According to a friend from Bethel, the boxes were given free of charge to the congregations.
Drearyweather
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The Spiritual Food Box!
by Atlantis inthe spiritual food box.. .
https://www.jw.org/en/library/series/how-your-donations-are-used/a-small-box-that-delivers-spiritual-food/.
petra!.
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Where have the NWT Bible changed verses to fit their theology ?
by smiddy3 ini can think of two to start off with .
john 1:1 and luke 23:43 ,what others can you come up with ?.
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Drearyweather
wt version: it is people that happened to be in the cemetery that saw the resurrected holy ones and went into Jerusalem to be visible there.
not sure if this is what the WT teaches
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Secret witnesses, wiretaps and banned literature
by Fadeaway1962 inhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/secret-witnesses-wiretaps-and-banned-literature-how-russian-law-enforcement-prosecutes-jehovahs-witnesses/ .
shame for those in prison, .
where were the angels and the holy spirit to protect them like in the past ?
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Drearyweather
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend"
Let's hope that our hatred for JW's don't persuade us to support what Russia is doing.
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Another suspect JW experience
by neat blue dog inthe latest jwdotorg experience tells of using video conferencing to hold congregation meetings inside jail for prisoners.
it says that the prison director himself and his wife have also started attending the zoom meetings and quotes him as saying.
“these meetings are of great importance for the spiritual and emotional well-being of the prisoners during this period of social isolation.
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Drearyweather
I dunno, maybe I'm a little suspicious but JWs have been known to pad out their experiences to say the least.
neat blue dog,
The name of the prison is given there in the image in the article on jw.org: Complejo Penitenciario Pampa De Las Salinas Provincia De San Luis
You can contact them and get verification.
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Why Do Intelligent People Still Believe In The Jehovah’s Witness Religion?
by minimus ini understand it’s a cult.
but what makes an intelligent person actually believe they have the “truth” as taught by jehovah’s witnesses??
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Drearyweather
If a person decides not to join the JW religion, does it mean he is intelligent?
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Disfellowshipped for NOT activating my camera on ZOOM meeting
by Aleph inhey so i won't go too much into the details though there would be so much more to say....in a nutshell, you are repentant but not enough so we disfellowship you ....i asked, can you clarified this "not enough repentant" please ?as one of the reason of not being repentant : " you didn't put on your camera during zoom meetings !!!
" they yelled at me, like a bunch of wolves against a sheep....so :.
- no scriptural basis.- abuse of power.- my phone can't handle to have its camera on more than 20 minutes.then they yelled " jehovah does want you in the congregation" !like you are not welcome here....strangely to me, isaiah 1:18 and the story of the prodigal son tells a complete different story....well the whole bible is about love forgiveness and repentance !!
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Drearyweather
Aleph, you said
As one of the reason of not being repentant : " You didn't put on your camera during zoom meetings !!!" they yelled at me, like a bunch of wolves against a sheep...
So the camera not being on was just one of the reasons. What were the other reasons that they gave you?
Are we missing some important details from your story?
Not that I am interested to go into your personal life, but the title of your post is too sensational to believe.
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How Many of Jehovah’s Witnesses Are There Worldwide? FAQ Are You A Jehovah's Witness in REALITY
by Longlivetherenegades infrom the faq as captured on the website with this question (how many jehovah's witnesses are there worldwide?
) led to this question of mine who do the organization sees as a jehovah's witness?
the organization answers: .
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Drearyweather
If you do not, they do not "count" you as a J.W.,
and that's actually a blessing as most people choose this way to fade away from the organization.
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How Many of Jehovah’s Witnesses Are There Worldwide? FAQ Are You A Jehovah's Witness in REALITY
by Longlivetherenegades infrom the faq as captured on the website with this question (how many jehovah's witnesses are there worldwide?
) led to this question of mine who do the organization sees as a jehovah's witness?
the organization answers: .
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Drearyweather
So when RETURNING to JEHOVAH as this week watchtower study article is based. Those willing to do so should be ready to RESUME their WORK as SALES MARKETER.
Isn't it obvious for any setting? If you want to be a writer, you need to write. If you want to be a salesman, you need to sell. If you want to be a Jehovah's Witness, you need to witness, or preach.
Regarding baptism, it is an initiation ceremony to get you inside the club. Once inside, you need to follow a host of rules to maintain your membership. The two baptismal questions just get you in, and nothing else.
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Tonight's Meeting
by Studyover induring tonight's meeting the brother seemed to read out something along the lines of "you may be helping a poor sister who you think may be struggling, but in turn that sister may be getting financial assistance from the government.
it is always best to stick to jehovah's arrangement in these matters so that help can get to those who most need it, including the worldwide work".
i think it may have been an article about social media platforms initially and how they should be avoided and then this was mentioned.
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Drearyweather
waton: dw: is it correct that it said, everyone that starts a theme, campaign or a site will be held responsible for any adverse outcome?
No, this is no where in the outline.
The talk was just about messaging apps.
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Tonight's Meeting
by Studyover induring tonight's meeting the brother seemed to read out something along the lines of "you may be helping a poor sister who you think may be struggling, but in turn that sister may be getting financial assistance from the government.
it is always best to stick to jehovah's arrangement in these matters so that help can get to those who most need it, including the worldwide work".
i think it may have been an article about social media platforms initially and how they should be avoided and then this was mentioned.
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Drearyweather
I think it may have been an article about social media platforms initially and how they should be avoided and then this was mentioned. Did anyone else hear it...did I hear correctly?
The talk that was given this week in the Local needs in all congregations was about using messaging apps wisely.
The outline says: "Some with good intentions have used messaging apps to solicit funds for brothers in need However, there are arrangements already in place to help such ones"
It doesn't say not to help other jw's in need, but not to use messaging apps to solicit funds, which happened recently in many countries with people scamming other jw's in the pretense of helping a sick JW in some African country