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  Is zeal beginning to vanish?

  by Caupon in

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  it has to be starting to fade somehow.

  the very last time i went out in field service, hardly any were out.

  maybe just about nine people were out and man if you could just see their faces.

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  Welcome Tor1500 and great to hear your thoughts and observations.

  Maybe this Cart witnessing has backfired on them. You could hardly call it witnessing in the first place. They made it out to be something of a privilege if you were chosen/allowed to do it.

  Those that weren't asked are probably feeling deflated and look at door to door work with less enthusiasm. Those that have done the trolley work must be finding it so easy to stand there and say nothing, no confrontations and no rejections. It's easy work and when they can't do it and go door to door instead, they also must feel less enthusiastic about it.

  I just thought about the thread title and the use of the word 'zeal'. How old fashioned and out of date is that? They are trying to catch up to the modern day and age but are stuck in the past, it must be so boring to many and especially the younger ones who can't relate to it at all.
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  Does this make you feel good? Coz it makes me feel bad.....

  by ScottyRex in

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  i just watched this clip on youtube....i can't begin to say how it made me feel.

  , i'm not sure who i am more annoyed about.

  the bloke doing the commentry, the punk shouting at a serious and should be respectful religious event, or some of the youtube comments that follow.. and i find this so disrespectful.

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  ScottyRex I'm not sure who I am more annoyed about. The bloke doing the commentry, the punk shouting at a serious and should be respectful religious event, or some of the youtube comments that follow.
  And I find this so disrespectful.

  What do you have against the bloke doing the commentary? I am also wondering why celebrating the Lords Evening Meal by passing around the emblems without partaking should be viewed as a respectful event?
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  Watchtower purchases CoC copyright for undisclosed amount!

  by the girl next door in

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  now what is your stance?

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  JWs have been breaking the law since it's creation. They have been happy to sell it's own publications in countries where it is banned and feel no sense of guilt whatsover. The Wtbts has even profited because of doing this. Most of us were JWs and saw nothing wrong with this and probably even congratulated those that did it. That's because we felt that the law was being broken for the greater good and that made it okay, even the right thing to do.
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  People keep sending me messages saying "what happened?"

  by slimboyfat in

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  i am sorry i haven't replied and if it seems rude.

  but people keep asking me what happened and i am not sure what to say.

  thanks for writing anyway.

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  Slimboyfat, you've replied now by your above post and I would think that the people who wrote to you that you didn't pm back will appreciate it. People in general are curious and others are probably checking with you to see if everything is okay, out of concern.

  I gather that you just want your space and that's fine, it is nice to have you back here.
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  Request from "Leo" for 2 books!

  by Atlantis in

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  2. bible

  i am sure you all remember leolaia from this board.

  we used to call her leo for short.

  she wrote to me requesting the 2010 or revised 2012 elder manual in swedish language.

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  Please say hi to her from me too.
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  Battle over contamination at Watchtower site in Warwick

  by OrphanCrow in

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  http://www.recordonline.com/article/20151214/news/151219671.

  battle over contamination at watchtower site in warwick.

  by hema easley .

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  Maybe they were unable to build their extensive underground network of tunnels because it was too expensive to clean the soil that far down.
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  Morning all! Just here to say hi and join in the discussion

  by park ave boy in

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  i'm happy to join every ex-jw.borg site i can and support in whatever way i can.

  i now regularly donate to these sites when available.

  i'm bitter but i don't hate jws because they were brainwashed like we all were.

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  Welcome park ave boy. Great to hear that your parents are out along with you.
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  Request for BOE Translation!

  by Atlantis in

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  if we could get this letter translated we would appreciate it.

  we will then send the translation back to barbara anderson.. .

  http://postimg.org/image/o1y62yr2b/.

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  They've already given money for these by donating to the was, now they've got to pay again.
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  Listening to the Brothers would have prevented this spanking.

  by morningworship in

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  2. child-abuse

  will he be disfellowshipped or nah?.

  http://www.sceneoftheworld.com/2015/12/dad-spanks-guy-for-dating-his-underage.html.

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  Reported.
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  Battle over contamination at Watchtower site in Warwick

  by OrphanCrow in

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  http://www.recordonline.com/article/20151214/news/151219671.

  battle over contamination at watchtower site in warwick.

  by hema easley .

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  Good questions incognito.

  Surely they can only sue for the actual costs that they incurred for the cleanup otherwise they are profiteering from a lawsuit and I thought that lawsuits are intended only to compensate. They would have to demonstrate to the court how they came up with the cost of remediation, that's not going to be easy if they didn't pay an outside contractor.