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  Ties at the Kingdom Hall

  by CloseTheDoor in

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  couple of weeks ago an elder took a young man aside and crawled all over him after the tms for wearing a "skinny" tie.

  it was one of those 2 inch wide ties.

  nothing bright or scandalous about.

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  Deviating slightly. There was a sister in my congregation who would wear skirts from time to time which were just above the knee. This sister was quite tall and I know from my wife that she had difficulty finding skirts that were just below the knee. She was never talked to about this until she had a part in the tms, and as soon as she came into the hall on this evening the tms elder told her she could not do her part because her skirt was too short. It was less than an inch above the knee. This sister broke into tears, left the hall and went home.

  Some time later when the CO changed the new CO's wife always wore skirts which were and inch are two above the knee. The elders did not like that, but none tried to talk to the COs wife about it.
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  2015 May edition of JW Broadcasting: the GB beggar

  by Gorbatchov in

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  tonight gorby and his wife watched a part of the 2015 may edition of jw broadcasting.

  we couldn't force our self to watch the full stuff, because of it's sneaky way of production.

  first of course the dynasty melody at the start, the world map background and the car salesman mr. lett.

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  I just had a quick look on the Internet to see what charge would be, and I found a figure of 15 cents for every transaction.
  So that would be with a 1 cent contribution, they would get -14 cents.
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  All Seeing Eye on WBTS Video!

  by Alan Forbes in

  1. watchtower
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  i was on the jw.org website today and decided to watch a video entitled 'respect jehovah's authority'.

  to my surprise approximately 3mins 25secs into the video, as the opening title began to fade, a symbol of the all seeing eye (eye of horus) appeared on the screen.

  the scene was not set in egypt, but in a hebrew tent in the wilderness where praise was being sung to jehovah!!

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  WMF

  That was a bit harsh.
  
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  The Divine Name in the NT: Some Reflections

  by Let go of fear in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been fascinated with this topic for some time now, almost to the point of obsession.

  after researching the issue for several years, i have come to a conclusion/theory that i would love to receive some feedback on.

  this theory of mine is one that will be somewhat unsettling to both those who believe the divine name was used in the original nt scripts as well as those who believe it wasn't.

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  Let go of fear.

  I like what you say. As for myself my mind was a complete blank when it came to religion and the bible, so JWs could just fill everything in for me, and when it came to doctrines I had nothing to compare it with.

  Now I have woken up and realized that I have been lied and cheated, it puts everything I have ever learned form them into question.
  
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  My Last thoughts in Field Service Before the Elderly Man Shat Himself and Pissed his pants in My New Car!

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  debating this was going to be the last day in field service was not hard after dealing with a nasty mess because i was grouped with the misfits of the kingdom hall!

  i was reading this website on my phone while something started to stink in my car and one of the weird kids nobody wanted to work with yelled "hey, you leaking all over my seat, he was freaked out too!

  " the older, retired elder, his pioneer daughter had forgotten to put his depends on and that became my problem.

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  One of the things I hardly ever did, was to stand on the corner somewhere holding up the magazines. I always thought that was really dumb. Now they are all doing it and pulling there produce from corner to corner in wheeley bins.
  
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  Germany Branch Visit May 10 by Mark Sanderson

  by Daniel1555 in

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  this saturday is the branch visit of mark sanderson in the selters german bethel.. there will be a video streaming for all the congs.. some of you might have heard branch visit talks of sanderson.. will there be something special or controversial?.

  i am not sure if i should attend even if it's just for noting or recording some controversial stuff.

  would be hard though, 3 hours of wasted time.

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  Just imagine we could all watch this if the feed could be hacked?
  
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  Mays JW TV Broadcast/Your feedback is appreciated

  by ToesUp in

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  i have a pretty good intuition but i have to admit i am going back and forth on the jw tv may broadcast.

  i keep asking myself are they really in financial trouble (wishful thinking) or are they just grabbing for more money?.

  i always appreciate reading everyone's thoughts and ideas on here.. let me know what you think.

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  d4g

  Good analysis.
  
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  Germany Branch Visit May 10 by Mark Sanderson

  by Daniel1555 in

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  this saturday is the branch visit of mark sanderson in the selters german bethel.. there will be a video streaming for all the congs.. some of you might have heard branch visit talks of sanderson.. will there be something special or controversial?.

  i am not sure if i should attend even if it's just for noting or recording some controversial stuff.

  would be hard though, 3 hours of wasted time.

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  When I said I was thinking of going I was just talking about the local congregation because I believe there is going to be a live video stream. So no Rock Star autograph. Let me see how I feel on Saturday.
  

  As for the big Bethel being built in the UK, I cannot make a valid comment. In the congregation I was in, anything outside the congregations territory was generally not discussed. Theocratic things were also generally not discussed, after all its not really allowed.

  One example, I was talking with a group of brothers at a get together and I explicitly said they should all read Mt. 24, and consider every verse in context, and nothing more. One brother talked to me later and said I should not be encouraging the brothers to read the bible on their own.
  
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  Germany Branch Visit May 10 by Mark Sanderson

  by Daniel1555 in

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  this saturday is the branch visit of mark sanderson in the selters german bethel.. there will be a video streaming for all the congs.. some of you might have heard branch visit talks of sanderson.. will there be something special or controversial?.

  i am not sure if i should attend even if it's just for noting or recording some controversial stuff.

  would be hard though, 3 hours of wasted time.

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  I cannot go, I don't want to puke on the person sitting in front of me, sorry.
  

  That is something I almost did the last time the CO was in the congregation when he said that the head of a woman is the man and the head of the man are the elders in the congregation and the head of the elders is the GB. He stopped there and left out Jesus and Jehovah.
  
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  Germany Branch Visit May 10 by Mark Sanderson

  by Daniel1555 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this saturday is the branch visit of mark sanderson in the selters german bethel.. there will be a video streaming for all the congs.. some of you might have heard branch visit talks of sanderson.. will there be something special or controversial?.

  i am not sure if i should attend even if it's just for noting or recording some controversial stuff.

  would be hard though, 3 hours of wasted time.

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  Driving Force

  I was was thinking of going as well, but 3 hours is a long time to waste.