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Who Are Your Past Circuit Overseers? It's a small world..
by mentallyfree31 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
who were your past circuit overseers?

i'm sure a lot of us actually know mutual people, as the co's relocate all over the country.. here's a few from the southeast us: (let me know if you recognize any names and post yours too please...).

ellwood johnson (new york/philadelphia area for several years also).
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privilleges equals spirituality
by stillin in
1. jw
2. friends
what a sad joke!

posters here talk about the "do more" pushiness in the organization and that is so true!

elders just assume that you want to carry microphones and work your way up the spiritual ladder to that blissful state of total immersion in "kingdom matters.
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Do you regret confessing your sins to the elders?
by asilentone in
1. jw
2. experiences
yes, i do!

i did it 20 years ago, but the elders still remember what i did, sometimes i wish they never knew about it.

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What Gilead Taught ME
by AllTimeJeff in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
they mean the leadership.

all of this is code for: one who is not ready to really study and accept how the leadership of jehovah's witnesses use the bible to their own self serving means.

but to be fair, jw's teach that most all of these characters refer to the leadership of jehovah's witnesses, the governing body.
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If you could make one comment to someone in your congregation........
by ButtLight in
1. jw
2. friends
(of course, do not give out their real names) i want to keep this thread going!

i think mine would be to the elder that got up and moved as far away as he could from me in the restaurant!

"the next time i see you in a restaurant, i hope you choke on a chicken bone!
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"A Time to Speak"----When? (with scans).
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
(adds found on pictiger are not associated with jwd) urls for watchtower scans can be found at the bottom.

(from kent's old archive).

this was the title on an article in the watchtower 1987 9/1, pages 12-15. this article should scare any employer that do have employees that are jehovah's witnesses.
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Name Silly Reasons JWs Get Disfellowshipped
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i know an argument can be made that any reason is unjustifiable but i'm thinking more of the dumbest reasons.

for example, if 2 "witnesses" saw you buy a lottery ticket, you could be df'd for "greediness"......any others??

?
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Post by Ray Franz
by Amazing in
1. jw
2. friends
ray franz requested that i post the following comments written by him:

as has been stated already, the presentation made from the silent lambs source in connection with the child abuse issue completely misrepresents my position.

when i spoke by phone recently with the author of that presentation, and pointed out that i had never expressed the views presented, his comment was that from his previous conversation with me (held some months earlier) he "got the impression that i was not on the same wave length" with him.
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"He who loves me will OBEY my commandments...
by AGuest in
1. watchtower
2. bible
to the household of god, israel, that is on jw.com, and all those who 'got with' them:.

may you have peace!.

because israel has, at this 'season' fallen asleep with regard to many 'things' that our lord, the son of god, jah-eshua mischa-jah ("jah saves"; messiah - "chosen of jah"), 'commanded' us to teach others (matthew 28:20), i am compelled by the spirit of my father, the holy one of israel, jah of armies (psalm 68:4), that is in me, by means of my lord, to remind israel of one of such commandments.. on the night that he was put to death in the flesh, our lord gave a commandment, to which he stated "keep doing this in remembrance of me.
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I'm a Neutral Jehovah's Witness
by Martini in
1. jw
2. friends
dear brothers and sisters,.

i martini, will confide in you that i have become a neutral jehovah's witness.

i wonder if i'm not coining a new phrase here!.