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  I saw some witnesses today...

  by Garrett in

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  gossiping.

  yep, that's right!

  so, i'm sitting outside a building, waiting for my martial arts class to begin when two sisters walk down the road leading to the building.

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  NeverKnew

  I was in a grocery store the other evening when, it seems, the KH around the corner let out. Thursday night and men with suits and women with dresses in every aisle. I struck up a conversation with THREE of them! Do you think ONE would attempt to save my soul? NO!

  I mean... I have no tattoos... no funny colored hair... Could it have been my yoga pants and long T-Shirt?

  NOT ONE...

  Garrett, I too want them to speak to me about "spiritual things", but alas... we get to talk about how great the peaches smell.
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  rejection of your own founder?

  by Mr.logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what kind of confidence can anyone have in an organization that rejected its founder and first two presidents for the first 63 years of its existence?

  that's 53% of the time they existed!

  any comments.

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  NeverKnew

  Heck, didn't they just reject the anointed - the faithful and discreet slaves and providers of their spiritual food, in October, 2012 and get new slaves?

  How can one trust a group who says they get their information directly from "Jehovah", but not know who's receiving the messages????
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  Average Age of this Forum?

  by Garrett in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  heyo!.

  i'm quite interested in knowing the average age of those of us who use this forum.

  i made a quick strawpoll that you can find at the following link: http://strawpoll.me/4340636 just pick an age and click "vote" if you wish to participate.. admins: if this breaks any rules, i apologize in advance..

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  NeverKnew

  Insanely curious non Jw here.

  Forty nine
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  Need advice on a comeback to my wife: when she is in cult mode she says faith without works is dead.

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i have gotten into arguements with my wife in the past about this cult.

  now a days after reading steve hassan books...i just try and avoid anything jdub with her.

  try to keep her in authentic mode..(not sure she really has one).

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  NeverKnew

  I don't know if this will help you. I've never been a JW. All I can offer is the frame from which I've come.
  

  James was an apostle to the Jews. (Galatians 2:9) James was speaking to Jews. (James 1:2) He was using terms Jews, who had spent thousands of years in a works-based salvation, would understand. In order to gain acceptance you had to DO something. They were trying to impose that on Gentiles (Galations 1). But Paul argued adamantly against the Gentile's participation in this set of rules. (Acts 15)

  Glad I'm a Gentile.
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  2015 March 17, BOE!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2015 march 17, boe.

  (this boe goes along with the march 15 boe concerning circuit overseer visits)... click the link below and then click the green download button.. .. http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/29sj8bh.

  .. .. atlantis!.

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  NeverKnew

  The checklist is... interesting. *ahem*
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  KH 1st timer, could use some advice

  by rathernotsay in

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  2. friends

  hey people, .

  i am soon going into a kh for the first time and i could use some advice around etiquette etc.

  i know next to nothing besides the fundamental beliefs of jws, i personally dont believe in any religion, and that stance isnt ever going to change, however i don't want to come across as rude or disrespectful.

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  NeverKnew

  Hi Rathernotsay...

  Non-JW here... my recommendation based on my experience?... They "play nice" for the Memorial. If you want to really know what kind of things your kids are hearing - you gotta catch them off guard and go to a regular service. Even better - go to a service at a Kingdom Hall where nobody knows you... show up late so nobody can talk to you about what made you show up or who you're connected to and leave early.

  OH, the hate speech... It just doesn't stop.
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  tvjworg

  by pbrow in

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  what an impressive bunch of goofy looking bastards.... .

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  NeverKnew

  Is that supposed to be a solar system in the background?

  Where's Pleiades?
  
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  Should I go to college or pioneer??? Hmmmm...

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

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  hmmmmm... i can't decide???.

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  NeverKnew

  One very successful ex JW asked those who approached him (years ago)

    "End is right around the corner?... Okay, well do I have to be stupid in the new system?"
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  Thankyou tv.jw! you are helping my wife wake up!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have to thank tv.jw!!!

  (im not putting the complete link, but you know what i mean).

  after showing my wife the 'trolley song' as we now call it, she was rolling on the floor in embarrassment and shock.. she shook her head, and was clearly troubled by what we watched.. little by little, the org is actually helping more to wake up!

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  NeverKnew

  1:05 in.... 

  wow.
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  Arrangement to Accelerate Building Kingdom Halls

  by Socrateswannabe in

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  2. friends

  i can't believe i'm the first one to admit going to this meeting.

  it was a 3 hour video stream from patterson.

  the first bit was used to set up the need.

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  NeverKnew

  Small, medium and large.  Hmm...

  Step One: Build medium/large facility

  Step Two:  Consolidate congregations currently meeting in separate buildings to single more glamorous facility.  Maybe even large enough for multiple congregations to have separate meetings simultaneously in the same facility

  Step Three: Sell smaller buildings

  Step Three:   Make the rooms modifiable (like hotel meeting/convention rooms) so that the assemblies can be held in new facility

  Step Four: Sell existing assembly halls

  Step Five: Sell adherents on the increasing size of the organization even though growth has been stagnant.

  Repeat