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  American JWs - Marriage in Foreign Countries

  by NeverKnew in

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  2. friends

  as a non-jw, i now know of at least 3 american jws who have left the country, married some random person in a third world country and who have returned to the us alone.

  there may be a 4th one soon.. it could be pure coincidence, but just thought i’d throw it out there to see if there’s some bizarre jw logic to this .

  i’m no longer close enough to the group to hear any details so... could be purely coincidence.

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  1914.... current significance?

  by NeverKnew in

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  2. beliefs

  it seems that when i ask witnesses questions about 1914, they really don't understand the relevance to their message today.

  i am told that they preach about the coming kingdom and that they don't preach a message of 1914. if a person doesn't understand 1914 then i can clearly see how showing them the inaccuracies of the doctrine wouldn't matter.

  can we compile a list of ties 1914 has to their current beliefs?.

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  Exactly where is the expansion?

  by NeverKnew in

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  there is a thread that i'm really enjoying discussing the consolidation of congregations into existing kingdom halls.

  i'm realizing that the only threads that have spoken of building were related to branch offices.

  we know the wts's consolidations and reopening a are a shell game of sorts but i'm wondering... is anyone seeing an increase in kingdom halls in their part of the world?

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  Paris as an opportunity to frame religious extremism

  by NeverKnew in

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  2. experiences

  in a conversation, my jw listener posed the sadness and the unnecessary loss of life of the bombings.

  also, something was said about a belief on the extremist's part that their actions would or could bring armageddon to earth (i wasn't clear as to where this came from).

  i recognized the connection that i believed was being drawn and that's when i went off.. the gist of my response:.

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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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  Despite a 'number' of similar projects being pulled, the Chelmsford Project will continue...

  by NeverKnew in

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  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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  Period of time from crack to avalanche

  by NeverKnew in

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  2. friends

  i know, people are very different and have different levels of holds to the organization, but i'm insanely curious about how long an exposure to ttatt may marinate before culminating into an action to research further.. from your earliest memory of a planted seed due to an event, challenge from another person, accidental website hit... whatever... (the crack) to the time the ttatt became a reality, (the avalanche), how much time expired?.

  i guess we have to remember that everyone here is a success story and that for many, it may be never.. .

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  What percentage of elders are single at the time of appointment?

  by NeverKnew in

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  2. friends

  there are 4 single men who are serving as ms. all are tripping over themselves for attenttion.

  do they have to marry off a ministerial servant before taking him to the next level?.

  and what percentage of elders are married?

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  "Scriptural" Baptism

  by NeverKnew in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was told that jws baptize in the name of the father, son and the holy spirit.

  i asked if it was done exactly as stated in the bible to be sure i was hearing the answer correctly.

  the response i got was "yes!

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  "We have NO idea how many in our congregation were baptized last year."

  by NeverKnew in

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  2. scandals

  was i lied to?.

  are the members of a congregation even mildly aware of how many people who belong to their very own congregation were recently baptized?

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