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  In person attendance

  by road to nowhere in

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  we got the inevitable letter today.. meet, associate and "encourage" in person unless sick or infirm.

  also dress up for zoom if you must use it.

  locally over half are on zoom, 3/4 no picture.

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  Steps to Salvation: JW vs. Bible

  by neat blue dog in

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  this sunday's watchtower:.

  1.study every weekdevote the needed time and effort to study regularlyif possible, study twice a week2.prepare for each study sessionread the lesson beforehandhighlight key words or phrases that answer each study questionthink of how the material applies to them3.communicate with jehovah every daylisten to jehovah by reading the bible dailythink of what the bible is teaching about jehovahspeak to jehovah by praying each day4.develop a personal relationship with jehovahsee jehovah as a real personappreciate jehovah’s beautiful qualities and personalitylearn to love jehovah from the heart5.attend congregation meetingsaccept this as part of the bible study programsee the benefits they can receive by attending the meetingsmeet others whose good example they can imitate.

  vs. bible:.

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  JW.ORG delivering food to JWs in California

  by NikL in

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  so a couple of weeks ago my wife (who is an active jw) got a delivery of apples, oranges, potatoes, carrots and onions.. the story i heard was that the "branch bought a bunch of food that would go to waste and was delivering it".. i am in california and a friend of mine in another cong.

  50 or so miles away had the same thing happen.. a few days ago we got another delivery and as a matter of fact my wife was asked if she could "help jehovah with delivering his gifts".

  unfortunately she is in poor health and unable to so so.. anyway, the story seems fabricated to me and i am wondering what is really going on.. does anybody have any ideas?

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  My thoughts about Watchtower fully owned "independent" lawyer firm / Dutch case

  by Gorbatchov in

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  friends,.

  of course we have the vampire story, but this is what i'm thinking of now:.

  in the current dutch jw.org law cases about child abuse and religion rights the jw.org is represented by shane brady, partner of w. glen how & associaties.

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  Since so much artwork in WT is starting to resemble propaganda posters from totaluitarian regimes, I submit this...

  by NikL in

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  District convention to be held in assembly hall instead of stadium

  by NikL in

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  last night they announced that this summers district convention will be held at an assembly hall.. this is the first time i've seen this happen.

  there are a couple of congregations in the same hall here and they aren't going to the same ones.

  they are having multiple dates.. the hall they are going to use can only hold 1500 people max.. just wondering if maybe they just couldnt get anything bigger this year or if the falling numbers are playing a part in this decision.

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  Interesting article for those leaving WT but are still believers and want to heal from being entrenched in legalism

  by NikL in

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  i really enjoyed it and thought i'd share for what it's worth.... https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/how-you-can-heal-from-growing-up-in-a-legalistic-church.html.

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  New Watchtower president

  by neat blue dog in

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  the main corporation is two words "watch tower" society of pennsylvania.

  don adams took over for milton henschel in 2000 when the governing body cut all corporate ties, and when he died robert ciranko took over for him in 2014.. the next major corporation in line is the one word "watchtower" society of new york.

  the jw's first black corporate president, leon weaver jr., was president of this one up until recently.

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  Name of the fictional "Novel" published by jf Rutherford

  by NikL in

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  well i consider all of his books fictional but that's another story :-).

  a while back i read about a novel that i understood was published by wt and there was some sort of connection with da judge.. i remember i found it online and was going to look through it but never got the chance.. now i can't find it and for the life of me i can't remember the name of it or the author.. unfortunately, google isn't helping.. it was about life before the flood.. anyone able to help?.

  thanks in advance.

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  Russia=King of the North, USA=King of the South? New info coming in from Annual Meeting 2018

  by Jules Saturn in

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  2. beliefs

  it was announced in this year’s annual meeting that they believe that the king of the north is russia and the king of the south is us/britain.

  for me this is the first time hearing from the society actually identifying the identity of the king of the north.

  very interesting times!

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