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  Best Life Ever...?

  by cognisonance in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmnnefnfj2q.

  seems to be a real jw sponsored song?

  sounds almost like country/folk.

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  NewYork44M

  I lasted almost a minute listening to this garbage. Sorry, this will not be a part of my favorites.
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  The Public Talks

  by Charles Gillette in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember when i use to give a number of public talks.

  i had a binder with every public talk listed by number in it.

  i don't have it anymore.. when i did the fade in 2002 after 33 years a slave since 1969. i destroyed all my watchtower materials and i had a lot.

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  It is all the same crap, just repackaged. In the mid-90s I had a portfolio of about 10 talks. Most followed a standard formula. I remember going out of town once to give a talk and realized I brought the wrong outline with me. I gave the talk and no one noticed (or cared).

  If they have changed it is because of the shortening of time. Aren't public talks now 25 minutes. I think the talks I gave were 45 minutes.
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  Role Call!

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how many here have been active here on this site in the the last seven days?.

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  Over the past week, I checked in most days and posted twice, before this post.
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  What Do You Think Will Be The Next Big Change In The Watchtower?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think there will be a change in the 144000 belief.

  too many witnesses think they have a heavenly hope.

  maybe 1914 will be discarded too.. what is your watchtower prediction?

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  I don't see big changes, rather, incremental changes of omission. They will simply ignore 1914, and soften the distinction between the great crowd and anointed. Combine this with simply not giving the number of partakers, and the problem is solved.

  Any major changes will be seen in the legal structure of the organization. The accountants and lawyers will take over.
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  Can you ever see a time when Govt`s of this world will attempt to abolish all religions ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we are now in the 21st century of our common era with its insights into the potential of what can be achieved in the near future to benefit mankind for years to come .. the co-operation of governments around the world on so many levels has never been better than it is today and it is at least encouraging to see this .. whether it has to do with the climate , the environment ,food production ,safe water for all ,and the better health for all in the near future, and in the future space exploration.

  however the problem today is still religion !

  in its many extreme forms that divides us in no ways that politics divide us .. politicians learn how to compromise and work with their opponents for the greater good ,whereas religions don`t.. religions divide humans like no politicians ever did well not to the extremes religions will go anyway.. is their going to come a time in history when governments politicians say enough is enough and try attempt to abolish religion ?.

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  I never understood what "abolish" means in this context. Other than removing the tax status (which they should), what else can the government do?

  The basis of religion is individual beliefs. The government has no ability to change individual beliefs.
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  Funny ex-jw memes

  by Apostate Anonymous in

  1. social
  2. humour

  backstory:.

  so my born-in cousin who recently left the org is looking to start an ex-jw / group instagram based in socal.

  he asked me if i had any ideas for a photo that can used for the instagram page and this is what i made for him:.

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  NewYork44M

  

  funny, funny, funny. Keep em' coming
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  Funny ex-jw memes

  by Apostate Anonymous in

  1. social
  2. humour

  backstory:.

  so my born-in cousin who recently left the org is looking to start an ex-jw / group instagram based in socal.

  he asked me if i had any ideas for a photo that can used for the instagram page and this is what i made for him:.

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  This is the best thread ever. Keep em commin!
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  More Congregations Being Dissolved - Atlanta, GA

  by Solzhenitsyn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i had a chat with a pimo elder who lives down in georgia usa.

  he said meeting with the co included direction for at least 12 congregations to be evaluated for dissolution in the near future.

  i thought the bible thumping southern us was a jw hot spot?

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  What congregation will Kevin be able to go back to?
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  I Saw An Elder Yesterday Who Told Me 3 Area Kingdom Halls Were Being Dissolved

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he said they read the letter to the congregation and were told the kh would be disbanded.

  2 other halls in the area were slated for closure.

  he said many people in the congregation began crying.

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  I suspect it is hard to keep a positive attitude these days in JW world. The slow march to oblivion has to be painful.
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  Why Do People Hate Jews???

  by minimus in

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  i have never understood anti-semitism .why sooo much hatred?.

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  NewYork44M

  Good question, Min. I have no answer, but your question gives me pause.