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  Newest Anti-Apostate Tactics

  by Anna Marina in

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  don't quote any scriptures during the watchtower study that are not in the paragraph.. don't quote the governing body or anything from the broadcast ever.

  it might be true but it is not true truth if it is coming out of your mouth if you have been critical of the governing body.

  especially so if your criticism is valid and you have dared to support you view with scriptures, most especially the words of jesus christ.. anyone know of other new tactics?.

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  I can vouch for the part of only using scriptures that are in the WatchTower lesson. I conducted the WT for 10+ years. It's drummed into your head by the Circuit Overseer, no extra research, even if it is JW literature, and no extra scriptures. We were told that the slave knew all of the extra research that we want to bring out, and the FS decided to leave it out and so should we! "We don't know more than the slave, do we? So leave it on the cutting room floor," was the C.O.'s words.

  Now comments are to be 30 seconds or less. On the WT dealing with child abuse, no personal experiences were to be given.
  
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  Telehealth Doctor's Visits Provided by JW Drs. - Coming Soon?

  by JWTom in

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  there is a zoom meeting in our area this coming weekend to educate anyone with a healthcare background about "volunteering" to be part of providing health care through online zoom doctors visits.

  evidently jw doctors across the us are volunteering to do free zoom consultations that are technically real doctors visits.

  don't have many details other than i saw some of the letters from petra where people could sign up for this.. wondering if this is already happening in some areas or if anyone knows more about it?

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  I guess it would be similar to Teladoc and other type medical programs where a visit is via internet. I don't know about liability. For sure WTBTS won't be liable. Will try to weasel out if anything goes wrong.
  
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  Telehealth Doctor's Visits Provided by JW Drs. - Coming Soon?

  by JWTom in

  1. jw
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  there is a zoom meeting in our area this coming weekend to educate anyone with a healthcare background about "volunteering" to be part of providing health care through online zoom doctors visits.

  evidently jw doctors across the us are volunteering to do free zoom consultations that are technically real doctors visits.

  don't have many details other than i saw some of the letters from petra where people could sign up for this.. wondering if this is already happening in some areas or if anyone knows more about it?

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  Zoom, Zoom!! Just invited to a Zoom dinner this weekend. How does that work? We watch each other eat for a couple of hours?
  
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  I’m Seeing Some Trump Fatigue Out There

  by minimus in

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  i’ve heard from a few trump voters that they are getting tired of the whole trump thing.

  one person yesterday said he lies.

  another person said she hears from her clients in her business that the constant drama and push back from all sides against trump is fatiguing.. i remind people that before this worldwide pandemic, we had the best numbers in jobs.

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  I don't care how woke you are, Melania Trump is one of the most beautiful women to grace the WhiteHouse for some time.

  It's true Melania is attractive, but she also is a tr_mp. Years ago, no one would be elected to the office of president with a wife who has nude pictures available/accessible for the world to see! The standards of the office have fallen in more ways than one.

  I was thinking I might vote for the first time ever. Now I don't think so.

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  Leaked WT Elder Training Video

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  https://youtu.be/2nacvosx8n0.

  good to see the caring brothers help establish depth of guilt..

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  I remember that video from 2017 elder's school. Funny, I view it in a different light now!

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  2 More Letters Arrived! (as of 2020-06-09)

  by Atlantis in

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  2 letters arrived.. .

  2020-06-04--directions relating to covid-19----6 page letter.

  2020-06-04--announcement.

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  Thanks Atlantis!! Got to stay up with the chariot.
  

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  Why did they have to HANG MARY?

  by Terry in

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  they hanged mary!

  (the townsfolk did)i'll tell you about it - but .... the facts will turn readers against her.

  i mean, after all, she did kill a man.sympathy instantly dries up; making her agonizing death--as awful as it was--much less empathetic.

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  Nice story. Sad though. All the way through I thought that Mary was a woman!
  
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  J. W's Are Afraid of Old Literature

  by IWant2Leave in

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  i'm reading babylon the great has fallen, god's kingdom rules, published 1963. this was studied years ago when i was about 10-12 years old.

  i wanted to just read some of the beliefs from decades ago.

  my wife wants to know why i'm reading this book.

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  Very nice comments. Some have had similar experiences as I have, pertaining to expired literature. Reminds me of something I learned about in recent months: It's called the B.I.T.E. model, It's meant to control all things listed.

  Behavior

  Information

  Thought

  Emotion

  If you can control the second item, everything else falls into place. W.T. literature is designed to do this.
  
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  Has anyone ever turn down being appointed an Elder or MS?

  by Davros in

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  has anyone turned it down or know of someone who did turn down being an elder or ms?.

  yes, it should be one of the biggest privileges a brother can get !!

  (how do i put the barfy icon in?

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  I turned down an offer of re-appointment just before the COVID-19 shut down. It hasn't been 9 months since I stepped aside. My door to door was none existent, only reporting 4 hours from informal witnessing, meetings were sporadic. I'm on Zoom sporadically and most times with my video off (full beard). Two elders met with me and wanted to know if I was ready to "get back in the saddle". I respectfully declined. It is hard to fade. COBE called me last night to encourage me. Wonder what he wanted?
  
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  J. W's Are Afraid of Old Literature

  by IWant2Leave in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm reading babylon the great has fallen, god's kingdom rules, published 1963. this was studied years ago when i was about 10-12 years old.

  i wanted to just read some of the beliefs from decades ago.

  my wife wants to know why i'm reading this book.

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  I'm reading Babylon the Great Has Fallen, God's Kingdom Rules, published 1963. This was studied years ago when I was about 10-12 years old. I wanted to just read some of the beliefs from decades ago. My wife wants to know why I'm reading this book. I mentioned just to read history. Her response? "You don't need to read that!" I'm also using the Diaglott and the Greek Interlinear, all WTBTS literature, when reading the New Testament and comparing it to the New World Translation. (had a C.O. that was doing the same thing) This doesn't sit well with her either!

  I'm PIMO, former elder, She is very much PIMI. Old literature/light is right up there with apostate literature. Go figure.