I think what will happen is that the C.O. will still visit each congregation twice a year but he will do so invisibly. There will be lots of evidence of C.O. realities proving that he has actually visited the congregation, and of course hard cash will still be required, for his invisible upkeep.
Posts by Annon
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86JW Rumor: End of the Traveling Overseer
by Edison Trent ina friend of mine has contacts to a family with several circuit overseers and special pioneers.
they have good connections to bethel.. he told me that the latest rumor from bethel states that the cos should be abolished in their present form.
they have also recently begun to take cos back to bethel.. over the same channel i have already heard of the car fleet program and that the dos should be abolished.. has anyone else already heard of it?
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A "Three-fold cord"?
by stuckinarut2 inwe all know of the well used scripture that speaks of "a three-fold cord" in marriage.. sure, it is meant to indicate that any marriage that has "god" in it as the foundation of the couple's life will be successful.
but how often have we noticed that what it really means for witnesses is that the society, or the gb has the right to be an unwelcome and nosey intruder in the lives of couples.
every decision that family unit makes is influenced by the organisation.
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Annon
Good old king David must have had a 19 fold cord what with his 8 wives and a least 10 concubines.
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Shunning video questions
by poopie in1.if the parents were to have no contact with there grown daughter why was she still in the house,?
there were also not supposed to grieve like aarons household yet they appeared to be grieving.
3. aaron case is different in that his entire family was not included in the no grieving?
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Annon
Guess they cannot find anything in the New Testament to support the shunning doctrine so they mangle some Old Testament account. It is rather strange that God consumed or devoured Aaron's sons with fire and then three verses later they were carried away in there robes! Possibly they were wearing some kind of asbestos clothing. Never mind, some think that this ancient story is good enough to make you override your conscience and stop you answering a call from you own daughter/son whose life might be in danger. Help!
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"The purpose of reporting field service time is for encouragement"
by HereIgo ini was told this when i was an aspiring jw, aka unbaptized publisher.
the above explanation didn't make sense to me then and it never did make sense throughout my jw career.
over time, it appeared to me the real purpose of field service time reporting was to gauge one's spirituality and for the ceo *cough* co to make sure the elders were on top of things during his visit..
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Annon
I do not know how recording hours spent standing by a cart speaking to no one can be a measure of anything, except compliance with man made rules. Of course helping the elderly or any kind of real caring for others is not recorded, hence to expression "I can't visit that old sick sister/brother I need to get my time in" .
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September 11, 2017 Re: Global Assistance Arrangement for the 2018 Service Year
by wifibandit inseptember 11, 2017 to all congregations in the united states re: global assistance arrangement for the 2018 service year.
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Annon
So just thinking about the USA, a recent video talked about 4 congregations sharing 1 kingdom hall with about 100 publishers each. So that is 400 x $14 for the GAA or $5600 received for just one hall.
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The "circle" of the earth
by stillin ina fair bit of time was spent discussing the (one) scripture in the bible that "proves" that when the bible touches on scientific subjects, it is absolutely correct.
this was at the most recent clam meeting this past week.
from isaiah, the reference to the "circle" of the earth.
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Annon
There is a Hebrew word for ball, it used at Isaiah 22:18. Why not use that to describe the earth instead of using a word that just goes along with the incorrect idea of the time.
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Last nights CLAM meeting
by dbq407 inso hadn't been to a clam meeting in quite a few months, but went last night.
so we learned that gog of magog is not satan as previously believed.
they used a few scriptures that made it clear that it couldn't be satan and that it would be a coalition of nations.
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Annon
One of the many many things that puzzled me about the video is where are the older ones? None to be seen, and if God is looking after these older infirm Brothers and Sisters, who seem to have been left in their own homes, or in care homes, why are all these idiots hiding in a basement?
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Do You Think Jehovah's Witnesses Are Typically Ignorant People?
by minimus ini think most witnesses are simple minded.many are ignorant.
there are a lot of basically "good people "in the religion but i believe many are kind of dumb, including many elders.
do you agree with my thoughts??
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Annon
I honestly feel that if you go to a meeting and listen to all the contradictory beliefs, the crazy illustrations that fall apart when looked at closer, new light, new songs, listen to people saying that God is going to stop all violence by killing almost everyone on the earth, hearing the one generation is actually two that overlap teaching, you come away a little bit dumber. I felt that way. I often wonder if that is the plan. -
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Atheism is likely as old as Religious thinking - thinkers often doubted the existence of supernatural beings.
by fulltimestudent ini've only just discovered an important book on the topic of atheism was published in 2015. it's title is, "battling the gods: atheism in the world.
" by tim whitmarsh, professor of greek culture at the uk's university of cambridge.. whitmarsh reviews a 1000 years of greek/roman writings and can demonstrate that the surviving writings of many famous ancient authors discussed disbelief in the god(s).that alone casts doubts on the concept many 'believers' today promote, that a belief in divinities is hard wired into the brain.
and, just as clearly, atheism is not just a modern view.. whitmarsh argues, " that early societies were far more capable than many since of containing atheism within the spectrum of what they considered normal.
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Annon
I am reading a book on physics by Carlo Rovelli and it has some interesting information about early Greek thinkers, but the bit that struck me was that most of their original writings are gone, often only references to what they wrote remain. The reason was the "Christians" destroyed all the books that they did not agree with.
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Why the vitriolic hate?
by stuckinarut2 ini am sure we have all thought of this before, but it struck me again today:.
why does the society promote such vitriolic hate toward, and about those who have left "the truth" ?.
surely it is obvious that such critical attitudes towards ones like us who have left, only serves to proove that they do not have "the truth"?.
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Annon
I think SummerAngel has a point the whole thing is not just about punishing those who show dissent but also warning anybody who is thinking about doing the same.