Topics Started by MacHislopp

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THINK ABOUT IT...!
by MacHislopp in
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2. friends
- staying awake with the "faithful and discreet slave".

16 again we can stay awake by our service and financial.

contribution to the watch tower society... the remnant .
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Appointing of eleders
by MacHislopp in
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i appreciated the message posted .

by focus on feb.26,2001 concerning.

the appointing of eleders.. many thanks for the references.
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Special Assembly Day "Wisdom"
by deludednomore in
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2. friends
this is my first post here.

this forum has really.

helped in my break from the organization.. .
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The BIBLE's about RUSSELL & SERVANT GIRL!
by Focus in
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what the bible's about: russell and his servant girl.

what follows are quotations from "the finished mystery" (volume vii of the studies in scriptures), a publication by the people's pulpit association (1917-20, 1924, 1926-7) for the watchtower society.

(matt, 24:44-47; luke 12:42-44.)..
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Question about disfellowshipping
by MoodyBlue in
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2. friends
i have a question.... if the elders "catch wind" of something that could be a df'ing offense, and they ask for a judicial, if you don't show up or refuse to talk to them, can they disfellowship u in absence??

if they can, is there any legal action that can be taken against it?.

i've been threatened by my jw husband (we are separated) because i've met someone else...he is threatening to tell the elders i'm dating someone else ( though as of yet, no "fornication" has occured and it's long distance) if i don't write a letter of disassociation.
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FIREPHIM jw joins scientology moonies etc?
by nelly136 in
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2. friends
just come across summat on a scientology investigation page and it mentioned the firephim that was signed in 1992 in strasborg .

http://www.xenu.org/factnet/gen/files/helps6/lz.txt.

just wondered if anyone knew anything about this?.
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Wisdom Personified
by ozziepost in
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2. bible
the next time a householder says to you: everyone has his own interpretation of the bible, how will you respond?

perhaps you will use the suggestion from the reasoning book (page 65) you might reply: and obviously not all of them are right.

you might add: twisting the scriptures to fit our own ideas can result in lasting harm .
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'Changes That Disturb People' Awake 4/22/70
by ISP in
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2. friends
one of the reasons is that people are disturbed by what is happening in their churches.

yes, millions of persons have been shocked to learn that things they were taught as being vital for salvation are now considered by their church to be wrong.

have you, too, felt discouragement, or even despair, because of what is happening in your church?
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What should the WTBS do?!?!
by LDH in
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2. friends
well guys sorry i haven't participated much lately, i've been really busy.

but, i do have a question that i would really appreciate all of your input on.. it is no secret that young people are leaving jws faster and faster.

it is no secret that most jws are disappointed, and hurt by lack of prophecy fulfillment.. so here's what i was thinking: i'm going to post some very personal thoughts on what *i* think they need to do in order to stop the loss of almost 50,000 disfellowshipped and probably 4x that to inactivity.
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JW Decline
by larc in
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2. friends
i found some interesting statistics, some of which you may know, that indicate that the wtbts is in decline.. 1. in the twenty years from 1970 to 1990, the rate of yearly increase dropped from 10% to 6%.

in the last 10 years it has dropped from 6% to about 2%.

since the world population growth is about 1.5% they are only growing at about 1/2 of 1% faster than the population.. 2. in 1999, there were 21 large countries that showed a decline.