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  Do do do do do you remember..

  by tim hooper in

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  does anyone else recall the big chart that hung at the front of every kingdom hall?.

  it would be about 5 feet x 4 feet.

  on the side of the chart, vertically listed, were the months of the year.

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  freddo

  I just about remember this - I was a tiny kid so I'm guessing they did away with it in the mid 1960's.
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  To all my congregation Elders :

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  thank you for coming to my house so often because you were so concerned about me missing so many meetings.. ( actually, the only time you visited was when the circuit and district overseers were in town.

  you really showed them how concerned you were about your sheep.

  i now know that it is more of a duty than a concern.).

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  freddo

  It's a little dance. They pretend they care and we pretend we wish they called more often.

  
  

  
  
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  Many Member Just Want to Believe

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  if you are/were an active jw, you are now here on jwn so, for whatever your reasons, you woke up to some degree- hopefully a great degree.

  so what i am saying may not apply to you.. i know that if i had not already left, i would have stormed out on the day they studied "overlapping generation.

  " i am quite confident i couldn't have stayed for such an obvious switcharoo just to make the end seem imminent and try to explain how wts was wrong, but not entirely wrong in the past.. but i had to wonder how that change (or others) didn't cause most jw's to walk out.

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  freddo

  >Leaving quietly

  Doesn't "fill the earth" imply extending the boundaries of the garden of eden?
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  Just stopped by to say hello

  by stillajwexelder in

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  must be two years since i was on the board.

  hope all are well.

  i still go to the odd meeting.

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  freddo

  Hello stilla - nice to hear from you again.

  Tell me - do you still get folk saying they miss you as an elder and why don't you reach out again? I used to get that but as I resigned in 2004 I guess they've got the message.
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  My "Un-Witnessing" Comments for this Upcoming Sunday's Watchtower.

  by objectivetruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i won't be there (fortunately) but perhaps my warm encouragement and hard work, in preparing these comments will help someone, who has the burden of attending the meetings, give a good un-witness.. 3. while on earth, how did jesus follow his fathers example?.

  answer - jesus at john 9:4 gave us a very important reminder, he said "we must do the works of the one who sent me while it is day; the night is coming when no man can work.

  " the figurative night that jesus was likely referencing was amos 5:18 where it says "woe to those who yearn for the day of jehovah!

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  freddo

  Brilliant answers - straight over the heads of the sheep though.

  Try this less subtle answer on para 10) What organizational adjustments have been made in recent times?

  In 1995 The Organization (may it be praised) adjusted the view on "the generation that saw 1914 would not pass away"; it was changed to a contemporary generation and yet now it is an overlapping generation - this means that we must always keep up with Jehovah's chariot-like organization or we might still be preaching old light instead of new. And we would not want that would we? (No!)

  Many of our parents' generation fervently believed they would be in the new system by now but instead they are now dead or sitting here in their wheelchairs, their aged and decrepit bodies holding out in the hope of seeing the great vindication of Jehovah's name. How thankful we are that Jehovah's day will be here so very soon!

  But how heartwarming it is that the number of kingdom proclaimers has increased by over a million since the old light passed away! (Starting to froth at the mouth) Despite the fact that the world's population has increased by One Billion in the same time means that 999 million more will die at the great battle of Armageddon! How wonderful our Grand Creator wants all to be saved! Hooray!

  Do you think that might get a few thinking before I get my trip to the back room courtesy of two elders?
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  Whose KH has the Blue Square jw.org on it?

  by blondie in

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  i have been looking and finally saw the logo on the kh sign............. .

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  freddo

  Oh yeah, there is one on ours KH...... sigh.
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  Just quit quietly - the law is on your side!

  by Ajax in

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  freedon of religion guarantees any individual the legal right to abandon any religion at any time for any reason.. if you are a citizen of a country which champions human rights, then your government doesn t care what religion you join, but they will uphold your freedom to join it, without interference, coercion or persecution.

  your countries human rights legislation will conversely uphold your rights when it comes time to abandon any religion you so choose.

  those (elders) who incite others interfere, coerce or persecute those who have left will be in transgression of the human rights statutes.. a person is only obligated to ecclesiastic law if he exposes himself to it or transgressed it while still a member of a religious community.. when your time comes to abandon the jw-wt cult, do it while still in good standing, be proactive - be decisive -put it in writing!..and do it before the hounders set sights on you.. write a card or letter with as much or as little explanation as you one day might wish to share with pharisees and lawyers.. take this card to a notary public to have your signature witnessed and have the writing overstamped in several places with the date.

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  My advice - do not rely on any outside agency to fight the WT for you. If you want to go without being df'd then leave quietly and do not incriminate yourself by opening your mouth beyond saying you have decided not to discuss anything with anyone.

  Of course if you want to go out with a bang then shout from the rooftops and write to everyone you have an address for. But if you do ... you willbe shunned.
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  Jehovah’s Witness elder jailed for 12 years for multiple sexual offences against young girl

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://ukpaedos-exposed.com/2014/11/29/david-dennis-gunnislakeharrowbarrow/.

  david dennis gunnislake/harrowbarrow.

  29 saturday nov 2014. posted by author in cornwall.

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  freddo

  Anyone here know how to get it to the "Tavistock Times Gazette" mentioned by St George of England above?
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  Jehovah’s Witness elder jailed for 12 years for multiple sexual offences against young girl

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://ukpaedos-exposed.com/2014/11/29/david-dennis-gunnislakeharrowbarrow/.

  david dennis gunnislake/harrowbarrow.

  29 saturday nov 2014. posted by author in cornwall.

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  freddo

  Well done Barbara! How can this be got into the hands of the local press?
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  Headquarters representatives visit to UK 2015

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a letter is to be read out at service meetings this week in the uk saying that sam herd & john larson are visiting next april.

  on sat 25th there will be a 3 hour programme streamed to all congs.

  the postscript (not to be read out) instructs congs that haven't already done so, to order the necessary equipment.

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  freddo

  Coming to a Kingdom Hall near you. Saturday April 25th at 2pm.

  Chairman: "Well brothers and sisters we're about to tune in to London Bethel - aren't we glad to be here shoulder to shoulder with our brothers in Bethel. Sadly (light laugh) our brothers in Midsomer Worthy (South) and Midsomer Worthy (North-West) will have to wait until tomorrow to hear the replay because we (smugly) are the home congregation and we lovingly voted ourselves to go first."

  Pause.

  Chairman: (anxiously looking at the sound booth) "How are we doing brother Nerdo? Any signal yet?"

  Brother Nerdo: "Err it worked this morning when I came down here (instead of going in the ministry)."

  Audience - shuffle - cough - murmer. (The autistic bible study's kid calls out "I want to go Mum!")

  Chairman: (blinded by the white light of the new projector - the one that cost 20% more than if the congregation bought it directly on line and the society weren't getting kick-backs from the jinormous order they'd placed with Panasonic.) "Ummm, hang on I'm sure it will come through."

  Brother Nerdo fiddles with something on the platform and Sam Herd's face is projected on his backside and for a few seconds the words " ... fraam the United States of America we briiinng the loooovvvvvve of the entire Bethel familyyyyy .... " are heard before the picture freezes and buffers then disappears.

  After about twenty minutes of useless faffing about the Chairman announces. "sorry brothers it looks like the link has gone down so why don't we get out our Watchtowers for a two hour study and brother "Useless speaker" will go and get a public talk outline so you don't miss out!"

  The autistic boy calls out "Mum I've been in my pants."

  And so goes the first mass listen-in in the UK.