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What should the WTBS do?!?!

by LDH in

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friends

well guys sorry i haven't participated much lately, i've been really busy.

but, i do have a question that i would really appreciate all of your input on.. it is no secret that young people are leaving jws faster and faster.

it is no secret that most jws are disappointed, and hurt by lack of prophecy fulfillment.. so here's what i was thinking: i'm going to post some very personal thoughts on what *i* think they need to do in order to stop the loss of almost 50,000 disfellowshipped and probably 4x that to inactivity.

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Is it Biblical to Shun??

by charlie in

jw
friends

this is also a duplicate.

the third one is the right one.. edited by - charlie on 17 january 2001 23:14:25

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Sickening abuse case in the UK

by Simon in

i'm sure anyone in the uk will have heard about the poor little 8 year old girl who was subjected to appalling abuse and killed.. i just feel so angry right now...how could so many police, doctors, social workers let her down and fail to act when the signs were so clear and pointed out to them?.

what are they there for, for goodness sake?.

they should all be sacked for incompetence and failing to do what they get well paid for.

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Do we need a 'Faithful and Discrete Slave' ?

by ISP in

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friends

there is a thread already started on the subject of the fds elsewhere but i thought we may as well deal with aspect.. do we need a fds?.

what would we miss if we didn't have one?.

what additional new light do we need?.

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Keeping a healthy bank account?

by ISP in

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friends

what do you make of the point in the feb 1 2001 wt, page 18 parag15.. 'let us accrue something positive in a spiritual sense each day, building, as it were, a healthy, spiritual bank account.'.

good works are good works but does their value accumulate some how as funds do in a bank account?.

i thought this was an unfortunate illustration/metaphor.

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UK Posters/Lurkers

by ISP in

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friends

i guess we are the minority around here but please check in or email.. regards to all posters by the way!.

i am from the north west.. regards.

isp

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Who really is the FDS?!?!?!?!?

by LDH in

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friends

hey all, hope you're having a great year so far.. before witnet was closed down, there was an interesting discussion regarding the fds and their failed prophecies.

i asked a question, but unfortunately there wasn't enought time to get everyone's view.. so i'll rephrase my posts, and wait to hear from y'all.. if we are so quick to say that the fds is a false prophet because of some failed prophecies (even tho they say they don't prophecy, we all know better) then how would you explain the bible book of jonah?.

a faithful prophet, jonah, followed (after much trial and tribulation to himself) jehovah's command to declare destruction on the city of nineveh.