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  Best JW tall story/variations of it?

  by KW13 in

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  dont just list one, list them all so we can laugh because in all honesty i can't believe we believed some of them.

  for example, i was told annie lennox stopped a concert to ask if there was any jw's in the audience, and if there was could they leave as they were stopping the demons getting through...is this even remotely true?

  did annie lennox ask the jw's in the audience to move because they were stopping the snack lady getting through...and it got twisted through chinese whispers.... the other day (i felt sick) one witness was banging on about how amazing it was that the watchtower society's building was the only one standing still...wtf...my stepdad responded with a 'wow thats amazing' and the first brother was like 'yeah i know'...grrrrrrrrr aaaaaaaah screaaaaaaaaam .

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  Do You Believe It's Possible We Might Be In "The Time Of The End"?

  by minimus in

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  many religions other than jws believe we are at the "end times".

  some individuals believe the earth will really be destroyed either by means of god or man in this century.. what's your take?.

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  Why I will NEVER be an elder again

  by stillajwexelder in

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  so the po confirmed what many on this board already know.

  at latest round of co to elders meeting, the co quoted from the society outline.

  any elder or ms who encourages college for his kids or others or who allows his children to go to college will no longer qualify.. he then asked if i was going to take the cos encouragement and reach out again to be an elder and get my hours on the ministry up.. i replied "i will never be an elder again - i strongly approve of further education and college and have been through college myself.

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  What would keep you in?

  by DisconnectingDrone in

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  for those still "in" but looking for an exit, what changes to current practices/teaching would make you decide to stay "in" ?

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  For those raised as a JW...

  by DisconnectingDrone in

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  like many i was about 7 or 8 when my parents were baptized.

  being a child you naturally trust that your parents are doing the right thing and follow them.

  i was baptized at 15-how often i wish i could turn back the clock!

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  All the changes. Piecing it together.

  by DisconnectingDrone in

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  part of my job involves calculating what businesses in the uk are doing and forecasting growth and reasons behind the changes.. applying my knowledge with other bits of info here is what i suspect is going on.

  firstly, the magazines, we get a public and a private edition of the wt and 1 awake.

  that's 53.5 million less per month to print!

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  Tsunami Contributions

  by DisconnectingDrone in

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  one of the things that woke me up to the hypocrisy was when the tsunami struck in 2004. the elders used a box for a tsunami fund, we raised around 750, the elders put a vote out to use some of the congregations funds and we increased this to nearly 3 times this amount.. the congregation got a letter thanking us for the donation but requesting that for future donations we do not stipulate where the money should be channeled too (i assume the elders requested this go to those affected by the tsunami) as "they have already set aside money for this disaster relief and this makes things very difficult for them and all future relief money should goto the wwf".. at the end of the day they would not have got this money if their was no disaster-but that stank to me, i realized i was part of a greedy corporate empire that wanted money and didn't give a toss about the people affected by this tsunami.

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  Let's predict what the WTS will cut next

  by unbrainwashed in

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  it looks like there is a pattern of a major cutback every year or so for the past several years.

  from soft cover binding, no more subscriptions, 30 min public talks, members only wt magazine, book study meeting elimination.

  maybe i missed some others.

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  Looking for others

  by DisconnectingDrone in

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  an interesting note is you do start wondering if others at your local kh are in the know.

  i suspect our book study is.

  he is "ill" or on holiday during revelation studies that have wacky teachings.

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  Hello

  by DisconnectingDrone in

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  i have been visiting this site and others for a while (to be honest those items about how dangerous the internet is made me wonder what they were hiding).

  anyway, i have been amazed at how most of the issues i have are experienced by many others too.

  but for starters here's my main ones:

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