Posts by fulano

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Arriving later and leaving earlier

by JH in

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about 15 years ago when i started attending meetings, i noticed that people arrived about 20 to 40 minutes before the meetings started, just to talk and socialize.

also they used to leave about 30 minutes after the meeting.

so when you add that up, the meeting wasn't 2 hours but 3 hours.

fulano

I remember the time I had to skip homework just because of the TS and SM, untill 9 p.m. and than half an hour talking arriving home at 9.45 p.m.

Good education!

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Question about reproof

by Sirona in

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jehovahs witnesses over on another board are telling me that elders can reprove someone (who sinned and is repentant) privately and that that person does not lose their priveledges.

has anyone here been reproved and kept all their congregation duties?

if so, what does "reproof" actually mean?.

I knew a lot of judicial hearings and procedures were don wrong, but I thought that was because of the new ones in the Dominican Republic, were some of the elders are not very wel educated and very new (4 years or less) in the Truth, but it is shocking to hear that so many has been done wrong in your countries.

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Long assemblies

by freedom96 in

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there have been a couple of postings lately about long assemblies.. does anyone remember these, or maybe even attended them?.

i was just a young child in the early 70's and something tells me i remember a long assembly, but don't remember if it was 8 days.. how long were they exactly, and what times.

what the hell did they talk about???.

fulano

Nurnberg, 1969, with Knorr. Eight days in a trailer, it was fun for a kid.

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Karl Adams is Coming to Town

by Mister Biggs in

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what's the scoop with this guy?

he is coming because the congregation is the host for the special assembly day (s.a.d.).

i know he's the gilead instructor.

fulano

Karl Adams is not a member of the GB and is not anointed, he lives in Patterson, on writing and sometimes teaching Gilead, and taking care of his very ill wife.I was in his congregation for about two months.

Edited by - fulano on 27 November 2002 3:16:17

Edited by - fulano on 27 November 2002 3:17:1

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Question about reproof

by Sirona in

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friends

jehovahs witnesses over on another board are telling me that elders can reprove someone (who sinned and is repentant) privately and that that person does not lose their priveledges.

has anyone here been reproved and kept all their congregation duties?

if so, what does "reproof" actually mean?.

fulano

Sorry Lin but that is totally wrong what they did, there has to be at least three, and in complicated cases more...unless you were an unbaptized publisher and did something wrong than two will do.

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Question about reproof

by Sirona in

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friends

jehovahs witnesses over on another board are telling me that elders can reprove someone (who sinned and is repentant) privately and that that person does not lose their priveledges.

has anyone here been reproved and kept all their congregation duties?

if so, what does "reproof" actually mean?.

fulano

Public or private it is the same, it is only public when publishers are or are going to be aware of the sin. Priveliges are taken and it is up to the elders which restrictions (prayer, talks, comments) are imposed and this has to be specified on the report the committe makes. By the way is it ALWAYS three or more on a judicial committee..

Edited by - fulano on 26 November 2002 9:13:38

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"Needgreaters" website?

by sf in

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this was hyperlink on "len buckholtz" site:.

< http://www.jwnet.org/needgreaters/.

a portion:.

fulano

Hi there. Need-greaters do not receive any financiel help from the society. The only thing they have in the DR is a kind of health-insurance. Need-greaters pay a monthly amount of money ($15 I think it was) to the Society and get medicins when they need.

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