This matter about contributions will be discussed till the cows come home. The GB thinks that there is an unending supply of publisher funds. They have just begun to hit that brick wall. It will be interesting to see how all of this plays out.
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Our hall is asking for money...
by thedepressedsoul ini guess the branch isn't happy with the amount being sent each month since we are way lower than our loan amount.
we now have to another financial survey to see the max amount that can be given.
it is "encouraged" for all to be in attendance and give much forethought and consideration to the amount you can donate each month.
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New June broadcast is out.....oh what joys will be unleashed on everyone?
by stuckinarut2 inanyone watched the june broadcast?.
i can't be stuffed.....but i'm interested in any wtf content.....
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When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's Amoure. -
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Newspaper article: 'Rise of ISIS and earthquakes are WARNINGS before ARMAGEDDON destroys Earth'
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/581439/rise-isis-earthquakes-warnings-before-armageddon-apocalypse-end-destroys-volcanoes-earth.
the "end" of mankind, which has been long predicted by jehovah's witnesses, could happen as soon as this year - according to latest announcement from the christian religion.. in the latest edition of jehovah's witnesses monthly publication watchtower, an article translated into 700 languages - urges people to join the religion or face certain death when god sends his forces from the heavens to "remove all world leaders," "exterminate his enemies" and "rid the world of satan".. critics have lambasted the warning of a coming armageddon as yet another "failed prediction" by the religion, which has previously delivered similar alerts such as a foretold apocalypse in 1975.. indeed, jehovah's witnesses have been warning people of the need to recognise jehovah or face certain death when the "end" comes for more than 100 years.. the christian-based religion was founded in the 1870s by charles taze russell in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, us, as an offshoot from the bible studies movement.. today, there are 8.2million jehovah's witness evangelists, while 19.9 million celebrated their annual memorial festival marking christ's death - worldwide in 2014.. followers do not believe in military service and will not accept blood transfusions.. in a new eight-page article, watchtower said jehovah's witness leaders are now "convinced" humans are in their "final days" before the armageddon.. they cite an increase in global armed conflict, such as the rise of the islamic state terror group, as well as natural disasters such as volcanoes and earthquakes.. the lengthy article, written by an unnamed author, said: "will god let humans continue to dominate one another and threaten the future of mankind?
no, as we have seen, he will step in and bring an end to centuries of misery and oppression.
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Well, let's be fair now. Predicting that the end is near, and predicting that the end will come this year are two different things. The WTS didn't predict in that WT article that the end could come this year. -
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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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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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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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I unfortunately did see this happen, and the poor individual got Aids from a forced transfusion. -
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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
QB
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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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Do you ever think that this one will be dropped as a Old View?