Maybe they'll make the carts motorized and autonomous, wandering the sidewalks like a celestial roomba.
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The only way to preach!
by ToesUp inthis pic was posted on a pro jw site.
easy way to get your time in.... no need for special pioneers!.
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Theocratic Ministry School . . . is still there AND longer?
by warehouse inso i made a timeline based on the leaked letter, it is as follows:.
edit: updated chart with color, because the html version was crap.
so i know i might be crazy, but is the theocratic school still there, just called apply yourself to field ministry?
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Wait- Now I wonder... If pedophiles aren't allowed within so-many-yards of a school, calling it a "school" should have legally kept pedophiles away... Hmm, food for thought. -
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Any thoughts on the real reasons for droppng the 'school"
by sparrowdown inmy thoughts are.
1. they want to avoid being made to comply with any laws that come with anything classed as a "school" especially a school with children enrolled.. 2. the mid-week meeting has been dying in the ass for years and needs a revival.
i predict happy -clappy-sing-a-longs to be included in the program.. anyone else have any thoughts ??
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Alright, I have been quiet on this subject because I am still not sure if I believe it. I would be quicker to believe it if it wasn't for those absurd new names for the meeting segments. Digging for spiritual gems? Really? But I digress...
If the school really is over, I can totally understand. I can't say too much without blowing my cover, lol, but I know at my kingdom hall, we have a pretty large congregation. We have the usual two schools, front and back. As you know, when somebody doesn't show for the front assignment, they get taken from the back school and moved up front, and the back school conductor can either give the talk himself, or direct his group to listen to the talk being given up front. Anyhow, what I am getting at is, I can think of MAYBE twice in the last 12 months that there have been all 6 students for both schools.They just don't show up anymore.
Same with demonstrations during service meeting parts. Seems like the brothers are always scrambling around looking for fill-ins for their demonstrations. One poor brother had 2 pairs of people cancel on him. The original ones assigned couldn't do it. Then he called around and found another set. Then they called back right before the meeting and cancelled on him. He got so upset that he just did the demonstration by himself.
Oh, and another congregation that I attended was much smaller, maybe 45 publishers. They took everything very seriously, and there were next-to-never cancellations. However, it was the same few brothers and sisters every week. We would joke that there were these 4 sisters that were "the demonstration sisters". They just always did them (pioneers, of course).
I don't know what I am trying to say. I guess that nobody takes anything seriously anymore anyway. The pubs in the big congregations blow off parts thinking that somebody else will pick up the slack (and the few go-getters end up doing the parts every time), The little congregations just have the same people do the parts every week too. It is quite a burden logistically for the elders and for the few witnesses that actually care to do their assignments. So I can understand why a change may need to be made.
I just can't see our old chairman saying "welcome to our 'digging for spiritual gems' meeting!". Ugh, it sounds so stupid. I feel like I should show up with a shovel and knee pads.
On a side note, if the Org is going to start combining congregations, I can see why they'd whack the school. They need the libraries to pack more congregations in. Can't do that if they are being used for the second school.
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More of What the Watchtower Didn't Teach You
by CalebInFloroda inwhat kind of bible education did the governing body really give us?
how much important information about it did the watchtower really teach us?
how much are we missing out on if we are one of jehovahs witnesses?.
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@Vidiot
That's what is sad to me. When I came in, it felt like I was in college (I have never been in college, so that's probably not a good analogy). But there were many reference books, and the writing style back in those days was on a higher level (to me anyway). Now its just so repetitious and dumbed-down. I wouldn't be surprised to open the watchtower and see a coloring contest for the adults to take the place of the Sunday study...
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Your assignment , to be an Guardian Angel.
by James Mixon inyour assignment to watch over brother xxx for the next 80 years.
some guardian angels are assigned to protect and guide a particular person, group, kingdom or country.
the assignment to watch over one person sounds boring, is it a 24 hour thing.. what happen when his assigned person get into a altercation with another person assigned by another angel, do they make bets who will win.
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"Oh Gary! I though you were combing your hair!!" -
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Your assignment , to be an Guardian Angel.
by James Mixon inyour assignment to watch over brother xxx for the next 80 years.
some guardian angels are assigned to protect and guide a particular person, group, kingdom or country.
the assignment to watch over one person sounds boring, is it a 24 hour thing.. what happen when his assigned person get into a altercation with another person assigned by another angel, do they make bets who will win.
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What if my guardian angel doesn't like your guardian angel, and they keep making shit happen to us to get at each other? "Hey Bob, tell your human to watch out for that open manhole... Too late! Sorry Bob!" "You dick! Well, I hope your human enjoys bedbugs" -
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My identification photo that I am human, not computer. hahaha. just kidding.
by pureginseng0 ina moment, minute ago, i decided to upload and change my profile.. you will find my identification photo that prove i am just a human being.. not a computer!!.
hahaha.. just a kidding.
from south korea of seoul.. ji-seong lee.
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Today I learned - I'm incapable of having a relationship
by Garrett inhello my dear friends,.
while this post may not be entirely witness related, i figured i'd write out my thoughts here as a form of release and reflection.. recently, a lot has changed in my life.
i'm away from home for the first time in a long while training to get certified in a field i'm not even sure i want to work in anymore.
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I look at it this way. You're chances of being alone are 100% if you don't try, so why not try? Even if there is only a 5% chance she'll respond, it's better than the 0% not trying gets you, right?
I guess I am saying, what's the harm in trying? You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
As my "worldly" dad always said, "there's nothing wrong with practicing on a few women first, that way when you meet the right one, you'll be ready". So who cares if she isn't Mrs. Right, you'll at least get some practice!
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Am I understanding this generation overlapping "New Light"
by greenhornet inso i'm thinking...my daughter has a great grand mother that was born in 1900. she was 14 years old in the 1914 year.. well this grand lady died in 1990. my daughter was about 9 years old at that time.
so my daughter can live until 2065.. she will be about 84 in the year 2065. so this "new light" means that 2065 is the new 1914?.
can someone say im right?.
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And in 2065, when people start asking when the end will come, we will find that Anthony Morris had himself cryogenically suspended. So he is not dead, technically holding back the four winds of destruction. He said that "he did not desire any to be destroyed but for all to attain to repentance". Such a loving provision!
However, it will be found that his cryogenic chamber fits too snugly, and he will be disfellowshipped for supporting the homosexual-designed, fashion cryogenic chamber industry. He will then be left out in the searing Warwick sunshine to thaw out.
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JOB 42 : 16
by brandnew inanybody tries throwing that overlapping / generation bullshiiiii down your throat.......you tell em to explain that.!!!!!!.
"and job saw his children, and grandchildren.......4 generations".
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