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  "This Could Be The Beginning of The Great Tribulation!"

  by minimus in

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  i'm sure you're gonna start hearing that a lot now.

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  I am sure that the current financial crisis does not effect the 60% of the world's population who live on a dollar a day. It might affect the 36 billionaires that there are in India but the other 1.1 billion won't notice, unless of course they come in contact with the preaching of the 'good news of the kingdom'.
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  What's Your All Time FAVORITE Song?

  by minimus in

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  mine is al green's "let's stay together".

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  what song's your fav?

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  Snowbird (only kidding)
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  The Sheer Boring Monotony Of Being A Jehovah's Witness

  by minimus in

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  what a terrible way of wasting valuable time.

  going to meetings is the biggest scam.

  you get nothing more from going than you would if you read a publication in the comfort of your home.

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  I agree that many meeting were poor and boring. That it is not to say that some of us didn't go to great lengths to make our parts on the meeting interesting and also to involve the audience.
  
  I am just glad I am not involved and an elder any more - as far as I can see all the meeting now are pre-canned and scripted.
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  Nov 15 WT Study Edition - Appeal to help inactive ones

  by TJ - iAmCleared2Land in

  1. watchtower
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  heard today that the nov 15 issue has two of its four study articles targeted at helping inactive ones.

  get ready for the phone calls to start up.

  has the scans of this been posted yet?.

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  eyeslice

  If they really cared then they would always be putting effort into to helping former JWs.
  
  The local congregation will spend hours if the ministry round the doors but don't drop in to see me. I am certainly on good terms with most of the congregation and would invite them in for a chat and a drink.
  
  Calling on me would certainly be more pleasant than the reception they get at the public's door. But then again they couldn't count their time so perhaps that is it.
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  Do You Think George W. Bush Still Drinks?

  by minimus in

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  i ask because sometimes he looks like he's in more a stupor than normal.. interestingly, yesterday he said he was going to "meet with his advisers and the president".....was he talking about himself?

  cheney?

  putin?

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  Not sure about the drinking - perhaps if he did he would look as if he had more courage. Given his performance over the past few days he is certainly not the man for a crisis. Too me he has no charisma or and natural authority. I have often wondered who is really in charge - GW looks more like a puppet than a leader. Good thing he is out of the job in a few months.
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  Did you feel euphoric at conventions? Anyone go to Dodger Stadium?

  by BonaFide in

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  i did for a couple of years.

  i was involved with setting up food stands and night security.

  i really felt like i was contributing and this made me feel great!

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  Yes, both circuit and district assemblies were great. We used to cook food and serve hot meals even at circuit assemblies. And, the big 'International' conventions in the 60s when I was a kid were like refugee camps. Thousands of people, huge marquees, cooking for thousands and people sleeping in communal tents. Being a witness now is totally joyless!
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  A few questions for all you experts from my long JW meeting yesterday

  by AuntBee in

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  here are a few things that were said that seemed kind of dubious to me.

  (i had a meeting with 2 women that came to the door - full story in the thread "i received the knock...").

  they baptize in the name of the father, son and holy spirit.

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  eyeslice

  And, as with everything with active witnesses, there is an element of self-deception. When I was in, like many others here, I saw things a lot differently.
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  How Do You Deal With Elders?

  by minimus in

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  if an elder or elders demanded that they wanted to talk to you, what would you do?.

  if the elders began "questioning" you, how would you deal with them?.

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  eyeslice

  I don't get too much attention from the elders that I served with for nearly 25 years. As an ex-elder, I think they are all slightly frightened of me.
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  And this is it!

  by eyeslice in

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  my one thousandth post - my milestone before the board closes!

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  My one thousandth post - my milestone before the board closes!
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  The"smelly stuff "hits the fan

  by wobble in

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  thurs @ 4 p,m bst (british summer time) the p.o ,or should i say now de-moted co-ordinator(i wonder if he knows?

  ) and a mincer are coming to encourage me.this is the official heavy visit i reckon.

  i havn't been to a meeting since about april this year and have been inactive since a year before that.. i do not want to be d'f'd or to disassociate as i have all my family still in,my dear old mum(nearly ninety,in da troof sixty years) right down to great nephews and nieces etc.

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  Be careful of questions like "Do you still consider yourself a JW?" If you answer such a question any way besides "yes," they may disassociate you. - Good point
  
  An answer like I still believe in the sovereignty of God and acknowledge in my heart that 'Jesus is Lord' confuses them. They start to think you are a bit of a born again but really can't say too much. After all it is straight from the Bible.