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  Hilarious Headline re Conor Lamb

  by Room 215 in

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  http://theweek.com/speedreads/760467/conor-lamb-keeps-getting-mistaken-jehovahs-witness.

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  http://theweek.com/speedreads/760467/conor-lamb-keeps-getting-mistaken-jehovahs-witness
  
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  Gary Carver-Investment Manager!

  by Atlantis in

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  gary carver sure has some interesting friends.

  look to your right.https://leadferret.com/directory/person/gary-carver/11516928atlantis!.

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  Yeah, met this guy, his wife and several Bethelites at a Bloomberg investment seminar in NYC about ten years ago.
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  Old Bethelities

  by new boy in

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  my book is going to my editor this week.

  just a few lose ends to deal with.. does anyone here knows what has happen to any of the following ex-bethelities and hopefully ex-jehovah's witnesses.

  mark bivins.

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  Ken Dowling was a new boy with me in 1965; from San Diego; Jim Treece also from San Diego. Telleson, about the same time, was initially assigned to the home paint department but asked for a change because of the painters' "BAs"; (Bad Attitudes)
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  Unhappy being asked to give a Disfellowshipped Sister a ride to and from Meetings

  by Isambard Crater in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm pimo, very much against disfellowshipping, and going to a meeting leaves me feeling confused and angry at the best of times.

  except an elder asked me on thursday night if i can start giving a ride to a disfellowshipped woman because she lives near me and nobody else from the hall lives in my village.

  it seems the elder and his family who have been giving this woman a ride for the past six months can no longer stomach the time it takes them to go out of their way.. i thought all normal publishers weren't to have any contact with disfellowshipped people?

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  You ought to be able to cite chapter and verse of some Watchtower rule somewhere that limits association with a dfed person to the elders.
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  Younger Witnesses less fanatical or fundamental

  by optimisticskeptic in

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  2. beliefs

  i am a born in jw for over 30 years now and have been in various positions in the organization.

  now i'm guessing most of us recognize that older generations tend to be more fundamental and less reasonable when it comes to their outlook and beliefs.

  i find this to mirror the differences you see outside of the organization as well (older people less tolerant of other religions, newer technology, lgbt, etc.).

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  I think there's a groundswell toward a distinctly more moderate, tolerant trend at the rank-and-file level, albeit within limits. I also think the higher echelon senses this and is disquieted.... hence the ratcheting up of the pressure to moderate/control the flock's behavior and attitudes, enforced by invoking the threat of shunning.
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  Please explain!

  by Freedom rocks in

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  hi please can someone explain this in laymans terms for me coz i be ever got it as a jw and still don't.

  it doesn't make sense to me.

  bible chronology indicates that god’s kingdom was established in heaven in 1914. this is shown by a prophecy recorded in chapter 4 of the bible book of daniel.. overview of the prophecy.

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  Excellent exposition of the standard JW mantra re 1914. which I bet not one JW in a hundred has mastered. More erudite contributors to this forum than I have demolished this concept, exposing several glaring fallacies in its string of disjointed elements.
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  Who deserves the title of king of apostasy ?

  by Chook in

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  i think this would be a noble endeavour..

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  Simon deserves a vote...
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  2018 Convention videos leaked by brave insiders

  by Room 215 in

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  anopther coup for cedars: http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/leaked-2018-convention-videos-celebrate-anti-lgbtq-bigotry-unquestioning-obedience-doomsday-fear-mongering

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  Anopther coup for Cedars: http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/leaked-2018-convention-videos-celebrate-anti-lgbtq-bigotry-unquestioning-obedience-doomsday-fear-mongering
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  The Preaching Method Has Flip-Flopped Again

  by pale.emperor in

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  2. beliefs

  im currently reading a book called jehovah's witnesses: portrait of a contemporary religious movement (https://www.amazon.co.uk/jehovahs-witnesses-portrait-contemporary-religious/dp/0415266106).the researcher is a social scientist, was never a jw, who studied with the witnesses solely to write this book.

  his research has been quite thorough and objective which is commendable.he mentioned in the book how rutherford didn't want his colporters (pioneers) giving their own sermons or bible interpretation, but instead he had them going door to door with his records.

  (i have some converted to mp3, they're very boring).

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  In both cases (door-to door canvassing with IPad vs with phonograph, and cart vs placards) are clearlly regressive and a de facto renunciation of Knorr's progressive innovations.
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  Did You Go To Meetings in Very Inclement Weather?

  by minimus in

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  living in new england means having lots of snow and cold.

  elders were very reluctant to cancel or reschedule a meeting due to the weather.

  i lived 3 towns away from the kingdom hall and if it was icy and treacherous my vote would always be to cancel the meeting....and forget about rescheduling!.

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  My experience was that people just loved when meetings were cancelled but would never admit to it.