It really doesn't matter what was ever printed in 1947, nearly 70 years ago....chalk it up to the fact that new light was revealed and excommunication and shunning are Jehovah's way.....like blood fractions and organ transplants are okay now as well...ect.
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shunning
by zeb inin the awake!
of 8th jan 1947 it states that shunning is a pagan practice and is "all together foreign to bible teaching".. hope this helps some..
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May 21, 2016 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS Re: Annual Items for 2017
by wifibandit inmay 21, 2016 to all congregations re: annual items for 2017.
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My ex use to proudly display the calendar on the fridge for all visitors to see. Jotting down assembly days and hours spent in service each day was an affront to her pagan unbelieving family members that viewed the monthly spreadsheet (the few times that they would visit or be invited over.) Noting the anemic number of hours, placements and RVs on the calendar was her badge of honor. Her mother use to turn her head to avoid seeing tally and avoid vomiting. From what I'm told, she still does it. Looks like she is SOL unless she makes her own calendar with cheesy, staged pictures. -
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"The Bunker" WT Conventions 2016 (Gag Me)
by Poztate inin the very near future the gang will be down in a bunker,cellar awaiting the police,military to break in and take them away to camps or executions .
(paranoid much) this is the foretold "prophecy" of the governments turning on religion and saving them for last.since the couple portrayed as simplifying their life by getting rid of a lot of material things is shown to be (about) the same age in the bunker we know it must be any minute now that it will happen.
i have been out for over 35 years and things seem to be getting more bizarre each year.. when did this doctrine really become main stream?
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Years ago, I remember a special talk in the service meeting about buying a "go to pack." It's a pre-stocked emergency pack of medical supplies, water, and some semi non-perishable food. The rank and file jumped on it as life saving info from the governing body. They "did just so." People were sharing info on packs, prices, and suppliers. It seemed to fuel speculation of an impending terrorist attack or the great trib. They were on pins and needles waiting for the hammer to drop. Meeting attendance improved. My parents ordered 2 packs....because the power bars should last them the 10 days that the great trib would take. They encouraged me to buy some too. I didn't.....that was about 5 years ago and I'm sure that the power bars are not edible, the medical supplies are expired, and the adhesive on the tape and band aids are useless. Are they still pushing these "go to" packs on a yearly basis? -
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REAL Miracles!!
by pale.emperor inyou all like miracles?
wanna hear some real miracles that have happened?
this is all true folks!
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There was a story circulating around the area about a brother that killed 2 dogs with his bare hands! I kid you not! While working a home, the householder became agitated. The brother exited the porch and started walking to the street. The man opened the door and sicked his two dogs on the brother. Instantly, the brother crouched down and faced the onslaught of the two canines. As the dogs simultaneously leaped at him, he grabbed one dog with his left hand and the other with his right hand. With his hands on their snouts, he twisted their heads, instantaneously broke both their necks, and killed both dogs. You see, 30 years early, the brother was in the special forces in Vietnam before becoming a JW. He was trained in killing dogs with his bare hands. It must have been angelic direction because anyone else in the congregation or car group would have been killed or severely torn up by the German Shepards. No one knows the any of the particulars such as the location, congregation, or names of those involved. JW urban legend. -
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JW said they are unique
by StephaneLaliberte inlooking at a news article, i read the following:.
“that’s one thing that’s unique about jehovah’s people,” said marty mettler, a spokesman for the green bay convention.
“they even tell the hotels when they book they’re coming because some people book and don’t show.
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The Green Bay news article is BS. I personally knew of elders that used their position to book hotel rooms ahead of the posting of "approved hotels" on the information board. After the list was posted, there was a mad scramble to book rooms right after the meeting. Many would book rooms at several hotels until they learned where their friends were staying. They would then cancel the other rooms so regular R&F JWs could claim the seconds. Some would wait until a week before to make their final choice....depending upon the latest beef with a "fellow soldier in Christ" Hotels would tell you that they were fully booked. You would call back a week before the assemble and many rooms were available. -
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Shooting in the foot (homophobic video)
by Syme inwith the newly released homophobic video by the wts, it gets clearer that those people can't stop shooting themselves in the foot.
they are already under examination and de facto trial by the australian committee; more and more people and officials in western democracies inquire into their abusive tactics and put them under the microscope, and what do they do?
they release a video which confirms those worries.
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Could this video be a poke in the eye to the "superior authorities?" The video, though politically incorrect, may serve it's purpose in instigating the government to comment on the views and beliefs of these "honest-hearted" bible students. (loaded JW propaganda) Then, the GB can claim persecution from Satan and his world governments, unite the rank and file,and rally in the "great tribulation." Some may even "return to Jehover." We are so close brothers and sisters! We need to support God's organization. Give us your time and give us your money. 8,000,000 suckers waiting to be fleeced. -
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Start your own Prince rumour!
by purrpurr ini see the jw rumour mill is going into mad overdrive about prince.
the stories seem to be more and more unlikely.
so i thought as a bit of fun how about us here try to make up our own rumours?
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Prince was so distraught that the new "silver sword" Bible didn't have a purple cover that the WT was removed from his will. -
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What Are the Top JW Issues That Just Burn Your Buns the Most?
by Wild_Thing inwhich ones make you the maddest?
covering up of abuse, shunning, failed end of world predictions?.
my list is long and heavy, but the top 3 that set me off the most are:.
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For me, it's the more recent obsession of fleecing the entire flock. Cleaning out the congregation's savings account, mandating perpetual mortgage payments through an official congregation motion, asking kids for their ice cream money, publishing a means to leave the WT an "inheritance," selling all the Brooklyn property that was refurbished by volunteer labor of the rank and file, cutting costs by kicking bethelites to the curb, instituting new KH designs that favor flipping them as commercial property, getting rid of special pioneers, and fattening the wallet with pseudo convention and assembly costs. -
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Circuit Overseer Coming For Lunch – Everything Has to be Perfect
by SAHS inwe have the circuit overseer’s visit this week, and my folks are having him and his wife over for lunch today.
of course, i’m making it a point of hightailing it out of there to have my lunch elsewhere.
when my mom asks me “why don’t you stay and meet him,” i just say, “well, he’s just a man like everybody else.” she says, “well, of course.
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When the CO use to visit the congregation, you could easily guess who was going to be assigned talks in the TMS and demos in the "circus" meeting. It was always the well connected members.....sons, son in laws, daughters, and wives of elders and m servants. Rarely, did a regular, unconnected member ever get to speak from the platform or pray when the ultimate "gift in men" was visiting. In addition, attendance was high, tardiness was low, and people were on their best behavior. The Greatest Show on Earth for a couple of hours. -
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Is Russia the "king of the North" of "the South?" Or is it North Korea? I forget.....is it Iran? They flipped so many times. I guess it changes as the world changes....It depends on who is "touching the eyeball" or could touch the eyeball at the current time. I'm sure that this will ratchet up the persecution complex.