My parents converted to JW's in the mid 1960's. In the mid 1980's my brainwashed mother made a death threat to me by telling me that the generation that saw 1914 was getting old and if I didn't get baptized soon Jehovah God would have no choice but to execute me at Armageddon which was imminent. I took the plunge in 1987. That's how I became a Jehovah's Witness. Little did I know that a mere 8 years later the leaders of the jws would change the generation teaching. The 1914 generation are basically dead at this point.
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18How/when did you become a jehovas witness?
by Lewis1998 inso i've been a protestant for most of my life, it's how i was raised, but recently i started questioning my faith more and more and now i feel like my beliefs resemble that of a jehovas witness rather than a protestant.
i don't know any jehovas witnesses, so i was just wondering how a lot of you found the religion and adapted to it?.
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At the annual meeting right now . . .
by neat blue dog ini'm at the recorded meeting right now.
trying to hide my disgust sitting up front listening to geoffrey jackson quibble about the pharisaical minutai of sanctification vs. vindication.
the audience is thrilled that they now have 'permission' to say god's name can be vindicated.
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hoser
How many times has the sanctification/vindication flip flop happened in the last 50 years? Who gives a f#%k?
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Door-to-door Going Forward
by berrygerry ini found that the sale (placement) of books and magazines was always a challenge, but it was still attainable.
when the magazines switched from semi-monthly to monthly, magazine calls were automatically cut in half.
return visits that were made "just to say hi" were hugely awkward.. i never participated in the "please watch a video on my tablet" work, but i would imagine that the fail rate compared to magazine placement is massive.. reducing magazine frequency yet again would make me worked up inside.
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hoser
It looks like the org wants publishers to focus on conversations instead of literature placements. This would have worked 20 years ago when the publishers actually knew what was in their bibles and could carry on a conversation on a scriptural subject. Today's snowflake publishers are always whining about it being too hot or too cold or that their assigned territory is too far from Tim Hortons coffee shop.
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2017 Annual Meeting
by obarac inon saturday, october 7.. any chance to get user name and password for stream?.
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hoser
The liquidation sale continues.
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Special event this weekend
by TweetieBird inwas talking with a family member today and they said that there is something special going on at the kh this weekend.
any idea what it is?
they said that some kind of broadcast from bethel for everyone..
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hoser
Are there special meetings in canada this weekend?
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What is this MTV visit they are talking about?
by hoser inwhat is mtv visit at the kingdom hall?
i know it is something about maintenance but what does the acronym stand for?.
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hoser
Lol breakfast of champions, however I DON'T want my MTV
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What is this MTV visit they are talking about?
by hoser inwhat is mtv visit at the kingdom hall?
i know it is something about maintenance but what does the acronym stand for?.
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hoser
What is MTV visit at the Kingdom Hall? I know it is something about maintenance but what does the acronym stand for?
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Assembly experiences that strech the truth
by karter inelder and his wife build a flash house.. they go on the stage at an assembly and give an experiences of how they sold the flash house to simplify their life so they can go pioneering.. the real story.. elder and wife can't afford the flash house and have to sell it he never goes pioneering she does until they are declared bankrupt.. why were they bankrupt?.
the money leaft over from the flash house they invested in a yet to be build apartment and the developer goes bankrupt takeing their money.. just one of many.. karter..
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hoser
A few years ago there was an interview at the circuit assembly of a brother who played on an NHL hockey team on a year they won the Stanley cup.
Only problem was that google said he didnt. He was one of the massage therapists for the team. That's still pretty impressive but the brother doing the interview stretched it a little and the audience was under the impression that that this guy scored the winning goal in overtime.
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September 7, 2017 Re: Donations for Disaster Relief Work
by wifibandit inseptember 7, 2017 to all congregations in the united states branch territory re: donations for disaster relief work.
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hoser
A natural disaster is good business for the watchtower. "Congregation members can give aid to victims by providing volunteer labor for property repairs. "
It gives the volunteers bragging rights and the watchtower snags the insurance money.
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The Bible a wierd book.
by James Mixon insome events in the bible can be questionable but there are some stories the rings of truth, and why do i say that because they are so descriptive.
judges 3:22 "ehud an israelite judge, goes to the king of the moabites to pay annual tribute.
instead, he pulls out a dagger and stabs the sh--t out of the king while he is bathing, he literal caused the sh--t to flow and the dagger disappeared in the folds of the king's skin.
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hoser
If the bible were a movie it would be R rated.