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  Conversation with my mother-in-law this morning

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am skipping the details on how we got to this point.

  conversation was calmed and pleasant and while i know she is not the most educated person (she can hardly read), its hard to justify it by saying is a matter of ignorance.

  it is definitely something inside her that triggers on that very moment.. me: i don't know where all the money is going.

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  respectful_observer

  Wait...a J-dub that doesn't have strong critical thinking skills???

  Shocked. Absolutely shocked.
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  Merritt Island Shopping Mall in Florida allows the harmful cult to spread their propaganda to their unsuspecting customers

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  merritt island shopping mall in florida allows the harmful pedophile protecting cult to spread their propaganda to their unsuspecting customers...here's contact info for management http://www.merrittsquaremall.com/info/management.

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  respectful_observer

  I say let them have at it - put their stupidity out there in public on display. The numbers will eventually show that their marketing strategies are farts in the wind.

  I'll be curious to see if all these fancy new preaching technique (kiosks, carts, website, etc.) generate even a slight uptick over the historical average of 1-2% growth of publishers year-over-year for the next 5 years...unless Armageddon comes before then, that is.....

  Similarly, I'd be curious to see if there has been a marked increase in the year-over-year growth % in Memorial attendance since the annual month-long invitation work/30 hr pioneer work began.
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  "Your bad attitude is evident, because you don't bring a meeting bag to the meetings anymore!"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yes friends.....this is the comment said to me by an elder!.

  "your bad attitude is evident because you don't bring your meeting bag anymore!".

  i calmly replied: "but everything i need is on the tablet now......".

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  respectful_observer

  I will sometimes slip my tablet into the pocket of my overcoat, so I walk into the hall with nothing in my hands. There's an elder that's made comments once or twice before, along the lines of "It almost looks like you didn't come prepared for the meeting!"
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  Rainham residents upset about plans for Jah Jireh care home for Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  (posted for andersonsinfo).

  people are protesting against plans to build a large care home for jehovahs witnesses behind their houses.. homeowners living in the bloors lane area of rainham have lodged objections to proposals by the jah jireh charity, which specialises in spiritual and physical care for followers of the religion.. people living in neighbouring homes say it is too big and its three storeys will dwarf their properties.. .

  what the care home will look like.

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  respectful_observer

  If you get DF'd, are you forced to move out??
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  Leaked New Songs 139-142

  by toweragent in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://jwtalk.net/forums/files/download/498-songs-140-142/.

  i don't know if anybody has seen this (or if anybody cares).

  but it seems that some of the "new" new songs have been leaked by somebody at bethel.. just a bit of a warning, do not click on that vocal rendition of song 142... it is awful.

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  respectful_observer

  
  

  http://tv.jw.org/#video/VODMusicVideos/pub-pksn_E_95_VIDEO

  
  Clearly ToMo3 didn't sign off on that video. Hella "tight pants" all over the place.
  
  
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  Leaked New Songs 139-142

  by toweragent in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://jwtalk.net/forums/files/download/498-songs-140-142/.

  i don't know if anybody has seen this (or if anybody cares).

  but it seems that some of the "new" new songs have been leaked by somebody at bethel.. just a bit of a warning, do not click on that vocal rendition of song 142... it is awful.

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  respectful_observer

  Well, with a bit of the Jurassic park sound track in there (they all sounds a bit like the Jurassic park soundtrack)

  Haha! My other half says that too!
  
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  Leaked New Songs 139-142

  by toweragent in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://jwtalk.net/forums/files/download/498-songs-140-142/.

  i don't know if anybody has seen this (or if anybody cares).

  but it seems that some of the "new" new songs have been leaked by somebody at bethel.. just a bit of a warning, do not click on that vocal rendition of song 142... it is awful.

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  respectful_observer

  This is the first time I've ever seen the term "the world" used in a song.
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  Any ever use a different version of the NWT in the KH

  by Clambake in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i brought a niv to the hall the other day.

  man, i sure got some attention for it.

  someone actually offered to get me a bible.

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  respectful_observer

  I brought the purple Greek Interlinear Bible printed by the WTS to meetings for a while a few years back. Definitely got a few funny looks. One rather obnoxious elder said something along the lines of "I haven't seen one of those in a long time! I remember using it for research years ago. Can I ask your motivation for using it at the meeting instead of the NWT?" It was clearly meant as "be careful you're not doing this for the wrong reasons" (read: being critical of the NWT).

  Someone else asked "why would you use a translation that's inferior to the NWT?" When I showed them that it was in fact printed and distributed by the WTS, they got a confused look on their face and quickly changed the subject.
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  Leaked New Songs 139-142

  by toweragent in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://jwtalk.net/forums/files/download/498-songs-140-142/.

  i don't know if anybody has seen this (or if anybody cares).

  but it seems that some of the "new" new songs have been leaked by somebody at bethel.. just a bit of a warning, do not click on that vocal rendition of song 142... it is awful.

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  respectful_observer

  This "Pioneer" song is just plain....odd.
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  "Millions Will Attend -Will You?" Mea Culpa!

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  dubs are working the housing estate where i live.

  i was outside my house, applying some tlc to my old jag (worshiping worldly things?)..

  one old guy, half a dozen middle-aged and upwards ladies.

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  respectful_observer

  Question related to this invitation work:

  Has anyone reviewed the data to see whether there has been any sort of measurable % increase in Memorial attendance since this concerted invitation business (including "pioneer-lite") started several years back?

  I'd be curious to know if it's made any real difference besides killing a few hundred thousand trees to print all those invites.

  R_O