cree lake congregation of non-jehovahs witnesses.
my address.
my city.
I think you would do good to consider re-writing the letter in a very formal format. Perhaps someone who can write in legalese.
If you get rid of the anger, and just state objectively that you will sue each elder individually you will scare the c#@p out of them.
i had my circuit assembly last weekend.
it was absolutely mind numbing, but i took extensive notes, and i thought i'd share the key points with everyone here for your reading pleasure.. .
i feel i'd made a lot of progress since my convention in june.
One of a brother in a Central American country where the work is banned, who gave a tract to a guy at a bus stop.
I don't recall any recent bans in Central America. Is it possible, that even if this is a real experience that is is decades old?
i'm curious about some of you who post here and say that you attend jw meetings regularly.
what motivates you to post here, and does anyone in your congregation have any clue you're doing that?
While I am no longer active, at the time I first signed on to this board I was on my way out, but technically active.
since i hate hitting the 'active topics' button and there is only one topic on the page, i have dial up and it's a pain in the a$$ to wait again to go to the next page..lol, i made this thread!
i am here to tell you that i recommend the book 'angels and demons' by dan brown!...that's it!
has anyone read it?.
Reading the book now. Very exciting. I am on page 500. Don't tell me the ending
contrary to what some apologists say!
Yippee!!. I graduate HS in 1975. Does that mean that I should quit school and pioneer. We are so close to the end continuing my education is the same as if I was on the Titanic re-arranging the deck chairs.
in an earlier post here http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/114651/1.ashx i noted the society's "special campaign" for september, an "awake" magazine dedicated to the topic of evolution vs. creation.
there is a "special campaign" to highlight that magazine all month.. got a call from our po last night.
there is going to be yet another "special campaign" in september -- a new "kingdom news" tract.
The title to the campaign is NOT titled "false religion end is near" or anything like that!
So, what is the title of the campaign? Is false religion's end not near?
in an earlier post here http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/114651/1.ashx i noted the society's "special campaign" for september, an "awake" magazine dedicated to the topic of evolution vs. creation.
there is a "special campaign" to highlight that magazine all month.. got a call from our po last night.
there is going to be yet another "special campaign" in september -- a new "kingdom news" tract.
However, the WTS and a large group of true witnesses did NOT preach that or even think that.
You got to be kidding. Were you around during the early 70s? The "end" was preached at the local hall, and at circuit and district conventions. It was the topic of conversation with all witnesses. To suggest otherwise is ridiculous.
given the exposure that the wts receives on the internet or in books and the fact that the public in general must have realised by now that the jws are a double faced organisation that does not deliver what it promises, do you know of any total outsiders, ie those that did not grow up as jws, that are now moving into this org?
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to us who have been there and seen it all this seems very odd, but no doubt many of these new dubs will in the future move out in the midst of a lot of turbulance.
In foreign-language congregations (which make up more than 25% of the US congregations): there is still lots of growth--especially among poor and/or semi-literate immigrants. The appeal of people who are well-established in this country, offering them literature in their own language, and later on a foothold of stability (belonging to a well-estblished "church"), is quite strong. In some immigrant-heavy urban areas, it is not unusual for a pioneer to be conducting 10 or 12 studies simultaneously, and have 2 or 3 of them progress to baptism every year or so.Very very few Latino immigrants, who grew up in hovels very likely with dirt floors and no running water before spending their life savings to get here, are familiar with the inforamtion available on the internet.
While it is true that poor immigrants are the source of growth, the growth is at a price. The resources expended by the society is not in proportion to what is received in contributions by these individuals.
This is a contributing factor to the "downsizing" of the society.
the thread on jws and hobbies got me to thinking about this, one of my basic disagreements with witness thinking.
the wts always seemed to be dividing activities into those that were "spiritual," and those that weren't.
in witness-land, going to meetings, praying, going out in field service and personal bible study were basically considered the only "spiritual activities.
Blondie, I was a teenager at the time of the so-called expansion of the sacred service definition. When it was all taken back later I heard that it was "those apostates" that tried to discount the public preaching because they did not like going out in service.
good morning all and happy tuesday,.
most everyone knows that jehovahs witnesses do not celebrate birthdays.
the reason is that there are two examples given in the bible of birthdays and bad things happened both times.
They are not wrong as long as you promise not to chop someone's head off during the celebration. Other than that, I don't know of any scriptural warning.
