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  Medal of Valor given by Obama to JW Grandmother - Check her Lapel Pin

  by Da.Furious in

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  this grandmother found the best way to advertise jw.org by wearing a huge lapel pin.. .

  some of the comments are really interesting.. link to article:.

  http://www.phillyvoice.com/obama-award-medal-valor-family-slain-philadelphia-police-officer-robert-wilson-iii-monday/.

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  Bad form, very bad form.

  But after all, we all know quite clearly she's mentally controlled by the JW.0rg cult-think.

  
  
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  Psalm 23

  by Truthexplorer in

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  Last thought in Psalm 23: "Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever," sounds like maybe heavenly hopes after some peaceful "all days" of ones life.

  So...

  I've got a question. How does "You can live forever on paradise earth" jive with Hebrews 9:27?
  

  If Rutherford declared that "millions now living will never die" and are now pretty much all dead, then isn't Hebrews 9:7 more likely than the misguided hopes in JW doctrine to never die and live through Armageddon?

  
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  The Big House Forced Exodus

  by ttdtt in

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  long video i guess addressing the many hard feelings of people getting the axe at brooklyn and other facilities.. the gist is - thanks for your help, don't let the door hit you on the way out.

  or scripturally saying - "keep warm and well fed"p.s.

  they are admitting that the are letting older ones go.. http://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodprogramsevents/pub-jwbrd_201605_5_video.

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  Out of one side of their collective lying mouth the GB is telling older Bethelites they're done, go home.

  Out of their other side they're still asking young people to apply, especially those with degrees and experience in some field of work they need at Bethel.

  Bunch of hypocrite, filthy-lucre-loving parasites!
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  May 16, 2016 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS IN BRITAIN Re: Donations to the Worldwide Work Using jw.org

  by wifibandit in

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  may 16, 2016 to all congregations in britain re: donations to the worldwide work using jw.org.

  adding it to the list.... may 2015 broadcast.

  jehovah will care for our needs.

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  I'm suffering from a recurring and chronic urge not to give them any money whatsoever!

  It seems to be exacerbated, irritated beyond relief, every time they ask for money.

  I'm hoping it's contagious.
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  The Congregational Make Up Research Project: WTB&TS wants to know you.

  by oppostate in

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  we have a bethel speaker on the english side.

  they're pretty regular up here since it's only three and a half hours drive from nyc.. but this is a special kind of visit.. it turns out he's involved in doing a special research project and the christian congregation of jw's wants to know us better.. in order for the broadcasting to address issues more meaningful for families, they want to know the demographic make up of the congregations.. he spoke with the secretary about young single publishers and couples 20-35 y.o.

  how are they employed.

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  The secretary didn't think that this was some covert action at all.

  For him it represented interest in the flock by HQ and the opportunity to help out on a research project for "broadcasting".
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  The Congregational Make Up Research Project: WTB&TS wants to know you.

  by oppostate in

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  we have a bethel speaker on the english side.

  they're pretty regular up here since it's only three and a half hours drive from nyc.. but this is a special kind of visit.. it turns out he's involved in doing a special research project and the christian congregation of jw's wants to know us better.. in order for the broadcasting to address issues more meaningful for families, they want to know the demographic make up of the congregations.. he spoke with the secretary about young single publishers and couples 20-35 y.o.

  how are they employed.

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  The information gathering is for the "broadcasting". I think that means that the want to make videos that have more impact with younger folks.

  Why they're not asking questions about the older ones is quite telling. There was the 1914 generation that wouldn't pass away but did. Now there's the just about forgotten overlappers who they're not really interested in except for their wills. Then there's the clueless new blood, the ones coming into their productive years, and those are the ones they're wishing to grab before they fade away.

