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  Cart Witnessing....They deserve the same ''cold shoulder''

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  here is a man named jerry.

  on a public sidewalk, he asks attendees leaving a jehovah's witness convention in san diego a simple question, ''do jehovah's witnesses have the truth.

  not one person acknowledges him.

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  • km 4/15 p. 2
  • How to Witness Using a Literature Display

  How to Witness Using a Literature Display

  Witnessing with a mobile cart or a table display is proving to be very effective in drawing honest hearted ones to the truth. (John 6:44) Therefore, elders have been encouraged to organize public witnessing in areas of the congregation’s territory where there is high pedestrian traffic. Since mobile displays are not stationary, generally there is no need to ask permission from the authorities. Who are qualified to participate? Publishers who demonstrate good judgment, present themselves in a dignified way, and have good conversation skills. The following are some dos and don’ts that will help publishers have more success.

  Do:

  • Be friendly, welcoming, and helpful to passersby. Some publishers give a warm, genuine smile and say a friendly greeting. If someone looks at the display as he passes by, you might say, “You can take something if you like.”

  • Stand at an appropriate distance from the display. In some places publishers experience success when they stand within a few feet of the display. Others find that this method makes passersby hesitant to stop, so they stand a little farther away and wait until someone stops at the display. Once a person approaches the display, try to engage him in conversation, perhaps by asking, “Have you ever thought about that question before?”

  • Use the Bible as often as possible.

  • Explain the Bible study arrangement to anyone who takes one of our study publications, such as the Bible Teach book. Offer to play the video Why Study the Bible? on an electronic device.

  • Obtain contact information from interested ones when possible. If the person does not live in your territory, fill out a Please Follow Up (S-43) form, and give it to the secretary as soon as possible.

  Don’t:

  • Be aggressive, insistent, or pushy or stand next to the display like a sentinel.

  • View this form of witnessing as simply a way to distribute literature. When we are in the ministry, our goal is to start Bible studies, so we should try to engage individuals in conversation.

  • Block the display or become too engrossed in conversation with your partner. If you must use your cell phone for a personal call, it is usually best to step away from the display.

  • Get involved in debates with opposers. If an opposer becomes abusive, it may be necessary to move to another location.
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  Cart Witnessing....They deserve the same ''cold shoulder''

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here is a man named jerry.

  on a public sidewalk, he asks attendees leaving a jehovah's witness convention in san diego a simple question, ''do jehovah's witnesses have the truth.

  not one person acknowledges him.

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  Here is a man named Jerry. On a public sidewalk, he asks attendees leaving a Jehovah's Witness Convention in San Diego a simple question, ''Do Jehovah's Witnesses have the truth."

  Not one person acknowledges him. Not even a ''hello.''They all walk away from him like he has bubonic plague.

  Here is a Jehovah's Witnesses cart witnessing ( getting in field service hours). She will try to hand out bible literature to passersby. DOUBLE STANDARDS, ANYONE!

  
  
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  Anthony Morris looking for members with construction skills..Now and after Armageddon

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here is a screenshot from a youtube video (521 and the circus continues) where anthony morris blasts post-secondary college & university education.

  ''we will not need doctors or lawyers after armageddon.

  so, anthony...what occupations do the society need '' today'' and after armageddon?

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  Anthony : You forgot to mention that after free labor and the numerous hours time spent from volunteers, the Watchtower Society owns these properties and has the right to sell them at any time. No wonder the society need members around the world with construction skills.
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  Anthony Morris looking for members with construction skills..Now and after Armageddon

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here is a screenshot from a youtube video (521 and the circus continues) where anthony morris blasts post-secondary college & university education.

  ''we will not need doctors or lawyers after armageddon.

  so, anthony...what occupations do the society need '' today'' and after armageddon?

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  ARTICLE : JW.ORG...... CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

  
  

  They Ask for Work but Not for Pay

  
  

  Over the past 28 years, more than 11,000 of Jehovah’s Witnesses have left their homes and even the country where they lived to construct buildings in 120 countries. All have happily donated their skill and energy full-time, without pay.

