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  Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

  he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

  then out of the blue he tells me; .

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  Data Dog,

  I just added dislike number 10 for no other reason than you brought it to my attention so I had to scroll back to your previous comment. It was just punishment for delaying my bed time.
  
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  Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

  he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

  then out of the blue he tells me; .

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  John Aquila,

  How do you do it? I am assuming you have faded or at least not regularly attending, and yet people come to you and trust you with stuff they wouldn't trust another brother in the faith. You certainly have a knack for getting the kind of stories people want to hear. You are just like the best sellers fiction writers. You know what the public wants.
  
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  Is this a subtle clue that the leaders really see the "great tribulation" of the WT coming soon?

  by never a jw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  similarly, we cannotexpect that the future interruption inthe great tribulation will result in aninflux of new believers.

  rather, it willbe an opportunity for all true believersto prove their love for jehovah andgive their support to christs brothers.. (par.

  7, page 16, wt july 2015).

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  Half banana, prologs, lemon party,

  Yes, a good part of the article seems to reflect an anticipation of events to come that they expect will result from recent and current world news related to the WT.

  Yep, the money part seems to be at the front of their concerns.

  They seem truly concerned about what's coming, and they want to spin it to their advantage to soften the blow.
  
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  Is this a subtle clue that the leaders really see the "great tribulation" of the WT coming soon?

  by never a jw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  similarly, we cannotexpect that the future interruption inthe great tribulation will result in aninflux of new believers.

  rather, it willbe an opportunity for all true believersto prove their love for jehovah andgive their support to christs brothers.. (par.

  7, page 16, wt july 2015).

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  Similarly, we cannot
  expect that the future interruption in
  the great tribulation will result in an
  influx of new believers. Rather, it will
  be an opportunity for all true believers
  to prove their love for Jehovah and
  give their support to Christ’s brothers.

  (Par. 7, page 16, WT July 2015)

  The underlying message here is that the WT anticipates that new members will be close to zero as a result of the bad publicity that we have seen and will continue to see in the near future. But also, I read that they want to turn the present and future unpopularity of the WT into evidence of the great tribulation, and thus prevent a mass exodus. It's not a bad tactic, it's worked before.
  
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  Another Kim Davis inspired self-invented "gay issue"

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what is it about some of these self proclaimed "christians" who go seeking persecution when it don't exist?.

  we've had a case locally in calgary where the initial reports sounded like the person had a legitimate claim: a bus driver didn't want to drive the bus in a gay pride parade and said he'd resign if they made him and that the local transit company was threatening him to force him to do it.. except it was all invented ... by him !.

  they already proactively told him that there was no danger that he would be asked to drive that bus in the parade (i.e.

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  Viv,
  

  "Sorry, I struggle to concern myself with someone who's argument boils down to "can't make a complete sentence"."

  "whose" would make your own sentence look better
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  Today's Special Day Assembly Expenses and the $10,499 Deficit. Silent Majority?

  by Tenacious in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  today i attended a one-day assembly in my hometown.

  i knew when it came time to read the afternoon expenses that it would be an incredibly high and ridiculous amount that was nowhere near the real expenses for that day.

  sure enough, after lunch came the announcement.

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  "12 baptized (3M+9F)". Only 1/4are males. Of those three, one is quite likely to quit soon. This will be a religion composed by a women super majority, but controlled by chauvinist males.

  Ladies, please explain....
  
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  Watchtower Double Talk September 15, 2015

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  is this double talk or is it just me?

  it's a comment in the sept 15, 2015 wt about higher education:.

  11 today, we are blessed with much knowledge of jehovahs works of creation and the outworking of his purpose.

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  Paradisebeuty,

  Small correction, "study only the latest watchtower magazines and publications". They don't want you to check anything that is only few years old. That alone would reveal too much.
  
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  Who am I to screw up their happiness?

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  that was the question to me tonight.

  because of their beliefs they have a moral compass, a net work of friends and a support group.

  they have what they believe is a loving god.

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  never a jw

  Older people, leaving them alone. Younger people, get them out and protect them.
  
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  Today's Special Day Assembly Expenses and the $10,499 Deficit. Silent Majority?

  by Tenacious in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  today i attended a one-day assembly in my hometown.

  i knew when it came time to read the afternoon expenses that it would be an incredibly high and ridiculous amount that was nowhere near the real expenses for that day.

  sure enough, after lunch came the announcement.

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  @bohm
  

  "500$?! how is that even possible, my uber-jw in laws by all accounts donate at least 100$ per convention and likely more. The entire family alone would likely donate more than 500$ total"

  Is it possible that what they say and what they do are two different things? Real spiritual people don't talk about giving large donations.

  @ James Jack 11 minutes ago

  "I asked our Assembly Overseer about this and he said "The Branch raised our Assessment from 3.50 per publisher to 10.50 per pub, because this reflected the equal balance for our Branch as a whole". Everybody share the same costs!!"

  
  

  From $3.50 to $10.50 in one fell swoop?!!. This sounds like an organization that is in its last throes.
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
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  My parents sent the elders after me

  by atacrossroads in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i stopped regulary attending meetings and going in field service in january.

  the elders have left me alone for the most part i think because of my jw husband.

  last week my parents came over and told me i needed to come back to meetings.

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  Welcome Finallyme. Always glad to know that another one sees the light.