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  What happens if a JW say “Happy Holidays!”?

  by Iamallcool in

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  any takers?.

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  It will depend on multiple factors.

  What the 'personality' of the congregation is.

  What the biggest bully in the congregation thinks of it.

  I'm a firm believer that a congregation is ruled by the biggest bully or bullies. There is no real love in the congregations. It's all fake, fake, fake! And the bullies can fake off!

  ....and let's be honest, the answer to anything cheerful in Jobo world is usually, 'NO!'

  Whatever the question that doesn't involve giving money to the GB to protect sexual predators is always, 'NO!'

  Can I enjoy myself? No. Give money to the GB.

  Can I do this that or the other, to make life happier? No! Give money to the GB.
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  Circuit Overseer's visit and Body of Elders

  by bola in

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  who is more powerful out of the co and the body of elders?

  i remembered a time i was a reg.

  pioneer and my service overseer in my congo was asking one of the regular pioneers during the meeting with the co. how powerful is the co to the body of elders and how powerful is the body of elders to the co?

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  And rips the congregation for being too materialistic.

  And then the scrounging benefits cheat will stay at the most opulent house for hospitality.
  
  
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  The Watchtower—Study Edition | November 2021

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the watchtower—study edition | november 2021. .

  13. how did prayer help one family who were unjustly treated?.

  13 consider the experience of a sister named vero, who lives in the democratic republic of the congo.

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  Why do I feel that it's always 'groundhog day' experiences in the washtowel?

  It just seems to be the same old stuff with different names to Andre.
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  A single Bible verse that explains everything—hope even to the disfellowshipped

  by Abraham1 in

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  2. bible

  "through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;.

  through the fear of the lord evil is avoided.” (proverb 16:6, niv).

  sin can be cancelled [yə·ḵup·par] by acts of goodness such as kindness [bə·ḥe·seḏ] and faithfulness, and sin can be avoided in loving remembrance [ū·ḇə·yir·’aṯ] of god.

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  Aby - I hope you help many more to escape the Jobos
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  A single Bible verse that explains everything—hope even to the disfellowshipped

  by Abraham1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;.

  through the fear of the lord evil is avoided.” (proverb 16:6, niv).

  sin can be cancelled [yə·ḵup·par] by acts of goodness such as kindness [bə·ḥe·seḏ] and faithfulness, and sin can be avoided in loving remembrance [ū·ḇə·yir·’aṯ] of god.

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  Aby - I don't see how splurging copy paste actually helps. I say this because in my personal experience as a bloke that left the jobos, it would not help.

  What would have helped me? 1-2-1 dialogue not based around someone's own interpretation (or borrowed interpretation), of what the Bible says.

  Why? Because the WBT$ had already hoodwinked me into believing someone else's opinions. Perhaps it's the British mind.

  People like me are great blokes, mate.
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  A single Bible verse that explains everything—hope even to the disfellowshipped

  by Abraham1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;.

  through the fear of the lord evil is avoided.” (proverb 16:6, niv).

  sin can be cancelled [yə·ḵup·par] by acts of goodness such as kindness [bə·ḥe·seḏ] and faithfulness, and sin can be avoided in loving remembrance [ū·ḇə·yir·’aṯ] of god.

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  Simon - Great, another bible-vomiter.

  Conversations are like pulling teeth with these type of threads. It's a huge spew of copy paste. Waste of time trying to have a conversation. I really couldn't be bothered now.

  I hope I wasn't like that when I was religious or a JW. Hiding behind a screen of copy paste doesn't get to the authentic person.
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  How did Revelation make it in the bible?? It's a drug fuelled trip!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  catholic church killed off alot of christian books from the "offical" bible collection.

  so why let thru the weird book of revelation?

  have you read the watchtowers explanation it's a joke rutherford's conventions play a huge part..

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  Aby - A believer and not. Fair enough, mate. All power to your elbow.

  Regarding your question “how do we know it isn't relating to a thousand years from now?” It is not about future period because Scientists tell us we have the last chance to save this earth, to cut co2 emission fully.

  Scientists say plenty. I'm not convinced that it means the scriptures relate to now or that there's even a climate 'emergency' as they like to carp on about.

  Count me as a sceptic.
  
  
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  So, When Did They Stop Singing?

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  rutherford said:.

  a few words like the above pronounced at the beginning of the study would be far more beneficial than to occupy the same time in singing songs, which often express much that is out of harmony with the truth of and concerning god's kingdom.watchtower/1938/may/1st/pg.139 .

  back then, they had what was called: order of study, and this is what every overseer was instructed to say to the audience.. .

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  LV - We had a few who 'thought' they were gifted vocalists.

  Yes. the looney old women with their tuneless, 'ooOOOOoooooOOOOooooo', always gave me the horrors.

  Sinatra

  I'm not a fan, I think he was sh1t but my Dad liked him.
  
  
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  No Time to die.

  by mickbobcat in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i watched the movie by streaming it off line.

  i don't pay to watch woke movies ever.

  the film had great cinematography.

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  I'm not a fan of Bond, not my kind of thing, so that's the reason I won't be watching it. It's all make belief, folks!
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  So, When Did They Stop Singing?

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  rutherford said:.

  a few words like the above pronounced at the beginning of the study would be far more beneficial than to occupy the same time in singing songs, which often express much that is out of harmony with the truth of and concerning god's kingdom.watchtower/1938/may/1st/pg.139 .

  back then, they had what was called: order of study, and this is what every overseer was instructed to say to the audience.. .

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  I wish they never started singing. I have awful memories of revoltingly bad songs from the Jobos.