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  Refused to go to meeting wife broke frying pan on my car....now SHE is inactive 4 years my advice!!!

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. experiences

  my wife is a stubborn stubborn woman.

  when we got the internet in 1998 i slowly faded due to trying to prove apostates are lairs and scum...only to find they told nothing but "the truth.

  " every qoute was checked and re-checked.

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  NeverKnew

  LOVE IT! Enjoy your happy home. :)
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  Rules and more rules to address the rules booklet

  by NeverKnew in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there was a post with a download opportunity that was a book of rules.

  it seems like i remember it being about 128 pages long and included yoga and exercise program limitations.

  could it have been a correspondence department booklet?

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  NeverKnew

  There was a post with a download opportunity that was a book of rules. It seems like I remember it being about 128 pages long and included yoga and exercise program limitations. Could it have been a correspondence department booklet?
  

  I need a copy.

  UPDATE: I FOUND IT AND CAN'T DELETE THIS REQUEST. IT'S CALLED THE "CORRESPONDENCE GUIDELINES".
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  Another Scientist Misquoted - October 2015 Awake - Scientist Response

  by FadingTruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  october 2015 awake article writes:.

  this experiment led jeffrey h. schwartz, a professor of anthropology, to conclude that while adaptation may help a species survive under changing circumstances, it is not creating anything new.. email response from scientist to reddit user myxomatosis_.

  reddit user u/opinionmill pointed out in another thread that they've used the quote before:.

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  A question

  by JeffT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anybody ever written bethel and just flat out asked for an accounting report on the society's finances?

  we all keep batting around speculation about the wtbs and money, and actual information seems non-existent.

  what would they do if somebody asked for a financial statement?

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  Nonjwspouse surely that can't be all the money... Is it? There'd be a whole lot of celebration but they HAVE to be pulling in way more.

  I hate tax stuff. That's why I have a preparer.

  Does anyone know what that document is?
  
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  Couldn't take it anymore.

  by Darkknight757 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i decided yesterday to give my wife's full disclosure.

  not sure it was the best decision considering she holds very firmly to the resurrection hope so we can see our babies again.. anyways she is agreeable to begin a study to find a better truth.

  where is a good place to go to get some good reliable biblical info on the web that we can consider together?.

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  NeverKnew

  Depends on what you're looking for and its very important to know the difference. Google "word for word" (formal equivalence) and "thought for thought" (dynamic equivalence) Bibles.

  The word for word translations that I prefer are the Holman Christian and ESV. They are both nice mixtures of word for word and thought for thought.

  An interlinear is the best word for word but you end up missing the message through the translation.
  

  Some paraphrased and thought for thought translations COULD come off as doctrinally biased if you've been a witness for long BUT I have had more than one Witness tell me that by reading these versions they realized that the info they were getting had to be in error and it made them do further research. The versions they read was the Good News Bible.

  The NIV is a thought for thought translation

  If it were me, I'd get the point of the scripture (forest) and then analyze the words (trees).
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  Despite a 'number' of similar projects being pulled, the Chelmsford Project will continue...

  by NeverKnew in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this article suggests that there are projects being halted, but chelmsford isn't one of them.

  can someone from the uk tell me if this article was written by a reputable and known publisher?

  plans for huge jehovah's witnesses hq continues.

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  NeverKnew

  Just clicked around a bit and it is a community based circulation whose police stations will either be closing or not accessible to the public soon. If the community is having financial problems, I'm sure there's a vested interest in this project continuing.

  Committeechairman, you might be right. I wonder if a reduction in activity was noticed and this article written to address community concerns.

  Nonetheless, a quote of interest from a "spokesman"

  Spokesman Stephen Morris said: “In order to make best use of contributed funds, some construction projects worldwide will be delayed or cancelled.
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  Despite a 'number' of similar projects being pulled, the Chelmsford Project will continue...

  by NeverKnew in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this article suggests that there are projects being halted, but chelmsford isn't one of them.

  can someone from the uk tell me if this article was written by a reputable and known publisher?

  plans for huge jehovah's witnesses hq continues.

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  This article suggests that there ARE projects being halted, but Chelmsford isn't one of them.

  Can someone from the UK tell me if this article was written by a reputable and known publisher?

  Plans for huge Jehovah's Witnesses HQ continues
  

  Brentwood Weekly News sounds like a small community paper.
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  Today's Special Day Assembly Expenses and the $10,499 Deficit. Silent Majority?

  by Tenacious in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  today i attended a one-day assembly in my hometown.

  i knew when it came time to read the afternoon expenses that it would be an incredibly high and ridiculous amount that was nowhere near the real expenses for that day.

  sure enough, after lunch came the announcement.

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  Is it common practice to announce how much has been collected towards the end of the day? It'd be interesting to get counts of

  Total Attendance

  Number of Baptisms

  Amount "Needed"

  Amount collected by late afternoon

  
  

  I've never been to one of these assemblies. I'm not a 'witness' - just an observer.
  
  
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  Judicial committee letter to elders

  by Israel Ricky Gonzales in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  warning: this is rather lengthy.

  i thought i would post this information that i took with me to my judicial committee.

  the elders promised that we would talk about everything that was bothering me, yet, we ended up talking about less than 10% of it.

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  Maybe something in that 10% will stick to one of them one day.
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  Songs celebrating leaving the faith? Not being a puppet, mind controlled, living life, etc etc

  by aley63 in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i am looking for some songs that are in ref to celebrating leaving, seeing the light, realizing what you were told wasnt right, being happy w your life, etc etc.

  all those emotions about being controlled and repressed, being told what you can feel or think or how to live, blindly following the "brotherhood ".

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  NeverKnew

  For some reason, I think of Jwism whenever I listen to some songs on Pink Floyd's "The Wall."

  Sorry... probably not a good choice for celebrating. He was trying to escape his societal norms and requisites - that's what may be taking me there.