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  Hello everyone 😊

  by SuperMarioDiMaggio in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was a jehovah's witnesses for 15 years (1983-1998) in pietermaritzburg and durban, south africa.

  i was baptised in 1985; appointed a ministerial servant in 1987 (aged 21); refused military service on religious grounds in 1989 (served a three year community service sentence) and was appointed an elder in 1993 (aged 26).

  i wrote to the governing body in brooklyn four times between 1992-97, respectfully questioning the nonsense they were publishing about science and evolution (you can see all my correspondence and their hilarious replies here: http://bit.ly/jw-md-letters ).

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  Kosonen

  Life was hard before the flood

  Genesis 3:19
  

  By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return."
  
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  Why do the Elders stress the importance of meeting attendance....

  by Davros in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why do the elders always stress to the rank and file members of the congregation how important meeting attendance is, as well as the importance of always paying attention to every word that's being presented from the slave?

  but then, during the meeting, they rarely sit and pay attention themselves to the wonderful spiritual banquet being presented?

  they always seem so busy, don't they?

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  Its in the letters they recive every week they have to read to congregation. Everything very robotic.
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  Weekly Meeting Importance Being Reduced - Your Thoughts?

  by JWTom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am pimo, but now have 40+ years of being a jw as i was raised in a 3rd generation family of witnesses and continue to fake my way through things - fading as i can.. for the vast majority of my time as a jw, the meetings were the central focus for all jws to get teaching, association, information and so on.

  nothing was more important than being at the meetings!

  over the last 20 years starting with the elimination of the weekly book study in homes and continuing down to today - my opinion is that the value/purpose of the weekly meetings continues to be diluted or minimized.

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  Dont really understand people that think org wouldent cansell meetings in fear of going under. People go to meetings to socialise . They dont give that much money to org. Org gonna get more money from selling buildings then from JWs at KH. Either way they do things they gonna loose. But cansell meetings and selling buildings is gonna give them more money for the moment. Plus tv preachers have made millions. Think they can turn the online thing to money
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  Weekly Meeting Importance Being Reduced - Your Thoughts?

  by JWTom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am pimo, but now have 40+ years of being a jw as i was raised in a 3rd generation family of witnesses and continue to fake my way through things - fading as i can.. for the vast majority of my time as a jw, the meetings were the central focus for all jws to get teaching, association, information and so on.

  nothing was more important than being at the meetings!

  over the last 20 years starting with the elimination of the weekly book study in homes and continuing down to today - my opinion is that the value/purpose of the weekly meetings continues to be diluted or minimized.

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  Lots of interested People visit the KHs and see how JWs are and never come back. To much internal fighting in KHs. Think org want People out in district to have as little Contact with JWs as possible . Preaching carts same reason
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  Elders complaining

  by asp59 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have you heard many elders complaining about selling out of kh and having a online religion?

  i mean many elders have put years of visiting meetings and sitting there to have it all taken away now.

  reaching that position of elder for nothing .

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  Have you heard many elders complaining about selling out of KH and having a online religion? I mean many elders have put years of visiting meetings and sitting there to have it all taken away now. Reaching that position of elder for nothing . The Org clearly wants to centralise all power to headquarter
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  My latest letter to WT demanding correction from their side

  by Kosonen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  brothers and sisters associated with the watchtower society may 9, 2020. i have tried to inform you of the necessary adjustments you ought to take in order to truly be in the truth.

  but my efforts have remained fruitless.

  you well know the biblical procedure.

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  I agree with you there are lots of major changes they have to do. Well they know already holy Spirits is not leading the Org. But i think they dont care anymore. They seem to be please with benefits beig a GB member and thats it
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  Fruits of the spirit

  by asp59 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to all that been in betel service.

  as 1440.000 are suppose to rule like kings they must also be an example of putting the fruits of the spirit in there daily life(charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity (kindness), goodness, longanimity (forbearance), mildness (gentleness), faith, modesty, continency (self-control), and chastity.).

  have you meet a gb member or other from the 144.000 in betel when you were there that you could easy see that this person wakes up in the morning and is determined to apply fruits of the spirit in there life?

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  To all that been in betel service. As 1440.000 are suppose to rule like kings they must also be an example of putting the fruits of the spirit in there daily life(charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity (kindness), goodness, longanimity (forbearance), mildness (gentleness), faith, modesty, continency (self-control), and chastity.). Have you meet a GB member or other from the 144.000 in Betel when you were there that you could easy see that this person wakes up in the morning and is determined to apply fruits of the spirit in there life?
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  Latest in JW land

  by asp59 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  heard the lastest in jw land?

  god commanded the org to sell buildings in new york cause corona virus was comming.

  lots of jws see it as this is the true religion cause of that 🙃😊 ofcourse no one been mentioning why no warning before spanish flu 1918 or terrorism 9/11.

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  Heard the lastest in JW land? God commanded the Org to sell buildings in New York cause corona virus was comming. Lots of JWs see it as this is the true religion cause of that 🙃😊 Ofcourse no one been mentioning why no warning before spanish flu 1918 or terrorism 9/11. Many are truly brainwashed in this org
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  Before cutting my hair my witness barber had to check with Bethel...really? Not a cult?

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was balding and grey so i asked my witness barber friend to "just shave it all off" many brothers were doing the comb over which looked friggin stupid.

  but oh no in the 1990's this was rebellious he had to call a brother we knew at bethel to see if it was ok. we got his ok to go ahead but at the time i could help thinking about the no beard rule and how controlled and cultish we were..

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  Call Betel or elder routine is just a way to act more 'holy' then others. Childish
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  Where do we rate WatchTower or Awake!

  by dydeonwl in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm astonished to read that watchtower leads the list of magazines and awake!

  is in competition for ranking.

  your thoughts are required in this matter.. http://bit.ly/3axlc3o.

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  Seen tru the years poor people in kingdom halls getting stacks of magazine to give away om the street. You walk same street after 30 minutes and there are magazine all over ground. I wonder if this is base of orgs money issue. Maybe the ide with carts was for this issue.