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my take on this weekends Assembly
by TheLoveDoctor in
1. watchtower
2. bible
adgrpid:|servtype: google_ad_section_start to the making of many books is worrisome as the bible says yet the last time we received a ypa book it was 2008 volume 1, 2 now this weekend we received volume 1 revised.

wow and so many are excited about us killing so many trees to repeat the same thing over and over again.

i need to vent a bit and could easily get on to many issues of wtbts and its goober body.
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The effect we are having on the Watchtower is HUGE
by jwfacts in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was inspired by a recent thread i know i aint gunna crumble the wt, but a girl can dream to look at the effect we as individuals are having on the watchtower society.. 3dogs1husband quoted a story to show that even helping only one person is worth it.. it is encouraging to note that the one person you may have helped has lead to millions being helped, due to the power of compounding growth.. compounding growth is well illustrated by the rice on a chessboard problem.

if you start with 1 grain of rice on square one, and double it to 2 on the second, 4 on the third, 8 on the fourth, by the last (64th) square there would be 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 grains of rice.. likewise, if you help one person out of the grip of the watchtower this year, then next year you help one more and they help one, in a few years that is going to have a formidable result on the number of jehovahs witnesses.

look at the following statistics.
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Feet and Toes Research and Noo Lite
by Mad Sweeney in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this has been discussed in the district convention thread but i felt like all the "toes" info would be nice to see in one place.

[from the late 1950s through most of the 1970s the toes of the image meant all coexisting powers and governments at the time of the end].

35 but there was a final or completing part of the symbolic image, namely, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.
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Elder body removed Watchtower letter
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. jw
2. friends
elder body removed watchtower letter.

an elder body was removed last year in california.

most folks have never seen a watchtower letter breaking this news.
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PROTESTS AT WATCHTOWER CONVENTIONS
by Lawrence Hughes in
1. jw
2. friends
dear friends,.

as you may know, the watchtower society takes great pride in its district conventions.

please contact me if you can attend any of these protests.. there is no reason why every district convention in the world could not have a protest and receive media coverage to expose the watchtower society.
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Best way to step down from being a servant
by RayPublisher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hey i'm wondering if anyone can give some good advice on how to step down in the safest way.. i have served as an ms for a number of years, but can't do it anymore.

i know too much i want to fade in the future when i get some family things straightened out.

i can't move right now so that's out unfortunately.. what should i tell the body?
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Did you ever get stumped in the ministry?
by NewChapter in
1. jw
2. friends
i got into a tiny discussion with a return visit about the cross.

i confidently informed her that the cross was a pagan symbol not used by christians.

the romans were pagans, so they used a pagan symbol.
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An Open letter to the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses (Elders/ Ex-Elders)
by stuckinamovement in
1. jw
2. friends
if you are an elder or an ex-elder please add a comment.

i hope that the governing body will see this.

it is too bad it has to be on an anonymous forum.
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How Being a Witness made you Lose out on Higher Education and Careers
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
hi, folks.

been thinking of this, because of having been raised in the witnesses.

i reflect back on opportunities i would have encountered and seized, had it not been for being controlled by the witness organization being told higher education was not needed.
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When did you think Armageddon would come?
by comment in
1. jw
2. friends
i was just thinking about this.

having been raised "in the truth" post-1975, i didn't grow up with any specific year in mind.

yes, there was the notion of "this generation will by no means pass away," but by the time i was old enough to think about that concept, the people who were born in 1914 (to stretch it out as far as possible, as the society ultimately did) were still only in their 60's.