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  Said from the platform: "You are not surviving Armaggedon if you are spiritually weak"

  by Daniel1555 in

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  today i was at the meeting (i go there about once a month now).

  in the service meeting they had a part where they interviewed the secretary of the congregation.. so one question was: "why are the service reports so important?".

  our secretary explained that the reports are important, because the elders can see, who is spiritually weak.

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  EmptyInside How do the elders count their time? I thought they could include their public talks,shepherding calls,and family studies. So,after all that,they probably only have to go out another five hours in service.

  Not to forget that if you are on the RBC then you can claim so many hours per month towards your pioneering.

  Smart pioneers join teams like this. Much better than trudging the streets, kudos for being in a theocratic team, AND you never have to worry about getting your hours in because they are given to you!

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  PEER PRESSURE!!! I gave in to Pioneering during August...I feel dirty...

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  ok, i'll admit it...i am weak.... as everyone knows, the pressure to "pioneer" during "the most momentous, awesome, amazing, centenary anniversay of jesus invisble kigdom rule, & distribute tracts about a dodgy website" campaign is very strong at the moment.... also, many will have read my threads about the extreme views and expectations in our cong for "all appointed men to pioneer" etc..... every elder and ms and their families have been announced as pioneering....i mean everyone's name was read out except mine..... i was not going to do it, as i do not believe anyone should be forced...(and of course its the last thing on earth i would rather do anyway since learning ttatt).

  but i am not quite ready to make the break yet, so i realised that i would stand out more if i didnt put in a form to pioneer.

  yes it would make me more conspicious, and make fading harder to do...it would bring more heat on me if i didnt pioneer.. so i gave in and submitted a form.... now, of course, i'm only going to make sure i'm seen at the key field service groups etc...but then go and do something more interesting...like count blades of grass..... ahh....i feel hypocritical to myself now......

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  Ah, just found the reference to placing literature online.

  *** km 12/12 p. 5 Our Official Web Site—Use It in Your Ministry ***
  Send an Article or a Publication to Someone You Know:

  Attach a downloaded PDF or an EPUB to an e-mail. Or download an audio version of a publication onto a CD. Each time you give someone who is not baptized a complete electronic book, brochure, or magazine, you may count it as a placement. Material should not be sent anonymously or in bulk. Neither should it be uploaded to any other Internet Web site.

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  A thought about the convention: Anticipate Future Blessings...

  by wisdomfrombelow in

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  one of the parts had a skit with 3 or 4 young brothers playing a game of "what i will look forward to in the new system".

  one wanted a house by the beach.

  one wanted a house in the forest.

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  As BluesBrother points out, that verse is from Ps 145.
  A parallel portion helps to explain it more accurately:

  (Psalm 104:24, 27-28)
  24 How many your works are, O Jehovah! You have made all of them in wisdom. The earth is full of what you have made.
  27 All of them wait for you To give them their food in its season.
  28 What you give them, they gather. When you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things.

  So this pertains to all creatures not just man, and it relates to their basic needs, not their materialistic wishes.

  Seems to me that the demonstration at the convention has both misunderstood and misrepresented that Psalmist, and by extension (what a great phrase lol) also Jehovah.

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  PEER PRESSURE!!! I gave in to Pioneering during August...I feel dirty...

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok, i'll admit it...i am weak.... as everyone knows, the pressure to "pioneer" during "the most momentous, awesome, amazing, centenary anniversay of jesus invisble kigdom rule, & distribute tracts about a dodgy website" campaign is very strong at the moment.... also, many will have read my threads about the extreme views and expectations in our cong for "all appointed men to pioneer" etc..... every elder and ms and their families have been announced as pioneering....i mean everyone's name was read out except mine..... i was not going to do it, as i do not believe anyone should be forced...(and of course its the last thing on earth i would rather do anyway since learning ttatt).

  but i am not quite ready to make the break yet, so i realised that i would stand out more if i didnt put in a form to pioneer.

  yes it would make me more conspicious, and make fading harder to do...it would bring more heat on me if i didnt pioneer.. so i gave in and submitted a form.... now, of course, i'm only going to make sure i'm seen at the key field service groups etc...but then go and do something more interesting...like count blades of grass..... ahh....i feel hypocritical to myself now......

