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  How the Governing Body views their unpaid laborers

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  Gayle

  Some people are comfortable with slavery! When these have accepted slavery all their lives, how can they walk away from it when old. They have made their cage, and now must die in it.
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  So I had a conversation with an older brother...

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

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  recently, i was speaking with an older brother who is well into his 80's and is a widower.

  he explained to me that it is tough getting old and that "nothing works right anymore".

  he told me that he was able to get through his 70's with few problems.

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  Gayle

  They became comfortable with their lies. In all these decades, nothing could 'poke' their heart of truth. Their heart of truth died long ago.
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  New York Times Jan. 29, 2016

  by Gayle in

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  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29 realestate/jehovahs-witnesses-brooklyn-headquarters-for-sale.html?_r=0.

  another new york times article again,,.

  hope jws can see this and acknowledge that the org.

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  Gayle

  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29 realestate/jehovahs-witnesses-brooklyn-headquarters-for-sale.html?_r=0

  another New York Times article again,,

  Hope JWs can see this and acknowledge that the org. is getting lots of big money in all this. Hopefully many will surmise they don't need to knock themselves out in giving so much money to Headquarters.

  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/realestate/jehovahs-witnesses-brooklyn-headquarters-for-sale.html?_r=0
  
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  New Light: Clap when it is given a Reinstatement ad

  by TheTruthBR in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a new letter was posted in jw.org to the elders who are under the brazilian branch:.

  january 25, 2016to all bodies of eldersref .

  : clap when given a readmission addear brothers:we would like to inform you about a recent adjustment.

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  Gayle

  New Kingdom song: "When you're happy ♫ and you know it, ♫ clap your hands . ♫ . ."
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  2016-1-25-BOE on Applause or Clapping!

  by Atlantis in

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  just in case someone wanted this letter for their records.

  .. http://postimg.org/image/dn44a9m9h/.

  .. petra!.

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  Gayle

  I notice the manipulation how the GB are blaming the elders, never the GBs doing.
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  New Light: Clap when it is given a Reinstatement ad

  by TheTruthBR in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a new letter was posted in jw.org to the elders who are under the brazilian branch:.

  january 25, 2016to all bodies of eldersref .

  : clap when given a readmission addear brothers:we would like to inform you about a recent adjustment.

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  Gayle

  But, as explained in The Watchtower May 2016, page 32,

  is that out yet??
  
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  New Light: Clap when it is given a Reinstatement ad

  by TheTruthBR in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a new letter was posted in jw.org to the elders who are under the brazilian branch:.

  january 25, 2016to all bodies of eldersref .

  : clap when given a readmission addear brothers:we would like to inform you about a recent adjustment.

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  Gayle

  So aggravating, a small (inexperienced with real life) group of men, can make a law (their law) on such fundamental expression as clapping in joy. They have hurt so many people on their shunning law. Now, are they pressured with all the media exposing their ice cold policy of shunning. Are they trying to show something different, only as much that the DF'd person can come back, and the congregation can "clap" now. Whoop dee doo!

  I do remember going to one of my last circuit assemblies (late 70s?) when it was announced not to clap anymore for reinstatements. I knew then the GB met once a week and wondered how many months of Wed. mornings. they had to come up with that change then, of all the concerns they really should have been changing.
  
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  How do you feel about the expression "The Truth"?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  it's amazing how the expression "the truth" has become such an ingrained term used by witnesses.. "we have 'the truth'".

  "is he 'in the truth'?".

  most here have found out so many facts about the organisation, and felt the effects of being "gut-punched" as we realised these facts.. so how do you feel about the expression "the truth" now?.

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  Gayle

  Actually JW "truth" is a mind-control "program." I call it "The Program" when talking to non-JWs.
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  Massive Plunge in Number of New JW Congregations from 1990 to 2014

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in a separate thread on the very latest figures for the current world wide annual report of jws, discussion turned to how "we'll know decline has really set in.

  one of the posters said: .

  the figure that interests me most is the number of congregations.

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  on 2015 Report, 17 "lands" (7% of lands) dropped 235 congs. Ukraine dropped 142 congs from last year. What's the story there?, government? Poland dropped 23, Germany dropped 14, Spain 12, Slovakia 11. ????
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  Half of the cong was dancing last night

  by StarTrekAngel in

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  so went to the meeting last night.

  i had not been to one since before the holiday break (3 weeks ago).

  besides, it was our first meeting in the new format.

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  Gayle

  I have nothing against the music. Lilting. Upbeat! Then, when over in extreme contrast, will be followed by boring downbeat talks of the end, destruction, fear, judgmentalism, depression. Thus, the manic depressive order: "episodes of mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic highs" and again depressive lows, etc.