One elder who'd like to have a certain conversation with me was proud that his youngest daughter got baptized at the last assembly. She must be 8 or 9, home schooled, this is all she knows, and he's proud that she agreed to an oral contract for the rest of her life. He was happy to tell me this.
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What age were you when you were counted as a publisher?
by OrphanCrow inthe wts has always included minors and adults in the same categories - publisher and baptized.. i am interested in knowing how many minors, approximately, are included in the publisher count.
and, at what age a person started publishing.
what age was the youngest publisher reported?.
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So, how did the 'beard article' go over yesterday at your congregation?
by neat blue dog inat mine the conductor was somewhat awkward and minimal and there were nervous chuckles from the audience.
two people, including an elder, gave reasonable comments that it's okay as long as it's not extreme styles, etc.
but then another one of the elders commented that nothing has changed and they still aren't proper locally.
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Sorry, wolf boy, no privileges for you.
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Memorial 2017
by wifibandit ininstead of making a new thread for every little thing related to memorial 2017, i'm going to try to post here.
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and to start us off.... cart artwork for 2017 memorial invitations.
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Great Tribulation and Trump
by TakeOffTheCrown inplease, let's discuss this subject without attacking one another.. it appears that trump has won a victory that no one expected.
is it possible that trump may play a part in the great tribulation?.
there are some who believe trump is one of the most unqualified of men to ever be elected president of the united states.
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I believe that the testimony the anointed gives about the sign is true but I do not know if it is true for a fact because I was not there myself to measure it some way
If that is the case, I could sell you a marvelous bridge in a grassy shire, with a little creek underneath it and some nice fishing spots. It's an old bridge, but ah she's a thing of beauty. You should see some of the photographs you could take there. And some day in the future, if you buy it from me, you just might.
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JW Facebook puriven garbage
by Lostandfound inbelow is an example of the pure cliche driven and meaningless posts by witnesses to witnesses on facebook .
it was truly a blessing from jehovah that your original plans .....didn't work out, because instead our family was able to enjoy a spiritually filled morning with ,spiritual food and spiritual entertainment and singing praises to our glorious god, grand creator and loving heavenly father jehovah was a memorable gift.
he has truly provided a perfect example of christian brotherly love through his son, our savior jesus christ.
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Finky - I thought it was Peruvian
I thought it was supposed to be Puritan. Made enough sense, I guess.
That ppkind of JW-speak isn't the worst part though. JWs have their own memes they pass around in public and everything. They're homophobic and they look crazy to anyone who's out.
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I guess the latest WT killed any hope of US jws growing beards.
by Crazyguy inin my area i'd guess 30% of the men maybe more have some kind of beard.
this craps gotta wake up somebody still in!.
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Isn't it funny how the marketing of the Gillette corporation in the early 20th century affected not only what elected leaders looked like but also our faith?
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JW Facebook puriven garbage
by Lostandfound inbelow is an example of the pure cliche driven and meaningless posts by witnesses to witnesses on facebook .
it was truly a blessing from jehovah that your original plans .....didn't work out, because instead our family was able to enjoy a spiritually filled morning with ,spiritual food and spiritual entertainment and singing praises to our glorious god, grand creator and loving heavenly father jehovah was a memorable gift.
he has truly provided a perfect example of christian brotherly love through his son, our savior jesus christ.
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Do they realize how crazy they make themselves look?
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Watchtower's "New Light" re Babylonish Captivity, November 2016 WT
by Room 215 inhas anyone noticed the wt's most recent shell-game revisionism in the november study tractazine, relating to the shifting of its "babylonish captivity" doctrine, from a 3 1/2-year period around the ww 1 years, to a period now spanning about 16 centuries, or from the 4th century (constantine's legal recognition of christianity) to 1919?.
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I'd love it if they did, but this kind of change will go barely noticed by the average JW. They don't care about the details, so any study of history or prophecy gets a bit quieter than a study of, say, seeing our dead family again.
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"It's a cult, mom."
by schnell inmy mom has been extensively texting me, trying to argue that the un ngo scandal is not a big deal and that the child abuse scandal is to instigate the great tribulation.
even worse, she kept saying how great it is that the gb is imperfect and fallible and that teaching changes all the time.
maybe it was aggravation or impatience, but i finally just snapped and told her, "it's a cult, mom.".
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@Heaven, thank you. Yep, she told me that I knew better than to listen (to the world/apostates) and I told her that's what cults tell you to do.
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"It's a cult, mom."
by schnell inmy mom has been extensively texting me, trying to argue that the un ngo scandal is not a big deal and that the child abuse scandal is to instigate the great tribulation.
even worse, she kept saying how great it is that the gb is imperfect and fallible and that teaching changes all the time.
maybe it was aggravation or impatience, but i finally just snapped and told her, "it's a cult, mom.".
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Tameria2001 - She sounds just like my mother. After I left that cult, she did send me a very hateful letter, and at the end she signed off, from the woman who gave birth to you.
Yep, I've gotten something very similar. She wants to believe so much that she raised us well that she conflates this religion with her and my dad's parenting. The result is that a perceived attack on the religion is a perceived attack on her parenting. I assured her, nothing I have to say about the society has anything to do with her at all.
It's hard for me to hide how much I hate what this cult has done to my family.
OnTheWayOut - Sorry to read of your woes with family. Judas Iscariot (the way he is written) deliberately betrayed Jesus for personal gain, then regretted it too late. I would tell my loved one that called me Judas that my intentions in saying things are out of love and concern with no personal gain and I only regret waiting so long to say such things in my attempt to retain family peace.
It is interesting that they feel you need to be getting something out of it to decide this isn't the truth. She asked if I'm turning against my brothers, and I said No, I just disagree with them. I said they can decide for themselves. My brother had accused me a month or two ago of starting my own church, because that's what this cult teaches you that apostates do. I said No, people can decide for themselves. She said I just want a fight; I said I don't want a fight, I just want honesty. I've already been accused of wanting to go sin, because they conflate being a JW with being a good person and see no other way even when they recognize good people who are not JWs.
It's pretty rich that they're hurling all these accusations against me and yet I'm the one who has "turned against them."