They are making it sound like there is quite a bit of an expansion going on in the US, which is disappointing. Good to hear that other bethels are closing, but if they are expanding here in the US, that doesn't do us any good!
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With all the bethel closures where are they going to find replacement GBs or writers etc ?
by mP inanother post gives the stats that about 20 bethels have closed over the last 2 years.
lets assume that this continues at half the rate in another 10 years there will be few or a dozen bethels left.
if theres no bethel in spain, portugal, france, italy and they all go thru germany what chance does that give jws in those lands to ever get a chance at the big bethel in germany ?
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I Didn't 'Get It' at First, Until I Got There......
by AllTimeJeff inif jehovah's witnesses, which number about 7 million right now, are a small subset of the religious world today, what does that make former jw's?
as with any unique group, you have to be one to totally understand, esp if you were neck deep in it at one time.
when i first left, all i wanted to do was say the things i never had a chance to when i was in.
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Sorry to bring up an older thread, but thank you for posting this ATJ. Enjoyed reading it, always love reading your posts even when I don't comment on them.
Wish you the best.
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My son was murdered today
by truman ini have been on this site daily, almost from its beginning, since i left the jws in 2001, but i have been more of a reader than a poster, as you can see from my post count.
i know few here know me, although i know many of you through reading your posts.
maybe it is not right to ask for support, when i generally stay quietly in the background of this forum, but i want only to speak a human misery of the deepest kind.
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My son was murdered today
by truman ini have been on this site daily, almost from its beginning, since i left the jws in 2001, but i have been more of a reader than a poster, as you can see from my post count.
i know few here know me, although i know many of you through reading your posts.
maybe it is not right to ask for support, when i generally stay quietly in the background of this forum, but i want only to speak a human misery of the deepest kind.
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What will you be having for Xmas dinner?
by Pams girl inim getting rather excited!
its only 8 weeks away!
this year, for the 1st time in 6 years, we are having a proper xmas.
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stillin9
Since Christmas is on a Sunday this year, we'll be having our weekly meeting! LOL
Too bad I still can't celebrate...but to those who can, enjoy! And that sounds delicious Pams!
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LOL....nice one!
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So anyone here went to the Zone Visit meeting?
by stillin9 inwell, i was considered spiritual enough (lol) to be given a red badge that said "special meeting, united states branch zone visit" on it!
what a privilege!
all excited, i counted down (not really but you know) to the day the meeting was going to be held on, which was the 22nd.
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Well, I was considered spiritual enough (LOL) to be given a red badge that said "Special Meeting, United States Branch Zone Visit" on it! What a privilege! All excited, I counted down (not really but you know) to the day the meeting was going to be held on, which was the 22nd. And what a disappointment it was! No live talks at where the meeting was held, all broadcasted from Bethel which made it all that more boring. It started off with a brief intro. Then summary of the WT. Then some reports on the ridiculous progress made in the field. Then the much anticipated talk by the Zone Overseer which was a Canadian bro. And last but not least, a talk by one of God's mouth pieces (AKA GB member).
Over all, it was just all hype. At least that was my take on it. Nothing too interesting. Funny how we are supposed to make note of what we heard at this meeting and encourage those in the congregation who were not able to make it (becuase of not enough tickets and/or not spiritual enough).
Any one else went?
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So what do ya'll think about the recent new light?
by stillin9 inyou know, the thing they were talking about in the 2011 dc.
it was about how the "toes" of daniel's image no longer represent all the individual governments that have come around in human history.
and that the anglo-american world power is the last world power we'll see before the end of the system of things.
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You know, the thing they were talking about in the 2011 DC. It was about how the "toes" of Daniel's image no longer represent all the individual governments that have come around in human history. AND that the anglo-american world power is the LAST world power we'll see before the end of the system of things.
My thoughts? I think it's just a bunch of BS. Some hardcore jw's were excited about this but I also noticed a lot of them who really didn't care that much.
What are your thoughs?
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Don't you DARE to get up!!
by stillin9 ininteresting points from this week's wt study (dec 15 2010 study edition):.
par 12: "do i encourage my children not to view the song between the theocratic ministry school and the service meeting or the one between the public talk and the watchtower study as a sort of intermission,an opportunity for them to leave their seats unnecessarily, perhaps just to stretch their legs?".
why do they have to make such a big deal out of everything?
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Thanks all for the comments!
@ Little Imp, Your post just reminded, what if someone needs to get up because of health reasons? That also is probably looked down upon!
I noticed that ironically, I am the WT reader for this Sunday's meeting! Better go prepare well! At least I'll be standing while reading!
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Don't you DARE to get up!!
by stillin9 ininteresting points from this week's wt study (dec 15 2010 study edition):.
par 12: "do i encourage my children not to view the song between the theocratic ministry school and the service meeting or the one between the public talk and the watchtower study as a sort of intermission,an opportunity for them to leave their seats unnecessarily, perhaps just to stretch their legs?".
why do they have to make such a big deal out of everything?
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@DanaBug,
Don't forget that the people writing these are all probably 60 year old virgins!