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  assembly day

  by loneranger in

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  8 years ago

  one day assembly..jan 1 2017 in central florida....1870 in attendance...13 baptiized (0.6%)...

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  smiddy 8 years ago

  Then those poor kids , yet to go through the teenage years are going to make mistakes that will define the rest of their life .

  Make a mistake and they will and be hailed before a JC ,reprimanded ,ostracised .shunned ,for simply growing up and learning by their mistakes that normal kids go through as they are growing up.

  It really amounts to child abuse when they have this threat over their heads that if they stuff up they will be DF and shunned from everybody in the congregation including their friends and family.

  Freedom of religion should never endorse this concept and I dont believe the founding Fathers of America ever envisioned this concept.

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  Mom died, How and When I found out

  by 3rdgen in

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  8 years ago

  hi friends,.

  it's been awhile since i've been talkative.

  thought i'd give you an account of my latest family dysfunction.. a brief backstory is that i am an only child whose parents were born in jw's.

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  smiddy 8 years ago

  That was a terrible experience you went through 3rdgen .Very sad to have to go through something like that with your mother and other members of the family.

  And the witnesses love to spout off how they are family orientated and have love for each other and their fellow man/woman.

  Take care

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  VIDEO: Queensland - Strathpine Kingdom Hall - 30th Anniversary

  by darkspilver in

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  8 years ago

  strathpine kingdom hall - 1986 to 2016 - celebrating it's 30th anniversary!.

  two days in may: the strathpine kingdom hall was one of the very first 'quick builds' to take place in australia.. now this newly released original 1986 archival footage - with voice-over narration, commentary and interviews with those involved - takes an in depth look of those two days in may..... note: in the thirty years since this kh was built, the jws in australia have seen a 5.8% increase in real terms.

  strathpine kingdom hall, 365a samsonvale road, warner, qld 4500https://goo.gl/maps/c49ulbhgchzhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brgoye2j2nehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz5hwvwgqmqhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6butuwk4oi8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0fz_zhbemmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=todlfytzzje.

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  smiddy 8 years ago

  Hey doofdaddy

  I bet you wish now you were throwing bricks at the brickies and not to them.I`ll send you a pm.

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  Why would Jehovah give Satan rulership of the World.?

  by smiddy in

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  8 years ago

  romans 13 : 1-7 "let every soul be in subjection to the superior authorities" etc,"the existing authourities stand placed in their relative positions by god" 2".therefore he who opposers the authourity has taken a stand against the arrangement of god ,those who have taken a stand against it will recieve judgement to themselves "etc,etc,.."..to him who calls for honour such honour.".

  isnt this plainly stating that christians should be supporting and playing along with the governments of this sytem of things ?

  that it is in fact an arrangement of god ?

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  Romans 13 : 1-7 "Let every soul be in subjection to the superior authorities" etc,"the existing authourities stand placed in their relative positions by God" 2".Therefore he who opposers the authourity has taken a stand against the arrangement of God ,those who have taken a stand against it will recieve judgement to themselves "etc,etc,.."..to him who calls for honour such honour."

  Isnt this plainly stating that Christians should be supporting and playing along with the governments of this sytem of things ? That it is in fact an arrangement of God ? Vs 1 , 2.

  On the other hand we have the scriptures that state the God of this system of things is Satan the Devil ,2 Cor.4:4

  1 Joh.5:19

  So on the one hand Jehovah God / Christ Jesus are telling us that the ruler of the world is Satan the Devil and then on the other hand we are to be obedient to Satans system of things approved by Jehovah .?

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  RC 2017

  by wifibandit in

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  8 years ago

  due to last years success, i will post everything related to the 2017 regional convention in this thread.. to start us off.... thanks to exjw reddit user ich3b we have advance notice of the theme (this is not a joke!).

  the theme for the 2017 regional convention is: "don’t give up!” .

  as always, if you have access to confidential materials you would like to leak but need to protect your identity, pm me or email me: wifibandit1 (at) gmail.

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  Matt .24:12 "and because of the increasing of lawlessness the love of the greater number will cool off."

  That will be their spin ,to convince the R&F that we are in the last days. So don`t give up .

  In the Bible their is a scripture for every occassion no matter what religious denomination you attend or believe in .Their is a lot of truth in the statement that the Bible is an instrument that you can play any tune on.

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  FWD: let's get JW's propaganda out of Disneyland

  by jacobm in

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  8 years ago

  not sure if this has already been submitted, but we need exjws to mobilize on this.. from: https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5kzyfn/lets_get_jws_propaganda_out_of_disneyland/.

  posted by: sweetpotatopeachtree .

  i submitted the following on the disneyland facebook page (link below) on december 19th after seeing jws peddling their cult propaganda at downtown disney in anaheim, ca.

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  Obviously parents today need to be more vigilant about where their children are who they are with and not put your trust in any individual or organisation that you once thought was a safe place for your child.

  Thats scary jaydee

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  When was the first annual report first issued?

  by no-zombie in

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  8 years ago

  the earliest wt annual service report i've found was in the january 1, 1948 issue for the 1947 service year.

  was this the first annual report?

  or where there earlier ones in other publications?.

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  smiddy 8 years ago

  I used to look forward to the WT Annual Report religiously to see how we were doing worldwide ,however after learning the TATT ,how can you believe anything they say ?

  Just saying.

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  help me think like an elder

  by Homer notsimpson in

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  8 years ago

  ok guys, i have been tasked to ask for your opinions regarding this case.. and be honest.

  my brother sexted a girl a little over a year ago, they never dated, and she got mad at him.... she got engaged and the engagement ended in august.. she attempted suicide, then talked to the elders an told him she was gonna tell on him too, now that was in august, the sister told my brother that since she didn't know his hall they couldn't do anything.. we found that doesn't seem right, so hes been freaking out, but ita now two days away from 2017 and the elders haven't speaked to him yet.. why could that be?

  could they give him all this time to confess?

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  smiddy 8 years ago

  What is it with this generation (non overlapping) that they sexteck each other .

  If my wife & I sextecked each other now we would both die laughing .( we are both in our 70`s)

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  Remember this old timers?

  by ScottyRex in

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  8 years ago

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qltpqze_kyi.

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  Their is no way I`m going to click on that button .

  Get behind me Satan.

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  My wife and I are hooked on European series screening on SBS TV

  by smiddy in

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  8 years ago

  whether they be norwegian ,danish ,french or whatever , having sub-titles doesnt bother us as their usually is a mix of english dialogue as well.. some examples : tracked ,the tunnell ,the bridge ,dicte ,borgen ,just to name a few.another one i`m watching now about the middle east the name just escapes right now .. anybody else watching these shows ?.

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  smiddy 8 years ago

  Your right Giordano Nobel was the one I was thinking of.The Israeli one called prisoner was excellent too.

  Dicte is about a female cop who was brought up as a JW and has flashbacks to her being shunned by family and "friends"

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