  Many paid their own way to get to the project. Some used their vacation to work. Others took a leave from their regular employment, forfeiting considerable income.

  They were under no compulsion to make such sacrifices, but they offered themselves willingly to advance the global preaching of the good news of the Kingdom. (Matthew 24:14) They have constructed offices, residences, and facilities for the printing of Bibles and Bible-based literature. Jehovah’s Witnesses have also built Assembly Halls with as many as 10,000 seats and Kingdom Halls with up to 300 seats.

  This activity is still under way. Once the workers arrive at a project site, the local branch office provides housing, meals, laundry, and other daily needs. Local Witnesses also share in the joy of construction work.

  To organize and coordinate this vast effort, an international program was set up in 1985. To share in this program, volunteers must be Jehovah’s Witnesses who are between 19 and 55 years of age and skilled in at least one construction trade. Typically, an assignment in the program will range from two weeks to three months, though sometimes it may extend for a year or longer.

  Wives of construction workers have been trained to do such tasks as tying reinforcing steel together with wire, setting tile, or sanding and painting. Others help prepare meals for the workforce or clean their accommodations.

  When volunteers return to their homes, some of them write to express thanks that they were invited to work. One couple wrote: “We want to thank you very much for the privilege we had to work at the branch in Budapest. The Witnesses in Hungary were so loving and appreciative! Saying good-bye to them after our month there was difficult. But that’s always the case, isn’t it? We hope to be able to go again in the spring. Each time we’ve gone on an assignment, it has felt like the best month of our lives.”
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  Anthony Morris looking for members with construction skills..Now and after Armageddon

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here is a screenshot from a youtube video (521 and the circus continues) where anthony morris blasts post-secondary college & university education.

  ''we will not need doctors or lawyers after armageddon.

  so, anthony...what occupations do the society need '' today'' and after armageddon?

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  Here is a screenshot from a Youtube video (521 And the Circus Continues) where Anthony Morris blasts post-secondary college & University education. ''We will NOT need doctors or lawyers after Armageddon.''

  So, Anthony...What occupations do the Society need '' today'' and after Armageddon? ''For example, we need construction skills around the world right now''

  Anthony...I see your point! Doctors and Lawyers cannot build Kingdom Halls and large Watchtower complexes. The Society needs thousands of manual laborers and only a few Lawyers.

  Only hard-working members in the building trades ( carpenters, plumbers, electricians, drywallers, truck drivers, cement contractors) that benefit the Watchtower Society need to apply!
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  How can the New World Translation be the ''finest Bible translation'' without containing any errors?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  here is a photo and article where the governing body claims that the new world bible translation committee and jehovah's ''spirit-begotten sons'' wrote the finest bible translation available to mankind.

  the watchtower—study edition | february 2017.

  “who really is the faithful and discreet slave?”.

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  Errors? That book is full of LIES! Not just errors. They said that this book was the finest translation back in 1984, when they bashed the King James version for having so many faults.

  Here is just one example of a lie from the Governing Body and Writing Committees 2013 New World Translation revision:

  2 Corinthians 5:20 KING JAMES BIBLE

  Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

  2 Corinthians 5:20 NEW WORLD TRANSLATION 2013
  

  20 Therefore, we are ambassadors+ substituting for Christ,+ as though God were making an appeal through us. As substitutes for Christ, we beg: “Become reconciled to God.”
  
  
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  How can the New World Translation be the ''finest Bible translation'' without containing any errors?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  here is a photo and article where the governing body claims that the new world bible translation committee and jehovah's ''spirit-begotten sons'' wrote the finest bible translation available to mankind.

  the watchtower—study edition | february 2017.

  “who really is the faithful and discreet slave?”.

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  "Finest" is not synonymous with "perfect" or "error-free".

  They use ''finest'' as a weasel word. ''Finest'' in Jehovah's Witness land would be ingrained as ''perfect'' or ''error-free.''

