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  Awful WTBTS " infomercial " funeral service talk

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  w77 6/1 pp.

  346-347 mourning and funeralsfor whom?

  a funeral or memorial service?

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  freddo

  I went to a funeral about 15 years ago at the city crematorium given by a doddery jw elder who stuck to the outline.

  The woman was a widow who had never been a jw but her only daughter was and she wanted a jw funeral for her mother. The crematorium had seats for about 100 people and there were about 50 there including about 25 from the congregation and some "worldly" neighbours and friends of the deceased. I sat towards the back and there were two old women who were a bit deaf sat across the aisle from me.

  One of them says to the other in a loud enough voice for me to hear across the aisle "It's a good job she (the deceased) can't hear what he's saying! She'd be out that box and give him (the speaker) what for!"
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  Would YOU Have Refused Blood To Remain Faithful To Your JW Beliefs?

  by minimus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i believe that most witnesses would refuse blood to show their faithfulness to jehovah's law on blood transfusions....( that sounds silly, huh?).

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  freddo

  I did. I was 19 and legally an adult in the UK. I had the operation and (obviously) survived.
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  Awful WTBTS " infomercial " funeral service talk

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  w77 6/1 pp.

  346-347 mourning and funeralsfor whom?

  a funeral or memorial service?

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  freddo

  Times have changed round here - when I go to a jw funeral we get a reasonable eulogy most times. Maybe a bit about what Billy Stiff'n'dead "believed" but not much.
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  Taking on Jehovah's Witnesses fake Child Safeguarding Policy in the UK

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  found this on youtube.

  this is louise goode .

  shes also on facebook.

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  freddo

  "it's publicly available my luvly"

  Priceless!
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  Terminology the Society Hates?

  by toweragent in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in my most recent talk, i got counseled for using some terms that were not prefered.

  for example i said "new testament" rather than "the christian greek scriptures".

  i also used the term "gospel", but even worse, i made reference to the "synoptic gospels" and the "gnostic gospel".. i guess i never thought of it before, but when i looked at the societies information on the matter they always say things like, "the so-called new testament..." or "the so-called synoptic gospels..." why with all the "so-called?".

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  freddo

  Ooops, edited for double post.
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  Terminology the Society Hates?

  by toweragent in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in my most recent talk, i got counseled for using some terms that were not prefered.

  for example i said "new testament" rather than "the christian greek scriptures".

  i also used the term "gospel", but even worse, i made reference to the "synoptic gospels" and the "gnostic gospel".. i guess i never thought of it before, but when i looked at the societies information on the matter they always say things like, "the so-called new testament..." or "the so-called synoptic gospels..." why with all the "so-called?".

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  freddo

  They ain't too keen on "cross" instead of "torture stake" either!
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  Terminology the Society Hates?

  by toweragent in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in my most recent talk, i got counseled for using some terms that were not prefered.

  for example i said "new testament" rather than "the christian greek scriptures".

  i also used the term "gospel", but even worse, i made reference to the "synoptic gospels" and the "gnostic gospel".. i guess i never thought of it before, but when i looked at the societies information on the matter they always say things like, "the so-called new testament..." or "the so-called synoptic gospels..." why with all the "so-called?".

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  freddo

  Not "grace" but "undeserved kindness".
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  Are there any members here from Tasmania??

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just curious if there are any members from tasmania, australia?.

  keep yourself annonymous if you wish, but im just curious.. pm me if you prefer.. .

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  freddo

  @ gregor
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  AGM 2014 - How are faders gonna hide in plain sight anymore?

  by tootired2care in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so two big changes in the org were announced in the most recent agm.. local needs part is replaced by "how do you know the truth" where all members will tell their experience (oh what fun).

  basic pioneer role 10 only hours a month required (see, jehovah lightens our load, therefore he loves only us)!.

  it seems like they have really turned up the heat here.

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  freddo

  Years ago when I was an elder I would occasionally take the watchtower study as a stand in for the stand in!

  Anyway you always had a core of (usually) "spiritual" sisters - elders wives, elders widows, super-pioneers that would answer till their tongues bled and I was grateful for them - I didn't even like long silences when doing question and answer items for just ten minutes in the service meeting or bible highlights. Now I see them as mainly deluded zealots.

  You had as many sisters who would never answer. They were often "don't feel worthy" or "highly strung" or "panic attackers" who would just sit there dumb.

  If you are a sister just "join" this group!

  Brothers often were lame at answering - especially in bible highlights or service meeting discussions because you can't just see an answer in a paragraph without pre-studying it. Just join that group too. If you have social issues just play that card and say you don't feel comfortable on the stage. Or "develop" said social issues.

  The tricky bit is keeping your poker-face with your wife.
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  Is the AGM today?

  by hamsterbait in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anybody going or who can give us the noolite hot from the gb a$$?.

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  freddo

  @Hildebrando

  Any more detail on the 'basic pioneer' - 10 hours thing?

  Some publishers - non auxiliary pioneeers - do that and much more every month.