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  Son out?

  by Nantiques in

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  our son joined the wts 20 years ago.

  we, his parents and siblings are not jws.

  he is now 41. he knew we were "opposers" from the beginning, and so we were pretty much shunned by him.

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  Ding

  I think you are wise at this point not to ask about the religion.

  If he has left, he will probably tell you what happened in his own good time.
  
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  Sparlock Toy

  by NotFormer in

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  i wasn't around when the sparlock thing hit about 11 years ago, but it became such a meme that that debacle still gets mentioned from time to time.

  one thing that came up in conversations of the time was about how dumb the name was; that someone in bethel could have come up with a less lame name.

  i think that that bethelite was trying to be clever by using "warlock" as the stem and dropping the "w".

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  Ding

  I assumed it had something to do with its similarity to "Spock."
  
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  2023-10-13-Announcement (Reporting Field Service)

  by Atlantis in

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  2023-10-13-announcements (reporting field service).

  page 1. https://imgbox.com/96lgsfw4 .

  page 2. https://imgbox.com/zynoa02m .

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  Ding

  I also noticed that the announcement talked in terms of JWs no longer being "asked" to report their hours of field service.

  Maybe that just means the elders will be "expected" to offer each publisher more "encouragement."
  
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  You might be a JW if you...

  by Ron.W. in

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  this is a little out of date.

  i found it earlier deleting some emails from a good few years ago:.

  feel free to add new lines to this old list!.

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  Ding

  You are puzzled when someone talks about a recent teaching as "new light" because you no longer remember the organization ever teaching anything else.
  
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  Disfellowshipped ones who die before the "last minute repentance"

  by jonahstourguide in

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  hi all.. i've posted this in humour given that most of jw doctrine changes and flip flops are just so.. as stated, if there is now to be a 'last minute redemption'.what happens to the aforementioned folk?.

  cannot wait for a explane-ation.

  am i the only one giggling at this??

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  Ding

  I loved the video comment to the effect of "we mustn't be dogmatic."

  Since when?
  
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  Did Anyone Have Fun With Their Field Service Reports?

  by NotFormer in

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  now that there is new light on reporting hours in field service, it's raised a few questions for me, who was never in the jws.

  did any of you ever have fun with the field service report slips, by finding creative ways of reporting time without raising suspicions in those who oversaw the collection of those slips?.

  also, can anyone upload an image of what the slips looked like, or point me to a post that gives uploaded examples of the sort of paperwork that was familiar to jws in good standing?.

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  Ding

  Now, we all know that JWs eagerly desire to serve Jehovah by going door to door their whole lives.

  That's one of the key things that distinguishes them from the do nothings of Christendom.
  

  At least that's what my study conductor told me.

  I actually believed him.
  
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  CIVILIAN SERVICE

  by blondie in

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  how many remember when the wts changed their policy on alternative service; changed it to alternative civilian service so jw men could choose it because it was not supervised by the military.

  shows how the wts quibbles with words to advance a "new teaching.

  " flag salute, voting, civilian service p. 212. civilian service.

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  Ding

  Think of all the JWs who went to prison needlessly because their "brothers" at headquarters decided they had to.
  
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  Thought on “0 hours” reporting

  by FFGhost in

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  so everyone knows the “big news” of this past weekend, no more reporting of hours, placements, return visits, etc.

  beginning november 1, jws just tick a box indicating whether they “shared in any form of the ministry during the month”.. so there was a brief comment by a redditor that seems like a brief joke “throwaway comment” but after thinking about it….why not?.

  the idea is, what is “any form of the ministry”?

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  Ding

  Counting time meant that the goal was putting in the time, not actually accomplishing anything.

  A good example of that is all the cart sitting that has gone on.

  Hours and hours without even trying to engage anyone in conversation.

  If someone actually asks a question, they just refer them to the website.
  
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  Thought on “0 hours” reporting

  by FFGhost in

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  so everyone knows the “big news” of this past weekend, no more reporting of hours, placements, return visits, etc.

  beginning november 1, jws just tick a box indicating whether they “shared in any form of the ministry during the month”.. so there was a brief comment by a redditor that seems like a brief joke “throwaway comment” but after thinking about it….why not?.

  the idea is, what is “any form of the ministry”?

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  Ding

  Wear a jw dot org sticker on your jacket and you are constantly witnessing, just like JWs at carts who don't engage anyone in conversation.
  
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  Thought on “0 hours” reporting

  by FFGhost in

  1. watchtower
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  so everyone knows the “big news” of this past weekend, no more reporting of hours, placements, return visits, etc.

  beginning november 1, jws just tick a box indicating whether they “shared in any form of the ministry during the month”.. so there was a brief comment by a redditor that seems like a brief joke “throwaway comment” but after thinking about it….why not?.

  the idea is, what is “any form of the ministry”?

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  Ding

  Why wouldn't giving a friendly greeting to someone at the hall be considered "any form of the ministry," especially if you love bomb a visitor?

  If it refers to the "preaching ministry," why wouldn't leaving one tract a month at the laundromat, restaurant table, or public bathroom qualify?

  As FFGhost said, "It is now an utterly meaningless designation."