While I bear no ill - will to anyone, it's not easy to feel sympathy for such a cold, ruthless man as Ted Jaracz. He is obviously the most powerful and outspoken member of the Governing Body, and maybe JWs in general will benefit in some way if he has to give up his power, or has it taken from him by death. I have wondered how many of the GB actually completely believe in everything they teach. I suspect that some of them may not.
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Confirmed TED JARACZ has heart problems.
by yesidid ini received info from brooklyn and can confirm that ted jaracz has seen a heart surgeon.
the source gave the impression.
that he is not in immediate danger, and there was no comment on his location..
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If U Don't Go To All The Meetings & Conventions You're Not Jehovah's Friend
by minimus inso said an elder's wife who is considered the most respected sister in the congregation.
she said this at my mom's bookstudy where many elderly attend.
when my mother told me what the elder's wife has said, i said, "well, it's better to know now where you stand with jehovah than later, i guess".
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I wonder if that same sister will reflect on her words if she ever has a problem that prevents her from attending all the meetings and conventions? I wonder how she will feel if that situation arises, and someone makes that comment to her?
It is a very insensitive comment to make when there are those present who's physical infirmities make it difficult for them to attend everything. She should have thought about who was listening, or kept her mouth shut.
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NEWBIES how many of you
by plmkrzy inhave joined in the past month or two?.
i can't keep up there seems to be so many so i wanted to start a welcome thread for new newbies.. sorry if this was already done recently.. note: the in-built search system is currently being redeveloped so i am not able to check for this topic without looking through tons of pages.. anyway...say hello!.
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Hello, I'm new. I joined at the end of last month.
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Whats your worst household chore.........?
by vitty in......................mine has got to be the weekly grocery shop....................oh how i dread and hate it.
i used to think it was the ironing but id rather do a ton of ironing if i didnt have to shop.. its so boring, same food week in week out.................loading it onto the conveyer belt, packing it putting it in the car.........taking it out of the car...........putting it into cupboards then saying " what shall i cook for dinner?
" but by then i just can face the food.. so whats yours?, mowing the lawn and cleaning the car are included .
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I hate dusting and polishing, it never seems to have much of an effect either, the dust is always back within hours of moving it.
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Things we were persuaded to believe
by iamfreenow inlinda and i were just chatting about some of the more odd beliefs of jws, and how we tended to accept them despite not totally understanding them.
the jws have a tendency to pick incidents from the scriptures and look for a modern - day application, priding themselves on being the only ones who can truly understand what these things mean for todays' world.
there are severa that i had trouble getting my head around, but gullibly accepted the society's take on them.. for example, i always had problems accepting or even understanding the jw interpretation of the 7 trumpet balasts of revelation, which they said were fulfilled by 7 conventions held between 1922 and 1928. the wtbs was an insignificant religion then compared to the more mainstream churches, and isn't all that significant now in terms of membership, and i just couldn't see why a seemingly - significant event in the bible would find it's fulfillment in a series of conventions that the majority of humanity wouldn't even be aware were taking place.
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Linda and I were just chatting about some of the more odd beliefs of JWs, and how we tended to accept them despite not totally understanding them. The JWs have a tendency to pick incidents from the scriptures and look for a modern - day application, priding themselves on being the only ones who can truly understand what these things mean for todays' world. There are severa that I had trouble getting my head around, but gullibly accepted the Society's take on them.
For example, I always had problems accepting or even understanding the JW interpretation of the 7 trumpet balasts of Revelation, which they said were fulfilled by 7 conventions held between 1922 and 1928. The WTBS was an insignificant religion then compared to the more mainstream churches, and isn't all that significant now in terms of membership, and I just couldn't see why a seemingly - significant event in the Bible would find it's fulfillment in a series of conventions that the majority of humanity wouldn't even be aware were taking place. I accepted it, of course, but never quite understood it.
Another strange idea, to me at any rate, was the Society's thought that the ships of Kittim, from Daniel 11, had a modern - day fulfillment by the British Navy during World War 1. When we discussed this at the book study, no one could really grasp it, and I can remember the conductor saying that JWs are the only religion that realise the significance of the ships of Kittim, and how they have a modern fulfillment. Most of us left the study with a baffled expression on our faces that night, but we all accepted it, after all the Watchtower said it, so it must be right.
That's just a couple of bizarre, to say the least, JW ideas, there are more. Was anyone else baffled by these "explanations", or can you think of other strange interpretaions that bothered you at the time, but you went along with anyway because you thought the Society was infallible?
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Would you still remember most names of JW's in your congregation?
by JH in.
would you still remember most names of jw's in your congregation if you saw them again.. let it be the children or people your age or older.. gee, even when i was active, i knew less than half the names of brothers and sisters and their kids..
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Having only just left, yes of course, I expect I will remember them for some time to come, although most of them will act as if they don't know me when we meet.
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Great visit with my cousin/best friend yesterday....
by AK - Jeff inhe made an appointment with me to discuss pre-need funeral arrangements - he is a funeral director now.
i agreed and he came to my home for the first time since we left borgland three years back.
in fact he had never seen our home, since we moved in the meantime.. we discussed the business at hand and then spent several hours talking about my leaving the organization, his attitudes toward me and that, the un scandal, and a few other matters of that sort.
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Well done Jeff, you handled that very well
I am learning to live with losing friends and family to the borg - but hope that in this case it turns out differently
That's something I have to learn, sooner or later. I don't yet know how I will cope.
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Let's count the years together.....
by AK - Jeff in.
my years in = 43 total of those on this thread = 43. .
make it progressive - add yours to the last one posted and keep adding - lets see how many years we have invested.. so we have 43 - now add yours and keep it going.
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59 years for me
62 + 59 = 121
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Did You Shun Someone?
by Country Girl inhow did you feel when you met the person in public that you were shunning?
what were you thinking as you were shunning the person?
did you think about what other witnesses were thinking if you did not want to shun the person?
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Hello Juni,
I used to nod to people, and sometimes give them a little smile myself, if they were someone I'd been close to before they left the Witnesses. It's really hard to see totally blanking someone you might have been friends with for many years as an act of love. I haven't been personally shunned yet, but living where I do, with several JWs from my congregation living close by, I imagine it's only a matter of time before I am. The biggest hurt, I am sure, will be when I see my oldest son and his family and he carries out his threat to shun me. I don't know how I am going to take that yet, but I expect it will happen eventually.
I just know I will speak to my grandchildren, how could I not? I just hope that they don't get punished in some way for speaking to me, as I'm sure they will.
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This is so cute
by What-A-Coincidence inthought you'd all enjoy this experience from canada.. .
this is a cute experience from andre' ramseyer,.
overseer, just back from the branch committee course.
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I've heard that story before, and marvelled at it, but now I see it through differrent eyes, there are more than a few holes in it. There is no location given, and it seems, seeing as it has "happened" in the USA as well as the UK, that more than one dog is involved. The man, and the dog, are unnamed, as is the congregation and area, all suspicious. I used to believe stories like this, but not any more. They are all too positve in favour of the JWs, and all seem to result in someone becoming a JW, very unlikely to say the least.