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  My Assembly Experience

  by Clambake in

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  jw literally take forever to say nothing.

  after a whole day of listening how to obtain peace , i am not sure if i obtain peace from obeying mosaic law, having a relationship to jehovah though jesus or be baptized and have a direct line to jehovah.

  every speaker tries to out bore and contract the other one.

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  Thanks for sharing.
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  Why the JW's mental image of Paradise is a pipe dream

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  yesterday during the witchtower study, every one was.

  talking about how wonderful paradise will be with no food.

  shortages, perfect weather, no pollution, no disease, and be.

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  I think the Witnesses like to now say the "New Order" or the "New System of Things" instead of Paradise. How would you like to live there with the elders running the show?
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  Summarize every the meeting in 20 seconds

  by Sour Grapes in

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  the world is full of wickedness.. the end is very near.. we must do more.. how thankful we are for the governing body.

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  I forgot about the money.
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  Be honest with me "how soon is soon?"

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the witchtower is being more careful now about putting a date.

  out there for the beginning of the great tribulation.

  they have learned their lesson from 1975. however they sure.

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  "Brother, when are you coming back to the meetings?"

  "Soon"

  "When will you go in service with me?"

  "Soon"

  "Brother, when can we come over for a visit ?"

  "Soon"
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  Summarize every the meeting in 20 seconds

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the world is full of wickedness.. the end is very near.. we must do more.. how thankful we are for the governing body.

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  The world is full of wickedness.

  The end is very near.

  We must do more.

  How thankful we are for the Governing Body.
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  Be honest with me "how soon is soon?"

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the witchtower is being more careful now about putting a date.

  out there for the beginning of the great tribulation.

  they have learned their lesson from 1975. however they sure.

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  I am still waiting for soon to be here.
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  1975 failed prediction?

  by Garrett in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  heyo,.

  your favorite garrett here.

  so, i'm about to have an elder tell me allll about the failed 1975 doctrine.

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  They will continue to deny the 1975 hoax, however as long as there are eye witnesses it will be tough to deny. The big thing in my day and this was said from the platform "stay alive till 75." Maybe they meant 2075. At our circuit assemblies we had a countdown of the months until the fall of 1975. This started about 5 years before 1975 and it disappeared in 1976. I was going to take a 2 year college course in 1968 and I was talked out of it by two elders because it showed a lack of faith and my education would not be needed in 7 years. That was almost a half of a century ago. Time flies when you are having a good time.

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  One day assembly

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  at a recent one day assembly i walked away with the thought that the wtbts sure does not like witnesses who have the opportunity to make a good living.

  there were, in one day, three experiences of witnesses who turned down "6 figure salaries" because there would be some traveling involved and some meetings would be missed as well as missing family worship night.

  i thought it strange that the exact phrase was used of "6 figure salary".

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  At a recent one day assembly I walked away with the thought that the WTBTS sure does not like Witnesses who have the opportunity to make a good living. There were, in one day, three experiences of Witnesses who turned down "6 figure salaries" because there would be some traveling involved and some meetings would be missed as well as missing Family Worship Night. I thought it strange that the exact phrase was used of "6 figure salary". I guess the end is so close that they don't have to worry about their retirement and who needs the extra money anyway.

  It was also announced in the afternoon that there is a $11,000 deficit for the day at the assembly hall and that they were sure that with every ones help that this would be taken care of. Keep them poor and keep asking for more. For the first time my wife asked me how the expenses could be so much for one day? The WTBTS has got a real racket going on. Now there are two different circuits that meet on Saturday and Sunday and they charge $12,000 for each day. I remember not that long ago that it was $8,000 for two days.

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  Mandatory voting in USA

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am sure that president obama's saying today that mandatory voting in the usa would be a good thing is going to get the witnesses all excited as they look forward to being persecuted for not voting.

  just another sign showing how deep we are into the times of the end and how close they are to burying billions of people who don't read the watchtower.. sour grapes .

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  I am sure that President Obama's saying today that mandatory voting in the USA would be a good thing is going to get the Witnesses all excited as they look forward to being persecuted for not voting. Just another sign showing how deep we are into the times of the end and how close they are to burying billions of people who don't read the Watchtower.

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  What are the Witnesses Afraid Of ?

  by Sour Grapes in

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  2. friends

  if the witnesses have the truth and have been going to meetings for many years and every week they learn how to be effective in the ministry and learn about the bible on sundays and every week have a family worship night, why are they afraid to talk to anyone who doesn't agree with them or question their beliefs?

  if they have the truth then nothing can refute it.

  the truth is the truth.

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  If the Witnesses have the Truth and have been going to meetings for many years and every week they learn how to be effective in the ministry and learn about the Bible on Sundays and every week have a Family Worship Night, why are they afraid to talk to anyone who doesn't agree with them or question their beliefs? If they have the Truth then nothing can refute it. The truth is the truth. They either can't explain what they believe, they don't know what they believe, they don't care what they believe, or maybe it is as simple as they don't have the Truth. Maybe the easy way out is to say "Oh my God it is an apostate, we can't talk to you". Then they will brag to other Witnesses that they came across an apostate in service like it is a badge of honor.

  Even if you were not a Witness and do not go to church and don't believe if God, they would still call you an apostate if you ask them about the overlapping generations or is it fair to need two witnesses in child molesting cases.

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