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  How was it possible that some members fall asleep or nod off during meetings?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
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  a while back, we had a saturday wedding reception for a brother and sister from our kingdom hall.

  the reception ended at midnight.

  most of us got home at around 1:00 a.m. our sunday public talk meeting started at 9:30 a.m. .

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  They've heard the same message so many times...
  
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  My wife PIMI wife said today...." The Tribulation has started"

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my wife pimi wife said today...." the tribulation has started" i was like wtf... i know things are bad.

  but...... we have had other pandamics and market crashes in the past.

  1889: russian flu 360,000 perished.

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  1. Ask her to show you where the Watchtower has explicitly said this. (Make clear you're not interested in what Elder Know-It-All says. You want to see where "the faithful and discreet slave" has said it.) If she can't produce that, isn't she running ahead of Jehovah's chariot? Isn't it wrong to do that?
  

  2. If she produces some WT publication where this is actually stated, ask her how she will view things if it turns out NOT to be the tribulation after all.
  
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  Donating Blood a Disfellowshipping Offense?

  by HiddenPimo in

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  2. beliefs

  when i served as an elder i never heard of this scenario presenting itself - giving blood.. has anyone heard of a judicial case where a person donated and was disfellowshipped?

  are there any references to this in the jw publications, manuals, handbooks?.

  not so hiddenpimo :-).

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  Ding

  The October 15, 2000 WT has an article which states, "Nevertheless, Jehovah’s Witnesses respect the principles God included in it, and they are determined to ‘abstain from blood.’ Hence, we do not donate blood, nor do we store for transfusion our blood that should be ‘poured out.’ That practice conflicts with God’s law."

  It doesn't mention DFing and I don't know if anything has changed now that fractions are acceptable.
  
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  Coronavirus

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are the dubs talking about coronavirus as a sign that big a is coming very soon?

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  To a JW, everything is a sign that Armageddon is imminent.
  
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  Circuit Overseer to Answer My Questions + Concerns...or Not

  by Research in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hello all, i'm 'researching', a jw who is in the first steps of taking a look at their beliefs.. i've semi-recently (about a couple weeks ago) heard about the sexual abuse cases (pennsylvania attorney general’s investigation request) and then the arc in 2015. this lead to a deep investigation, which lead to many questions arising.

  a jw friend of mine suggested i be careful (due to apostates) and ask the brothers.

  so i typed up my questions + concerns and emailed an elder my mother has known for a long time.

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  Ding

  Some JWs have asked heartfelt questions of COs or elders only to be told, "We aren't here to answer your questions."

  Instead of the help they were looking for, they find themselves in an inquisition which centers on the question of whether they still believe the WT is God's organization and the GB the faithful and discreet slave.

  I hope you are treated better, but I'm not optimistic.

  Please realize that the organization has no good answers for the questions you are asking.
  
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  When many of the GB are dead in 10 years

  by HiddenPimo in

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  what will be their new plan?.

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  It's amazing to me how JWs can still consider their religion to be "the truth" when so many key teachings they were taught have now been abandoned and replaced -- what the "1914 generation" is, who the faithful and discreet slave is, etc.
  
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  The end is so close now....

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  aren't they tiring out from saying this now?.

  a jobo pimi-lite i know has a terminal illness (no names, no pack drill), was told, 'hold on, the end is so close.

  the pimi-lite said they will need to hold on to their 'go bags(tm), then!.

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  Ding

  It's one thing to be hoodwinked into believing the end is just around the corner.

  It's quite another to allow yourself to be hoodwinked half a dozen times.
  
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  My wife and I have begun our fade

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i haven’t posted in awhile.

  my wife asked me after the year 2000 came and went without fanfare(because the wt organization said all the “new world” would be here within this 20th century would end), “ what would it take for you to leave the truth?”.

  my reply was “ if i turn 60 in this “system of things”.

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  Ding

  It's too bad you didn't have access to old WT literature back in the day.

  Pastor Russell published that the end of the old system would come in 1914.
  
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  Ever notice a lot of JWs don't have pets?

  by JimmyYoung in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was told by several elders to not get a dog when i was looking for one in the 80s.

  the end was close and we needed to focus on the preaching work.

  i know some have pets but a lot don't.

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  The WT thinks nothing should interfere with meeting attendance and field service...
  
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  My Grandmothers Funeral

  by Enrique Tomlinson 1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my beloved grandmother has passed away and her funeral is next week at a kingdom hall.

  she was a loyal jw, and unfortunately i am not understanding of the funeral procedures.

  please could you kindly explain what what will happen in the funeral?

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  Ding

  I don't have anything to add about what to expect.

  I just want to extend my condolences on your loss.