  Bunch of filthy lucre loving, life-blood-sucking institutionalized vampires stealing and enslaving the young for their putrid organization's benefit!
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  The Congregational Make Up Research Project: WTB&TS wants to know you.

  by oppostate in

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  we have a bethel speaker on the english side.

  they're pretty regular up here since it's only three and a half hours drive from nyc.. but this is a special kind of visit.. it turns out he's involved in doing a special research project and the christian congregation of jw's wants to know us better.. in order for the broadcasting to address issues more meaningful for families, they want to know the demographic make up of the congregations.. he spoke with the secretary about young single publishers and couples 20-35 y.o.

  how are they employed.

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  It wasn't clear to me if the bethelite is visiting congregations collecting info or told the secretary what his job is at Bethel.

  Our KH not far from Boston, Mass., is older, the building is in need of an update or remodel, kind of like the congregants.

  There's a large majority of older folks here--the WT is their whole life.

  There are a handful of young families with young kids. There's another handful of teenagers.

  There are no young appointed MS or elders except for the Coordinator's eldest son, in his early thirties. Otherwise most appointed brothers are older, the old CoBE had to relinquish his job because he's over 80.
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  Latest on Otuo v Jonathan David Morely & Watchtower Bible and Tract Society + Otuo v Watchtower Bible & Tract Society

  by Adwoa Kromo in

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  a month ago someone inquired about where the case against watchtower in otuo v watchtower was at currently.

  firstly the claimant has brought two separate claims against the watchtower .

  case 1 relates to a suit in slander premised on the words , "frank otuo is no longer a jehovah witness".

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  Last Friday was the hearing. Any news about this case?
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  The Congregational Make Up Research Project: WTB&TS wants to know you.

  by oppostate in

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  we have a bethel speaker on the english side.

  they're pretty regular up here since it's only three and a half hours drive from nyc.. but this is a special kind of visit.. it turns out he's involved in doing a special research project and the christian congregation of jw's wants to know us better.. in order for the broadcasting to address issues more meaningful for families, they want to know the demographic make up of the congregations.. he spoke with the secretary about young single publishers and couples 20-35 y.o.

  how are they employed.

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  We have a Bethel speaker on the English side.

  They're pretty regular up here since it's only three and a half hours drive from NYC.

  But this is a special kind of visitor.

  It turns out he's involved in doing a special research project and the Christian Congregation of JW's wants to know us better.

  In order for the broadcasting to address issues more meaningful for families, they want to know the demographic make up of the congregations.

  He spoke with the secretary about young single publishers and couples 20-35 y.o. How are they employed. Do they own a home or do they rent. They want to know how many couples have young children. How many teenagers and 18-25 y.o.'s male and female are there. Also what is the racial mix in the congregation.

  [barf]This is just another example of how "the slave" cares for the congregations. [/barf]
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  Challenging JWs at Cult Carts

  by cofty in

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  if i have time i always talk to jws when i see a cult cart.. they are in a public forum promoting a harmful ideology therefore they are fair game.

  having said that, the individual jws on the trolley are not the enemy so i think it's better to keep it as friendly and non-confrontational as possible.. being realistic no jw is going to admit they are wrong because of something we say to them on the street but don't underestimate the long-term effect of doubts.. so what are your ideas for how to approach them?.

  personally i like to use the literature on the cart.

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  The best challenge, in my opinion, is the flip-flopping. Either they had it right once and changed to wrong then change to right, or they had it wrong and changed to right then changed to wrong again. Can't have both be right and wrong at the same time. Either the U.N. was bad or it wasn't. Why the Awake! articles praising the U.N. when they were members then giving up their NGO relationship once they were found out and exposed on the Guardian.

  Hypocrisy will be the death of them, I feel. It's something that opened my eyes. The cross was a Christian symbol under Russell and then pagan under Rutherford, but the gospels point out, in the revised NWT, the "mark of the nails" on the hands, so more than one, and not at all as it's pictured on the magazines since the sign saying the phrase about King of the Jews was above Jesus' head not his hands.

  Either they can call God, Our Father, and they're children of God, or they are just friends, in which case they can't call God their Father. Who does the Bible say is "our mother", our spiritual mother is the Jerusalem above not the WTB&TS.

  There's a lot of these reasoning points that make one think.