Beth Sarim

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  Now you don't even have to go to the Kingdom Hall - ALL meetings to be recorded & available on jw.org (if you have a password)

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  latest boe letter:.

  october 22, 2015. to all bodies of eldersre: use of jw stream.

  dear brothers:we are writing to inform you that arrangements are being made for video recordings ofcongregation meetings, circuit assemblies, and conventions to be uploaded to jw stream (accessibleat http://stream.jw.org) in various languages.

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  Beth Sarim

  I think I mentioned on here the other day within a few years time EVERYTHING, will be digitalized. I mean everything!!

  What I'm saying is that out in FS everyone going to the calls in FS will have a tablet. They will show the householder the website, play a video or something and have the householder scan the Q.R. code with his/her own smartphone or iPhone and direct them right to JW.org.

  All Sunday and midweek meetings will be recorded and available anytime anywhere. The Sunday meetings will probably have one of the GB record a talk and will be displayed by video at the KH.

  Everyone at the KH will have some kind of electronic device with ALL publications, including the study of the WT. I truly believe GONE are the days of paper copies for everything, including songbooks.
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  Paris as an opportunity to frame religious extremism

  by NeverKnew in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in a conversation, my jw listener posed the sadness and the unnecessary loss of life of the bombings.

  also, something was said about a belief on the extremist's part that their actions would or could bring armageddon to earth (i wasn't clear as to where this came from).

  i recognized the connection that i believed was being drawn and that's when i went off.. the gist of my response:.

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  Beth Sarim

  The JW's jus get more and more delusional with every passing event. Over and over again, and everyone gets more and more tired.
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  Other Religious Groups Critical of Higher Education

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was reading an essay online about how witnesses are critical of higher education and discourage it.

  the editor's note said there are other conservative religious groups that hold the same view towards education.. there are?

  do any of you know of any religious group that works as hard as the jws at keeping their members stupid?.

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  Beth Sarim

  Any developed thinking skills which can make a person think contrary to what is taught, is outright discouraged. Or just plain demonized to make it dangerous.
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  Elder On Tablet During Prayer

  by jw07 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  during a prayer in the kh all our eyes are supposed to be closed, right?

  i've never been one to fully my eyes during prayers.

  i'll close them down, but just enough that i can still peep around at what's happening without being noticed.. there's something i've noticed a certain elder doing for the second time now.

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  Beth Sarim

  IMHO, elders are the ones who are supposed to be setting the example, like that of prayers. They should be the ones with their heads down and not fiddling with tablets. Hypocrisy.
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  Paris as an opportunity to frame religious extremism

  by NeverKnew in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in a conversation, my jw listener posed the sadness and the unnecessary loss of life of the bombings.

  also, something was said about a belief on the extremist's part that their actions would or could bring armageddon to earth (i wasn't clear as to where this came from).

  i recognized the connection that i believed was being drawn and that's when i went off.. the gist of my response:.

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  Beth Sarim

  These Paris terrorist attacks will once again whoop up the JW's mindset that the big 'A' is on the doorstep. Delusional.
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  Pot calling the kettle black? Their "own mouth has testified against them"

  by cha ching in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201511/organized-religion-dying/.

  pot calling the kettle black?

  no one can do it better than the wt!.

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  Beth Sarim

  The Borg has to give it's followers that ''all is well'' in the WT. When nothing is further from the truth. With the Borg asking for hand over fist, the rank and file cannot even sniff anything wrong. The Borg is very well versed at keeping the rank and file feeling unique and blessed in every way.
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  Why do most Christians churches have masonic and/or pagan symbols?

  by kabwell in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone looked at the local churches in their area and seen pagan and freemason symbols both inside and outside.

  i am not a jw but at least they don't seem to follow this trend.

  why do "christians" wear a symbol of torture and death ?

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  Beth Sarim

  I think that most churches and organizations have symbols and such just to promote their existence. Just as the Borg now promotes jw.org everywhere now including some fonts of KH's and even things now hanging from JW's rear view mirrors in their cars.
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  The Appeal and Draw of the Watchtower

  by Saved_JW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i first left the watchtower organization in 2008, a flood of emotions came back to me.

  betrayal, anger, resentment, deep depression from the relationships lost.

  emotions seemed to guide my viewpoint of others as well.

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  Beth Sarim

  Agreed!! Most people don't have the guts to leave the Borg. That's why the only option sometimes is to ''fade''. As mentioned, it can take years and years to successfully fade. Or situations may arise in one's life where considered ''wrong doing'' can lead to df'ing, which will present that ticket to ''freedom''.
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  The Appeal and Draw of the Watchtower

  by Saved_JW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i first left the watchtower organization in 2008, a flood of emotions came back to me.

  betrayal, anger, resentment, deep depression from the relationships lost.

  emotions seemed to guide my viewpoint of others as well.

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  Beth Sarim

  The emotional control of being shunned by pretty much all of your friends and family can easily over power anyone.
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  JAMES WOODS is in the hospital (heart related)

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  james woods has been a long time regular on this discussion group in all of its incarnations.. he had some kind of "heart-attack" and has been in dallas' emergency ward for several days.

  he also has a blood clot doctors are working to break up.. 972-261-4412 is his cell number.. he was in a talking mood yesterday afternoon.. i bet it wouldn't kill him to get some well-wishes.. james goes back a long way as an ex-jw.

  he knows where the bodies are buried :).

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  Beth Sarim

  Good Luck James on a full recovery!!!!!!