There will be a Funeral service for Prince in the Kingdom Hall this sunday

by Farai in

about 30-50 high profile guests are expected among 300 other guests.

the kingdom hall has requested for support from the police for crowd/traffic control .

http://kstp.com/news/email-details-prince-funeral-minnetonka-jehovahs-witness-kindom-hall-police-traffic-crowd-control/4136002/http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/05/13/prince-memorial-scheduled/.

startingover

If a member of the GB was one of the high profile guests, I wonder what the JW's would think of that?

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Debbie Shard's Story

by Lee Elder in

new article on ajwrb.

http://ajwrb.org/experiences/debbie-shards-story.

debbie shards storyposted on july 22, 2014 by lee elderi was raised as a jehovahs witness in a family that was associated from about 1910. i grew up truly believing it was the truth.

startingover

For anyone on FB https://www.facebook.com/debbie.shard

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45 Minute Bethel Video about Changes (downsizing) at Watchtower

by OnTheWayOut in

i don't see this posted elsewhere, and i don't have the links besides this facebook one.. but here is a 45-minute long bethel talk about the changes at bethel including addressing the hard feelings of people who were given the axe.

basically, everything must change.

we gave remaining bethelites saturday off to do our bidding in "the field" and we give bethelites over 70 an extra day a week off (if you can find any such bethelites).

startingover

On the other thread, someone post this scripture, which I think says it all

James 1:17New International Version (NIV)

17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

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“Even if this wasn’t the Truth, I need the structure.”

by Londo111 in

i remember many years back a fellow ministerial servant saying this to me.

he felt that even if jehovah’s witnesses were not the only true religion, the regimented routine of meetings and field service and the strict rules and enforcement provided a beneficial structure for his life.

at the time i thought if this wasn’t “the truth”, i’d have no need for all that “structure”.

startingover

Great thread Londo! I too had a friend tell me something real close to that. At the time I was not prepared to answer but knew I did not feel that way. Now I would say something about implanted phobias etc. The scripture in 1 Cor 15 (thanks AboveUsOnlySky) would be used too.

I personally have never been happier than to be out from under the JW type of control, and I cannot imagine ever living like that again.

Just for Tight Pants Tony

by startingover in

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https://www.facebook.com/gotgodsgrace/videos/1253335281366473/

startingover

https://www.facebook.com/GotGodsGrace/videos/1253335281366473/

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Just wondering who on this board has a spouse that is fully in and your awake?

by goingthruthemotions in

i am just curious who on this board is in the same situation has i am?

a spouse that is fully brain doogled in and you are awake to ttatt.. without going into serious detail and no names are given.

i would like to possible talk with one of you all, it's just so helpful to communicate with someone in the same situation as me.. i am located in the southwest united states..

startingover

Add me to the list. Been about 15 years now, and if anything my leaving has driven her deeper in. One more from Central California.

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An old friend in another appearance: used-tools-equipment.com (Hudson Valley - WTS shell)

by Gorbatchov in

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since 1995 gorby likes to investigate the organizational behind the jehovah's witnesses, and is working now on a publication about it.

i will keep you updated about that.

now, in the memorial week, i found a new watchtower trade brand under the wings of kingdom support service, inc. and it's name is hudson valley.

startingover

I've never seen anything like this before. Usually big companies liquidating use the auction method. It seems so strange for them to be selling one screwdriver at a time.

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Do you have a Watchtower fantasy?

by pleaseresearch in

picture yourself, it's the last day of a three day district assembly.

your sitting in a near full to capacity football stadium.

people are eagerly looking forward to the final talk.

startingover

Littletoe used to post here frequently. See his story here: http://www.angelfire.com/trek/littletoe/Profile.html

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Question about visiting bethel ... akward moment at the end

by nevaagain in

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since there a couple of ex-bethelites here, and a lot of people from the greater ny area who have probably visited the bethel in brooklyn and patterson many times, maybe they can shed some light into this curious question we (my wife and me) have for awhile.. so a couple of years ago, we happaned to be in the states and also went to visit the bethels in brooklyn and patterson.

we had the full package, what i mean is, not only we took the tour, but we also had someone to invite us for lunch.

while we wanted to enjoy our stay there, there was always a weird feeling being there.

startingover

I remember getting a yearbook in the mail before they were released from a Bethelite friend. I now think that was a allowed and the postage paid for by the org in an effort to get the Bethelite some extra funds via a green handshake. I'm sure this would be denied by the Bethelite. Anyone who served in Bethel care to comment on this?

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"If I wasn't born a JW, I would never have become one."

by OneEyedJoe in

i've seen it mentioned by a few on the forum that at some point there was a realization that had they not been born a jw, they never would've converted no matter how many times the jws tried to study with them.

this was my experience too, and i'm wondering how universal it is for those that were born-in but eventually left.

i think i started having this thought (more specifically that if i were not born a jw, i would surely have become an atheist by now) in my late teens.

startingover

I vocalized this feeling many times as a born in with my history reaching back to 1910. I now realize i was a closet atheist for most of my life. Having conversations with my wife about it, she would say that I never developed a personal relationship with Jehovah. I didn't have a clue what that meant. Now I know why.

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James 1:17New International Version (NIV)