Genius! I absolutely loved that...took some doing, I'm sure...very well done!
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The Governing Body having lunch in their private dining room
by Nathan Natas inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evwlmvyqmu4&feature=player_embedded#at=216.
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New simplified Watchtower
by alanv inbeginning with the july 15th 2011 edition of the watchtower, the society are producing a simplified version of the study copy.. this is apparantly for the many people whose first language is not english, and yet they live in a predominantly englsih speaking county.. the normal study edition will still be produced but it looks like the cong.
will be able to ask for a supply of the simplified version each month.. this simplified version can be downloaded from the watchtower site.. http://www.jw.org/index.html.
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This is desperation. The operative word here is NEW. The usual marketing tactic to grab attention. Even if it's sh!t, at least it's NEW sh!t. This is supposed to excite the rank and file, and it probably will, because there sure isn't much else new for them to go gaga over.
So glad I'm out of this whole rancid organization. Thanks for posting this...it's at least a heads up about what they might be advertising at the end of this year's Memorial disscourse.
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Two elders are coming to visit at my invitation.
by Wasanelder Once inthe elders have been spreading lies about me to jw friends and they are panicked.
they don't know what to make of it.
i've never given them reason to doubt my faithfulness or to make them think i talk against the organization.
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P.S. One of the elders agreed that the "internet" is devastating the congregations.
Marvellous news - thanks for sharing. Total devastation can't come soon enough - it will mean freedom for millions. In the meantime, you handled your situation just great - keep the fade going, whatever you have to tell them!
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Post Songs of Rebellion, Change, Peace & Love - You-tubes Welcome !
by flipper in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyhvpb8g45y&feature=related.
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Post Songs of Rebellion, Change, Peace & Love - You-tubes Welcome !
by flipper in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyhvpb8g45y&feature=related.
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Can I Say Anything Positive about JW's to the Wife?
by punkofnice inmrs punk and i no longer discuss the jw business posing as religion.. all i get is a hand thrust into my face and a shout of: 'if you can't be positive don't say anything!!'.
i explain i am not trying to be 'negitive' but trying to be informative, factual and honest.
this is because mrs punk would ask: 'why don't you go to meetings anymore?'.
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You could tell her that you are encouraged by the fact that new releases are being kept to only 192 pages and the rags, er mags, to 32 pages. Some of the brochures are even fewer pages, and that is GREAT, because the planet is losing trees like there is no tomorrow...oh wait, is there a tomorrow? Maybe not, if Armageddon arrives on schedule...
At the very least, you're immensely pleased that the WT is joining the rest of the planet in caring for the environment. Also, the dropping of one meeting through the week shows they are committed to saving this doomed planet(?) by collectively saving tons of gasoline (worldwide that is) and heating fuel/oil as well in those countries where KHs have to be heated for parts of the year. Very positive steps!
Hopefully she sees the irony in this, because there was supposed to be more "gathering of themselves together as the end draws near" but it seems that has gone the way of the dodo...
There have to be other 'positive things' you can focus on that underhandedly show up their doublespeak. I can't come up with any more right now but am thinking...
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What is happiness ??
by caliber inwhat is happiness?
peace, serenity, music to calm the soul.. .
happiness can mean different things to different people.
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Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life. Burton Hills
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Will you be indestructible in Paradise?
by jam inwhat if you drown, or while working around the house you.
fall of the ladder and break your neck, or walking in the hills.
you fall.
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Nobody's thought that far ahead...this is where you need to stop speculating! All these things will be revealed in their own due time - just make sure that you get there and you will find these things out first-hand. (Gag me.)
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The JW funeral talk outline - poor taste or REALLY poor taste?
by Mr. Falcon inso i attended a funeral for a jw who passed away (non-"annointed) and i would have to state that although i have heard the standard funeral talk outline for dozens of funerals i've attended, i never really took the time to listen.
and my god, i was cringing.
the outline is essentially broken down like this:.
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Brother Falcon sadly passed away.....
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..but the good news is that we just received a shipment of Bible Teach books!
Priceless!
Anywho, I was at one of these infomercials not too long ago. Same format. What I took away from the service was that the deceased had a lovely garden; other than that, not much about the actual PERSON.
45 minutes of "what they believed" - I kid you not, doctrine from A - Z; creation to the culmination of 6000 years of human history, the coming conflagration wherein our lives would be scrutinized; were we on God's side? this was the real reason that the day of death was better than the day of birth - what kind of name have we made with God, whose name is Jehovah? Who else knows his name, yada, yada - so many scriptures; probably at least 20 in 45 minutes ... we had to pinch ourselves - we thought we were at an assembly, not a memorial with all the Bible page-flipping going on.
Feedback from the bulk of worldlies who attended was that they were convinced the speaker did not even know the individual; that it was a cult recruiting tactic to push doctrine for 45 minutes; most were totally OFFPUT by the whole fiasco. So if HQ thinks this is the way to advertise, advertise, advertise the King and his Kingdom, they're shooting themselves in the foot.
Worst part of it all was the big display of literature when you first set foot in the Hall - like a book signing display...horrible. REALLY REALLY bad taste.
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Pre assembly blues
by AnonJW inwell, im off to the circuit assembly tomorrow.
two days of sheer joy and missed sports!
!two days of the same twenty or so brothers giving talks(it's who you know so i am told) and demonstrations, reminding us of how much they enjoy god bothering people on a saturday.
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How big are your assemblies? Stadium sized? Near the end of our involvement, just for entertainment, we'd bring out the binoculars, much to the chagrin of most around us, (who cares?) and spend the entire time scoping out who from our hall was snoozing through the borefest, munching on something DURING the sessions (a big no no), or occasionally, catching the eye of another binocular user on the other side of the stadium (and waving!) - this truly made for fun times! Tuff to do at the circuit assemblies - but you could start a new trend...great times spying, er...keeping up with the brothers...there's always hangman, too - just bring a pad of paper and pencils...very annoying to those around you for added impetus...
edited to add: Dang, I see this thread is days old; too late for the suggestions. Let us know how it went anyways...