Topics Started by surprised2bhere

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What are your favorite foods for takeout/delivery?
by Iamallcool in
1. jw
2. friends
any takers?

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Memorial invite
by JoenB75 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
now they start inviting to their "commemorate the death of jesus" event.

it always makes me a bit sad.

i don’t think i could endure to watch it myself today.
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So what did the circuit overseers do during lockdown?
by ozziepost in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so reading that the dubs are going back to their kingdumb halls got me thinking, i guess they haven’t been getting their regular inspections from thier circuit overseers.

if they haven’t had their meetings, the inspectors couldn’t visit - or did they?

i’m intrigued.
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Watchtower says you can be Disfellowshiped for being Fat!
by Witness 007 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
watchtower 1974 p.167 "by disobediently over indulging in food and making a glutton of himself he shows no love for jehovah..in the presents of others does he ignore their needs and selfishly take more then his fair share?

is he grossly overweight gorging himself?

does he feel uncomfortable even getting sick...this person has no place in the congregation of god...they will not inherit gods kingdom.".
"New !ight" at Annual Meeting
by surprised2bhere in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so i have watched jackson's spiel several times since it was released last autumn.

(thank you lloyd.

) john 5:28,29. and it appears to boil down to the fact that they cannot recognise which tense it was written in until now.
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What are some of the weird teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses, past and present?
by Vanderhoven7 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i just picked up a few from mark jones as follows:.

i see is that the vast majority of jws don't seem to understand what their religion actually teaches.. the more controversial or embarrassing doctrine - although still official doctrine that has never been rescinded - is just not talked about anymore in the magazines.

there are dinosaurs living on venus.https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/2fowhx/dinosaurs_on_venus/.
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Annual service report - yet another analysis - big trouble for the WTS
by FFGhost in
1. jw
2. friends
there's already been a couple of threads on the 2021 report with insightful comments, but i'm vain enough to want to start my own topic with some additional thoughts..... as others on the other thread noted, it's useful to compare the 2021 numbers not only to 2020 but also 2019 (the last non-pandemic report).. there are some really troubling (if you're a wt headquarters guy) news in the latest report.. 1) baptisms plummet.

2021 - 171,393. baptisms dropped 20% in 2020, and 30% more in 2021. the total drop from 2019 to 2021 is an amazing 44%.. one could argue that without in-person assemblies and conventions you'd expect baptisms to drop.

but....if someone really wants to get baptized, jws will find a way.
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Are you new PIMO? (Physically In/Mentally Out)
by Iamallcool in
1. jw
2. friends
what is your story?

we would love to “hear” from you!

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Commenting Ban?
by Iamallcool in
1. jw
2. friends
do you think the watchtower will ban commenting at the meetings one day?

if you are pimo, you might want to try to make some comments to make others think about the “truth”!

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puctuality..
by zachias in
1. jw
2. experiences
a small incident happened to me today that has triggered me to say this.. how many of you have seen that jw are fairly hopeless and being anywhere on time.. an obvious one is the families that never miss a meeting and never miss arriving late with resultant fuss.

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but in day to day things as well.arriving late for a paid job.. leaving early, ditto.. not turning up for a bbq without even a phone call.. being in all things disorganized.. and, how many of you have seen the above become the norm in people once they become jw that were not that way before....