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  A sincere message to those from the organisation monitoring my posts....

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. friends

  so, i know there are some from my congregation or from bethel who monitor my posts..... maybe you're looking for something to catch me out?.

  just a question: rather than trying to find fault with me, have you stopped and looked into the issues or facts about the organisation that caused me to come to a place like this forum??.

  facts are there for anyone to find nowadays....one just has to be willing to pull their head out of the sand.....

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  wallsofjericho

  I had a similar experience

  I went back through all my topics and posts and identified the bro that called me by my user name

  I then had ammo on him

  I never brought it up again and neither did he

  He's an MS now
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  New Here

  by Grey Goose in

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  hi one and all.. i've lurked for 3 years, about time i signed up.. i'm a still in ms due to family.. fully awake.. i look forward to getting to know all of you..

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  wallsofjericho

  Whatistruth
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  Witnesses killed my friend today.

  by WasOnceBlind in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  today has been a horrible day.

  what began as a day of joy finding out that one of my lifelong friends had her baby, turned into a nightmare when her brother called me to let me know she had passed away after birth.

  i was in shock and didn't ask how.

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  wallsofjericho

  If you ask a witness if they would jump in front of a bus to save their child if it meant their own life they'll answer YES !

  If you ask them if they'd give them a blood transfusion OH NO!

  the difference? They'll die for their kids if it means a resurrection but not if they would lose out on it.

  Translation: I love my kids but not enough to die forever!
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  If YOU had to make the decision, would you respect a JW relatives wish to refuse a blood transfusion?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  a few years after i quit the meetings my mum needed her medical directive signed and witnessed and she asked if i'd do it.

  i was surprised to say the least!.

  i think she was just angling to include me and maybe find some lever to get me involved again.

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  wallsofjericho

  Nope

  I'd sign

  Then get df'd for saving someone's life and dubs shunning me for saving their friends life

  Ultimate cognitive dissonance
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  Even the Overlapping Generations isn't an original concept

  by paradisebeauty in

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  2. beliefs

  to my surprise, i found this: .

  the overlapping generations model is an economic model .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/overlapping_generations_model.

  if those people from wt are inspired, why can't they at least come up with something original .....

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  wallsofjericho

  Wasn't this concept addressed in a questions from readers decades ago? Like as far back as the 1950's?

  I think even Rutherford may have commented on this

  The overlapping generation is not new to the GB

  I can imagine this idea was shot down multiple times by 2/3 vote at the GB table over the past several decades
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  How many visitors do we get ?

  by Simon in

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  2. friends

  someone was asking me in the chatroom about the number of hits the site gets.

  here is a brief summary (of what we currently get per week):.

  21,000 visitors.

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  wallsofjericho

  Simon we love you!

  I opened my eyes for the first time back on JWD

  You set me free
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  Women in this Org are looking for a Father Figure

  by xjwsrock in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a rant mainly in response to my wife's reaction to the stupid clam meeting last night.

  bear in mind, while i am not sexist, i am also not politically correct.

  .... it is no secret that the women in this organization outnumber the men.

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  wallsofjericho

  I agree 100%
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  New definition of lying

  by I am a Bible Student in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the watchtower no 1 for 2016, entitled 'why be honest', has this definition of lying on page 5:.

  "saying something false to someone who is entitled to know the truth.".

  so if i tell my husband an untruth, i.e.

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  wallsofjericho

  let your yes mean yes and your no, no. Unless of course they're not entitled to know
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  Is zeal beginning to vanish?

  by Caupon in

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  2. friends

  it has to be starting to fade somehow.

  the very last time i went out in field service, hardly any were out.

  maybe just about nine people were out and man if you could just see their faces.

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  wallsofjericho

  I have been completely inactive for almost 5 years

  I miss 60% of meetings or more easily each month, and no one bothers me about it. I have never experienced this in my life. My memories of "spiritually weak" times in my life were a very real and tangible shunning from families in the cong. Sure they would be freindly at the Hall but I would never get invited out to anything social.

  Now i am very active socially and nobody... ever, questions me about my "service" or why I am not an MS.

  I have numerous friends in their 40's none of which are MS's or elders. This was unheard when/where I grew up. I remember even as a child having this conditioning present, that is if a brother was in his 40's or older and wasn't serving I would assume they were weak. they must be of course otherwise why wouldn't they be?

  I definitely feel like people don't care that much anymore
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  Two Year Delay in Building New KHs - What Is the Real Impact?

  by committeechairman in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  where are all these kingdom halls that were going to start being built?

  the rbc arrangement was officially announced as an arrangement that was ending in the united states branch territory in a letter on january 24, 2014 (although this letter is no longer listed on jw.org).

  this means that 23 months have passed since the announcement of the ldc taking over and "acceleration" of kingdom hall builds.. what has happened in the meantime with kh construction?

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  wallsofjericho

  I suppose the transfer of mortgage and ownership in whole to the WTS and the instituting mortgage sized donations by all congregations not only increases cash flow but would like allow the WTS more control of how the funds are allocated

  bundling those mortgages to some sort of an investment management company could allow them to make credit payments significantly lower than their monthly cash inflow

  instead of obligatory payments to credit coffers the WTS has created an enormous income stream from which to build their Armageddon bunker