ElderEtta

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  New to this site.

  by KimD in

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  this is my first post.

  i feel intimidated because i don't really know computers to well and i hope that i don't break any rules.

  i became a jw in 1981. i left in 91. i have so many questions.

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  ElderEtta

  There is no formal record of this but there is such a thing as a "green hand shake" that circuit overseers Avail themselves of while they're making their tour of the congregations and I suspect that the governing body is not exempt from this practice but there is no record of this either.
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  Halls closing

  by iknowthetruth in

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  in my city philadelphia they closed many kingdom halls.

  my hall was desolved and most of the publishers were added to a congregation that only had 50 publishers.

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  ElderEtta

  Some IT skilled individual needs to come up with a website that tallies all hall closings worldwide so we can perpetually keep tabs on what's going on.

  Wait, jw.org probably already has that for us.

  Let's go check and see.
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  Kingdom halls.. the demise of..

  by zeb in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  would some kind soul create a site listing as best they know the names of and the countries where kh have been closed and sold.. ie 31-6-2017, mount tall cong, north kameria.. it seems like the kh are being sold off in a lemming like rush to the cliffs..

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  Perhaps then we should merge the threads
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  "No more than 40 years"

  by dynamiterose77 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in another corner of the internet someone stated that witnesses are proclaiming that this system will be no more than 40 years now... that "gog of magog" will start the great tribulation.

  can anyone confirm this latest "prediction"?.

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  In 1941 recipients of the book children by then President Rutherford were told that Armageddon was months and not years away
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  Remembering SuziDrums

  by 3rdgen in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello friends,.

  i don't post here much anymore but still check in to read from time to time.

  yesterday i thought i would send a fb msg.

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  ElderEtta

  So sorry for your loss but you all's experience was a wealth of enjoyment to me and everyone on this board

  Etta
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  goads?

  by road to nowhere in

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  2. beliefs

  the part this in the midweek meeting had a lot of questions about what a goad is.

  probably 10 of 15 minutes spent on it.

  and they said it was a stick with a metal point, which i doubt what with metal being costly, and a sharpened stick would do as well.. maybe next week we can learn about whips as in "we will keep whipping you until morale improves".

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  G.O.A.D.S. = Greatest Of All-time Destructive Sects

  Etta
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  Hidden history of the Watchtower religion

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the deeper you dig--the less impressive jw’s become!___________________you may think you know the men who are vitally important to the birth of the religion--but chances are good you’ve been kept in the dark.. _____________.

  did you know?the 1st case heard by the supreme court of the united states concerning the watchtower society involved a director (an officer) of the watchtower, william franklyn hudgings.. a brief description of hudgings and his character.hudgings was an attorney, quack doctor, self-identified ‘scientist’, a pro-zionist, and religious enthusiast who over the years held various director and officer positions in the watchtower society, and the affiliated people's pulpit association and international bible students association.

  at the time of this particular case, william hudgings acknowledged being the corporate secretary of the people's pulpit association and acknowledged that his daily duties included the administrative charge of printing of the watchtower magazine, the bible student's monthly, the kingdom news, and other watchtower publications.. (hudgings was also re-elected to the watchtower society board of directors in january 1919.

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  Excellent research Terry thanks for sharing
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  I gotta have a perfect K-Cup machine replacement

  by FatFreek 2005 in

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  yes, my keurig bit the dust after 14 years.

  i want one just like it but that models not available.

  it was only capable of a single cup, from 8 ounces to 12 ounces.

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  Isn't there a Starbucks nearby?
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  Two for One offer. You get one for the price of two!

  by Slidin Fast in

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  2. experiences

  did anyone else fall for this one?

  i did pre-assembly work in my home town, this was obviously voluntary unpaid work.

  i continued to do part-time work helping to support my mom who has been recently abandoned by my elder dad,.

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  Bizarre and rotten of them
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  "Are you the plumber?"

  by Jourles in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've been debating whether or not to post this story simply because the org knows who i am (post history from pre-'05 will tell you all you need to know), and i'm not sure if they would give my parents shit if they knew what transpired earlier this summer.

  but you know what, i don't care what they do, because my mom is dying of stage iv cancer and i feel this needs to be heard by anyone struggling with the loss of contact from their relatives.. for those who are not familiar with my background, i became a small thorn in the side of the wts while i was still in.

  i'm not big on being deceived, and for me, the org crossed my personal 'red line' when it came to blood and the child abuse issue.

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  ElderEtta

  Wonderful story Jourles, thanks very much for sharing and for your courage.