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  What ARE the fruits that the JW tree produces?

  by TTWSYF in

  1. watchtower
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  my brother [the elder] often refers to this line as to 'knowing a tree by it;s fruits'.

  so,my question is what are the jw fruits?.

  just asking....sincerely.

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  Verbal and pschological abuse
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  TV.JW.ORG (September 2015) - Generation explained again

  by Designer Stubble in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  guess the overlapping generation concept is difficult for most to comprehend.

  david spane does his best to explain it again.

  the cutoff date for this generation has now moved to 1992 (was once 1935), the year that fred franz died.

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  When I listen to David splane I really want to punch something.
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  Solomon's Temple construction, things you realize when no longer asleep.

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ok so in 1kings chapters 5-6 is where we have the story of the construction of solomon's most holy temple to god, the supreme god.

  it says that to build this magnificent temple they used 30,000 men, 10,000 per month.

  another 70,000 common laborers in the hills digging up stone and 80,000 stone cutting laborers.

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  I could never figure out the large number of sacrifices either. Where did they put all the guts/ blood and shit? The place must have smelled bad.

  The other thing if could not figure was how long did it take to walk to the outside of the camp of Israelites to take a dump? There was supposed to be a few million that left Egypt It would be a long walk if you really had to go bad.
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  Went to a revival meeting

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well it was a circuit assembly but basically the same thing.

  imitate jehovah in your family using resources wisely was one of the parts.

  they basically said don't buy a new cell phone so you can give more to "jehovah".

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  hoser

  Well it was a circuit assembly but basically the same thing.

  Imitate Jehovah in your family using resources wisely was one of the parts. They basically said don't buy a new cell phone so you can give more to "Jehovah"
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  The Witnesses, prestigeous & derogatory titles.

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in egland we give " deserving" & " high flyers" titles.. this morning i was thinking i should have named my son president.

  i am sure it would have given him a great advantage in latter life.. so my questions:-.

  do you think when a publisher becomes a " ministerial servant" or an "elder":-.

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  hoser

  There is labelling in the world too. We tend to respect wealth education and family pedigree. Not much different from the jehovahs witnesses.
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  September 2015 broadcast Mia ?

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i tuned in to jw broadcasting to watch the september show and it wasn't there

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  I tuned in to jw broadcasting to watch the September show and it wasn't there
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  "The Ipcress Schizophrenia"

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  8m + are undeniably being systematically instructed via talks & publications on how to speak out of both sides of their mouths!

  i'm going to designate this practice as "the ipcress schizophrenia.

  " (induction of psycho-neuroses by conditioned reflex under stress".

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  The printed page of the public watchtower says one thing but the elders do something opposite.
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  A Green Handshake

  by dgp in

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  2. friends

  i just learned that sometimes people give "green handshakes".

  is this the same as bribing your way up?.

  thanks for any posts..

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  Why should I support a freeloader
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  What went wrong in your congregation?

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the target is converts.. why does it seem such an outrageous aim for a congregation to recruit new converts?.

  in my old congregation, the enthusiasm was there but the knocking on doors produced zero " baptisms" in my final years.. a) why so little interests?.

  b) was it the internet ?.

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  LisaRose10 hours ago

  Most JWs only go door to door because they have to, not because they want to, they don't enjoy it, and are not good at it.

  
  

  Yep. It is a duty for them so might as well make the best of it. I attend a congregation of about 90 publishers and on some Saturday mornings all of the service groups are lumped together in one and still only 6 or 7 people out in service. Out of 90 freakin publishers! Yet our congregation average is still at national level. There definitely is some creative time counting going on.
  Tim hortons is the favoured spot up here.
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  New songs at meetings

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  today at the wt study one of the new songs was used.

  how has this been going in other congs - at my hall about two thirds had it on either tablets or phones with lyrics on or printed out, rest just stood looking blank.

  singing very poor.

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  The watchtower conductor had printed out a bunch to hand out