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  Would You Get A Cease and Desist Letter From the WT if You...

  by NotFormer in

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  ...put a christmas wreath that featured the jw.org logo on your door?

  🤔.

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  NotFormer

  I am currently out of my usual town. Before this trip, I read a few references on here to the JW.org symbol being on all things WT and thought that that must be being overstated. Then I went on this current trip. I've seen way more Kingdom Halls than I expected. And what struck me was how odd and out of place that JW.org sign looks on all of them.

  I saw a Christmas wreath somewhere and had the inspiration of combining the two symbols. What would a JW in field service think if he saw their symbol in a Christmas wreath?
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  Who Directs the Activitie$ and Doctrines of the Hovering Body?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
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  jehovah’s witnesses boast that theirs is a “spirit-directed organization”.. see w88 3/1 pp.

  10-17 (my life in jehovah’s spirit-directed organization).

  they believe that their deceased founder, charles taze russell (who faced legal action by his wife for inappropriate behavior in his maids bedroom), is directing the modern-day work of jehovah’s witnesses.. after the founder, c t russell died, it was stated that he was still directing the work from heaven.. "though pastor russell has passed beyond the veil, he is still managing every feature of the harvest work.

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  NotFormer

  Good to see that the spirit of Tony is still directing things* from the bottom of whatever watery grave he ended up in**.

  * In advance: I know he was removed from the GB and that this is an old image.

  ** Referring to speculation by some on the "Where's Tony?" thread that Tony is sleeping with the fishes.
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  Would You Get A Cease and Desist Letter From the WT if You...

  by NotFormer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ...put a christmas wreath that featured the jw.org logo on your door?

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  NotFormer

  ...put a Christmas wreath that featured the JW.org logo on your door? 🤔
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  I've done it: Christmas Lights Outside

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  lets see if that causes a problem.

  i've been inactive for a very long time now (like 10+ years), so, i don't expect to hear anything from it, but my parents are worried i'll get df.

  lets see what happens.

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  NotFormer

  It's just decorative lights, Rattigan. Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning*? You're being very picky and judgemental today.

  Enjoy your lights, Stephane! 😁👌👍✨

  * Saying with a possible pagan origin.
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  JULY 15TH STUDY EDITION :"If ever that evil slave..." page 24

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  box on page 24 of the july 15th titled :"if ever the evil slave....".

  jesus has placed the weightiest of responsibilities on the faithful and discreet slave-namely,overseeing the domestics and giving out spiritual food atthe proper time.

  jesus knew that those with greater responsibility have greater accountability.

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  NotFormer

  "It is noteworthy that in Jesus’ illustration, the faithful and discreet slave receives two distinct appointments. The first is over the domestics; the second is over all the master’s belongings ..."

  They do love them their two classes of everything, don't they?
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  gossip

  by Nancy1919 in

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  i was once was told by an jw elder it was a rule not to gossip or swear as it could harm someone, but i guess the new light allows this.

  it was bad enough when they were calling people worldly now i heard a jw gossiping about someone and it was mean.just another reason i would never go back.

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  NotFormer

  "What? You had to be told by an elder that?"

  Didn't your mother tell you to let someone finish a sentence before jumping on them in condemnation? The second half of the sentence concludes:

  "but i guess the new light allows this"

  Nice try making it about yourself, Rattigan, but the OP's point stands.

  Would you have preferred her to frame it more as "As JWs, we were always told to do X, but now they seem to allow Y"?

  You're being a bit nitpicky today.
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  Why are the Governing Body Members always in-house New York Bethel members?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
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  the watchtower—study edition | february 2024.

  ''we are pleased to inform you that two additional brothers have been appointed to serve as members of the governing body of jehovah’s witnesses: brothers gage fleegle and jeffrey winder.

  both brothers are anointed christians who have a long history of loyal service to jehovah.

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  NotFormer

  Some people with real world experience would certainly help. Well, maybe. Perhaps it couldn't do more than the present day harm?

  One of the main problems with the GB is that they live within a cloistered bubble.
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  JWs major in minors!

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
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  how do jws major in minors?.

  by the way, jws aren't the only ones.. .

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  NotFormer

  What about all the stuff that they avoid, for their presumably pagan origins, but they happily use the pagan days of weekdays, like Thursday and Saturday, or calendar month names like January?
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  Are You Confident With Covid Vaccines and What Officials Say Is The Right Thing To Do?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  most of my friends have gotten the vaccines and are quite confident that it’s just what the doctor ordered.

  i’m not confident with dr. fauci.

  i don’t like the fact that the makers of the vaccines are not held responsible if someone taking the vac develops an illness or even death.

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  NotFormer

  KerryKing, the one thing you can trust governments to get right! 🙄
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  I need to vent sorry!

  by KerryKing in

  1. watchtower
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  i couldn't get back to sleep last night, something my father said a few weeks ago popped into my head.. we were talking about obtaining citizenship, he doesn't need it, but was contemplating what benefits it could get him now he's a pensioner.. background : i've been disfellowhipped for 15 years, i was born in, he is an elder, very much pimi, he was also born in.. i said to him how citizenship would be difficult for him as it would require him to swear allegiance to the state?.

  oh he said, thats just a crowd of people together in a big room for the swearing in event, it would be easy to just mumble or say nothing, nobody would know.. this has quietly been eating away in my mind, why did it bother me?.

  last night it hit me, when i was in my first year of school, age 5, i came out of school one day with a balloon with two little pencils attached, a gift from a classmate who's birthday it was, every child got one.

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  NotFormer

  Nope, not overreacting at all. A more blatant display of hypocrisy you're not likely to see.

  Your parents were safely at work and at home while childhood you was having to navigate the strictures of their religion. They never had to see or feel what you went through.

  The religion loathed children. They were useless impediments to "da werk".

  I've heard that Stalin used to enjoy reading letters from the gulags, from innocent people who had been victimised by his policy that a certain percentage of citizens from every sector of society were sent on trumped up charges, guilty or not. The GB probably similarly enjoy the stories of suffering among the lesser JWs, especially those about children missing out on a normal childhood. Harsh and hyperbolic on my part? Yes. But you all already know how much I despise those guys and people like them.