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  ultimatum stop the practice of shunning or lose your charity status.

  by joe134cd in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just curious what would wt do if a government said reform your policy on shunning or you will lose your charity status.

  we will also be monitoring your reforms and there will be consequences if not brought up to our standards.

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  Ditto Smiddy.

  The Charities Commission should take a long hard look at - and revise - the legal and operational qualifications which define "charity", and re-assess existing charities to see if they fulfill the requirements.
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  CO visit; going to meeting.

  by SG098 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello everyone!just a little background info, i haven't been to a meeting in over a year.

  my wife has asked me to go with her tonight to help watch our son since it's the circuit overseers visit...my wife wants to be able to pay attention and get something out of the meeting since our son is 1yr old he can be a handful some times.. a few things of note about the situation:.

  - i'm going to the meeting no matter what.

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  "We've missed you." - Well, I'll never turn visitors away!

  "Are you going to start coming back?" - I'll definitely let you know if I do!

  "Wasn't that a wonderful meeting!" - I've had a lovely evening - but this wasn't it! (G.M.)

  Any attempts by the wolves to "have a chat" with you, ask them what it's about, and if the subject matter is not to your liking, simply say, "Not at the moment, but thank you for the offer."

  If they try to push it by saying, "But it'll only take a couple of minutes", rinse & repeat!
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  Update 8: "fix your attitude, young lady"

  by Esmeralda001 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my study conductor lectured me about my attitude this morning!!!!

  apparently some sister complained to her that my attitude was irritating.

  the sister in question is just bothered by the fact that i ignore her along with her four daughters.

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  "Apparently some sister complained to her.."

  I would ask your study conductor, "Why is this "sister" going against Jesus' direction at Matthew 5:23,24, and talking to others about me? If she has a problem, shouldn't she have spoken to me - alone?"

  Your shunners took the high ground against you. Let them see exactly where they are standing.

  Their "thinking" needs readjusted! (Galatians 6:1)
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  "Theocratic Warfare" still alive and well within Watchtower in 2016!

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems like the watchtower is still encouraging "theocratic warfare".

  in the no.1 watchtower of 2016, they (ironically) printed an article on honesty.here is something they said:"lyingwhat is it?

  saying something false to someone who is entitledto know the truth.

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  No wonder that legions of J.W.'s minds are turned to mush with all the double-speak the Org spews out. Something will be "wrong" in one article, but "right" in the next - such as lying!

  e.g. This is how the self - proclaimed "faithful slave of God" describes Rahab's lying:

  w13 11/1 p. 14 - "Using simple strategy, she had misdirected murderous men who had no right to the truth."

  it-2 p. 245 - "While malicious lying is definitely condemned in the Bible, this does not mean that a person is under obligation to divulge truthful information to people who are not entitled to it."

  It's no wonder then that a "mature" Witness who answered up during the "Bible highlights", (which dealt with Rahab's lying) clearly stated that lying was justifiable when replying to someone who was not entitled to the truth! (as proven at the A.R.C. by the squirming elders and G.B. member)

  Rahab's lifestyle and background would almost certainly have meant that she lied on a daily basis - so lying to the soldiers would have been instinctive - not the result of an epiphany.

  A tip for J.W.'s - to keep a clean conscience, simply decline to answer - rather than lying!

  (John 8:44) "You are from your father the Devil.....and you wish to do the desires of your father....and he did not stand fast in the truth, because truth is not in him.... because he is a liar and the father of the lie."
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  240 'Lands'

  by Jeffro in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovah's witnesses are purportedly 'active' in 240 'lands', quite a remarkable feat for a planet with only about 200 sovereign states (206 if you count all that are recognised by at least one un member, of which jws are present in 166).

  more than half of all jws worldwide are in just 10 countries.

  over 90% are in 45 countries.. to achieve this mathematical miracle, various places that are not separate countries are counted as 'lands'.. tahiti is counted as a separate 'land' though it is part of the society islands, which is part of french polynesia, which is part of... france.

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  "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics."

  The Org employs all three!
  
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  What's the status of this org financially?

  by megaboy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  soooo... i think the main strength of this group is having the finances to keep this con game going.

  i'm hoping that the pedophilia cases are draining them dry so we can be rid of this stumbling block from an organizational stand point.

  how is the constant surge of bad news getting out on them effecting the everyday person in this organization?

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  KAIK - Either way, WT is somewhere bleeding.

  FINKELSTEIN - I've never seen so much money grabbing and pleading coming out this organization.

  PEPPERHEART - And some of the things that the borg have come out with have been priceless [inexplicable?]

  BETH SARIM - it has to be paying for something, which the rank and file have no idea about!!!!

  I agree 100% with all of the above!!

  Are the Org's draconian cut-backs and sell-offs the result of an enforced new business structure, to appease mega-creditors who could bring down the WTBTS?

  Potential paedophile lawsuits do not justify or explain the desperation and panic to amass more cash - as BETH SARIM suggests.
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  Watchtower crackdown on anointed expansion - are they reaching for a solution to the expanding numbers problem?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if this has been discussed i missed it.

  i think the january study watchtower is a concerted attempt to reduce the numbers claiming to be anointed.

  but i love the sneaky way they go about it this time.

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  The Searcher

  "Those called by Jehovah do not wonder whether they have been invited or not! They know!"

  OK G.B., I used to wonder if I was part of the F.D.S - now I know!! :)

  (just as one or two of your "helpers" will no doubt be realising.......sooooooooon!)

  Will you please get my apartment ready at the Warwick Country Club?
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  What's the status of this org financially?

  by megaboy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  soooo... i think the main strength of this group is having the finances to keep this con game going.

  i'm hoping that the pedophilia cases are draining them dry so we can be rid of this stumbling block from an organizational stand point.

  how is the constant surge of bad news getting out on them effecting the everyday person in this organization?

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  "The WTS is about to enter its most richest state in its entire history...."

  Finkelstein, I would amend that statement to read, "The WTBTS has amassed the greatest amount of wealth in its history, but paradoxically, is producing the least amount of literature in its history - all things considered.

  So why is the Org in absolute convulsions, continually trying to extract more & more money from J.W.'s? (and their kids!)
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  Your Opinion Pleeease

  by thankyou in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  jw girl non-jw guy.

  tenuous boyfriend-girlfriend relationship.

  what is more likely to strengthen a relationship?.

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  It can't work, and it won't work!

  She has to give up the Org or the guy. I'd bet it's the guy.
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  "Freeness of speech"

  by Wonderment in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this was posted on another thread (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6040010839031808/christmas-tree-word-appreciation), but wondered about how others here would see this with one experience i had as an elder now as ex-jws.. when we were jw's we had to be extremely careful with what we said around the brotherhood.

  if someone said anything out of the ordinary, relationships among the involved were halted immediately, or were never the same afterwards.

  in this place, one can say almost anything without the fear of having a truck run over us.

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  The Searcher

  "Even Thomas doubted the Lord"

  Not only Thomas - Matthew 28:17 - "When they saw, him they did obeisance, but some doubted."

  Imagine Nazism, communism, and the McCarthy witch-hunt combined - that's the "spiritual paradise."

  Every J.W. knows how evil & apostate they'd appear, if they voiced an "independent" opinion.