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  Will there ever be any new GB members?

  by Mikejw in

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  2. beliefs

  the last two seem very young.. will there be any further new gb members or will they all die off?.

  i still remember when tony morris and a few other joined many were disappointed thinking the current crop would be the last.

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  NotFormer

  "Will the Catholic church have a pope?"

  Remember the discussion concerning one of the recent ones, that he would be the last pope? Based on some mediaeval prophecy by a monk or some such?
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  Worldwide Benefits ( USELESSNESS ) of Cart Witnessing

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  library.

  meeting workbooks.

  life and ministry meeting workbook | november 2018. .

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  "I'm not sure if the decision on the date was made by the UK Branch, but if feels more like another example of an out-of-touch GB in the USA making decisions for other countries"

  I'm imagining the GB huddled around their wargame board, moving the pieces around, totally oblivious to field conditions in the real world. 😸
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  Worldwide Benefits ( USELESSNESS ) of Cart Witnessing

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  library.

  meeting workbooks.

  life and ministry meeting workbook | november 2018. .

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  NotFormer

  The thumbnail for the video shows a sign saying "Free Bible Course". Is there really a structured course designed to teach a complete novice about how the Bible works? Or is it more JW doctrine oriented? And is it a particular publication that is meant for newbies? If so, what is it called?
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  GB making their exit before the GT??

  by stephenlettclownface in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did i misinterpret something or read something wrong?.

  did the gb say recently that they are to be dead or pulled out of earthly existence before the great tribulation?.

  if so, can someone point me to jw literature or a thread on this topic?.

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  Sea Breeze, the title of this thread and the wide open mouth in that first pic makes me think that he is saying (in the voice of Snagglepuss) : "Exit, stage right!"

  Who is that?
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  Deadpool 3

  by Vidiot in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  so, it’s gonna be a marvel studios production.. i’m holding out for the following titles:.

  ”deadpool: agent of shield”.

  ”deadpool v spider-man: dawn of bromance”.

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  "Rumor has it Marvel cleaned house of activist producers a few months ago"

  I heard that rumour this morning. It'd be nice to see movies being made to be entertaining again.
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  Setting the record straight. CSA report in New Zealand

  by joe134cd in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  ok i just want to officially set the record straight about the report of csa in new zealand.

  i have a pimo relative who lives in nz.

  as far as public awareness, with regard to the jws, it was basically a big nothing burger.

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  I'm hoping that the WT gets angry at all these exposés by "Satan's world" and start writing to the R&F about how unjust it all is. I'm reminded of Cuba, a decade or so ago when estimates of Castro's personal wealth were being published in various media*. The Cuban government, instead of ignoring those articles, got all butthurt and published rebuttals in their local media. I imagine that many Cubans were, for the first time, exposed to the idea that "Castro is a billionaire", ironically by their own Castro apologists.

  I'm hoping that the WT will rail similarly against the world's governments. Of course they might not be as honest(!) as the Cuban government were about what the issue is. We saw that with the Norwegian issue. Norway didn't like the disfellowshipping and shunning of minors, but the WT made it into "a threat against religious freedom". And Tony Morris said they'd never change the rules on disfellowshipping. And then they changed the rules on disfellowshipping, and nobody has seen hide nor hair of Tony for ages.

  Please, WT, get angry and start denouncing the world's governments for their "attacks" on you before your own followers. Looking forward to it! 🤞🙏

  * About a billion $US
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  Disfellowshipping and Excutions

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  *w60 2/1 80 - 17 there may be rare instances where a child is so hardened in its stubbornness that even the rod of correction cannot drive it out.

  in the days of israel parents were instructed by jehovah to take such a rebel to the city fathers and they, in turn, took the incorrigible one out and stoned him to death.

  there were no juvenile delinquents under such a system.

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  Kicking kids out of home after disfellowshipment was the old way of doing things. With some of the rule changes, how is that sort of situation handled now?

  Balaamsass2, what is the state of that family all these years later?
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  Have you seen a UFO/UAP?

  by BoogerMan in

  1. social
  2. current

  the acronym uap once stood for "unidentified aerial phenomena," until december 2022. .

  then the pentagon updated its terminology to encompass "submerged and trans-medium objects.".

  https://www.defense.gov/news/transcripts/transcript/article/3249303/usdis-ronald-moultrie-and-dr-sean-kirkpatrick-media-roundtable-on-the-all-domai/.

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  Is UFO another one of those acronym thingies, like PIMO, etc? Unidentified Furtive/Fuming Objectors?
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  Will Governing Body follow through with New Zealand Royal Commission's recommendation to publicly apologize?

  by was a new boy in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  'following on from an apology from the prime minister, the commission recommends all faith-based leaders offer a public apology, including the pope, the archbishop of canterbury, the president elect of the methodist church, the moderator of the presbyterian church in new zealand and the head of each individual presbyterian support organisation, the general of the salvation army, the overseeing shepherd of gloriavale, and the governing body of jehovah’s witnesses.'.

  https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/govt-takes-blame-will-apologise-to-children-abused-and-tortured-in-state-care/ar-bb1qwoyt?ocid=bingnewsverp.

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  3rdgen: "WTC is never going to help victims collect $$$ no matter how egregious their agent's conduct"

  The conduct of those agents has seemingly had their tacit/implied/inferred approval anyway. Jaracz made it so.
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  Will Governing Body follow through with New Zealand Royal Commission's recommendation to publicly apologize?

  by was a new boy in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  'following on from an apology from the prime minister, the commission recommends all faith-based leaders offer a public apology, including the pope, the archbishop of canterbury, the president elect of the methodist church, the moderator of the presbyterian church in new zealand and the head of each individual presbyterian support organisation, the general of the salvation army, the overseeing shepherd of gloriavale, and the governing body of jehovah’s witnesses.'.

  https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/govt-takes-blame-will-apologise-to-children-abused-and-tortured-in-state-care/ar-bb1qwoyt?ocid=bingnewsverp.

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  NotFormer

  The NZ government will insist that the GB apologise. The American GB refuses to apologize. Stalemate.

  But seriously, slimboyfat is right with: "It looks like a case of: we claim all the authority, but accept none of the responsibility". They'll never relinquish their self-perceived moral authority, and an apology would do just that.

  Threatening their status as a religion and also their charitable status might work, but, their pride is too great. NZ is a small outlier of their empire. They might just take the L and let go of the small number of assets they still have there. They've moved that operation to Sydney*, anyway.

  *Denham Court, actually, according to the company registration data on the ASIC database.