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  Annual meeting 2023....

  by mikeflood in

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  2. bible

  any news?

  it should be pretty soon....

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  road to nowhere

  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

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  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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  road to nowhere

  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

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  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

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  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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  Send out orders to destroy records, then claim they find no records.
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  If JW is not the truth, then what is the true religion?

  by TxNVSue2023 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  even though i'm disfellowshiped ( & i belive wrongfully so).

  i still belive this is the truth.

  i have been d'f for about 8 months now and working on reinstatement.

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  road to nowhere

  It should be noted that all bibles are rewritten when translated. JWs started with the King James and proved some basic tenets. Adding Jehovah was probably mostly correct.

  Adding details and application is where all religions go wrong. As I already posted, the Golden Rule is a good standard, James has the better take on applying it

  Humanity at it's best can be found and quoted in select places whether Bible, Koran, Mark twain, will rogers. The worst can also be found; meanness, lust, pettiness, selfishness etc.

  Witnesses fall very short on actual love which is their claim of Christianity
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  Does the kingdom hall still provide older books upon request? If so which ones?

  by average joe in

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  2. bible

  is there a list of current books available for order that are the older books?.

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  Wife never gets a current magazine or CLAM. The (tm) campaign is a 2020 watchtower. Except for the storage keeping the older books has the old dim light
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  Are Elders prepared to take the fall for WT/GB misdemeanor's / crime ??

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been thinking about this in relation to the directive given to elders to destroy any incriminating evidence they may have either on their pc`s ,e-mails , private notes in their possession, or notes in their witnessing bags ,etc.

  to do with child sexual abuse they may still have in their possession.. isn`t that encouraging the elders to interfere with the justice system ?.

  to break the law?.

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  road to nowhere

  Most elders are doing God's work so think there is no way things can go awry. Until it is too late.

  Anyone who is really " thinkingest" (tm) can figure out that directions to get rid of damning material us a cover up.