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  March 2018 Broadcast - When quotes become rumors

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this months broadcast is presented by losche and he discusses the need for trust in the fds.

  the following is transcribed from the 12.30 mark.. satan also has the scheme to spread rumors about our brothers including the faithful slave.

  the method of spreading rumors is not new.

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  Moses father in law, Jethro, was not a worshipper of Jehovah, but Moses listened when Jethro told him that he needed to appoint qualified men to handle the problems between the Israelites and it was too much for him.

  Why doesn't the gb recognize that they were and continue to be wrong and that the "worldly wisdom from a multitude of courts and government investigations about two witnesses and child molestation is the better course?

  If it were not for their arrogance and pride, they could have cleaned this up a long time ago instead of refusing to change and fight at every moment. The Boy Scouts had a problem years ago and it is behind them and they now have policies to protect children and are heralded as leaders.

  This is further proof that they have no special relationship with God and are the useless/ imitation slave not worthy of any earthly support. To tell their followers that they must support them because they are going to heaven and will be over the mere humans is insane.
  
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  A Field Service that gave a shock to the CO

  by Ireneus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  during one co visit to our congregation, i was asked to work with co as i was a new publisher.

  after some ordinary visits, we entered a house where there was only a lady who proved be well-educated.

  though it was my turn, i told co to present the good news.

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  I never found happiness going to the meetings or service.
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  Were These People “Demonized” or Simply Mentally Ill?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems that every congregation had a problem with people being affected by the demons.

  looking back i have to wonder was it that more people were emotionally or mentally unbalanced?

  or they simply off their medications or were they in need of meds?.

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  The voices I hear have some pretty good ideas.
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  Pillowgate - John Cedars

  by CitizenofEarth in

  1. social
  2. humour

  is this true?

  is this really true?!.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qirjv48c55m.

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  So, I guess a fleshlight or sex doll is out of the question in a Bethelites room?
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  $5.5 Million to be transferred to World Wide Work from Assembly Hall fund

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a letter was read tonight in our kingdom hall that the money that the circuits in the indianapolis area had in savings to build a new assembly hall will now be transferred to the www to build kingdom halls in lands where they are needed and a new assembly hall for us will not be built.. we had a beautiful assembly hall near downtown indy that was paid for.

  it was sold a couple of years ago.

  we were promised a new assembly hall to be built in southern ohio near the indiana border but they can kiss that goodbye now.

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  Yes, sound like the cut and run maneuvers from the snake oil salesman before the whole town figures out they have been sold a bunch of nothing. Slimboy,
  
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  Leaked 2018 Elders Training Video RE: Elders Reviewing Pionieers

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhq5viughny&feature=youtu.be.

  quite frankly im disturbed at the lack of love and compassion.

  especially for the first sister they talk about!.

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  Since I've left over ten years ago, I've been Pioneering,... Last year I put in over 900 hours of overtime. Last week I purchase a new Chevrolet Silverado. I like to purchase a new truck every two years. You know, for Pioneering. I just love to Pioneer.
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  Mr. Dropoff goes to Warwick!

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  made a visit to warwick recently.

  i’ll try to get some pics posted..

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  Looks like a Hotel Lobby with a metro/urban interior design. I was looking for the slot machines but didn't find them. Oh, and people.

  Personally, I would have made it like the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone.
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  I know this shouldn’t bother me...but

  by MTSman in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i woke up this morning with nothing planned for the day.

  i rolled out of bed around 9am and went to local mcky ds to get some breakfast, and lord and behold there was a group of jdubs sitting around eating and sipping on coffee, probable counting time.

  anyway, i glanced over and recognized all of them and they glanced back at me.

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  The arrogance is repulsive. I continue to enjoy the peace in my life without all the drama, demands of congregational works, and control over every minute of my life.

  It takes a while for your new choice in life to mature enough that those things don't bother you. Eventually, we can compartmentalize our time as witnesses into a small box and view it just like we did high school.

  We used to sing "Keep your eyes on the prize", I try to keep looking in the windshield and not the rearview mirror.
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  Visited My Grandfather

  by Saethydd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my grandfather is a longtime jw with advanced parkinson's.

  on the advice of a good friend mine who is inactive but not "out" i went to visit him monday and we talked for awhile.

  his health isn't well, but he was happy to see me.

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  Perhaps the issue is with playing a war game such as chess. The "Society" had articles about playing these games decades ago. At least she didn't tell you that you couldn't come back to visit. Or maybe I misunderstood.
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  if pre 1975 you said "The system will still be here late 2017" what would be the J.W's reaction?

  by karter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one word for it.....apostate!

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  JakeM2012

  I thought that the "Organization" had learned it's lesson about setting dates when they published the book, "Choosing the Best Way of Life" but then I found out it was written by someone who was later considered an apostate.

  Jw's are an end time religion and that's their only selling point. When the expectation does not materialize, they rinse and repeat with some other expectation.

  I remember asking a Brother in Brooklyn who had been there since the late sixties that I considered my friend: why doesn't the Society just concentrate on love, getting along, building the fruits of the spirit, imitating Jesus with qualities like kindness and forgiveness and leave out the date setting alone. He didn't have a reply. He was "reassigned" when he got old and now is struggling to make ends meet.