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  Symptoms of Spiritual Weakness - Elder's Manual

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  lack of self-control in eating, drinking, and pursuit of pleasure;.

  so, let me get this straight.

  enjoying a fancy meal, appreciating the finer qualities of libations and deciding to enjoy life by pursuing pleasures (bike riding, hiking, camping, fishing, reading, movies, golfing, etc.

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  cappytan

  As to searching "spiritually weak" try separating the words spiritually weak, no quotes

  Blondie's right. Search on WOL brings up a bunch of results.
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  Symptoms of Spiritual Weakness - Elder's Manual

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  lack of self-control in eating, drinking, and pursuit of pleasure;.

  so, let me get this straight.

  enjoying a fancy meal, appreciating the finer qualities of libations and deciding to enjoy life by pursuing pleasures (bike riding, hiking, camping, fishing, reading, movies, golfing, etc.

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  cappytan

  How critical can I be without it being "overly"?

  Being overly critical is whatever three elders decide is "overly critical."

  Rolling your eyes at the meeting? Overly critical.

  Concerned about the tight-pants talk? Overly critical.

  Pursuing higher education? Overly critical.

  Refusing to shun your DF'd family member (aka showing unconditional love)? Overly critical.

  Complaining that elder so-and-so molested your daughter? Overly critical.
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  Symptoms of Spiritual Weakness - Elder's Manual

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  lack of self-control in eating, drinking, and pursuit of pleasure;.

  so, let me get this straight.

  enjoying a fancy meal, appreciating the finer qualities of libations and deciding to enjoy life by pursuing pleasures (bike riding, hiking, camping, fishing, reading, movies, golfing, etc.

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  cappytan

  So, from page 50 of the new PDF for the Elder's manual, there is a paragraph that lists some signs of spiritual weakness.

  "Symptoms of spiritual fatigue include: lack of self-control in eating, drinking, and pursuit of pleasure; a complacent spirit; loss of enthusiasm for the truth, including daily Bible reading and personal study; harboring serious and lingering doubts; neglecting association at congregation meetings; and becoming overly critical of elders and the organization."

  lack of self-control in eating, drinking, and pursuit of pleasure;

  So, let me get this straight. Enjoying a fancy meal, appreciating the finer qualities of libations and deciding to enjoy life by pursuing pleasures (bike riding, hiking, camping, fishing, reading, movies, golfing, etc.) makes me spiritually weak?

  a complacent spirit;

  When you look up complacent in the thesaurus, there are some negative synonyms associated with it such as egotistic, self-righteous and smug. Putting aside for a moment the fact that most elders are themselves egotistic, self-righteous and smug, lets look at the other synonyms. Confident, happy, pleased, satisfied. So, being confident, happy, pleased and satisfied with life is considered a spiritual weakness? Here are some antonyms (opposites) the thesaurus gives for complacent: unhappy, discontent, concerned. So, if we're not supposed to be complacent, we're supposed to feel unhappy, discontented and concerned in order to be spiritually strong?

  loss of enthusiasm for the truth, including daily Bible reading and personal study;

  This one I kind of give them, although those that experience loss of enthusiasm usually feel that way because of the so-called shepherds in the congregation or because the spiritual food provided has grown stale and unsatisfying.

  harboring serious and lingering doubts;

  Yep, folks. If you take the Apostle John's advice in 1 John 4:1 to test the inspired expressions, you are spiritually weak because you're doubting.

  neglecting association at congregation meetings;

  So, if you leave the meeting as soon as it's over (because your kid's bedtime is at 8:00 and meetings don't end until well after 9:00) instead of farting around pretending to be happy (wait, isn't that complacency?), you're spiritually weak.

  and becoming overly critical of elders and the organization.

  Oops. I guess this post means I'm spiritually weak.
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  These guys crash a Kingdom Hall on Memorial, video included

  by Crazyguy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7mars2mtaui.

  to funny nice job....

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  I still say this was a very douchey thing to do.
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  Tsarnaev guilty - should he get death or not?

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  i think he probably will (it is the us after all) but i hope he doesn't.

  he caused incredible pain and suffering to men, women and children who had never done anything to him.

  many died in unimaginable agony, others are disabled for life.

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  I don't like the idea of him paying his debt to society by living for free off of society for the rest of his life.
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  Something a CO once said.

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
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  "there are only three reasons you should miss a meeting.

  fever, fracture or funeral.

  everything else is a sorry excuse.

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  "There are only three reasons you should miss a meeting. The three F's. Fever, Fracture or Funeral. Everything else is a sorry excuse. "

  Ever hear that one?
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  Re: Shepherding Textbook in Digital Format

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after years of leaked info, the gb has finally decided to publish their own shepherding textbook in epub format.. dear brothers:.

  we are pleased to inform you that the shepherding textbook is now available in epub,.

  mobi, and pdf format.

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  Seriously. I've recently experienced the 'shepherding.'

  Welcome to the forum, tim3l0rd!

  I've got a buddy in an ASL cong who loves Dr. Who too. He's full in, though. No matter how much I wish it, I know he'd never post on here. I've already written him and our group of friends off realizing when I fade I won't be able to take them with me.

  Sad thing what this org does to friendships and families.
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  TTATT Billboard outside Belton, TX JW Conventions - Fundraising campaign

  by quest81 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  billboard raising awareness of the dangers of the jehovah's witness cult.. short summary.

  millions of people's lives are being adversely affected every day by jehovah's witnesses' (also known as jw.org) harmful teachings of shunning former members, refusal of certain kinds of medical treatment, social isolation, and harboring of child molesters.

  the goal of this campaign is to sponsor a billboard that will be targeted to current members traveling to the belton, tx conventions july 31st - aug 9th 2015. these conventions attract thousands of current members and hundreds of prospective members.

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  Simon: On the reddit site there was much discussion about some of your concerns.

  Belton, Texas was chosen because of the amount of JW's that would be there for conventions during the summer and for the reason that it was also the most affordable of the other locations. If the Billboard is on the main I-35 thoroughfare, thousands of JW's will pass it during the convention season.
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  Re: Shepherding Textbook in Digital Format

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after years of leaked info, the gb has finally decided to publish their own shepherding textbook in epub format.. dear brothers:.

  we are pleased to inform you that the shepherding textbook is now available in epub,.

  mobi, and pdf format.

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  For the non-tech-savvy among us, is there a way to analyze such a downloaded file to determine if that is the case?

  I'm sure there are various ways, however all I know about is the concept stated above. I know nothing about detecting such watermarks or embedding them. The actual method is called "Digital Watermarking."

  I believe there are some third party tools that aid in detection and removal of digital watermarks, however I have no idea what tool to recommend or use as I have never had to either detect or remove one.
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  Re: Shepherding Textbook in Digital Format

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after years of leaked info, the gb has finally decided to publish their own shepherding textbook in epub format.. dear brothers:.

  we are pleased to inform you that the shepherding textbook is now available in epub,.

  mobi, and pdf format.

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  cappytan

  Anyone ambitious enough could always print out a paper copy, scan it into a PDF and redistribute it.

  Correct. However if an undercover apostate elder who isn't too tech savvy decides to share it, they will likely just share whatever they download. They probably wouldn't think about something like unique metadata.