Posts by millie210

The chairs and windows and colors look like there hasnt been a remodel in a "generation" (lol I am having fun with that term today) or so. So did his money immediately get funneled upward? Because you sure cant see that any of it was used in the local KH.

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JWs and "Simple Truths"

by JW_Rogue in

in public talks we would always hear about how we knew god's word was the truth because it was simple and clear.

how god revealed the real truth to uneducated and ordinary people.

the problem is that in reality something being simple or clear isn't an indicator of it's truthfulness at all.

millie210

Well we can refer to the overlapping generation teaching....

one example of simple and clear!

(or not)

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Watchtower set for its biggest pay day, ever.

by pleaseresearch in

if this is true, and we will have to wait and see.

prince could give everything to the watchtower.

so that's his $300 million fortune.

millie210

I am wondering if it is possibly a chance he didnt have a will?

The reason I wonder is because the Org seems to be circling this story like a shark in the water. LIke they smell potential.

Are they prepping his sister for a handout saying its "what Br Nelson would have wanted"?

If there was a will, everyone would know by now wouldnt they?

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Jehovah's Witness Church Release Statement

by truthseekeriam in

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"we are saddened to hear about the death of prince rogers nelson, who was baptized as one of jehovah’s witnesses in 2003," the church said in a statement obtained by people.

the church said that prince "found fulfillment as a witness and in sharing his faith with others.

http://www.people.com/article/prince-dead-jehovah-witness-release-statement.

millie210

They have a "proviso" in the statement.

the part about not having details as to cause of death.

it is obviously a statement drafted by the legal department.

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the Guardians of Doctrine - What was your view of GB 1.0?

by berrygerry in

when i was an all-in, younger, somewhat uber-dub - i envisioned the governing body as spending 16 to 18 hours a day at the bethel library, with their noses in the bible and associated research books.

sky-j was propelling his holy spirit directly at them, maybe opening the book to the right page or paragraph, and zap, new light.. when i learned that these dudes only met on wednesday mornings, for as little as 10 minutes, and spent the rest of their time managing and traveling, it was quite a letdown.. anyone have such thoughts of our guardians of doctrine?.

millie210

They were much better off when they were "unknowns". Then a persons imagination and faith could imbue these men with whatever godlike qualities a person wanted to imagine they had.

It is a common tactic for political people to try to portray themselves as "down home. just like the average person" traits.

This seemed to work well when tried with religious leaders such as the Pope, so the Governing Body was advised (?) to try it.

It has backfired.

I am not sure of all the reasons why but it has and now they cant really back away from it can they?

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Hard to Remember but Back in the Ninteen Fifies...

by new boy in

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my writing a book about my strange life as a jw.

i need some help.. does anyone remember when they used to get these charts out at the service meetings which had all the hours, "back calls" and bible studies on it?

what did they call that?.

millie210

How about a piano in every Kingdom Hall?

And always someone there who could play it (or pound away as the case may be)

Also the live orchestras at assemblies.

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FUNERAL OUTLINE

by freeatlast36 in

i knew it.

march 28, 2014 at 9:57pm.

nobody seemed to notice that i wasn't sitting with my immediate family.

millie210

The old outline was horrible. The height of impersonal.

I guess enough was said they got the point and have now dialed it back a bit in the new outline.

Its about time.

Meanwhile, pity the poor family members who had to sit through a cold lecture while grieving, those being their last moments with their dead loved one.

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Hard to Remember but Back in the Ninteen Fifies...

by new boy in

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friends

my writing a book about my strange life as a jw.

i need some help.. does anyone remember when they used to get these charts out at the service meetings which had all the hours, "back calls" and bible studies on it?

what did they call that?.

millie210

The 50s are a little before my time but in the early 60s, I remember the written review was done with a pencil and you signed it and turned it in to the school conductor.

The breaks in between meetings was interesting....I remember people would go outside and have a cigarette!

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JWs mentioned in NYTimes article about Remote Ecuador Towns Hit by Quake, Contact Was Cut Off for Days

by AndersonsInfo in

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/world/americas/in-remote-ecuador-towns-hit-by-quake-contact-was-cut-off-for-days.html?_r=1.

in remote ecuador towns hit by quake, contact was cut off for days.

by nicholas casey and maggy ayala april 19, 2016 .

millie210

Im glad the man at the end of the article was able to find his 5 yr old daughter alive under the rubble.