We had a Circuit Overseer order us to remove the book Pator Russell's Sermons because it was published by the People's Pulpit Association, in his view an apostate organization. Someone should have taken a photograph of his face when he was shown that the current name of the People's Pulpid Association is Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, inc. The book is still in the KH library and he's long gone out of the Circuit Work.
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i thought all the embarssing books were supposed to be thrown out?
by purrpurr ini had a look in the library last meeting and my hall still has all the bound volumes going right back to the beginning.
including studies in the scriptures.
i thought the order from on high was that these were to be destroyed or taken away?
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new assembly experience... what do you reckon to this one?
by purrpurr inok so aparently there was this young girl who wanted to study with the jw's because she loved the bible so much.
she asked her fathers permission but he refused, after much nagging though he said she could have a study if she was prepared to have one of her fingers chopped off.
he thought the is would stop her but she was willing so he got a knife and cut off one of her fingers... a little while later she wanted to attend the meetings and he said no and again when nagged said she could attend meetings if she had another finger chopped off so she agreed and he chopped off a second finger.
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Old Goat
crazy enough it could happen, but i vote for outright lie.
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Embarrassed and Glassy-Eyed stop by
by wheelwithinwheel intwo brothers doing the territory stopped in at my place.
i kept them on the step.
after some hellos and catching up, i said so you folks are on tv now.
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Old Goat
All the current push is an updated version of the Millennial Dawn puzzles they left in hotels in the early 1900s.
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A QUESTION FOR JW'S who say, "The brothers were overly zealous" about 1975
by Terry in"what was the actual significance of that year, then?".
if jw's were overly zealous, what was the exact amount of zeal encouraged by the wts for a non-event which took up.
over 7 years of every jw's time?.
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Old Goat
One of my children wasn't supposed to start kindergarten because Moses was in the wilderness for 40 years and 40 years from 1914 was about to run out. It was a widely spread speculation among Witnesses. It's a form of insanity, I think.
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Warwick Building Project Fluff Stories
by bruh2012 intalking about an article that makes you want to throw-up in your mouth- wt-study jan 15, 2015 the offered themselves willingly.. amazing the psych job of selling your business, moving your entire family, quiting your job to be a "temporary" worker at the new world headquarters!.
throw your livelyhood away only to get the "feeling" that jehovahs is blessing you!
i wish there was away to track the psych job during patterson and other major projects of what happened to all the "friends" that sold and got rid of their livelyhood then and where are they now.. did you ever sacrifce it all for a building project only to be left with nothing after your "spiritual high"?.
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Old Goat
My wife and I lived in poverty for about seven years for the privilge of being shuffled from place to place to pioneer and help struggling congregations. It was a total waste. I finally woke to the futility and abuse and went back to teaching.
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In your opinion: What is the average IQ of the Governing Body?
by LogCon ini don't know if this question has been asked before,.
but, in any case,.
based on the comments of the governing body, at various conventions, annual meetings , info-mmercials, etcetara, etcetara, etcetera, [ i loved yule brenner in the king and i],.
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A high IQ doesn't mean one holds rational beliefs. On average, I'd say they have an IQ of 140. That is typical of a post graduate student. Most of them are autodidacts, self-taught. I don't think the issue is their IQ. The issue is the framework within which they work and reason.
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Child Shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses International Convention, Melbourne, Australia (17-19 October 2014)
by jwleaks indocuments and media releases relating to the shunning and discrimination of a special needs child by jehovahs witnesses in relation to the melbourne international convention, 17-19 october 2014. the following documents and press release were received by jw leaks in relation to the jehovahs witnesses international convention at etihad stadium, melbourne, australia.
it is understood that due to last minute information in relation to the administration and control of the first aid health services at the convention the following press documents had not been released to the media.. prior to publishing and releasing the following sensitive information, the members of the team at jw leaks made formal inquiries with the victorian workcover authority (vwa) and the administrators of etihad stadium (melbourne stadiums limited) as to whether measures have been put in place to prevent the jehovahs witnesses and watchtower bible and tract society of australia from operating any first aid health services and first aid department in alleged breach of applicable health and safety laws.. we were assured that the jehovahs witnesses will no longer have control of the first aid management at the event but that st john ambulance first aid officers will be on site for each of the three days.
it is our understanding that this was done for the purpose of protecting the health and safety of all 70,000 daily patrons and delegates attending the convention.
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Old Goat
Convention first aid staff is not equipped to handle complex issues. I wouldn't trust my child to them or expect them to treat her. I might trust them to apply a bandaid.
This is a non-issue for me. The Watchtower truthfully said they weren't capable. What makes us think they should be? or would be? The WT is a religious institution, not a health-care facility. IF we want to find issues to address, let's look for real issues. This is no more than a temper tantrum and a misdirected one at that.
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Watchtower's bogus war on words and the distortion of historical language
by Terry inliar's methods:.
change the story by tampering with who, what, when, where, how and why.. to accomplish this, the way listeners listen and the way speakers speak must be controled.. liars use special language.. _____________________________.
when you "think," you are using silent, interior "words" personal to you alone.. what the watchtower society does is to place a roadblock inside your head; replacing it with alternate, politically correct language.. imagine you are on a road heading west and you see a roadblock forcing you to take a side road left.. then, later there is another blockade diversion leading left.. now you are headed in the opposite direction because you obeyed the signs.. ______________________________.
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Old Goat
As always, Terry, a stellar essay.
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Has anyone else heard this about the GB??
by FeelingFree inok so me and my husband were talking to his mum again about why we are no longer going to meetings and got into another pointless discussion where she feels he needs to talk to an elder about his issue's blah, blah, blah... round and round it went...... the thing i wanted to ask was if anybody had heard that there wont be any gb after these one's die??
this is something she mentioned today and we have never heard of this ever.
so it means no more will be appointed and they will just die off!
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Old Goat
We traveled to the International Convention in 1953 with another couple who insisted that our four year old would never start school in this system of things. My then four year old is now in her sixties.
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I...I have no words
by Theredeemer ini cannot wrap my mind around the fact that there is jw tv.
being a born in and living most of my life hearing how tv evangelism is wrong and lazy preaching yet seeing this unfold solidifies this religion as a cult!.
i remember back when i began my fade a few years ago i told my brother during an argument how this religion is just like any other religion in that its bull.
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Old Goat
I watched some of it. It seems ... mixed. If I found this on youtube or my local tv station, I'd probably watch for five minutes or so and change the channel.