Posts by NVR2L8

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CO Special Meeting with MS & Elders

by Syme in

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friends

when the co visits a cognregation this semester, a special meeting with elders and mss is sceduled tuesday night, right after the normal meeting.

does anyone know what this meeting is about?

this special meeting is held at the beginning of the co-week, and is different from the standard meeting with personnel which is held friday evening.

NVR2L8

The CO wants to tell them this could be his last visit before the end...

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Why are some of you guys calling this new arrangement tithing?

by neverendingjourney in

at the risk of being shouted down, i thought i'd point out that "tithing" means giving 10 percent of your income to a church.

it comes from the old english word teogotha meaning tenth.

i've seen nothing that establishes tithing in the watchtower.. while i'm all in favor of pointing out the watchtower's lies, hypocrisies and faults, the language we use matters.

JW used to rent space for congregation meetings and circuit assemblies and figured out that building their own kingdom halls and assembly halls would be much more cost effective...now the WTS has found a way to milk more money from those who built and paid for these buildings...how cost effective is that? If my bank called me to offer to erase my debts in exchange to a perpetual payment equal to what I am paying now while surrendering the title of my home, I would tell them to f###off...how many JW will understand that this exactly what's happening to them?

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Gotta love the internet!!

by ILoveTTATT in

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gotta love the internet... you can find out the watchtower deception in minutes.

this is an awesome example of cherrypicking:.

*** w79 2/15 p. 13 insight on the news ***.

NVR2L8

Marked

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Feeling disloyal

by stirred but not shaken in

i've been visiting here for about a year or so, but didn't really feel compelled to participate other than reading the various posts that interested me.. there's been that uncomfortable feeling of being disloyal to god, the organization, many friends and relatives.. i've been associated since birth.

after 65 + years of service within this organization and actually enjoying that time, it troubled me to find myself wanting to express feelings that were contrary to all that time of "faithfulness".

those years were filled with progressive "privileges and responsibilities" even at a high level, and there was considerable success in our evangelizing activity.

NVR2L8

Welcome SBNS.

I to was a faithful JW for 50+ years and feared loosing all the "friends" I knew worldwide. Taking some distance allowed me to see they were not friends...only close coreligioneers who don't want anything to do with me...they only loved the JW I was...Thanks for posting and I look forward reading more from you.

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Counting tracts as placements on reports now?!

by stuckinarut2 in

ahhhhhh......man....... .

so now we have to count all tracts / leaflets / meeting invitations etc as placements on the monthly report slip???.

is this just another method of control or accountability!

NVR2L8

If you subtract the amount of tracts placed from the total of tracts received you know how many tracts were left in publishers bags...

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Help! Can anyone tell me which publication is being studied at the book study?

by Space Madness in

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friends

i need to know which book is currently being studied at the book study..

NVR2L8

Shirley W...there is but it's now held at the kingdom hall prior to the ministry school and service meeting which have been shortened to provide the time. I attended a few meetings after the change and felt like it was like speed dating....no time to think...just move on...

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Are we all actually "bad / evil / immoral" after leaving the faith?

by stuckinarut2 in

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friends

so recently there have been several posts with references to talks and articles that imply the following:.

most of those who learn ttatt or fade from the "truth", are actually practicers of bad things, eg immorality, hence that is why 'we' now find fault with the org?.

i find this so offensive that they imply such.

NVR2L8

A few weeks ago I smoked a cigar at a business convention...first for me as I was pretty much raised a JW...I didn't feel I was doing anything wrong nor do I want to start smoking...This is as bad as it gets since I left the JW 4 years ago.

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Response To ENTIRE "Bible Teach" Book!

by Watchtower-Free in

from the snarky apologist.

https://ia600305.us.archive.org/7/items/responsetowhatdoesthebiblereallyteach/response_to_what_does_the_bible_really_teach.pdf.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nntsobk6jee .

NVR2L8

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G.B. ARRANGED A MEMORIAL WITHOUT EMBLEMS!

by The Searcher in

weird!.

http://ilynca.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/unforgettable-memorial.html?spref=fb.

NVR2L8

Some of the comments on the blog shows that the WT can make changes to something as sacred as the memorial without notice and the sheep will blindly follow thinking this must be God's direction....not understanding why is not a reason to disobey...

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Over 300 Partakers in Reno, Nevada! Men Women & Children 12 Years old,

by objectivetruth in

the governing body is powerful, but the holy spirit is infinitely more powerful.

if the wt ever changes, it will be because of a movement such as this.. .

but sanctify the christ as lord in your hearts, always ready to make a defense before everyone that demands of you a reason for the hope in you, but doing so together with a mild temper and deep respect.

NVR2L8

Born at night...but not last night!