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  So What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Do Now?

  by minimus in

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  they don’t go to conventions .

  they don’t go to assemblies.

  they don’t go to meetings.

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  cart work seems to be all but finished to, and the cart where they used pitch up in my town still has canvassers selling utilities companies
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  US Letter Read Sunday 4/26 at Meeting - No KH Use and No Field Service Indefinitely

  by JWTom in

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  there was a letter read sunday at our meeting that mentioned some parts of us are starting to open back up.

  however, regardless of things opening up that no kingdom halls should be used for any meetings of any kind.

  also, no door-to-door ministry or any form of in-person ministry is allowed.

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  a friend of mine (exjw) received a WhatsApp call completely out of the blue last week from a brother we both knew, I reckon either of us haven't heard from him in about 20 years and the first thing he mentioned was are you trying to use a different method of recording hours, my mate was having none of it.
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  Were You Willing To Die For Jehovah?

  by minimus in

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  we were supposed to be dedicated unconditionally to jehovah god.

  we were willing to be persecuted to the death if need be.

  if it came to taking a blood transfusion or dying, we were loyal to jehovah and would be a martyr for god.

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  No. I would have taken blood secretly, and in any other scenario I would have cooperated with the authorities.
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  Changes In Canada

  by LetTheTruthBeKnown in

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  i am surprised no one has mentioned what is going on in canada.. maybe they have but i missed it.

  so here are some of the facts as i know them.

  ontario only.. sault st. marie had their six congregations whittled down to two.

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  jookbeard

  thanks for that info LTTBK, keep us up to date whenever you get more news in Canada
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  What the 2019 Service Report is really hiding

  by BottleGate_ in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlwfeoq2514&feature=youtu.be.

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  some amazing stats there
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  Don Adams has passed away

  by RubaDub in

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  i received a call from a friend in new york city that don adams passed away late last evening (30 dec 2019).

  many of you bethelites know him and he was the president of the society for a number of years after the gb got out of the corporate structure business.

  from what i understand, he was generally liked by many there.. some in my family knew him.

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  stood by silently for decades while they protected sexual predators and paedophiles, makes him just as bad.
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  Greta Thunberg...what’s your view of her?

  by minimus in

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  she certainly is passionate about climate change.

  🤔.

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  Greta Thunberg...what’s your view of her?

  by minimus in

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  she certainly is passionate about climate change.

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  I find her quite obnoxious and somewhat annoying and her rant at the UN was ignorant and the views of someone clueless about the ever changing climate of the planet , but as many say I feel for her being thrust into the public spotlight as a spokesperson for the clear agenda behind her and the shady dodgy people in the background pulling her strings manipulating her, I sense she'll be pushed aside soon as her credibility and scrutiny becomes more and more exposed, I feel the sympathy for her but the other Climatards/Eco Nazis in the news each become more and more exposed as being uneducated RentAMob types clueless about the real issues facing the enviroment.
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  FlyingHighNow

  by Ex-Witless in

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  hello forum.

  my aunt, flyinghighnow, has passed away.

  i don't know if you remember her, but she was a long time member.

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  RIP, yes I remember her, sad seemed a very nice lady
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  Not training speakers/teachers any more?

  by eyeslice2 in

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  not having attended any meetings since about 2001, for reasons of safety (sounds a bit dramatic but i don't like my wife being out on her own late at night where we live now), i have started accompanying her to the mid-week meeting.. when i was young, the ministry school and service meeting were central to training brothers to take the lead.

  you were assigned instruction talks, then if you cut it, you moved pretty rapidly to public talks - a full 55 mins at the time.

  i was just 18 years old when i gave my first public talk and this was a first step to moving rapidly through the ranks.

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  I cant imagine a Thursday meeting bereft of The Instruction Talk, Written Review and talk no 2,3,4 and 5, they even wised up to the fact that the TMS was doing the exact opposite of what it was originally planned; making good public speakers and gosh I've heard so much mind numbing hopeless public speaking from the platform of the KH over the years to last me a billion lifetimes, LOL. JoeyJoJo 100% agree with you.