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  PEER PRESSURE!!! I gave in to Pioneering during August...I feel dirty...

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok, i'll admit it...i am weak.... as everyone knows, the pressure to "pioneer" during "the most momentous, awesome, amazing, centenary anniversay of jesus invisble kigdom rule, & distribute tracts about a dodgy website" campaign is very strong at the moment.... also, many will have read my threads about the extreme views and expectations in our cong for "all appointed men to pioneer" etc..... every elder and ms and their families have been announced as pioneering....i mean everyone's name was read out except mine..... i was not going to do it, as i do not believe anyone should be forced...(and of course its the last thing on earth i would rather do anyway since learning ttatt).

  but i am not quite ready to make the break yet, so i realised that i would stand out more if i didnt put in a form to pioneer.

  yes it would make me more conspicious, and make fading harder to do...it would bring more heat on me if i didnt pioneer.. so i gave in and submitted a form.... now, of course, i'm only going to make sure i'm seen at the key field service groups etc...but then go and do something more interesting...like count blades of grass..... ahh....i feel hypocritical to myself now......

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  Simon Just post here and count the time.

  This is actually a great suggestion.

  What was the letter/KM that explained how to witness online, and how to count placements?

  I've looked for it but can't find it?

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  Stagnant JW growth at international convention

  by kneehighmiah in

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  2. friends

  so at the international convention 235 were baptized.

  the attendance was 34k.

  that's resents less than 1% its about .6%.

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  Once the fervour of 2014 has worn away, I predict a gradual but measurable western world decrease.

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  Not on JW.org : Question for Jehovah's Witnesses elders: If pants have Pagan origins, is DENIM demonized ?

  by Balaamsass2 in

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  2. friends

  a yound sister was severely counciled by the elders for wearing a denim "jean skirt" to the hall last year.

  she left with tears in her eyes and never returned.. for the last 50 years denim jeans have been banned at the brooklyn bethel breakfast table.. i understand denim jeans are banned even by tourists visiting beth ell.

  billy explained the pants situation in past posts.. so my questions are: what other instances are there of denim bans by watchtower ?

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  There is a leaflet describing what clothing is suitable to wear while touring bethel. Denim skirts are specifically mentioned as unsuitable.

  Many BoE's use this leaflet as a guide to what is also acceptable in the kingdom hall.

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  The Image of Jesus

  by givemejustalittlemoretime in

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  why do wts portraythe messiah with neatly combed, cut hair and western origin looking in their pictures.

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  The "Live Forever" book on p.122 has a picture of the apostles with Jesus.
  Every eye that is shown to the viewer is the brightest blue.

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  Today's "gay-bashing" and other embarrassing content public talk!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  oh wow..... the public talk today is certainly embarrassing for witnesses!.

  started (completely left field too...seemed to come out of nowhere) with condemning homosexuality, and anyone who even tolerates it.

  if you like tv shows or movies with gay characters, you are "just as bad" (eg modern family tv show).

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  Does this count as "preaching hatred" or intolerance?

  The police may be interested in hearing the recording of that meeting.

  I always wonder how groups such as Stonewall would react if they were invited to a meeting where the public talk spoke about homosexuality.

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  Pixar the production company is jealous of Caleb and Sophia video's

  by life is to short in

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  so said the co last night.. apparently a jw was on a flight and just happend to sit next to some big wig from pixar and when the man from pixar heard that he was a jw the pixar man just gushed over what great work that the watchtower has done in producing the caleb video's.

  he siad he only wished pixar could do such great work.

  the co said we are able to do it because we have free labor and jehovah behind us.. my husband stayed home from the meeting but wanted to tie in by phone and that is what the co said in his talk.. the co also talked about all the changes that have happened in the last ten years and how if some of the friends did not like it they needed and to quote him "they just needed to get over it" these changes are going to happned period.

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  Among the 250+ awards won by Pixar are Grammy's, Golden globes, Acadamy awards, BAFTA's, and seven Oscars.

  I guess WT have done much better.

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