Biblically they can't retire a GB Body member by age. The Apostle John was 96 when he received the Revelation while he was imprisoned at Patmos. While he was there he was in the capacity of still being an Apostle, and GB member. Later on he wrote one of his letters (3 John) to a congregation mentioning the wrong deeds of a certain man. Retirement of that position comes from other means.
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Preparing for Governing Body 3.0? Making older GB step down? (New September Watchtower)
by FusionTheism inwatchtower, study edition, september 2015, "are you reaching the stature that belongs to christ?":.
paragraph 6: the mature christian shows humility in that he recognizes that jehovahs ways and standards are always better than his own.
[footnote: for example, older, experienced brothers may be asked to step aside from certain responsibilities and to lend support to younger brothers as they take on those responsibilities.].
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Pretend you were still a JW, would you have secretly wanted hospitals to force a loved on to have a blood transfusion?
by EndofMysteries ini'm curious, even though jws must fight and resist, how many secretly hope that their loved one is forced a blood transfusion so they can live and their conscious is cleared of having done everything possible to not have one?
or you have felt guilty and upset about it no matter what?
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Are You "Technically" Still A Jehovah's Witness?
by minimus ineven if you don't regard yourself as a practicing jw, some may view you simply as inactive, a lost sheep, etc.. if you were baptized but not disfellowshipped or disassociated, you may still be a jw---right?
your thoughts please..
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Bro Loesch's talk.
by New day inrecently i heard through video link to our kh a talk by bro loesch where he attacked university study (again) but this time he prefaced his remarks by saying, and i quote, "the faithful slave does not forbid you to go to university.
" so this was a bad start as his following remarks made it clear that this was just a way of seeming reasonable while basically saying that we shouldn't do it.
he went on to use an illustration i think he has used before about a man with ocd who decided to kill himself.
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It's a play on words.
"I'm not forbidding you, I'm telling you not to go to University"
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If you found out TTATT at 80 and spent your entire life at Bethel, what would you do?
by John Aquila inwould you do a ray franz deal and write a book or keep quiet and live out the rest of your life in bethel?.
would you keep reading the watchtower magazine?.
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Top ten things I would do if I were 80, a Bethelitte, and discovered ttat
10, I would work out each day at the Bethel Gym. 9, Cosy up to the rich Widows in my congregation. 8, Perhaps hold Lois Lanes hand. 7, Wear a good hair piece, and grow a moustache, 6. Wear that Metero Sexual suit. 5, Write a good book about retirement on a really low budget. 4, Tell them to take this job and shove it. 3, Fake a 15 minute increment FS report. 2, Sneak into the JW Broadcast room while they are live and say, "Jesus is here for his inspection, Guys" 1, Move to Canada, and get free strong medication.
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The World Empire of False Religion, isn't this the Antitype of Babylon the Great?
by Quarterback indo you ever think that this one will be dropped as a old view?
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Good points, friends
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The World Empire of False Religion, isn't this the Antitype of Babylon the Great?
by Quarterback indo you ever think that this one will be dropped as a old view?
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Getting married when you are spiritually out
by 1tMakesNoSence ini met this amazing girl about 6years ago at my local congregation.
i was 100% in back then.
about 3years ago i woke up spiritually and kept it undercover till a few months ago.. this girl is still very in (but she doesnt really do the things a reaaal jw should do.
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Door knocking??? Are you kidding me????
You should be willing to die for your mate if you really care about her. If that will isn't there, then walk away.
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Should I Shun My Dog?
by snugglebunny insome background:josie the miniature schnauzer is now 12 years old, so she's old enough to know the difference between right and wrong.
however, she insists on peeing in the middle of my beautifully tended lawn, which, as a consequence, is now covered in brown patches.
i've remonstrated with her a number of times and each time she purports to show a diplay of repentance, that is, she slinks away on her belly with her ears flattened down tightly to her head.
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No mention of DF in new brochure?
by thedepressedsoul ini went on my tablet today and clicked "yes" that i attended the convention (they probably tracked my ip and two elders will show up on my door step).
i scanned through the new brochure on bringing those who have left back.
i noticed that not once they mentioned anyone who was df!
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This could be a good brochure for Public Relations. They can use and claim that , "See there is no shunning permitted in the congregations of JW's, here is our brochure"