I once went to a door that the territory card said not to send a sister. The man came to the door without a stitch of clothing on and would have a long convo with you.
metaspy
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Tell us your strangest, weirdest, funniest encounters going D2D
by BluePill2 inif you where a brave little witness soldier, or even a pioneer (gasp), you must have seen a lot of strange shit.
the probability of encountering "interesting" people or getting yourself into weird situations is pretty high.. i'll start.
i have to get them together, but today i remembered this ones:.
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United Nations General Assembly Report on Objection to Military Service by Jehovah's Witnesses and others | June 3, 2013
by jwleaks injw leaks has published the june 3, 2013, united nations general assembly analytical report on conscientious objection to military service.. page 3, paragraph 4, of the report states:.
"the following non-governmental organizations responded: the associazione comunita papa giovanni xxiii, the centre for civil and political rights, the european bureau for conscientious objection, the european organisation of military associations, forum 18 news service, the german institute for human rights, human rights watch, the international fellowship of reconciliation, jehovahs witnesses, the quaker united nations office, the russian ngo soldiers mothers of st. petersburg, the union of conscientious objectors, and war resisters international.".
this 17 page report deals substantially with jehovah's witnesses.. .
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metaspy
Regardless of their official status within the UN - they are probably referred to as a NGO because they are not a government.
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What Would JWs Do if all the GB died at once?
by bafh inin another thread on the board, someone talked about their friend being a sniper in the marines and being very angry at the gb with thoughts of revenge.
it made me wonder - what would happen to the jws if in some strange turn of events, all the gb died at the same time?
how would they carry on if their leadership was snuffed out?
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metaspy
I have pondered this scenario in the past. I came to the conclusion that the legal dept would probably do a complete control seizure. The only other option is that the GB has already preselected other replacements in case of emergency
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So what exactly is GB 2.0 ?
by EdenOne ini've seen it mentioned by several people here, this expression "gb 2.0", but somehow i'm not entirely sure what is meant with it.. i tend to read it as governing body version 2, as in "post-milton henschel governing body", that is, when the governing body became separated from the board of directors from the watchtower society, or when the wts no longer had a member of the gb as its president, i.e.
the end of the "president's era" in the wts.. is that your understanding also?.
but in that case, with the death of russel and the takeover from rutherford, wouldn't that be also a watchtower 2.0 of sorts ?.
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metaspy
I don't have an OA book. Do I have to purchase it or will a free willed donation be acceptable?
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metaspy
There isn't an easy notation to show repitend
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Why Does The Watchtower Dis-fellowshiping For Smoking and Not Gluttony and Alcoholism?
by ÁrbolesdeArabia inhealth care studies are showing obese body weight index is worse than smoking "death sticks", so how is the tower going to address their growing problem of overweight elders and elderettes?
if a organization is able to disfellowship a member for smoking, why not do the same with other vices and crutches their people use to hide stress, emotional disorders and depression?
employers are asking for a bmi test a their potential employees to create a diet to get healthy.
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metaspy
I saw more than my fair share of alcoholics in the jws. And I never saw anything done about them.
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metaspy
Holy massive pictures batman!
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Differences Between JWs in the US and Europe
by BU2B inthere are many cultural differences between the general population of the us and europe, what about jws?
i have heard about such things as beards being allowed, movies that a jw cant watch in the us or would be frowned upon watching being ok, same with tv shows, and even the way they dress in public.
seems more laid back over there if this is true.. any truth to this?
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metaspy
A sister in a neighboring hall dated a brother from Germany. She lived with him in his families house until they married. In the USA or at least the Cong I was in - that would have been JC worthy
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Witnessing =Dirty Householders/bible studies yuck remember??
by Witness 007 inwe had a bible study women who collected all the qaurter left bottles of coke and would "recycle" them into one bottle.
a couple we studied with would give us coffee with lipstick on the cup after removing the cigrette buts and a quick rinse!
a study gave me a glass of water which was brownish looking....tasted awful.
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metaspy
I feel like a necromancer posting in this long dead thread, which was only resurrected 17 hours ago.
I once had a study that I could only bring the strong stomached along - Which I learned the hard way, as one elder I brought with me actually ended MY STUDY early because he could not take the smell. The man was single, had 2 kids, a couple pets and no idea how to keep his apartment clean. The first time he let me study with him, i set my bible down on the table (BIG MISTAKE!) and when I tried to pick it up, it was stuck to the table. As it peeled off, strings of some sticky substance connected my bible to the table. I washed the back of my bible with bleach when I got home.
I cannot say that it was disgusting to me, as I have seen much worse. However, at the time I did wonder how he survived in such conditions. More recently, with less income and worse living conditions - I find that I too have a "dirty" apartment that some JW would probably turn their nose at.
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What Is Security Like At The Bethel Compound ?
by frankiespeakin injust currious, when i was there you could sneak in but now security is a lot tighter..
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metaspy
They have RFID cards now. You can only get in buildings you have authorization in.