Posts by burningbridges

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Gleaning at Bethel

by Black Man in

jw
friends

want to see bethelites act like greedy scavengers?

just check out the tail end of bethel family breakfast, lunch or dinners.

for those not familar with this phenomenon, gleaning was when bethelites could basically bring their tupperware dishes down and store up on the leftover meals once the family was dismissed (usually by prayer, except for the bethel dinner).

burningbridges

oh, I REALLY like the youTube video idea ALOT!!!!!!!

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Pioneer hours change

by JWFreak in

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friends

it's just a label who cares

burningbridges

And of course lets not forget how great it makes them look when every year they turn in their report with higher and higher numbers of more and more pioneers!!!

In 1961 the Kingdom Ministry School was organized to train traveling overseers as well as congregation overseers. At first, the month-long course was conducted in one of the Kingdom Halls in the center of Buenos Aires. Later, the school was transferred to the branch office. With more qualified overseers to care for the flock of God, the number of publishers and pioneers increased every year during the 1960’s, reaching a peak of 18,763 publishers and 1,299 pioneers by 1970.

The Lees have to adapt continually to the climate, water, and food of the three countries. In a six-month period, they are in Argentina for three months, in Brazil for two, and in Paraguay for one. Although they serve the Korean congregations, they still have to speak the local languages. In addition to speaking Portuguese in Brazil, the Lees have to get acquainted with two distinctive accents of Spanish. Yet, they enjoy this truly international circuit. After two years, the number of pioneers in the circuit has increased from 10 to 60!

JAMAICA:

Again there has been excellent response to pioneer service. The number enrolling as regular pioneers increased 50 percent over last year.

"Throbbing with zeal!" That describes the spirit of our brothers in Mexico. The number of regular pioneers increased by an average of 35 percent and auxiliary pioneers by 30 percent. Among the regular pioneers are many whose circumstances are not unlike those of Angelita. With an unbelieving husband, four small children, and a partially crippled leg, she first took the matter of pioneering to Jehovah in prayer. Then, after receiving practical suggestions from the elders in her congregation, she began her regular pioneer service. Since then, because of her fine example, two other sisters in the congregation have also become pioneers. Now her husband too is studying the LiveForever book and is attending meetings.

burning

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Tell Simon why we want JWD to stay... our apprecaition...

by burningbridges in

ok, i'll start, maybe if we can all tell simon our reason why this site means so much to us he will reconsider and leave it here.

this site has given me the courage to speak out.

i used to be ashamed of my history with the witnesses.

burningbridges

Simon, are you reading this? We need you!!!!

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Tell Simon why we want JWD to stay... our apprecaition...

by burningbridges in

ok, i'll start, maybe if we can all tell simon our reason why this site means so much to us he will reconsider and leave it here.

this site has given me the courage to speak out.

i used to be ashamed of my history with the witnesses.

burningbridges

Definetely the friends, there have been so many people i now email and pm that i never would have met otherwise... and i too an using this site to try and help others "out"

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Tell Simon why we want JWD to stay... our apprecaition...

by burningbridges in

ok, i'll start, maybe if we can all tell simon our reason why this site means so much to us he will reconsider and leave it here.

this site has given me the courage to speak out.

i used to be ashamed of my history with the witnesses.

burningbridges

Ok, I'll start, maybe if we can all tell Simon our reason why this site means so much to us he will reconsider and leave it here.

This site has given me the courage to speak out. I used to be ashamed of my history with the witnesses. Honestly, I was embarassed. I have learned here that there are so many others just like me that have been through what I have.

I have learned that I am justified in my thoughts and actions. Not only did I dissasociate for my personal reasons at the time, but this site has helped me to uncover so much more about the organization that I never knew about before and has helped me to sollidify my stand that I took. That means a lot to me because I have to deal with shunning daily in my life and the support and encouragement I receive here helps me to continue to hole my head high.

I get moral support and encouragment from others that are going through divorce/ custody battles with JW's in the past or currently and excellent advice that I could never get anywhere else. The knowledge that I have gained here has helped me imenslessly, I shudder to think of the assistance I will lose by the dismantleling of this site.

Please Simon, take the time to read what this site means to us, maybe you underestimate the power of this site. Dont let a few bad apples ruin the goodness that the majority brings!!!

Brooke

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TO ALL APOSTATES AND HEATHENS...........................

by Warlock in

jw
friends

will you people f**king relax?.

please.. warlock .

burningbridges

well i'm a little f****** uptight about that comment now since it was such a blatant generalization..... JK!!!!! WHat do you mean though? IS something specific bothering you? I am an "apostate" but don't picket, try to convice people to leave, yell at people, ext.... what are you getting at?

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i hope this breaks your heart

by chickpea in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prdowbexrkm.

my family is in a nascent period of adapting to our child's .

revelation that he is an ftm transgendered person...... above all else he is still just a person...... it is a scary reality that the majority of the world.

burningbridges

Add he wants to have sex with women( when he's older...) becasue that is the way it truly should have been (as a normal, herterosexual couple), he just for some reason in the womb something went wrong and there were complications that caused there to be things assigned as should not have been, kinda like a birth deffect. If someone tried to tell you that you were the opposite sex, would you believe them? No matter what they told you, could you buy it? Live it? Do it? Well neither can he. ANd he shold not be forced to love soemone other than whom he wants either just becasue society tells him thats what THEY are comfortable with....

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i hope this breaks your heart

by chickpea in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prdowbexrkm.

my family is in a nascent period of adapting to our child's .

revelation that he is an ftm transgendered person...... above all else he is still just a person...... it is a scary reality that the majority of the world.

burningbridges

Black Pearl, ChickPea's child was born a biological daughter to the external world but the child knows that he is in fact a boy mentally and spiritually, so chickpea has a son, not a daughter...

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