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  Meetings were bad back then.

  by Rattigan350 in

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  2. friends

  meetings have always been bad.. if paul had to "command" people to not forsake the gatherings, the meetings must have been really bad.. considering that jesus said in matt 18:20 "for where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there i am in their midst.”".

  and then in matt 11:28-30: "come to me, all you who are toiling and loaded down, and i will refresh you.

  take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for i am mild-temperedi and lowly in heart, and you will find refreshment for yourselves.

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  road to nowhere

  Halls don't have windows so you can't fall out when you go to sleep
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  The Great "Dumbing Down"?

  by NotFormer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a few old timers on here often refer to the dumbing down of the jw organisation.

  what examples can you think of from over the years?

  (i ask as an interested outsider who was never in).

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  Fed-up

  Don't insult 8 year olds
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  So, 60 Years Ago

  by titch in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so, folks, 60 years ago, starting on september 1st, i believe, we, local witnesses in southern california, had the "privilege" of attending the "around the world assembly", at, of all places, the rose bowl, in pasadena.

  (i think that it was an 8-day assembly) i was 9 years old then, almost ready to start 4th grade.

  so, was anyone else, on this site, at that assembly?

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  DOC

  The experiences of helping each other can be found every where decent humans congregate. If anything, witnesses are more selfish than the norm. " best conventuon ever": I got to cut branches and help set up a tent. No memories of "light" but that experience sticks with us.
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  Annual meeting 2023....

  by mikeflood in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  any news?

  it should be pretty soon....

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  The indifference shows. No announcement about it, no wonderment among the webelows. It will be th e same clowns plus the new additions
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  Goodbye Mother

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my mother passed on 20 aug 23 from the big c. i was there when she went.

  that was indeed very traumatic.

  i won't go to describe it.. dad went 17 years ago so there's just me now.

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  road to nowhere

  Condolences

  Thanks for ideas when I have to deal with this.
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  Were any congregation '' special privileges'' ever taken away from you?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you don't measure up to the watchtower society ''high standards''... you might lose some ''special privileges'' .

  miss meetings...lose ''privileges''.

  don't meet the monthly 10 hour ''field service'' ...lose ''privileges''.

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  Beth

  Grew beard, got " counciled" (word for word WT article) by a lone elder. No more training on how to read. The lone elder never followed with a second one. He did ask how I would feel about no more stage parts. Answer: hooray!.
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  Do you play the LOTTERY?

  by Fisherman in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  jw view gambling as a sin and sadly people get addicted to gambling causing them financial and health problems.

  but is playing a couple of bucks a week on some lottery tickets actually gambling?

  what do you have to lose?

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  road to nowhere

  Well I was only 6 numbers of 7 wrong this time. Almost always you see the small winners buy more tickets.

  Locally 1 million (especially after taxes) will buy a decent (not mansion) home, with enough left for a new car, but not Rolls, corvette, or such

  If penny ante poker is on the personal conscience list, how about strip poker?🙂
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  CA Judge Orders VICTIM to Pay Award to Abusers

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://youtu.be/ay9do_jojtm?si=76u8asuictmymi9m.

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  road to nowhere

  Short version? An hour video or pages of download take too much time
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  Do you play the LOTTERY?

  by Fisherman in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  jw view gambling as a sin and sadly people get addicted to gambling causing them financial and health problems.

  but is playing a couple of bucks a week on some lottery tickets actually gambling?

  what do you have to lose?

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  road to nowhere

  Lotto is for the mathematically challenged. That said I do dabble on the off chance i hit.

  The elders will DF you. It has to do with greed, the payout is not penny ante. The WT should look in a mirror regarding greed.
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  JW org fighting Royal Commission of Inquiry 3 years, article by Anusha Bradley, RNZ

  by EasyPrompt in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/497240/jehovah-s-witness-church-spends-3-years-fighting-scrutiny-of-royal-commission-of-inquiry.

  jehovah's witness church spends 3 years fighting scrutiny of royal commission of inquiry.

  from article by anusha bradley, rnz.... .

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  road to nowhere

  Send out orders to destroy records, then claim they find no records.