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  BOE Letter: New Adjustments

  by pixel in

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  **this was predicted from some members here**.

  to all congregations .

  re: adjustments in organizational terminology and assembly arrangements .

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  Instead of each publisher attending 3 days of ca and special assemblies per year they now attend 2. This means a reduction in assembly hall usage of one third. This means that more circuits can be crammed into fewer halls freeing up real-estate.

  In the past we were told that the programme was vital and beneficial. We were told to listen carefully because this was life saving information. The information took 4 days, then 3 days then just 2. What important information is no longer important? As they end is so close why are people less prepared and supported? When you eliminate the watchtower study, baptism talk, public talk and didn't we do well talk and introductory talk, there isn't a lot of time for much else. If they include the theocratic ministry school as well then you might as well stay home, there will be nothing special.
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  Do you pray over your meals? If so why? If not, when did you stop and why?

  by BU2B in

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  to answer my question, no i do not pray over meals anymore exept for when i am with other jws i do a 15 second head bow for appearances sake.

  i just came to the realization god had nothing to do with whether i ate or not.

  many believers are starving right now whilst many non-believers are eating like kings.. also why should god give me food while he lets little children in dprk concentration camps starve to death.

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  If I was eating manna or loaves and fishes given to me by the son of god I may feel the need but generally no I don't.
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  Why I don't Have Children

  by teenyuck in

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  i just read luckylucy's thread and wanted to tell my story.

  i also want to ask a question: why are women who have children viewed more favorably than women who don't?

  especially if the choice is to not have children.

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  Having children doesn't make a woman more worthy or important than a woman who chooses not to have children. After all there are many women who have had children and been abusive parents or just horrible people generally.

  Being a mother does not transform you overnight into some domestic godess, what it does is allow total strangers to judge your parenting style.

  Don't let other people judge your choices, you sound like a level headed sensible wonan who would be a great role model for other girls and women.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Say They Are The Most Educated In The World. How Would You Prove Otherwise?

  by minimus in

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  they claim their schools, literature and teaching are far more superior than any "worldly" education.

  how would you counter that belief?.

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  Since part of education is the ability to challenge and investigate information as well as peer review of material JWs are not educated since they are taught only to parrot what is printed, any form of in depth research is forbidden, thinking is forbidden and questioning the published doctrine is forbidden.

  I have to say that the materials are poorly researched, badly written and intellectually barren. They do not receive an education but an indoctrination.
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  My latest work - A Raven

  by nugget in

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  Will do that for the next one as am thinking of setting up a website and it will be great for me to see how the picture progresses too.
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  My latest work - A Raven

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  I have 2 pictures in a local shop so will have to wait and see how that goes. I was going to add some blue ink and put a background on but not sure at the moment how effective it would be may just leave it as it is.
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  It's official too: I will be DF'd... probably next Wednesday

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  i will write my story soon... .

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  Congrats.
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  My latest work - A Raven

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  Is The Governing Body Over Jehovah's Witnesses A Bunch Of Arrogant Old Retirees Considering After All That They Claim To Be Christ's Right Hand Man Directing His Dad's Organization On Earth?

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  these guys believe that they are running and directing "god's organization" and it is all based on some flimsy parable interpetation about a master who left a slave in charge while he went away with the outcome uncertain upon his return.

  not a very solid case to be pointedly honest.

  jesus would have made a better choice of donald trump to run his father's business/watchtower corporation, he's less arrogant and doesn't discourage higher education, and plastic children's toys are not a major concern of his.. what is arrogance?.

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  I’m an advent Crusader, last remnants of the Knights Templar, and an Ex-Witness.

  You need a psychiatric treatment.
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  Elder and CO just dropped by....

  by El_Guapo in

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  i haven't been to a meeting in over a year, and as you know as soon as you stop attending meetings/fieldservice the "conditional" love becomes more apperant.

  the coordinating elder starts off by saying how much he loves and misses me, etc.

  i ask him, when was the last time you called or texted me?

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  Good response and an excellent rebuttal to the "we miss you and love you" insincerity. JWs say it as if it is a given but actually do not offer any proof that this is the case.