memorial via zoom.

  i have no interest in jwism at all.

  should i ignore or respond?.

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  I had an Elder leave a four minute message on my answering machine last week inviting me to the Zoom memorial. He said that Jehovah still cares for me. I never called him back. The less I say, the better I'm off.
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  My first Kingdom Hall zoom meeting

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i haven't been to any meetings in the last 9 years.

  besides a couple of elder visits here and there, i've been pretty much left alone.

  my family has also left me alone, and haven't acted any different towards me.. this week my brother, his daughter and his son all called me to invite me for the next weeks memorial and also my nephew's first sunday talk, which he gave today at noon.

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  Can I ask what country you are in? Because I’m interested when you say publishers need to make up time by contacting inactive ones.

  I'm from Northern Illinois, U.S.A. My niece is a pioneer and has never called me in the 9 years I've been inactive. She called me to pad her pioneer hours. She told me that she mails letters and calls on the phone. No house to house in over one year. She has a list of return visits and either calls them or sends them a letter.

  So, she called me to see how everyone is and also total the time she spent on the phone with me and add them to her monthly pioneer hours.
  
  
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  My first Kingdom Hall zoom meeting

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i haven't been to any meetings in the last 9 years.

  besides a couple of elder visits here and there, i've been pretty much left alone.

  my family has also left me alone, and haven't acted any different towards me.. this week my brother, his daughter and his son all called me to invite me for the next weeks memorial and also my nephew's first sunday talk, which he gave today at noon.

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  So are you going to the memorial?

  I think I'm going to listen in. I had an Elder a couple of days ago invite me to the Zoom Memorial. He left a four minute message about how Jehovah hasn't given up on me and that my congregation misses me in this difficult year. I'm not calling him back, but will get the password from my family. The radar is on all the irregular attending witnesses because they need to fill in their service hours with letters and phone calls.
  
  
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  My first Kingdom Hall zoom meeting

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i haven't been to any meetings in the last 9 years.

  besides a couple of elder visits here and there, i've been pretty much left alone.

  my family has also left me alone, and haven't acted any different towards me.. this week my brother, his daughter and his son all called me to invite me for the next weeks memorial and also my nephew's first sunday talk, which he gave today at noon.

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  I haven't been to any meetings in the last 9 years. Besides a couple of Elder visits here and there, I've been pretty much left alone. My family has also left me alone, and haven't acted any different towards me.

  This week my brother, his daughter and his son all called me to invite me for the next weeks Memorial and also my nephew's first Sunday talk, which he gave today at noon. I told my nephew that I would watch his first talk. He gives me the user I.D. and password.

  I downloaded Zoom and got in with no problem. You had a choice of being seen on camera or not. I chose not to be seen. There were 120 members on the Zoom meeting. Some chose to appear on camera and many chose not to be seen. They were all greeting each other. The Elder announced that you needed to shut your audio off so there would be no distractions. There was a song and a prayer.

  I chose to have a split screen and watch all the members who chose to show their face. Everyone was dressed as if they were at a regular Kingdom Hall meeting. You could see everyone in their kitchens, dining rooms and family rooms. Some looked bored, some were nodding off for a few seconds and some were motionless. I don't know why anyone would show their face and have every movement shown on camera.

  My nephew gave a very nice talk about Matthew 13, where a fine pearl was found for its value and how it was treasured. A talk I've heard a hundred times. Nothing that was said was ground breaking or new.

  Everyone clapped at the ending of the talk. The Watchtower conductor started his spiel about staying for the Watchtower Study. I decided to log off.
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  Spiritually Weak Ones Are Bad Association according to the Governing Body

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  after you read the words of jesus in mark 2: 17, you will see that the contrast between the teachings of jesus and the governing body.. .

  you clearly read what's written in the bible, but the society is always twisting and bending scriptures to their benefit.

  here is stephen lett talking about ''spiritually weak'' members and twisting jesus's words teaching on sinners:.

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  After you read the words of Jesus in Mark 2: 17, you will see that the contrast between the teachings of Jesus and the Governing Body.

  

  You clearly read what's written in the Bible, but the Society is always twisting and bending scriptures to their benefit. Here is Stephen Lett talking about ''spiritually weak'' members and twisting Jesus's words teaching on sinners:
  

  
  

  '' Think about someone who is physically sick and is running a high fever. If we spend a lot of time with that person, we will probably catch the same sickness. Or worse, if we spend a lot of time with a dead body, a corpse, we will probably pick up a disease.''