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  Elders won't stop bugging

  by El_Guapo in

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  2. friends

  so i haven't been to a meeting since last december.

  the elders recently have come over to my house at random times of day and during the week and one weekends.

  just to let you know, i have only had one visit since december.

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  After you miss a few memorials they get the message.

  Just before the 2013 memorial I had three elders personally come to my house to deliver an invite. When I didn't show another elder came over a few days later to tell me my absence was an affrontment to Jehovah and the brothers.

  We then discussed the memorial. I asked questions like:

  If Christ told his disciples to do it until he returns, and he returned invisibly in 1914, why is the memorial still held?

  Were there any "other sheep" attending the first memorial with Christ?

  If Jesus instructed the 144,000 class to "keep doing this as a rememberance of me", why do the "other sheep" need to attend?

  This went on for 30 minutes until he left.

  Haven't heard from them since.
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  Unbelievable Experience in Yearbook

  by gingerbread in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a number of years back i heard a story of a young girl in a congregation ( i have some good friends in this hall ) who had an amazing field service experience.

  it was so amazing that it was retold in the 2007 yearbook!.

  it is retold in the highlight of the past year section.

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  In my opinion most JW experiences are like the game of Chinese whispers.

  Fact: Girl places invite, someone attends meeting.

  JW Fiction: Girl witnesses. Guy threatens to quit job because boss won't give him time off to attend meeting. In the meantime he's been witnessing himself (despite having to work) and brings 35 other 'interested' people.

  Personally I have a hard time beleiving someone actually attended a JW meeting after receiving an invite.

  Growing up we were always told about how well received the "truth" was in other (less developed) countries. How pioneers would literally get mobbed by groups of intersted people. How they were treated like rock stars. They'd need to start a new congregation every few blocks (I kidd you not).

  I bet the reality of poineering in a less developed country was much different.
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  Beware Independent Thought

  by poess in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is that for real?

  i swear i read it in a magazine article directed towards teenagers.

  it was a while back, maybe a year or two.

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  My conversation with an elder regarding independent thinking (which I was accused of doing).

  Q. Didn't Charles Taze Russell have independent thinking when he broke from traditional Christian teachings?

  A. No he was guided by holy spirit.

  Q. How do you know it was holy spirt that guided his thoughts?

  A. Because he was sincerly seeking truth. And he had the right heart condition. Unlike Chrisendom of that time, who were corrupt.

  Q. What about all the CTR teachings that were unbiblical. For example his books on pyramidology. Were they independent thoughts?

  A. Um ... let me think about that one. I'll do some research for you.

  Q. What about all those brothers in the first century who gave up their Jewish faith to follow Jesus. They obviously had independent thought?

  A. Look brother <biometrics> what are you trying to prove? Have you been reading any apostate material? Because those people have an axe to grind.

  End of conversation.
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  If Noah had family worship night in the ark...what's your excuse!?!?!?!?!?!

  by LostGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  funny picture in new public watchtower.

  evidently there was a digital camera taking pictures about 3,500 years ago.

  noah had family worship night in the ark, so all you slackers have no excuse!

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  Why elders' wives are such gossipers...

  by Calebs Airplane in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i have a theory as to why elders' wives gossip so much.

  i believe a big part of it has to do with the conversation running dry (between themselves and their elder husbands) after so many years of marriage.

  since they don't get to spend too much "quality time" together (because of the elder husband's hamster wheel schedule), when they do have some intimate time alone, the elder's wives will invaribly attempt to engage their husbands in any kind of interchange.

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  Elders are put in a paradoxical situation. They either keep secrets from their wife/family. Or they break elders' rules.

  Knowing how women operate, there's a lot of congregational secrets that leak out during pillow talk.
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  Jehovahs-Witness.net and Alexa

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  site information for jehovahs-witness.net get details alexa traffic rank: 101,530 traffic rank in us: 46,202 sites linking in: 297. site information for aawa.co get details alexa traffic rank: 3,956,481 traffic rank in gb: 179,039 sites linking in: 1. .

  content is king.

  people go where there is a continous flow of new content.jwnet has supplied stimulating contet now for years..

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  I suggest browsing through the sites that link to jw.org. Most of them aren't that flattering for the Watchtower:

  http://www.alexa.com/site/linksin/watchtower.com
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  Jehovahs-Witness.net and Alexa

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  site information for jehovahs-witness.net get details alexa traffic rank: 101,530 traffic rank in us: 46,202 sites linking in: 297. site information for aawa.co get details alexa traffic rank: 3,956,481 traffic rank in gb: 179,039 sites linking in: 1. .

  content is king.

  people go where there is a continous flow of new content.jwnet has supplied stimulating contet now for years..

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  There's still a long way to go:

  Site Information for watchtower.com

  Get Details Alexa Traffic Rank: 1,964 Traffic Rank in US: 1,598 Sites Linking In: 2,066
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  Who/what is more responsible for you becoming a JW?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is it family, friends, idealism???

  what????.

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  My mum became a Jehovah's witness just before Armageddon (the 1975 one). I was two at the time.
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  JWs Most Feared Bible Verse

  by JCISGOD98 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the jehovah witnesses most feared bible verse.

  watch video and don't forget to share with your friends.

  skip the ad and video will begin.

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  I don't think they fear any verses bible. If they did they wouldn't be Jehovah's Witnesses anymore.

  Instead of fearing scriptures they resort to twisted Watchtower logic and reasoning to 'explain' almost every verse that contradicts what they teach.
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  The Watchtower Can't Make A Profit On Printing Propaganda What Will Be Its Next Source Of Income?

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  with internet access to material published by the watchtower and it being offered free door to door and at the congregation literature counter it should not be surprising that the wtb&ts doesn't make the same profit as before when literature had to be paid for.. so the nonprofit corporation must turn to other sources of income, like playing bank with the congregation's money, as well as selling property of which they have a sizable fortune.

  beg for more money from the mostly poor rank and file, suggest willing leaving valueble property to the corporation, mandatory tithing, and etc.... part of this sellable property are kingdumb halls owned by incorporated congregations which thier by-laws give the wt complete control.

  as times get worse for this corporations i would expect them to be tapping this source of revenue more frequently.. they are selling all their brooklyn buildings, and closing down branches and selling the property, and they are selling kingdom halls(who gets the money?)..

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  biometrics

  In addition to the above they'll also start pushing elderly witnesses to bequeath real estate over to the Watchtower. Mark my words!

  I know it already happens. But this time they'll step it up a few notches. Perhaps feature it in a few watchtowers and yearbooks. Not sure what angle they'll use? But does it really matter? Most are so brainwashed they'll follow anything, especially the elderly who've already devoted many decades.

  Sure there'll be a few disinherited children complaining, but they'll be labeled as "apostates" if they get too vocal.