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  YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB!

  by abiather in

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  i am still a jw.

  i cant give any more details than this because of my family members who are devout jws.

  i cherish a larger picture in my heart without anybody knowing ittrue worship means love and compassion, (luke 10:25-37) not belonging to any organization or having a set of belief system!

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  For those who are still IN and attending meetings, do you still study the WT & other books?

  by ohnightdivine in

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  2. beliefs

  for those of you who are still attending meetings due to various reasons, how do you prepare yourself for each program?.

  do you still read and study the wt?.

  do you still read and study the okm, jeremiah, etc?.

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  When we used to receive the WT subscription in the mail wrapped, I enjoyed taking my knife out and opening the magazines at the Sunday WT study. The schhhhhg of the knife always made a wonderful noise which often brought disapproving looks from those that had six ink marking colors in their personal study copy.
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  Jehovah only uses honest mean in directing his flock... except that one guy

  by confusedandalone in

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  yesterday in yet another attempt to get me back to jehovah's organization of faithful men, we began to argue.

  when i asked her how she could possibly trust the men leading this organization who have lied over and over again about everything we believe.

  she literally scream ed at me and said, "the men jehvoah uses in this organization to take the lead are standup men who always have the best intentions for the flock.".

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  Confused, did he want a fur collar with the leather coat so he could look like snoopdog or a pimp?
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  New announcement at this weeks midweek meeting?

  by rosyray in

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  2. friends

  the congregation i'm from is having their meeting tonight.

  my husband said that his brother in law, who is an elder, called and said that there were going to be some big announcements tonight and to bring a notepad, because you will want to take notes.. does anybody know about this and what are the announcements?

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  There will be a special day of cleanup at the kingdom hall, all are encouraged to support the arrangement.
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  WT 01/15/14 - Admonition to mid-50s JWs waking up

  by bats in the belfry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  and possibly preparing for a life with a pension plan before it is to late.

  reminder: that's the generation that was told they never will get old in this system.. .

  thus, the kick in the butt from wtbts (wt, january 15, 2014, pages 22-26):.

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  Wing commander. Exactly, excellent point. I have an older brother spongeing off 80 year old mom. He is useless other than criticizing others.
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  My highlights from the AGM

  by Apognophos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some of this will not be new to those of you who read other people's notes, but i bet there are a few new bits for you here, so i've provided a user-friendly table of contents, as an homage to the contents that appear before each book of the bible in the new nwt.

  i might remember more highlights later, as i'm rather tired right now, but this is what i can recall off the top of my head.. contents (use of quote marks in this section is facetious; these are not actual quotes).

  "say, did you notice that 2014 is the 100th anniversary, people?".

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  The Bible is now Gray?and don't tell me,,,,,, and probably no zipper? ..../.no Duck Dynasty camouflage, no Hot pink, and definitely no blue jean covers? Blue jean Bibles seem to be disrespectful, we don't allow blue jeans when eating in the Bethel dinner.

  

  

  Yes, brothers the bible is a gray area, we have the truth, just trust us we'll tell you what to do, just like we always have.
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  Kingdom hall constructions in developing countries

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just about everyone heard about some brother, sister or couple go in the south somewhere to help build a kingdom hall.

  what i am wondering is:.

  since north americans clearly make more money, wouldnt it make more sense for a brother to work in his home town and give away money to pay some trades man in the south to do the work?

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  Ecan6, I agree. I spent nearly five years building branches overseas, one in Africa. Several times we spent our day off working on a concrete block with a tin roof Kingdom Hall for the local brothers. Eventually, some Bethelite brothers were recruited to live in small travel trailers and move around building KH's of concrete block and metal roofs, no bathrooms, and many times a dirt floor.

  I couldn't see this from a monetary standpoint either. Even when building the branch, (for a most arrogant Branch Committee that were abusive to the volunteers, I eventually left) I couldn't see bringing all these people from 1st world countries. The airfare alone paid by the volunteers could have paid for hiring a worldwide contractor.

  But I also went around with the other elders about hiring a lawn maintenance company to mow the lawn. I feel that a local congregation should be able to contract the lawn maintenance out to the lawn mower people that like that work. Many publishers are elderly, have heart problems, easily get heat exhaustion, and have alergy problems just to name a few safety reasons for paying a lawn maintenance crew.

  But the WTBTS is insistent on using volunteer labor, even though the "opportunity costs" for the volunteers are greater than the end value of their product. Go figure.

  
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  Kingdom hall constructions in developing countries

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just about everyone heard about some brother, sister or couple go in the south somewhere to help build a kingdom hall.

  what i am wondering is:.

  since north americans clearly make more money, wouldnt it make more sense for a brother to work in his home town and give away money to pay some trades man in the south to do the work?

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  What am I going to wear to the AGM?

  by sherrie11 in

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  2. beliefs

  to the women out there that have been honoured with an invitation this is the question they ask themself.. .

  i am going to admit one of the reasons i enjoyed the meetings was getting to dress up.

  how many women out there found the meetings an excuse to dress up.

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  Oh, just what ever you want to wear to the annual meeting dear. Remember, we were going out to Camerlo's for dinner!
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  AGM is not streamed live, but a download.

  by SyntaxError1974 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there have been several posts where individuals are asking if it is possible to hack into and watch the agm as it is streamed to the conventions.

  i say it is not streamed live like many are assuming, but a recorded download played for the audience.. why?

  a live stream has many possible points of failure.

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  JakeM2012

  If anyone remembers, "Is it memorex, or is it live?" that is the question.