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  What was your "Aha!" moment?

  by Hortenzie in

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  for me it was when i learned that gb makes their decisions by 2/3 majority vote, not by direction of holy spirit..

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  UNSHACKLE the BRAIN CHAIN

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you can tell when you've been at the old jehovah's witness game too long when you notice these symptoms of staleness.. 1.it's boring!!!

  every "new" book reads just exactly like the old ones.

  adam and eve in the first chapter and armageddon in the last chapter.

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  Watchtower Eliminated the "Evil Slave Class" according to E-Watchman? True or False?

  by AuntConnie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  looking for information to make the july 15th, 2013 watchtower make sense, i came across the e-watchman website.

  is he a jehovah's witnesses waiting for the reformation or a apostate like all of us on jwn?.

  his post on the "faithful and evil slave" is very enlightening, according to his question he received from his readers, the watchtower said "there is no evil slave class" to eliminate fear the evil slave is working at bethel!.

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  "You're Stumbling Me"

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the wts sometimes turns the "stumbling" concept into a manipulative weapon.. the biblical concept of "stumbling" is that if you know someone else has a weakness you shouldn't do something that will cause him to cave in to that weakness.

  for example, if you have a friend who is trying to fight alcohol addiction you shouldn't invite him to go somewhere where everyone else will be imbibing.. i think it's perfectly legitimate for a friend to tell you that he has a drinking problem and that he'd really appreciate it if you would refrain from serving alcohol while he's over.

  but i think it crosses a line if the friend tries to manipulate you into swearing off alcohol altogether because the mere thought of you drinking booze will stumble him.. but some jws try to get others to refrain from doing things "so you don't stumble me.

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  A few Random Memorial Observations:

  by zarco in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  john 3:16 was highlighted for several minutes by the speaker.

  the new world translation: for god loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten son, in order that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life.new jerusalem bible "yes, god loved the world so much, that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him, may not die but have eternal life.

  "the obvious difference is that the speaker used john 3:16 as a guilt trip for those to do more.... exercise faith when the real meaning of the scripture seems much different.

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  My mom's love for me is based on well I am doing 'spiritually'---

  by QuestioningEverything in

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  this is the comment that my husband made to me this morning about his mom.

  i felt terrible for him.

  his childhood was very jw structured.

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  "Ring" or "Knock" ? --- "Once" or "twice" ?

  by JH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in the field service, i never rang the door bell.

  i would knock all the time, because a person could be working midnight to eight and i could wake them up.

  ok, the real reason was that i didn't want them to answer the door.. and i would knock like this: "knock knock knock".......then i'd wait about 30 seconds and then another "knock knock knock" but not any harder...and i'd walk away with contentment.

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  For faders: Is the book study meeting the first to go?

  by truthseeker in

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  any faders out there, which is the first meeting that you start to miss on a regular basis?.

  for me, it is the bookstudy - haven't been in weeks, no one calls, says a word.. so glad not to be reading the revelation book anymore.. from reports i have heard, the book study is the least supported meetings of all five..

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  How many JW's are leaving the the org each year - is the figure rising?

  by Must obey! in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think i've seen clever posters work out how many leave the organisation each year, or at least stop being 'publishers'.

  how many have been leaving each year since 2000?

  is the number increasing?.

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  The real story: Is your congregation stagnant, dwindling or thriving?

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with the 2007 service year stats out one could be forgiven for thinking that wt's problems are over, the child abuse settlement an itch in their bethel backside and the blood issue a minor annoyance.. if the truth were known, it is probably that more often than not, congregations are in decline, attendance is poor and few new recruits are not already jw family members.. so, if you know how your congregation is doing, if you have the pulse of your hall, let us know.. .

  my congregation (which shall remain nameless).

  dwindling attendance at all meetings (around 80%).

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