Also Bethel was where 40 kids were killed by a bear for teasing a bald guy. Two bad instances mentioned in the bible about Bethel. Its a bad place by WT standards.
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Two interesting places in the Bible, Bethel and Megiddo.
by Crazyguy infirst if one looks into the place bethel this is where the king of israel sets up golden calves and tells his people here is your god's go here and to dan to worship.
he didn't want his people going all the way down to jerusalem.
he also made his own priests again to take worship away from jerusalem and it's priests the levites.
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The Forgotten Ones
by ToesUp injust curious...is anyone hearing the older/infirm ones speaking out to others on how they are being treated in the congregation?
without giving anything away, i have spoken to so many older ones (some are sickly or can't drive in the evening or can't drive at all) who can't make it to all the meetings, assemblies, etc., that are complaining on how they are being treated by the more righteous ones in the hall.
the ones i have spoken to make the comment that it seems to be the younger elders that have less empathy and concern for these ones.
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JW husband who shot and paralyzed 7 month-pregnant wife is a convention elder.
by WhatUserName 3 ina few days ago i shared this story with you:.
http://www.manassehazure.com/2016/01/shot-paralysed-pregnant-woman-miraculously-survives-mysterious-bullet-now-battles-life-justice/.
http://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2016/january-25th/shot-and-paralysed-pregnant-woman-survives-shooting-police-suspect-her-husband.php.
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Did two people see the shooting? Did two people witness the affair? Didn't happen
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CLAM (Feb 8-14) - Are You "Reaching Out"? (15mins)
by Nicholaus Kopernicus inthe brief outline for this item makes reference to the most recent wt on the subject of "reaching out" (sept 15 2014 - pages 3-6) if you are a jehovah's witness and thinking about becoming a ministerial servant or elder, then please consider the following information prior to attending the kh for this weeks clam.
first - if you hope to become an elder, in the uk you will also become a charitable trustee.
you will not be given any training for this part of your role.
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The elder on stage giving our part said that he has heard many elders comment that if they knew it was going to be so much work, they wouldn't have become and elder.
He was trying to point out how much work the elders do, but to me it sounded like most elders hate their job.
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Good idea or bad idea?
by stephanie61092 infirst and foremost, thank you so much to so many of you who have reached out to me over the past few days since my post on sunday.
i'm not totally in the best mental state, however, i do have a very small amount of people that i can lean on for support.
i relayed my feelings to a friend (my only friend, really), who took the initiative to inform my family.
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Just pretend you are putting cash in the box after meeting. Maybe drop a folded dollar bill when one of the elders are watching, so they at least think you are donating. -
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I like this question on their money grabbing website...
Q. I have Credit and Debit cards. Which should I use?
A.We will gratefully accept donations from both Credit and Debit cards, although if the donation is greater than £15, we will be charged more for a Credit card donation than a Debit card donation.
So be a good JW and use your debit card for larger donations........it'll save the asshats money :)
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Has anybody watched Making A Murderer on Netflix ?
by smiddy ini watched this 10 part series the other day and i was appalled at the investigation conducted by the police , especially the way they conducted their investigation with brendan vassey , his interrogation and obvious manipulation by the police officers , i couldn`t believe he was convicted , and sentenced to a jail term.. to any intelligent person with any sense of compassion could see brendan vassey was intellectually disadvantaged , yet these police officers exploited that failing of this boy .he should never have been convicted , his case should have been thrown out of court , the fact that he has been in jail over 10 years is a gross miscarriage of justice .. the conviction of steven avery seemed to me to be a set up also from what was presented on netflix ,.
i am no fan of steven avery ,i think he is a bit of a hillbilly type , that has had no problem with cruelty to animals , which i abhor ,yet i do think he has been railroaded in this conviction ,while the real killer and rapist goes free .. what are your thoughts .
smiddy.
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I don't know how the jury could have convicted either one of them with the lack of evidence presented in both cases. The whole case was apalling and i think they both need a retrial. I think the real killer is still on the loose. -
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Good news to report: Congregations merged because lack of attendance, publishers & field service
by Khaleesi inso it's official, i am happy to report that we merged with another congregation having the same problem.
why is it good news???
because people are either waking up, fading or just not buying into this organization any longer or walking away.... i think many young ones are just not buying into it as much, i see many in the congregation i go to very depressed and some i know personally going thru major depression especially the young "sisters" in their early 20s.... .
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What was your local needs this week?
by dbq407 inours was on making use of phone witnessing and letter writing.
both ineffective and wastes of time.
another local cong.
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Ours was on making use of phone witnessing and letter writing. Both ineffective and wastes of time. Another local cong. was about aux. pioneers during memorial season. A few years ago they had 45 aux. pioneers, last year 13. Always nice to hear about the numbers falling :) -
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Some thoughts on the new midweek meeting
by Saltheart Foamfollower inthe new midweek meeting has been running for a month now.
here are my thoughts on how it is going so far:.
1) elders are looking frazzled from being on virtually every meeting and having to prepare unfamiliar formats for items.
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Funny cause i actually had this discussion this morning. All individuality is gone now, the new songs are a clusterf*ck, the silhouette videos suck, all in all i'm pretty pleased with it :) Hopefully it'll speed up people waking up!