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  weasel word: noun
  

  a word used to temper the forthrightness of a statement; a word that makes one's views equivocal, misleading, or confusing.
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  How can the New World Translation be the ''finest Bible translation'' without containing any errors?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  here is a photo and article where the governing body claims that the new world bible translation committee and jehovah's ''spirit-begotten sons'' wrote the finest bible translation available to mankind.

  the watchtower—study edition | february 2017.

  “who really is the faithful and discreet slave?”.

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  Here is a photo and article where the Governing Body claims that the New World Bible Translation Committee and Jehovah's ''spirit-begotten sons'' wrote the finest Bible translation available to mankind.

  The Watchtower—Study Edition | February 2017

  “WHO REALLY IS THE FAITHFUL AND DISCREET SLAVE?”

  12. Since the Governing Body is neither inspired nor infallible, what questions arise?

  12 The Governing Body is neither inspired nor infallible. Therefore, it can err in doctrinal matters or in organizational direction. In fact, the Watch Tower Publications Index includes the heading “Beliefs Clarified,” which lists adjustments in our Scriptural understanding since 1870. Of course, Jesus did not tell us that his faithful slave would produce perfect spiritual food. So how can we answer Jesus’ question: “Who really is the faithful and discreet slave?” (Matt. 24:45) What evidence is there that the Governing Body is filling that role? Let us consider the same three factors that directed the governing body in the first century.

  Here is the Watchtower Study article stating that the Governing Body is ''neither inspired nor infallible, it can err in doctrinal matters or in organizational direction and not produce perfect spiritual food.''

  So if Jehovah inspired an imperfect organization to write a newly revised edition, how can the New World Translation be the ''finest translation'' without containing any errors?

  
  
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  2019-11-10-Leaving Her Faith, Gaining Her Freedom-Shunning Article!

  by Atlantis in

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  scroll slowly after download and give the file time to appear.

  newspaper article on shunning.. 2019-11-10. leaving her faith gaining her freedom--usa today and postcrescent.

  https://docdro.id/rrqebdl.

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  Ali Bautista says family and friends abandoned her after she left the faith. Speaking out online, she finds a new community that spanned the globe.

  Updated 10:13 a.m. CST Nov. 4, 2019

  Diana Dombrowski, Sheboygan Press

  While Bautista and many people on YouTube describe their experiences being shunned by their Jehovah's Witness communities, Hendriks, the church's U.S. spokesman, said shunning isn't part of the religion.

  "We don't shun," Hendriks said. "Shunning would be cutting somebody off and pretending they don't exist. That's just not the case."

  Really, Jehovah's Witnesses don't shun? Not according to Watchtower articles!

  

  "By cutting off contact with the disfellowshipped or disassociated one, you are showing that you hate the attitudes and actions that led to that outcome. However, you are also showing that you love the wrongdoer enough to do what is best for him or her. Your loyalty to Jehovah may increase the likelihood that the disciplined one will repent and return to Jehovah." Watchtower 2011 Feb 15 p.32

  
  "And all members of the congregation need to be determined to avoid the company of disfellowshipped individuals." Watchtower 2011 Nov 15 p.5

  
  "Despite our pain of heart, we must avoid normal contact with a disfellowshipped family member by telephone, text messages, letters, e-mails, or social media." Watchtower 2017 Oct p.16
  
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  JWs: No Infant Baptism! (just children)

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
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  here's a new article that came out:.

  do jehovah’s witnesses baptize infants?no.

  the bible does not endorse infant baptism.

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  DesirousOfChange said:

  
  
  

  The goal of baptism is to let them "get their hooks" into the youth so they have power over them to prevent them from leaving in the future.

  
  

  Take it even further! The Society knows that having young children get baptized ( some as young as 8) the Society takes over the parent's authority. Being baptized so young, they can disfellowship young children for smoking, drinking, and fornication. They become the judge and jury on any problems young kids experience. It becomes easy to disfellowship any member than to try to work the problems out. Parents have no say-so to what happens to their kids as soon as the problems are known to the congregation Elders.