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Only one weekly meeting?
by mikeflood in
1. watchtower
2. bible
new wt october 2023....first an article remembering 1923....they make changes, the had a "prayer, praise and testimony weekly meeting".. after an study article about obey, specially paragraph 18.. i have a wild guess, next year, just one weekly meeting for the borg..
Listener

If they reduce down to one meeting a week it should help to increase their attendance numbers, at least temporarily.
It's interesting that it talks about meetings in 1923 having sessions called testimonies and the article says
On Saturday, August 25, Brother Rutherford delivered the talk “Sheep and Goats,” in which he clearly identified the “sheep” as righteously disposed people who would live on a paradise earth. He also introduced the resolution “A Warning.” This resolution denounced Christendom and urged honesthearted ones to separate themselves from “Babylon the Great.” (Rev. 18:2, 4) Zealous Bible Students earthwide would later unite in distributing millions of copies of this resolution.
This may be a clue as to what is in those secret boxes they sent out to the Congregations to be opened on the first week of November.
Resolutions
There's nothing like a good resolution to stir up those obedient sheep.
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NEW DRAMA: UN CAMPS are a provision from Jehovah
by raymond frantz in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
un camps are a provision from jehovah .

https://www.youtube.com/@jwupdate?sub_confirmation=1.

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Listener

That’s unfortunate. I didn’t realise that is why Ex-jw analiyzer stopped.
He couldn’t have done more by having his ‘round table’ discussions with two other ex JWs that had differing views on some matters.
I suspect their are some cut throat JWs who are out there on social media to discourage, sabotage or attack whenever they get the chance. They do it on ex JWs reddit.
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My defense speech before the judicial committee
by Disfellowshipped-Brother in
1. jw
2. experiences
dear brothers!.

we have gathered here because, according to your claims, i have apostatized, and as elders, it is your duty to maintain the purity of the flock.

it seems now that someone has contaminated it, apparently.
Listener

Thanks Disfellowshipped-Brother for your posts. They may be long but they are full of gems. They are the sort of posts that make this site such an excellent research tool.
Could I ask what you've been doing, particularly in the last year, as you mention, that has helped to increase your Bible knowledge?
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My defense speech before the judicial committee
by Disfellowshipped-Brother in
1. jw
2. experiences
dear brothers!.

we have gathered here because, according to your claims, i have apostatized, and as elders, it is your duty to maintain the purity of the flock.

it seems now that someone has contaminated it, apparently.
Listener

I agree TonusOH but Fisherman doesn't feel that the OP made any defense. So if he doesn't think he made any defense why does he think that the OP was claiming that he was?
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My defense speech before the judicial committee
by Disfellowshipped-Brother in
1. jw
2. experiences
dear brothers!.

we have gathered here because, according to your claims, i have apostatized, and as elders, it is your duty to maintain the purity of the flock.

it seems now that someone has contaminated it, apparently.
Listener

Fisherman, you ask how his speech was relevant or a defense.
It was relevant because he was in a Judicial Committee for apostasy. He was explaining to them exactly what his position was.
With point number 5, you give him a lecture explaining why his speech was not a defense.
Could you please highlight/quote where in his speech he was claiming he had a defense?
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My defense speech before the judicial committee
by Disfellowshipped-Brother in
1. jw
2. experiences
dear brothers!.

we have gathered here because, according to your claims, i have apostatized, and as elders, it is your duty to maintain the purity of the flock.

it seems now that someone has contaminated it, apparently.
Listener

That was an interesting read Disfellowshipped-Brother
You did an excellent job of putting your thoughts down in words.
If they were really tasked with Shepherding the Flock then to listen to this speech or to read it would have enabled them to understand your views. How could they address your concerns otherwise? Obviously they had no intention to do so.
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Highlights of Sept 2023 Watchtower
by was a new boy in
1. watchtower
2. bible
geoffrey jackson seems so much happier than back in 2015.. .

geoffrey jackson "not my field" australian royal commission 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dki6j-ydc7e.
Listener

JRBrown "We know all our Sisters have pretty legs"
This is one of the things that is so wrong with the organisation and the audience would have laughed.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Listener

How times have changed. He's now making comparisons to Hitler, Pol Pot and Jack the Ripper. Once upon a time it was Ray Franz and Paul Grundy.
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Leaked. Nov 6th Secret Boxes
by Beth Sarim in
1. jw
2. friends
self-aware npc has an upload that the ""top-secret"' elders only secret boxes is a drum roll here......a new brochure.....ta dahhhh🤪.

i mean how more dramatic can we get..
Listener

Beth Sarim -
I was thinking of a QR Code. Not one that links to JW.org but for some other purpose, either providing information, recording information or registration.
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Leaked. Nov 6th Secret Boxes
by Beth Sarim in
1. jw
2. friends
self-aware npc has an upload that the ""top-secret"' elders only secret boxes is a drum roll here......a new brochure.....ta dahhhh🤪.

i mean how more dramatic can we get..
Listener

The material/pamphlets in these boxes will probably have a scanning code on them and it could be that is where further information will be found.