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  Things I Never Knew When I Was A Witness!

  by disillusioned 2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are some things that as a witness i never knew.

  maybe i was just going through the motions, attending meetings and not listening much.

  never was very good at personal study or underlining answers in watchtower or book study (i never ever answered up) was too shy.. i never knew when i was a witness that they taught that jesus had looked down on the earth in 1919 to see who was serving god most accurately, and of course he chose a small group of bible students living in america!

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  humblepotato

  No... I didn't know most of those things when I was asleep. I am still in (family, friends, work) but I am awake now. And it wasn't until I was awake that I started digging and learning about all the lunatic things this organization has done, or currently IS doing.

  I knew about the 1919 judging from heaven because it was beat to death in the Revelation Climax book. The other things are either barely mentioned in passing, (such as the Proclaimers Book mentioning Rutherford's mansion for the prophets), or they are ignored entirely.

  Think about it: there is a reason they only let us go so far back in the publications on the Watchtower Library. Not everything is made available for a reason. And that's because even they recognize it's crazy!
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  April 11, 2016 BOE Re: Literature Offers for September and October 2016

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  april 11, 2016 to all bodies of elders re: literature offers for september and october 2016. .

  reminders for those assigned public talks s-141-e 4/16.

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  humblepotato

  I liked how it had to remind us to say POSITIVE things about the organization and people in the congregation. I wonder if they've been having a problem with that! LOL

  
  
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  Is the 'growth™' still being hyped?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when i was a member of watchtower corporation, i regularly heard how it must be the true religion because of the growth™.

  (phenomenal, apparently).. i wonder if they still hang onto this?

  has it been boasted about at meetings recently?

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  humblepotato

  Yes.

  This weeks mid-week meeting features a video called Sail Amsterdam which hypes peoples reception to the "truth" in that area and how hard the brothers are working to keep up with the growth.
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  New Memorial Songs Were Very Good, IMO

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i guess we can agree to differ, but i personally found the new memorial songs (147, 149) to be very good, at least from a musical perspective.

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  rub a dub .

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  humblepotato

  I agree! I found the MUSIC and the ORCHESTRATION beautiful... especially 149. They were only marred by dreadful lyrics...

  
  
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  J Dubble Ya Broadcasting

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how far do you think the corporation will take this?.

  will it totally replace speakers at the meetings?.

  y'know, that kind of thing..... .

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  humblepotato

  I imagine they will infiltrate the meetings a little more. For example, I can see them doing something like using the first Sunday of each month for a recorded talk. Then the other Sundays are up to the local btothers.

  As was mentioned... I doubt they will do away with the local brothers completely. That would create a huge falling out.
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  What was your local needs this week?

  by dbq407 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ours was on making use of phone witnessing and letter writing.

  both ineffective and wastes of time.

  another local cong.

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  humblepotato

  Ours (mid-western United States) was about the headship arrangement. "Presiding Over Your Household in a Fine Manner."

  Too many wimpy brothers and their headstrong wives. Also, the parents let their kids (2-6 yrs old) rule the household, screaming and crying until they get their way, yelling "NO" when told to be quiet, and are disrespectful to others.

  I'll admit... I agreed with the parents/children part (especially since the kids in our congregation are living terrors, I don't know many children outside the congregation who behave that disrespectfully), but even as a brother the "headship arrangement" has always bothered me. For me and my wife, it's an equal partnership, it's 50/50. Neither one of us has greater say than the other. So I guess it bothers me when either side tries taking more "authority" or "headship." I'm all about equality.
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  What are the comments from JW's in your KH about recent events, Muslim attack?

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  are we near the end of days, is this a sign of the end????

  i'm surprise they are not out.

  in full force, they love this kind of stuff..

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  humblepotato

  One sister uploaded a screen shot, to her Instagram account, of a news story about the Paris attacks and the California shootings and said, "End of the times!" And quoted a scripture.

  Other than that, not too much in our rural Iowa Congregation.
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  Kid has Xbox stolen, police buy him a new one

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  it's easy to get down and disheartened about depressing world events.. it's important to remember that the good guys outnumber the bad guys, they just don't make the headlines as often.. so here's a nice story:.

  on sunday, 11-year-old tontrevion campbell went to church with his mom.. at the same time, police say, burglars entered his home and broke one of the commandments.. as the memphis police department describes it on its facebook page: "the thief or thieves stole several of his mom's items, but they also stole the young man's xbox game system and every single game that this 11-year-old owned.".

  there are quite a few adults who'd be upset.

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  humblepotato

  That was amazing. Thanks for sharing!
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  Does a brother have to be appointed an MS to be an account servant?

  by 4thgen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as many of you know, my ex-husband was removed as an elder for child abuse.

  i was told at the time he would never be reappointed in any capacity.

  yet i heard today he was appointed as an account servant.

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  humblepotato

  I was the accounts servant for 2 years before being appointed as an MS. There is a neighboring Hall 20 minutes away that still uses the COBOE's wife as the accounts servant. It's not preferred, but it is due to the circumstances of finding a qualified individual who can count properly.
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  looking for a list of KH resolutions for funds

  by wannaexit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've lost tract of all the resolutions taken for funds.

  last night their took a new one with the acronym gaa ??..

  has anyone that still attends taken note of all the resolutions during the the course of a year?.

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  humblepotato

  The resolutions are different for each congregation. GAA means Global Assistance Arrangement, it's supposed to help disaster relief efforts for the friends around the world, but in reality it probably gets used for whatever they want.

  Most halls (in my neck of the woods) donate about 10-20 dollars per publisher for the service year. The congregation can then pay it all at once or in monthly payments over the service year.

  These resolutions are updated every year. The names might change... but it's all just money that gets sent to the branch.