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  Disaster preparedness

  by ElderBerry in

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  as your family considers its disaster preparedness plan, please ensure that the secretary has up-to-date contact information for you and your emergency contact.

  also, we have re- peatedly seen good results when brothers and sisters are prepared with go bags and are ready to obey direction when they face various kinds of disasters.

  please be sure you have a go bag, and review its contents at least once a year.

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  hoser

  Like Baalamsass said

  Make sure you have a full tank of gas and if possible a couple of jerry cans full as well that you can take to extend your journey.

  water and food for 2 weeks if you have to shelter in place

  $2000 in cash if you can’t get to your bank and the power is down

  as far as following the directions of the elders, many of them can’t organize their own lives properly so I wouldn’t take their advice.

  Follow your local government disaster leaders. They are actually trained in how to keep people safe
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  Im hearing some say that the Org is about to reverse the No Blood policy - about to change...

  by BeaverEater in

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  uh, i wonder if that is true... hearing this from friends within bethel... gonna laugh my ass of if they change this....

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  hoser

  Except for when a close relative dies the day before they reverse the policy for refusing blood. It would piss off a lot of people but the watchtower might not want those kind anyway
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  s-395 Adjustments-to-handling-serious-wrongdoing-in-the-congregation

  by gavindlt in

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  2. scandals

  this was posted on jw leaks.. my truth's | dad seeking truth.

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  hoser

  This is a flip flop from “no need for elders to meet with disfellowshipped ones”

  Exactly how many years ago was that instruction made to the elders?
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  What are you wearing for the special talk

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

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  many are talking on whatsapp about what to wear.

  sisters wearing slacks and brothers wearing all sorts of different tops.

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  I went today and for most it was business as usual.

  2 sisters wearing pants and probably 5 brothers not wearing ties.

  Out of 95 in attendance.
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  What are you wearing for the special talk

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

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  many are talking on whatsapp about what to wear.

  sisters wearing slacks and brothers wearing all sorts of different tops.

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  hoser

  I’m shaving my grubby week old beard and wearing a 3 piece suit just to be contrarian
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  New light

  by Elena in

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  2. beliefs

  things are changing so rapidly.

  there is so much confusion now.. if we can talk to disfellowshiped/disassociated ones to invite them to meetings then is it really going to stop there?.

  some family members haven’t had contact for decades and now after yesterdays new light they will all be getting calls.

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  hoser

  I still occasionally get calls from a company I was fired from nearly 20 years ago asking for technical help.

  I just stopped answering those calls and they got the hint.
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  Why disfellowship must be eliminated for the survival of the WT itself

  by TheScientist in

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  2. beliefs

  this topic i digress about why the watchtower relaxing the rules of disfellowship is essential for its survival.

  many things i'm going to say are not my ideas, some are, the point is, i'm condensing everything in a logical and concise way.. the first thing we have to keep in mind is that the wt's main objective in instituting disfellowship has always been not to lose members because of the damage that a dissident could do, or to avoid gaining new members because of the bad reputation of a confessed sinner in the his/her region.

  in the end, the more active members, the more money to the coffers.. in this case of disfellowship due to apostasy, to avoid any spark, texts were sought out of context that even prohibited saying "hi".

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  hoser

  Vidiot

  If there’s any true justice to the universe, he and Rutherford are cellmates in Hell.

  It would certainly be Hell for the devil to have to deal with those two assholes
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  90 DAY DISFELLOWSHIPPING!!!

  by DisgruntledFool in

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  has anyone else caught this tidbit in the new s-395 instructions?:.

  "if the individual is not an apostate or actively promoting wrongdoing, they will also inform him that they would like to meet with him again in three months to determine if he has had a change of heart.

  in some cases, but not all, the committee may determine that there is basis for reinstating the individual at that time".

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  hoser

  It seems they are lightening up a bit.

  It used to be a year before you could be reinstated

  A year is a long time

  once new relationships are formed outside the borg the less chance of people coming back

  Once you’ve got that college degree a good job and a “worldly” support group chances are you ain’t coming back
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  New light

  by Elena in

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  things are changing so rapidly.

  there is so much confusion now.. if we can talk to disfellowshiped/disassociated ones to invite them to meetings then is it really going to stop there?.

  some family members haven’t had contact for decades and now after yesterdays new light they will all be getting calls.

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  hoser

  I think there will be a lot of “sorry you weren’t there when I needed you most and I’ve moved on” from the long time disfellowshipped community.
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  Just a thought

  by Gorb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is the change in jw dress policy a way to make the changes in df policy easier to accept?.

  a way to devide?.

  g..

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  hoser

  I don’t see much change in the df policy.

  Will a dfd still have to attend meetings for 6 months to be reinstated?

  probably

  Did the prodigal son have to wait 6 months ?

  As far as the corporate dress code it is just that. A change in policy to retain employees.