Posts by Gayle

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Good time for R&F to preemptively question GB validity

by irondork in

with the new light in the july 15 watchtower, now might be the perfect time for rank and file members to question wether or not the big boys are who they say they are.

in light of the fact that the men who claim to be the sole channel of communication for all mankind could not even grasp their own identity for the last 100 years, wouldn't now be a good time to turn the tables on the elders who are so quick to drag a questioning dub to the back room and demand loyalty to the governing body?.

wouldn't now be a good time to put the july 15 watchtower in the middle of the table and ask to see the credentials on these men without fear of being suspected of apostacy?

Gayle

93 years later

Why all this time?

Why such an inaccuracy all this time? Can't blame it on "Babylon the Great!" (as it never originated there)

Will all the other "partakers/anointed" of the past (non=GBers) be blamed if they ever stated they were part of the FDS? (The GB have many times blamed their inaccuracies on "others!") Will they be DF'd if now they say that? Aren't they too supposed to be 'anointed?' Anointed with what? holy spirit too, right?

Makes one wonder, what else that is dogmatic now, to be unquestioned, will be changed some day, even up to 93 years later? The blood issue, shunning family, generation meaning (the '1914 generation' sure became garbled too, right?), etc.

This "channel" of communication with Jehovah, how clear is it really?

The 'static' of this "channel" is very untrustworthy.

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Special Assembly Day??

by DATA-DOG in

has anyone attended yet?

i am going to take careful notes.

i think i can make it through.

Gayle

konceptual,,please share your notes when you can? Thank you.

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Geoffrey Jackson of the GB to give a talk in Australia this weekend

by Julia Orwell in

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it's being piped from australia bethel to all the kingdom halls in australia.

apparently the meeting this sunday will go for 3 hours.

anyone here gonna listen/attend?.

Gayle

so, joe, nothing new? No stats even mentioned? Australia increasing in anything? If there were increases lately it would have been mentioned?

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What was today's video about?

by jgnat in

today was a north american address to all congregations, 2 1/2 hours, with a video from the governing body.

was anything earth-shattering shared?.

Gayle

poster, paladin, said he will have notes here tomorrow. Remarked about 'Zone' Meeting.

http://jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/250458/1/Special-Assembly-Day

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JW Divorce Rate

by sandy in

anybody know what the jw divorce rate is these days?.

how many dub couples do you know that got divorced?.

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Gayle

At least half of those who grow up in it, get married (most young), assumed and expected unrealistically, eventually divorced. Of course, due to additional expectations and disappointments, most leave the organization altogether then too.

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New here.

by joe134cd in

hi everyone.i have been reading the blogs here for some time and have just decided to have an in put.

i am still a current member of the wts and am sort of planning to fade.

i realise 2 things (1)i have to build bridges in order to replace the ones that will crumble behind.

Gayle

Welcome Joe. There is no specific one way to leave JWs. Choose it 'your' way. There are phases for most, depending each person. Take it slow and you will figure it out. It can be bitter=sweet, but sweeter and sweeter as times goes. Often, when we go through our 're-evaluation,' we realize there were many things that we questioned along the way, but could only push it back. Eventually, it all comes back for another review and the stack is notably immense. That stack can no longer be stuffed away.

So many best wishes to you!

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Special Assembly Day??

by DATA-DOG in

has anyone attended yet?

i am going to take careful notes.

i think i can make it through.

Gayle

Just a few questions please? I have been out before there was a 'Special Assembly Day.' Are these at the Kingdom Hall or at Assembly Halls or somewhere else? These now are to attend just once a year, right? So, are there ever baptisms at these?

Then, are Circuit Assemblies just once a year now or twice a year (as back when I was in.) And, the "Zone" meeting, how often is that now? Does that meeting depend on being in a certain country or is that 'now' done in every country. I hadn't heard of 'zone' meetings in U.S. before a couple years ago.

paladin, thank you for comments. I hope you will share any notes from the "Zone" after meeting tomorrow, please?

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Jehovah's Witnesses in Southern Russia Face New Charges

by AndersonsInfo in

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http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130408/180515407.htm.

rostov-on-don, april 8 (ria novosti) prosecutors in the southern russian city of taganrog have charged 16 jehovah's witnesses with taking part in the activities of an extremist organization after they allegedly resurrected the banned local branch of the international religious organization.. according to investigators, the religious groups followers continued to hold regular meetings after their local branch was banned in the city in 2009. at the meetings, they allegedly incited hatred against other religions, circulated extremist literature and called for military draft dodging.. the suspects also attempted to involve children in their activities and collected money for the organization, the prosecutors said in a statement.. the case materials will be sent to the taganrog city court after the suspects are informed of the charges, the statement said.. the jehovah's witnesses organization, which has more than seven million followers worldwide, including over 130,000 in russia, has been banned in a number of russian regions and in some former soviet republics over its religious beliefs.. the jehovah's witnesses branch in the russian capital was dissolved by a district court ruling in 2004, but the european court of human rights declared the decision illegal in 2010.. .

Gayle

Thx, Barbara.

Yet, the WT Service Report claim over 162,000 and increasing. When, people in a country, any country, are disgruntled or even bitter about their government, they, unfortunately, will sometimes be drawn to the WT/JW promise/message that God will change things "soon." Sad.

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Reform of Catholic Church

by Gayle in

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/13/world/europe/vatican-pope-cardinals/index.html?hpt=hp_t2.

at least they admit the need.

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Gayle

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/13/world/europe/vatican-pope-cardinals/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

At least they admit the need.

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Jehovah's Witnesses News, Library......on FACEBOOK!

by minimus in

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i didn't know the watchtower had that on facebook .

did you?

?.

Gayle

Was surprised to see in the "Photos" a few pictures of the JW killer and of the JW Whitney Heichel that was murdered last Oct? Otherwise, pictures seems to be pro-JW.