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  Please ring in if you have currently hold a "rank" in the WTBTS

  by stillin9 in

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  just wondering how many active pioneers, elders, ministerial servants, or perhaps even co's visit this forum.

  no need to disclose any personal information just what you serve as.. i am sure other threads similar to this have existed but what the heck.... i'll start off.... i am currently serving as a ms in a congregation in the us.. .

  so what your's rank?.

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  @ Farkel: It sure does!
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  Please ring in if you have currently hold a "rank" in the WTBTS

  by stillin9 in

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  just wondering how many active pioneers, elders, ministerial servants, or perhaps even co's visit this forum.

  no need to disclose any personal information just what you serve as.. i am sure other threads similar to this have existed but what the heck.... i'll start off.... i am currently serving as a ms in a congregation in the us.. .

  so what your's rank?.

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  @elderelite: I posted this question out of curiousity and yes, I was wondering how many of those in "good standing" or those who used to be in "good standing" based on JW criteria visit this site. The WT links pioneering, serving as MS, elder, bethelite, etc. with being spiritual. So the fact that a lot of people here used to have or still have some "privileges" is I think interesting.
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  Please ring in if you have currently hold a "rank" in the WTBTS

  by stillin9 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just wondering how many active pioneers, elders, ministerial servants, or perhaps even co's visit this forum.

  no need to disclose any personal information just what you serve as.. i am sure other threads similar to this have existed but what the heck.... i'll start off.... i am currently serving as a ms in a congregation in the us.. .

  so what your's rank?.

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  Just wondering how many active pioneers, elders, ministerial servants, or perhaps even CO's visit this forum. No need to disclose any personal information just what you serve as.

  I am sure other threads similar to this have existed but what the heck...

  I'll start off...

  I am currently serving as a MS in a congregation in the US.
  
  So what your's rank?
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  so on the "up" side...

  by elderelite in

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  its a "worldly" holiday and both my daughter and i are at home, not in service.

  i got up, made us breakfast, (sausage and eggs) and now i'm playing on jw net.. on the downside, my wife and son are out in service and i have to sit down and put together my service groups time and turn that in to the secretary... (although my son didnt want to go.. he complained "cant we just have a chill day".. i was going to let him stay home but he changed his mind to go see a friend who said he was also going out...).

  all you active jw's... did you or are you going out..or are you ditching?.

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  I went out yesterday so I am staying home today!!

  Your post reminds me though, I gotta turn my report in today.
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  How do you handle the wickedness going on today?

  by stillin9 in

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  we know in the jw realm, satan is believed to be the main cause of all the wickedness going on in our world today.

  after taking a quick look at news headlines, and seeing the crap going on around us, i personally don't find that so hard to believe.

  but i wanted to see how you guys handle the tragedies and wickedness going on around us?

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  We know in the JW realm, Satan is believed to be the main cause of all the wickedness going on in our world today. After taking a quick look at news headlines, and seeing the crap going on around us, I personally don't find that so hard to believe. But I wanted to see how you guys handle the tragedies and wickedness going on around us? I find the news depressing and sometimes can't quite get my head around all the crap that's happening. Is it just me? Has it always been like this? Is it normal? How do you handle it? Do you just ignore it?

  Looking forward to your responses.

  Stillin9, a human being.
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  Meeting experience

  by gutted in

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  this weeks service meeting was typical.. "where were you?

  " "i'm concerned about you".

  then the typical song and dance of the parts/talks, all recycled notions of doing better in the service.

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  Current Tally of Members at JW.net

  by nextdoorgirl in

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  how can we know how many members we have?

  i am trying to get an idea of how many have left the org.

  is there a place that says how many visitors we get here a month, too?.

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  Keep in mind though that some of the people who frequest this site are still in and are "pending apostates" or just not sure about what they believe.

  Me for an example!
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  Day 2 of the Convention is over ... what's missing?

  by wannabefree in

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  day number 2 is done.. there was an audio drama, sure, it adds some excitement, hey, its different.. final talk "stay close to jehovah, as jeremiah did" ended with the release of the book ... god's word for us through jeremiah ... not a verse by verse consideration of prophecy, rather, what we can learn from jeremiah's life as a prophet, considers information from jeremiah and lamentations.

  (of course informed readers of this site knew of this release already.).

  noticibly missing ... jesus christ ... to me it was painfully obvious.. one talk i think was numbing our mind to accept the generation bomb tomorrow.. i couldn't help but realize that throughout the convention so far, the vast majority of scriptural references are from old testament (yes, it was hard not to say hebrew scriptures, so i just did).. i didn't realize it so much in the past, but it seems like jehovah's witnesses are trying to accomplish what the nation of israel couldn't, follow laws.

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  what was the drama about?
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  Holy spirit making its first mistake

  by stillin9 in

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  well, it seems like that the holy spirit is making its first mistake!

  they want to appoint me as a ministrial servant!

  i wonder if that means that apostasy while being apointed as a ms is okay?!

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  Well, it seems like that the holy spirit is making its first mistake! They want to appoint me as a ministrial servant! I wonder if that means that apostasy while being apointed as a MS is okay?! This really puts me in an uncomfortable situation though, what would you do if you were in my situation? Being aware of the truth about the truth, should I tell them that I am not yet ready to serve as a MS or should I accept the offer and see what's on the other side of the wall?

  Stillin9

  P.S.: o crap! Isn't talking against the holy spirit an "unforgiveable" sin or something in that nature? I don't quiet remember.

  P.P.S: Sorry if I sound bitter, I am just really fed up.
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  Phone Territory!

  by stillin9 in

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  well, couple days ago i got stuck with a brother doing phone territory!

  man, i hated that!

  i kept on wishing no one picks up the phone or it's a disconnected phone number or something.

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  I guess it is much easier than going door-to-door, depending on who your partner is and the kind of people you do phone witnessing (aka telemarketing) with. But all in all, it's all the same bull!

  HA! I love the term "phone witnessing" LOL...why don't they just call it telemarketing? Is that too worldly?