FadeToBlack

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  Surfing, Nemo and Patrick Thrive in New System

  by Funchback in

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  https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/end-of-the-world/.

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  Let's hope the kids stay low. That dude surfing the shore break is coming their way. And the 2 girls wading are about to get wet!
  
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  No Reason For JWs To Go To The MIdweek Meeting (CLAM)

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  everything that is done at the midweek meeting can now be done at home.

  the videos are online, the first talk is scripted, the bible highlights are scripted.

  you could get the same experience by just reading and watching the material from your tablet.

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  Since my wife switched to the English-language group in Warsaw she has not attended any mid-week meetings anywhere. I haven't heard her complain about it. Big test is this weekend - RC/DC (not sure what they call it in Poland). I told her I already saw all the videos she is likely to see and asked her to pay attention to the 'shunning' video.
  
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  Donation request?

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  this last week i started seeing little green toast popups at the bottom of the screen asking for financial help to keep the site up.

  is it legit?

  if so, i would be glad to help.

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  So is it related to the fact that I added an add-blocker recently?
  
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  Donation request?

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  this last week i started seeing little green toast popups at the bottom of the screen asking for financial help to keep the site up.

  is it legit?

  if so, i would be glad to help.

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  This last week I started seeing little green toast popups at the bottom of the screen asking for financial help to keep the site up. Is it legit? If so, I would be glad to help. Just wanted to check first.
  
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  For those who are still in... What do you do about field service?

  by Wait For It in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for those of you who are still in because of family circumstances, what do you do about field service?

  do you still go regularly, sporadically or not at all?.

  if you do still go, how do you manage?

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  I would like to see everyone turn in 30 hrs/month and not go out at all.
  
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  In the paradise JWs will have a standard uniform

  by RodrigoGuerreiro in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  anyone else notice this on the last video of the regional convention 2016?.

  frame stills:.

  conclusion: it seems that the paradise will not be only the end of wickedness but also the end of the jws typical cheap polyester suits :-p.

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  Nice hair cuts. Required every week or by choice? Shaving still required. The only positive thing I see is: no ties.
  
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  Help - I'm going to be conducting the watchtower study

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it looks like i'm going to have to take the watchtower study for a while so i thought i'd seek help.. i wont be outing myself or stating anything too controversial, but so far i have come up with the following tactics : 1) ask questions which will get people thinking even if it is about something insignificant - developing a questioning mind is the key to discovering ttat as far as i am concerned.

  2) highlight any extreme points so that some might realise they are extreme.

  3) highlight any good points - helping others in need for example - just because it is the right thing to do.. if anyone has any general comments which could help, please post them here.

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  Be careful if you want to stay in for any reason. I had a friend that actually made the WT study interesting while he was the conductor. It was almost an actual discussion. Most of the 'friends' really enjoyed it. A couple of the hard-core elders didn't like where he was going and had him removed.

  Sorry. Have to self edit myself. He was removed for making the TMS enjoyable/what it could be. His conducting of the WT was also the best, but we had brothers rotate into that role at the time in our hall. Not a permanent position then (if I recall).
  
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  Environmentalists? Not Necessarily, Helping Nonetheless....

  by Doubtfully Yours in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  whether the average jw appreciates it or not (i certainly do not), the wtbts sure is helping in the environmentalists' movement of creating as much a paperless society as possible in order to preserve trees and create other favorable situations for humanity, such as avoiding so much trash and chemical waste involved in the printing/shipping process.. in order to help me adjust to this new phase within the org, i've reasoned it all this way.

  anybody else recognizes that this going all out electronic/computerized is, of course, first a most profitable effort, but also has a secondary benefit of helping out to preserve the environment.......?!.

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  Where do you think all the precious/rare metals come from to build the necessary components for an iPad? Who is assembling the components and in what conditions? Who is mining the rare metals? Where do we get the electricty from to make all this work?

  Regarding waste and trash, that is an externalized cost that has been 'exported' elsewhere - to third world countries. Out of sight, out of mind. We're good!
  
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  Orginal sin: Tree of knowledge of good and evil

  by dreddie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  telling and knowing the truth.. it is your job to tell and know the truth and not be decived by the lies of satan.. believing this, you need the knowledge of what is good and evil.

  because with the bible you believe you can know the truth.

  where there is no knowledge of the truth and good and evil.

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  regarding the op:
  

  That was so bad I thought it was either a talk from the 2016 RC or a parody of one. Please, tell me that there really aren't people that believe in Adam and Eve! How is that even possible?
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  How was your wedding?

  by BeautifulMind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how was your wedding?

  did you have a jw wedding or something different?

  my wedding was not what either of us wanted at first, but it turned out very lovely.

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  Wedding was at the hall in Toronto so too far for many of my 'friends' to make it. Funny that all my non-JW family manged to attend! Ceremony was too long. Reception was awesome thanks to Polish friends of my wife. I thought it could end at a reasonable hour (around midnight). My wife just laughed at me. Everything was perfect except for the fact that one of the cakes made by a friend of my wife's disappeared from the kitchen storage area. Probably one of the better days of my life.