When i last visited Germany i noticed almost all the homeless/beggers had Watchtower magazines. The witnesses get to count them as placements in their report and the homeless get to wipe their ass after taking a dump in a dark ally somewhere. Everybody wins.
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Homeless guy begs with the Watchtower
by ShirleyW inafter that crazy story about the bride and groom going out in service in their wedding attire, that reminded me of a scene yesterday in one of the subway stations, a disheveled homeless guy had one hand out begging for some money, "does anyone have some spare change to help me " he kept saying, in his other hand was a copy of the magazine.
so what must've happened was some dub passed him by and instead of giving him a quarter gave him a copy of the latest publication.
although some of the beggars use their money for alcoholic beverage anyway instead of food i'm sure that magazine will be put to good use when he feels the need to take a squat somewhere and needs some paper.
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What is the name of this specific book?
by QuestionAskerPersonMan ini'm taking a class, and we are learning about jws.
my teacher is talking about a "big brown book" that is used for any questions or scriptures quoted by the person who jws are talking to.
he used it in the context that if they don't know the answer off the top of their head, they look for the verse in this book.. what is the name of this book?.
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pale.emperor
Sorry, my bad. I actually never even seen this book. I was of the CD Rom class.
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What is the name of this specific book?
by QuestionAskerPersonMan ini'm taking a class, and we are learning about jws.
my teacher is talking about a "big brown book" that is used for any questions or scriptures quoted by the person who jws are talking to.
he used it in the context that if they don't know the answer off the top of their head, they look for the verse in this book.. what is the name of this book?.
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pale.emperor
Reasoning From The Scriptures - but it wasnt big, it was the same size as the songbooks.
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Cart Witnessing On Their Wedding Day
by pale.emperor inthis photo is doing the rounds on jw inspirational on instagram.
although the brothers and sisters think this is "oh so amazing" and "so cool" it's actually very sad and quite shocking.
what, people cant even enjoy their wedding day without the cult invading their special day.
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pale.emperor
i attended a district assembly in Sheffield UK on my honeymoon.
hahahahahaha!! Oh Stan, im sorry mate.
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pale.emperor
Perhaps I am wrong, but I was under the impression that freely and openly associating with a disfellowshipped person is something one can get disfellowshipped for. Therefore, if that person does not shun, then they will be shunned themselves. That sounds like "enforced shunning" to me.
That's what i used to think. But actually, in Shepherd The Flock Of God page 116 it says:
So there is a loop hole. But because this is in the secret elders manual the rank and file wont know this.
I thought about the OP's question when i first left. The majority of JW's who are actively shunning are doing so because they're told to. It has nothing to do with the perceived sin the person may have committed. This is proven in the fact that most family members will still speak to you until your announcement is made. If you ask them they say its to "keep the congregation clean" or that they "choose to stay loyal to Jehovah". Of course some will pull 1 Corinthians 5:11 out of their ass and use this as "proof". But this isn't really the case because if the GB abolished shunning i guarantee that 99.9999999% of JW's would suddenly start talking to you again.
It violates free will because the person doing the shunning may want to talk to someone, but they know there'll be consequences if they do. When in fact, there shouldn't be. An abusive relationship indeed.
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Cart Witnessing On Their Wedding Day
by pale.emperor inthis photo is doing the rounds on jw inspirational on instagram.
although the brothers and sisters think this is "oh so amazing" and "so cool" it's actually very sad and quite shocking.
what, people cant even enjoy their wedding day without the cult invading their special day.
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pale.emperor
This photo is doing the rounds on JW inspirational on Instagram. Although the brothers and sisters think this is "oh so amazing" and "so cool" it's actually very sad and quite shocking. What, people cant even enjoy their wedding day without the cult invading their special day. They cant even have ONE DAY devoted to them.
I actually think this would put people off approaching, what sort of crazies do this on their wedding day.
Im told this is brother and sister Cholokashvili from the Supsa congregation in Poti, Georgia (the country, not the US state). Lets hope this isnt in their wedding album because when one of them wakes up and leaves they'll look back and cringe.
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BOE: Singers for recordings in German - bethel email address uncovered
by Edison Trent inlast week a new letter for the boe in germany was published online.
i want to share it with you (poor translation by google, sorry for that):.
to all service comitees of german speaking congregations.
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Brothers and sisters with a vocal education? Sorry brothers, you told us we couldn't pursue further education because armageddon was just around the corner.
Jazz? WTF?!!
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The Ransom for Nitwits
by Farkel inmark 10:45: "for even the son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.".
1 timothy 2:5-6: "for there is one god, and one mediator between god and men, the man christ jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.".
the ransom that was taught for the first 1,000 years of christianity.
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pale.emperor
This is brilliant. Thanks!!
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New "Become Jehovah's Friend" Video - The Ransom
by pale.emperor in: https://www.jw.org/en/publications/videos/#mediaitems/allvideos/pub-pk_e_26_video.
sickening propaganda for our young ones.
they've laid off on the "armageddon will be here soon" angle and now it's all about "hope".
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Have you seen this? : https://www.jw.org/en/publications/videos/#mediaitems/AllVideos/pub-pk_E_26_VIDEO
Sickening propaganda for our young ones. They've laid off on the "armageddon will be here soon" angle and now it's all about "hope". "Hope" of living forever in a paradise. "Hope" that will get us through tough times.
Is this the best they have now? No REAL practical help from the scriptures? No REAL practical help from the congregation to the community? Just "hope"?
It was crap like this that i envied other religious people that seemed to live happy lives knowing their scriptures back to front and inside out.
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I would like to rant about how I get really upset when I get some weak invitation back to the cult.
by schnell inmy mother wanted me to know that the co gave a talk that kinda-sorta reprimanded an elder in her hall.
he is not the reason i left at all, and this does not address anything to do with me or our family.. my mother-in-law sent me texts which i ignored and now she has sent a picture to my wife on facebook just for me, and it's a prodigal son meme that says, "you see the signs, come back it's not too late".. yeah, it's not too late to accept a global flood in 2370 bce, or that man was created in 4026 bce from a golem spell, or that an us-and-them cult mentality is at all healthy or loving, or that religion is going to be banned by the un, or that i should expect anyone else at the door to accept these stupid ideas in the information age.. what am i supposed to say?
i usually just ignore them, but before i do that, i see that shit and i storm into this weird internalized rage where i start writing a response and deleting it.
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pale.emperor
When I was an active JW I lost count how many times I used to hear JWs saying that they were sure ex brother or sister so and so "knows it is the Truth" and that they will soon come to their senses, or just need guiding back with love and encouragement. Ahhhhhh!!
Oh I hear ya! My family are saying this to congregation members about me.