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  Unwitnessing Calmly To JW Cart People Yesterday

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  talked for about 45 minutes with 2 cart people .

  daniel wiebe (his vid) emily, and myself (csf) .

  caught them lying 4x on very important topics.

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  jookbeard

  good work Dan!
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  E-Mail, Just recived. About Bethell adjustments.

  by DwainBowman in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i just read an email from a friend, and she shared some very interesting emails from her friends about information on changes now happening at the bethels around the world.

  here is the email: .

  ---------------------------------thanks sally, jesus is directing the org and all decisions and instructions to us may not seem practical from now on, neither will we understand the reasonings behind many of the changes that the organization makes.

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  jookbeard

  I keep hearing the "speeding up of the work" they seem obsessed by this phrase when the reality is their work is moving along at a snails pace and has been for years now, their own worldwide reports show this, they are so deluded. "decisions being made that we might not understand" most people with a few brain cells will understand that they are a distressed business and these changes are being made in an act of desperation.
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  Is the WT SLOW-ly Changing the importance of the Door to Door preaching work to something more profitable?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  its been a couple of weeks since a new c.o.

  was appointed to the circuit and im starting to hear tidbits of his talks..

  one brother told me that in one of his talks he asked the question; .

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  jookbeard

  people asking for bible studies by the thousands! a statement rather economical with the truth I think.
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  RAY FRANZ TODAY

  by Scott77 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  its has been almost two decades if i am correct since ray franz released the heartbreaking books: "crisis of conscience" and "in search of christian freedom".

  since then, many of us have been released from bondage of the wts and set free.

  by the way, where is ray franz today, what is he doing?

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  jookbeard

  over 30 years since CoC was released, a great milestone, it will be another 30 years before we know it!
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  Introducing Myself

  by Peony in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've finally got round to joining the site (after over 2 years lurking!

  i was born into jws, pioneered for 10 years (met my husband at pioneer school).

  had health issues that saw me catapulted away from 'the centre of the cong' and wow what a different place that was!

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  jookbeard

  welcome, wonderful story, hope you add some more to it soon, and nice to see another Brit, I'm from London.
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  News Which UK J.W.'s Won't Get in their Kigdom Ministry!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  a source tells me the following: .

  for shropshire uk by the name of anthony manning has been removed and judicially reproved.

  portishead congregation in north somerset is being merged or disbanded on sept 1st 2015 due to "aging elders, poor attendance, decrepit kingdom hall and landslip" - of course the suspicion is wt just wants to sell the hall off.

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  jookbeard

  don't know this CO, would be interesting to know anyone who does, UK rates nicely falling, congs being disbanded or merged, the celestial chariot is clearly moving at great speed!
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  They know something’s up.

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we have the convention this weekend and many jw families are arriving.

  one family that ive known for many years from new mexico stopped by to visit my mom.

  hes been an elder since the 80s.

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  jookbeard

  very good John quick and straight to the point!
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  "And what happened next was simply unbelievable!"

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i always sit in the same spot, just outside starbucks in a vestibule area with a table in the air-conditioned space.

  i say "always," but not today.. somebody with two laptops and a table filled with business ledgers was in "my" favorite spot!.

  so, i took a tiny wooden table inside the coffee shop on a long padded bench next to 3 other identical tables.. as the clickbait banner ads like to say: "and what happened next was simply unbelievable!".

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  jookbeard

  great work Terry, amazing use of modern technology as well, you covered every base perfectly
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  I Made the Literature Trolley Run Away Today - Twice

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i popped into town this morning to buy an anniversary card for mrs cofty.

  it is market day on a saturday and it's tourist season so the town was very busy.

  here is a picture of the scene from a year ago... two cult carts were in their favourite place being guarded by none other than one of the elders who was on my judicial committee, his wife and another jw woman in her electric disability buggy.

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  jookbeard

  great one Cofty, I had a similar response this week as well, "not interested" was the exact same 2 words.
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  Can disassociated ones get reinstated without proving repentance?

  by maksutov in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the jw high-ups questioned by the australian royal commission (i think it was o'brien) stated that those who had disassociated (as opposed to being disfellowshipped) do not have to undergo a lengthy reinstatement procedure of proving repentance over many months, but can simply ask to be reinstated immediately.

  is this true?

  has anyone heard of this ever happening?.

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  jookbeard

  yes it was O'Brian, I've never heard this before (I'm DAed) but I've never known anyone being allowed back after being DA'ed , I dont even know what procedures one needs to go through