Posts by sacolton

well, our local needs talk was a bit out of the ordinary - normally it's something mundane like improving bible studies.. after harping on about the good things the congregation is doing, we got to the meat.. there are 100 publishers in the cong - 40% of them are irregular meeting attenders.. the elder said that those who are irregular at meetings are also irregular on field service.. he also said the elders would continue to shepherd these ones, yet most of us never get as shepherding call.. he said that those who've lost their joy feel this way because they don't fellowship often enough and lack appreciation for sacred things.. there are those who are liberal, manifest an independent spirit and have worldly associations.. he even said that those who need to hear this counsel are those who are missing.. .

oh well.

i suppose it's good news..

sacolton

"Are you gonna attend meetings regularly now?"

"YES!"

"Say it with zeal, Brother."

"YEEESSSS!"

"Why don't I believe you? You missed three meetings this month. Don't you love Jehovah?"

"NOOO!!! ... I mean, YEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!!!"

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Local needs: 40% of the congregation are irregular at meetings

by truthseeker in

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well, our local needs talk was a bit out of the ordinary - normally it's something mundane like improving bible studies.. after harping on about the good things the congregation is doing, we got to the meat.. there are 100 publishers in the cong - 40% of them are irregular meeting attenders.. the elder said that those who are irregular at meetings are also irregular on field service.. he also said the elders would continue to shepherd these ones, yet most of us never get as shepherding call.. he said that those who've lost their joy feel this way because they don't fellowship often enough and lack appreciation for sacred things.. there are those who are liberal, manifest an independent spirit and have worldly associations.. he even said that those who need to hear this counsel are those who are missing.. .

oh well.

i suppose it's good news..

sacolton

Guilt-trips ... yeah. Always got a heavy dose after taking a week off ...

"Hey, Brother, where have you been? We missed you!" (Yeah, right!)

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Why do we get stumbled out of JW's because of imperfect people?

by reniaa in

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i see this a lot on this forum, loads of people saying they left jw's because of "hypocritical ....... ( put elder, pioneer, couple, sister, brother, governing body) here.. but?.

why would you expect any man-run organisation if you believe the bible, to have to be perfect and not be full of imperfect people that will come across as hypocritical?.

the bible examples from israelites onwards name anyone :- moses, king david, pharasees, paul the one thing the bible doesn't do is white-wash them it shows that however much we follow the laws we are always fighting our own imperfection usually failing every time and needing to be corrected sometimes punished (moses had to give-up chance of seeing the foretold land), so why do we hold this against jw's as a reasons not to be a jw's anymore?.

sacolton

He asked TO WHOM ELSE are we to go. Doctrines will be flawed, yes. The truth isn't an org...it is Jesus and trusting in him

AMEN!!!

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When you look back do you wonder how the hell you believed it all ?

by karter in

any takers

sacolton

Realizing that being a Jehovah's Witness means to be arrogant and haughty. I used to view non-JWs as evil bad associations and suspected them without really knowing why. Now, as a ex-JW, I really like everyone ... no more hate and fear. You just have to wake up sometime.

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Who CONFIRMED the BIG announcement about the Book Study?

by Alligator Wisdom in

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this seems to be the topic of the week, if not this year.. out of the many points and countless threads about this topic, many have been speculative and of the reminiscing sort.

i was wondering how many confirmations we have about this.

there were only a few that sounded like confirmations that i found posted on this site.

sacolton

but why is this taking effect on January 2009? Why not immediately?

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Reasons for change in meetings and book study

by JWRESEARCH in

there were already a few topics and posts about the motifs behind the changes, but i think we can unite them all in just one topic.. for a start i will say thar the letter that is going to be read next weekend, says that gb wants to reduce the burden (quotes acts 15:28), and adds that in many countries the gas (petroleum) is at a very high cost for some families.

then it makes a suggestion to use the same day for study at home with family.. of course that the text of hebrew 10:25 is not quoted!

- if we are more close to the end it should be taken the opposite measure!.

sacolton

I don't think the WTBTS cares less about the gas prices. If the price of gas is going to affect the meeting, doesn't that say alot about their zeal for Jehovah? "We gotta cut one meeting of spiritual food at this time of the end because Joe Six Pack can't afford $5.00 of gas." That would be like surrendering to this evil system.

No, it's all about more control and less pedophiles having access to children at homes.

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X-JW resume builders. Caption THIS!

by BurnTheShips in

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know of any way to creatively spin x-dubdom into a resume plus?.

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sacolton

"My strengths? Well, I'm very good at deceiving people to believe a lie. I owe that to my years in Bethel."

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Big Announcement could be a Sting against JWD

by OnTheWayOut in

i am sure some of you remember speculation in the past that the borg would.

start false letters to smoke out the elders that are passing on the information .

to the evil apostates.. "a big announcement on april 24th" sounds like it could fit the bill.

sacolton

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