Posts by RolRod

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Wandering which church to try next

by Talkie in

https://youtu.be/dzywddm5ucc.

RolRod

My last two years with the Witnesses I was actually attending Bible Student meetings. I maet with all the different types of Bible Students and I find one I was comfortable with.

RR

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What’s your favorite COVID-19 Quarantine themed meal?

by jp1692 in

what’s your favorite covid-19 quarantine themed meal?

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today a friend sent me this dinner he made: survivor salmon.. .

How are they handling the memorial this year with the Coronavirus?

by Mandi in

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it’s cognac.

couldn’t sign-in for some reason so i created a new account.

just was wondering what’s going on with the memorial this year cause my kids father wants to have them during that time.

RolRod

Don't know about the JW's, but the Bible Students used the ZOOM app, getting bread and wine was not an issue

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The virus and how it's affected life

by days of future passed in

since i've never lived in time with dire events, this virus and it's effects, has taken me by surprise.

not that i should be surprised by how people responded, but until you experience it first hand, you just don't get the scope of it all.. all the hoarding.

i've always taken things in a more rational way.

Same here, people hoarding, especially toilet paper, although yesterday after work I stopped at the supermarket to get some juice and I saw a guy walking out with toilet paper so I walked in and found a clerk stocking them, so I grabbed one. Didn't really need it, but I was running low and didn't want to be without.

Markets have been emptied for a few weeks, the last week or so have found bread and meat stocked, so things are getting better.

Personally I was never concerned, I'm considered "essential" as a Letter Carrier so I'm out delivering 12 hours a day picking up the slack for sick coworkers, touching dirty mail, mailboxes, handrails and doorknobs. I don't wear gloves, mask or use sanitizer.

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Remember the Revelation book?

by wozza in

i recall when it was released ,that's when i was a drone, how excited i felt at the prospect of reading it and formulating ways to sell it at the homes in my area.. i thought, finally a book to explain the last book in the bible and indeed one that the churches seemed to want to leave alone!.

i sold quite a few probably because of my enthusiasm and can still remember clearly the first day when i went knocking on doors with it ,and it's been decades since.. but over time it lost it's shine and my mind started to question the explanations in it due to the scene of other things being changed in the jw beliefs.. do you remember they flogged that book so many times in the book studies even when it was found to have "newer light " eclipsing it!.

who else remembers the printed pages with the official corrections to insert into the book ,so many that the book collapsed to be of no relevance anymore really.....what an embarrassment!.

RolRod

I remember when it first came out ... being a Watchtower history buff I just laughed when I read it. Then they updated it to hide errors and false teachings.

I remember in the early 90s we studied that book like 3 or 4 times. When it was announced at the Service Meeting I let out a huge groan, "not again!" LOL

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Anyone have any stories or tips about leading a double life when in JW?

by taetae in

this is similar to another post i saw..

RolRod

Define "double life"

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In the name of Michael, amen

by AuntBee in

does anyone remember one of the videos on the jw broadcast, where the speaker actually prayed "in the name of michael, amen"?

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someone was asking about it on another forum, but no one can remember when it was or if we can locate it..

RolRod

Say what?

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The zoom app

by Fadeaway1962 in

there going to start using the zoom app for the meeting ,got to go a help my aged parents to set it up.. i'm not very good at the technical stuff is there any way of hiding your self on the app or is this a way of them checking to see who's listening to the meetings.. thought fading would have been easier during this virus.. thanks.

RolRod

I was just going to ask if JW's are staying home and doing online meetings.

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JW old books and mags selling hot on ebay

by JimmyYoung in

so i have an eye out for a couple of the more nefarious jw books from the past.

i look on ebay etsy and others.

i see that the older books are selling for a good price.

RolRod

LV101

I was under the impression the halls disposed of the old literature.
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Back in the 80s I recall reading a letter to the congregation from the Society, the gist of it was about all the wonderful building work they were doing around the world, and that these headquarters needed a good theocratic library. They were telling the congregations to send in all literature prior to 1950, they specifically requested all books, booklets and magazines by Russell/Rutherford.
I was in the Bronx, NY at the time, and we had bethelites serving us, so they packed up the books themselves and took them.
In a conversation with Randy Watters, he admitted to me that the literature was destroyed.
RR

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JW old books and mags selling hot on ebay

by JimmyYoung in

so i have an eye out for a couple of the more nefarious jw books from the past.

i look on ebay etsy and others.

i see that the older books are selling for a good price.

RolRod

Listener

Rol Rod, what sort of corro do you have from Rutherford and was it published in any of the Watchtower publications?

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These were short notes that Rutherford would attached to letters sent to the Society asking specific questions on the Ezekiel portion of THE FINISHED MYSTERY that was authored by George Fisher