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  What changes have you noticed in the Witness

  by d in

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  i have noticed are more angrier then when i was a child in the 90's and that they seem more uptight.what changes have you seen?.

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  JW GoneBad

  DesirousOfChange stated: Meeting attendance ....down.

  That is the first thing that came to mind.......Meeting Attendance.

  Years ago it seemed that most had if anything a goal of perfect meeting attendance. Today it seems more & more could give a S#$T about it and allow recreation, family, holiday and anything else to interfere. I know for myself and many friends & family, our attendance has gone from 95% or better to around 70% & dropping.

  I see the same trend in the rest of the servant body & their family.

  I see this as a big indicator that the GB are difinitely losing their grip. It is as though the WTBTS needs a new theme, facelift, name or something in order to recapture the R&F's interest.

  I sometimes imagine WTBTS like WoolWorth Discount Department Stores of old ........if you know what I mean.

  Anyway this is a change in the Witnesses I've noticed of recent. Put that in your pipe & smoke it!
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  If I ran the WTS ...

  by Simon in

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  ... and wanted to disrupt sites like this one and activities of 'apostates' in general, what would i do?.

  would i send apologists who were obviously on the side of the wts to spew out the typical wts message, ones that would be quickly labelled and disagreed with?

  maybe ... it would get people riled up.

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  JW GoneBad

  If I ran the WTS..... I'd be afraid, really afraid cause false religion is going down and Mother is going down with it!
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  Heads up, the Local Needs part this week is a special talk on blood transfusions.

  by miseryloveselders in

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  a brother called me to ask who was delivering the talk at our hall.

  i didn't know what he was talking about.

  he then explained to me that this week, for the local needs, congregations across the us will have a brother deliver a special outline on blood transfusions.. .

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  JW GoneBad

  Theocratic warfare or no theocratic warfare: Jesus stated @ Mat 5:37: 'Just let your Yes mean Yes.......for what is in excess of these is from the wicked one.'

  Mother maybe thinks this principle doesn't apply to her!
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  Heads up, the Local Needs part this week is a special talk on blood transfusions.

  by miseryloveselders in

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  a brother called me to ask who was delivering the talk at our hall.

  i didn't know what he was talking about.

  he then explained to me that this week, for the local needs, congregations across the us will have a brother deliver a special outline on blood transfusions.. .

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  JW GoneBad

  I just reviewed the above reference material.

  It amount to real proof that God's organization, the WTBTS, speaks with a forked tongue.

  WOW!!! I've heard of snakes in the grass, but the WTBTS takes the cake.

  Thank you Yknot.
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  Heads up, the Local Needs part this week is a special talk on blood transfusions.

  by miseryloveselders in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a brother called me to ask who was delivering the talk at our hall.

  i didn't know what he was talking about.

  he then explained to me that this week, for the local needs, congregations across the us will have a brother deliver a special outline on blood transfusions.. .

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  JW GoneBad

  Yknot you look good in your head-doily.

  'First I am certain the congregation of JWN would like to express their warm appreciation for Bro. Misery's bring this timely information to us all!'

  I second that motion. Thank you too Misery & Yknot.
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  Heads up, the Local Needs part this week is a special talk on blood transfusions.

  by miseryloveselders in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a brother called me to ask who was delivering the talk at our hall.

  i didn't know what he was talking about.

  he then explained to me that this week, for the local needs, congregations across the us will have a brother deliver a special outline on blood transfusions.. .

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  JW GoneBad

  WOW! Blondie you hit the nail on the head again. Thank you.

  The speaker went down the list of the 28 paragraphs from the KM 9/92 pg 3-6 (that you pasted above) almost verbatim in a number of paragraphs. Of course he only had 15 minutes so he had to summarize the other paragraphs. But basically it was nothing new.

  The speaker was as always.......... being used as a puppet. I lost a great deal of respect for this guy. You'd think people like him would see thru it all. He's a good fella. The congregation loves him, above average intelligence I would say.........but in the end still just a puppet. What a waste of talent.

  Really there was no need for me to be at meeting. All I needed to do is read the '92 KM.
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  Heads up, the Local Needs part this week is a special talk on blood transfusions.

  by miseryloveselders in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a brother called me to ask who was delivering the talk at our hall.

  i didn't know what he was talking about.

  he then explained to me that this week, for the local needs, congregations across the us will have a brother deliver a special outline on blood transfusions.. .

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  JW GoneBad

  To throw (someone) under the busis an idiomatic phrase meaning to sacrifice some other person, usually one who is undeserving or at least vulnerable and often a friend or ally, to make personal gain.

  The more I think of the local needs talk on 'children & blood' the more I think of the above expression & how the WTBTS is distancing itself from parents while insisting that they uphold the organization's stand on blood and at the same time holding the GB free from blame should anything happen to their JW children.

  Its' as though WTBTS is throwing JW parents under the bus!

  What really struck me as odd was the speaker mentioning that the Society is recommending that parents have an attorney (at JW parents' expense) at the ready should legal issues arise involving the courts & a judge's order to force a blood transfusion on underaged children.

  It is truly hard to think how a religion can demand soo much of its' R&F.

  I'm glad I'm waking up!
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  Heads up, the Local Needs part this week is a special talk on blood transfusions.

  by miseryloveselders in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a brother called me to ask who was delivering the talk at our hall.

  i didn't know what he was talking about.

  he then explained to me that this week, for the local needs, congregations across the us will have a brother deliver a special outline on blood transfusions.. .

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  JW GoneBad

  I also noticed that the speaker not once mentioned 'blood fractions' in his talk but instead he a number of times made mention of 'blood alternatives' and 'non blood management' as acceptable forms of treatment. As though the Society may be wanting to eliminate the self incriminating expression 'blood fractions' from its' vocabulary.

  Just a thought!
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  I used to take the talk schedule off the back board and make "adjustments"

  by foolsparadise in

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  towards the end of my untheocratic worship i would make sure no one was looking and i would x out peoples names on the school schedule writing canceled or i would draw arrows from one persons talk to anothers as if they had switched talks because of going out of town or something..

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  JW GoneBad

  I remember when the back board or information board was referred to as the 'Bulletin' board, emphasis on 'Bull'.
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  Heads up, the Local Needs part this week is a special talk on blood transfusions.

  by miseryloveselders in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a brother called me to ask who was delivering the talk at our hall.

  i didn't know what he was talking about.

  he then explained to me that this week, for the local needs, congregations across the us will have a brother deliver a special outline on blood transfusions.. .

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  JW GoneBad

  The WTBTS is sure behaving weird with this one.

  Usually whenever there is going to be a special talk given to all congregations especially for the benefit of the family and children in particular, an announcement ahead of time is made not only to make sure as many as possible can make it but to also create anticipation in the minds of everyone. The Society snuck this talk of blood in for some strange reason. Fifteen minute local needs part. And as far as I could tell there wasn't any 'new light' on the subject. It wasn't soo special! But I could tell it caused some concern to more than a few in attendance.

  Heck, we just had a 20 minute part on the service meeting in January 2011 on blood ......'Do You Know Your Options?'

  Question is: Why the 'special talk' on blood and why keep it secret until the night of the talk? What is going on? Anyone know?

  And how is it that the GB was able to get this 'special talk' past this forum? Are we slipping?

  Yknot where are you & your insider friend???