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  2018 Circuit Assemblies Talk Outlines

  by wifibandit in

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  http://avoidjw.org/en/publications/2018-circuit-assemblies/.

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  pale.emperor

  10:05 Symposium: Avoid Sowing to the Flesh

  • Use Social Media Wisely

  DEMONSTRATION (2 min.)
  [Note: You may make minor adjustments to the script for naturalness. Participants may use their own names if
  desired. Rehearse thoroughly so that the participants will be conversational, neither comical nor overly
  dramatic. The Witness who offers counsel (Lauren) should avoid a self-righteous tone. Select participants
  who are exemplary in their use of social media]
  **[Two young adults named Lauren and Jennifer are discussing a blog that they both follow]**
  Lauren: She covers a wide range of topics in her blog and always has a fresh view of things.
  Jennifer: I follow that blog too, but a recent post really bothered me—it cast Jehovah’s Witnesses in a bad
  light. A lot of the responses to the post were outright lies. I felt that I had to defend the truth.
  Lauren: **[Surprised]** I didn’t see that post. What did you do?
  Jennifer: I responded to the post and to several of the false statements.
  Lauren: Oh.
  Jennifer: **[Hesitates]** Uh, did I do something wrong?
  Lauren: Well, is it possible that by responding to the comments, you could have been communicating with
  apostates?
  Jennifer: I never thought of that. But the responses made me angry. How should I have dealt with them?
  Lauren: Well, when I see negative information on social media, I try to remember that Jesus said “wisdom is
  proved righteous by its works,” so I choose not to get involved.
  Jennifer: Oh, yeah. Instead of arguing with every lie spoken against him, Jesus let his works speak for
  themselves. Thanks for the reminder.
  Lauren: Here comes our bus.
  **[Participants exit]**

  LOL!
  
  
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  2018 Circuit Assemblies Talk Outlines

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://avoidjw.org/en/publications/2018-circuit-assemblies/.

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  I think a more accurate scenario would have went like so:

  The 2:30 part is about school. Demo about not sexting. Intro says, "**[A Witness teenager named Sarah and a non-Witness classmate named Olivia are standing and talking after school. The speaker explains that Sarah has just received a text with a picture from a boy at school. It is a provocative picture of him at the gym with his schlong out]**"
  
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  What is the watchtower going to do when

  by pepperheart in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  what is the watchtower going to do when the money runs out ??

  ?.

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  My prediction is that when the old GB all die off they'll be replaced with ones that will bring in tithing. This will eventually become an internet dependent religion, sermons conducted via livestream, mags and books in PDF, ministry reduced to showing videos on an iPad.

  OR

  One of the GB or their helpers will go rogue and start his own splinter religion. He'll pull a scripture out of his ass and claim its a fulfillment of prophecy from Daniel or Revelation. The new guy will end the blood doctrine, many JWs who secretly disagree with the blood doctrine will flock to this Jehovah 2.0 religion. New light will be that the 1914 teaching was a test to mankind. 144,000 are all up there now. Only thing to do is to have as many kids as possible now so we're ready to populate the new world. Of course this mean polygamy being brought back.

  Hey, it's a stretch, but do you think Charles Taze Russell would have envisioned the religion to turn out the way it has?
  
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  Just when you thought things couldn't get any lower ...

  by Tallon in

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  now they are really scraping the barrel.

  check out this discussion on exjw reddit .... https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/6v85y9/pioneer_school_today/?st=j6nwx7ny&sh=136a59c9.

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  Dont forget folks:

  "This is the best imperfect organization on earth!" - Anthony Morris III
  
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  How do you find reddit

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just curious but how do the people off this forum find reddit.

  for myself i find reddit to be sadly lacking in the jw world.

  i just don't find the depth there e.g one sentence replies, trying to be funny.

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  I find Reddit a pain to navigate. It feels like im using a 1990s version of the internet.

  As regards to Lloyd Evans, i dont know much about him, i do enjoy his videos but will i shite spend £26.75 on his book. I'll wait until it's on eBay 2nd hand for a few quid. I mean it's not as if he's covering his losses or anything, it was funded with a "go fund me" page wasnt it?
  
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  Relaxed rules toward oral sex?

  by Socrateswannabe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  these people won't state anything definitively, but here's an excerpt from the study article entitled "making christian marriage a success", in the august, 2016 watchtower.

  it does make me wonder.. although the bible does not provide specific rules about the kinds and limits of love play that might be associated with natural, sexual intimacy, it mentions displays of affection.

  (song of solomon 1:2; 2:6) christian marriage partners should treat each other with tenderness.

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  I remember coming home from a BBQ that was only for "brothers" while the "sisters" were having a little get-together in one of their houses. When i got home my then-wife told me that the sisters had been talking about it and if it's "allowed". The elders wives except one all said it wasn't for Christians, the one elders wife that thought it was ok was a hot younger woman too.

  My ex's friends decided that to be on the safe side they'd stop doing it.

  This isnt a cult or anything.
  
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  JW match.com. Any good?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi all.. no i'm not about to join 😉.

  the mrs would never forgive me lol.

  but out of curiosity, does anyone know of any individuals who have successfully met someone this way?.

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  Just checked it out. It's slim pickings in the North West i see. One or two babes but we'd never know if they're even genuine. Dating sites create fake profiles to reel people in all the time.
  
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  Pornography - Old Elders Letter But It Made Me LOL!

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok, this is from 2006. but someone on reddit mentioned it and posted a link.

  my word, the micro-management and unnecessary lengths they go to to control:.

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b2fynzabupqfsnvqtxjmyxjvmgm/view.

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  Funny thing is, there does exist Jehovah's Witness themed porn out there on in interweb... i mean, er... so i've heard.
  
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  Pornography - Old Elders Letter But It Made Me LOL!

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok, this is from 2006. but someone on reddit mentioned it and posted a link.

  my word, the micro-management and unnecessary lengths they go to to control:.

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b2fynzabupqfsnvqtxjmyxjvmgm/view.

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  Your quote from the letter (?) says no JC, but your comment says it would be a JC??
  

  Sorry, i misread, a result of me laughing and reading at the same time.
  
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  Feel like I've failed

  by Mr Negative in

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  2. experiences

  i need to get this off my chest, as i don't have many people to talk to about it who would understand.. i feel like i've failed my family, as not only have i been unable to get my parents and brother to see sense regarding the cult, but now my sister, who never got baptised but managed to escape twenty years ago, is now seriously considering going back for various "emotional" reasons, and i know that she won't listen to me.. i know they have all made their own decisions (at least, to the extent that brainwashed people can make their own decisions), and i can't really blame myself (even though i was the one who, when only ten years old, convinced my mum to listen to the poor lady on the doorstep out of politeness rather than just shut the door on her - so it is all indirectly my fault), but it still feels like i've failed them..

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  Hardly. Anyone can be recruited into a cult. All those years ago when you convinced your mum to listen you did what you considered to be best at that time.

  Your sister returning for emotional reasons is quite common. People can be out for decades and then go back, the cult never left them entirely. And they think they need to be accepted by someone outside of themselves.

  It's not your responsibility for peoples reactions or decisions mate. Your family will see sense eventually, either when they're old and the big A still hasn't come. Or some scandal is exposed in the future. But even then it's down to them how they'll process that information.

  The only thing we can do is work on ourselves.