I remember when I heard that from the platform (only it was a little boy). everyone giggled and thought it was cute. I thought it was horrible the child was TERRORFIED and crying cause she forgot her notebook. Something tells me that child one day will end up here..lol I don't get how they think that is a good thing to teach your child that...
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"sweet" story from dub land( will make anyone else cringe with horror)
by highdose inwhy take notes at meetings.
a little girl and her family were on their way to the kingdom hall.. half-way into the trip, the little girl shouted: "stop!
" the father asked: "why?
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Photo of GB 2006
by Titus inplease, compare this photo with the gb photo in the book "bear thorough witness".
gb2006.
isn't that the same photo?.
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who knows maybe more of them are dead than they want the dubs to beleive. and there covering up others are running the show now? who knows.. but ya it does look like the SAME picture. Some minor changes. But we know the guy in the art department have some skill and could probably do it. It's just creepy that there in the same pose and everyting especially the guys on the right there. *shivers* and is it me or do most of them look way too young? than the 90 something there supposed to be, or should I say that dubs are lead to beleive they are.
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Anybody Know What Presiding Overseer's are Being Told at Bethel School ?
by flipper ini guess there is a special training school going on for presiding overseers according to my jw mom.
my elder brother went back there for a week training session .
he explained that they are doing this training first in the united states only for presiding overseers and if it works out well - they'll implement it across the world in other countries.. apparently he stated that the training they are getting is very detailed and to the point.
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THanks Sir28 I was freaking out. LOL I know the last one didn't have an overlap, so I was surprised when I saw 2010 in the text box. I hate that the text box pops up before you can do anything. UGH..
Spiritual Gems indeed....reminds me of the episode of Mythbusters where they polished a turd...
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Anybody Know What Presiding Overseer's are Being Told at Bethel School ?
by flipper ini guess there is a special training school going on for presiding overseers according to my jw mom.
my elder brother went back there for a week training session .
he explained that they are doing this training first in the united states only for presiding overseers and if it works out well - they'll implement it across the world in other countries.. apparently he stated that the training they are getting is very detailed and to the point.
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speaking of browser and favorates.. I hopped on the WT CDrom to look up something about kings of babalyon and I noticed I had the days text...for 2010! and it's the 08 edition,...SERIOUSLY?? what did they do download the new days text on my harddrive without me knowing?? Running my spyware scanner as I type this..
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Letter to all congregations in Canada 2010
by bobld inpledge forms will be issued to all brothers & sisters requesting for donations for k.h.,assembly halls,reno of k.h.etc.they did give some poor excuse as why this was necessary.my guess is that the brothers who made interest free loans to the wbts are asking for these loans back because of all the layoffs and the down turn in the economy.. bob.
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I think those are the congregational pledges.. like a congregation will pledge wto donate 100 on top of whatever else they already give..
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Does the WTS smell the blood in the water?
by djmac1031 inim sure im not the only former jw here who is noticing the subtle, and not so subtle changes in wts policy, and their attempts to make life easier for their rank n file.. .
combining the book study meeting with the service meeting / ministry school meeting and giving their members a "night off" so to speak (although they are of course encouraged to use this night as an evening of "family & personal bible study") is surely a sign that they understand their current r&f members can only take so much more of the wts complete control over every waking hour of their lives.. .
they have also shortened the public talks, cut down on the length of assembly days...i remember the 8 or 9 day assemblies as a kid myself, and over the years they have gotten shorter...a week...4 days...now generally no longer than 3 days.. .
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Well if they inforce having a DPA card they will lose alot more. from what I gather it's a replacement for the blood card..and pretty much gives the elders the ability to make decisions for you. whether your able to make descisions or not. Not sure how true that is, I haven't gotten my hands on one. anyone have one they can post or send me a scan of it so I can read it?
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Advise about my mom.
by doublelife ini just got in from seeing avatar and my mom had called.
i called her back.
she wanted to tell me that there was a documentary on a local station about jws.
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One of the BIG misconseptions every witnesses I EVER talked to or know. Including myself until I found out other wise is the whole "where not a cult cause we don't follow a MAN" idea. It's completly bogus. You look at the LIST of qualifications to be considered a "cult" and Following a MAN or one person is not one of them. the WT tells them this and gives them this idea to make them fell better about themselves. I would print out the list of ways to tell if your in a cult. and have it handy when you do talk to you mother to show her that it isn't even on there. Also as someone else said wait til you finish the book. Infact I want to pick it upmyself. cause I am nearing the talk to the family point myself. Not looking forward to it.
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Would Disclosure Cause JW Suicide?
by metatron ini agree with nick pope ( the ministry of defense official who was assigned to investigate british ufo sightings and became a strong believer thereby).
he feels that there will never be a 'big d' but only lots of gradual 'd's'.
i believe this is already happening:.
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Big D means DISCLOSURE. meaning they tell all about the "cover up" that everything is a lie.. even the Cake is a Lie!
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Sent anonymous letters to the society?
by Truthexplorer injust wondered if many of you have sent any anonymous letter to the society expressing your view points and unhappiness with the way things are.. i am in the process of doing this, but wish to keep it personal and not show it on this forum as there is too much in the letter that might give me away.
the letter will be very sincere and honest.
it will be about 10 pages long and i will be sending copies to the governing body and to the writing department at brooklyn.
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Yeah I know people who have wrote them with simple questions and told them who they were, the socitey read it.. replied and send a copy to their local elders as well. LOVLY. Email you got to watch cause they can get your ISP addy and find out where you live.. also post marks can give you away too. SOOOO Unless you can have a friend do it for you in another state (I've done this. make sure they cut and paste into a new email and not FWD though). I wouldn't do it honestly. The rats are everywhere.
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JW's a RELIGION based on PERFORMANCE! How dangerous is that???
by freewilly01 ini have come to realize that this religion is based almost solely on performance and that is the most dangerous.. i always felt that as a person or jw (while an active witness)that i was always just as good as my last assignment, comment at the watchtower meeting, feild service report.. this left me with a huge identity crisis in the borgorg......... i really didn't know who the hell i was?.
did any of you feel similair?
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Freewilly I had a nervious breakdown over it.. I rememeber I was close to 30 and got one of those emails your friends send. saying what is your favorate color and blah blah. so you can learn about your friends. I looked at the list and started crying, I had no idea what the answers was to any of the questions. All those years of doing as I was told and not thinking for myself left a big gaping hole. I almost offed myself cause I was trapped and didn't know what to do. Everything is all about appearances. How things look to others. Never mind how things REALLY are!
I remember I used to get yelled at for studing the Watchtower. Cause I was told the brothers with the mic could see I didn't have anything underlined. So I started underlining (I never learned how to study, always picked stuff up the first time in school so the whole underlining studing thing seems REALLY dumb to me). I mean just underlining any old thing just to make them happy. It's all about appearances.
Did anyone ever hear someone comment on how "real" the demonstations at the circuit assemblies and conventions were. I mean the acted out ones, with the over emphatic voices. And then the same people when they express concern for you. use that exact same voice. When I started fading as sister came up to me and sad "We Love you!" with that overacted emphatic phoney voice....I almost upchucked.