I think if Jaracz were still alive, he would have a heart attack upon seeing what the JW religion is now (JW broadcasting, the new meeting format, magazine reduction, etc.).
Richard_I
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Bro. Schroeder dies
by bythesea ini just received this news from a bro who has connections in bethel.... .
bro albert d schroeder died at 10:30 am new york time today at brooklyn bethel...he was 94 yrs old.. he was born on april 7, 1911 in saginaw, michigan and entered bethel service in 1932. he was appointed a member of the governing body on december 18, 1974. bro schroeder's life story appeared in the march 1, '88 wt pages 10-17: entitled: "my life in jehovah's spirit-directed organization.".
i don't know if the "today" means it was actually today...as i can't be sure when my friend received this news... but anyway, another of the old guys bites the dust.. .
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Richard_I
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FDS... GB Member Geoffrey Jackson's wife looks young
by sherrie11 in.
how old is this man?
any one have more information on him?.
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Richard_I
That's not his wife. The woman beside in the picture below is his wife. He remarried sometime after his first wife died in 2009. http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2015601
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No more printing of WT and Awake in my country.. Shit just got real
by cognitivedizzy inguys .
a letter was just read in out kh stating that all printing of wt and awake is ceased for the coming year and we will just place tracts on fs, countries which were cared by our branch will be cared by other countries...along with this they read the new fs form and stuff about reporting links of videos wtf..lol.
i can't tell which country perhaps that will give away a lot, any one with a similar information.
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Richard_I
@Crazyguy: The speaker had visited a nearby country and he talked about getting literature and began talking about how India has few publishers yet 1.3 billion to "preach" to and then he just started talking about the India branch.
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No more printing of WT and Awake in my country.. Shit just got real
by cognitivedizzy inguys .
a letter was just read in out kh stating that all printing of wt and awake is ceased for the coming year and we will just place tracts on fs, countries which were cared by our branch will be cared by other countries...along with this they read the new fs form and stuff about reporting links of videos wtf..lol.
i can't tell which country perhaps that will give away a lot, any one with a similar information.
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Richard_I
I just heard in a public talk today that the "printery in India is silent" - nothing is being printed in India at all now, no magazines, no nothing. Only in absolutely special cases are you able to get a magazine, which I guess means there is no literature at all in India? So are they just using jw.org for everything now over there? -
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If you could speak to your former self, what would you say?
by LoveUniHateExams inif you, knowing ttatt, could go back in time and speak to your former jw self, what would you say to wake yourself up from the wt religion?.
i would speak to my unbaptised publisher self.
at that stage, i believed.
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Richard_I
I would go back to my 16-year-old self. I would tell myself to not get baptized, instead, focus on getting good grades at school, get a job immediately like at McDonald's or Tim's, stick with that job all the way through high school, keep up with your French, take a year off after graduating and work full time to build up some money, then move to the capital for college, finish college in 2-years and get your federal job. Do not get baptized, do not pioneer, do not go to bethel.
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All Day K.H. Maintenance Meeting !!!!
by Poztate inthe whole congregation was required to sign up for this all day program.what are they going to talk about for the full day.
maybe a one hour talk by an elder about "responsible toilet cleaning in this time of the end" with demos as how it can be accomplished.
only sisters seem to need to listen to that one.. maybe cutting grass to the proper height so we don't bring reproach on jehovah's name.
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Richard_I
This is happening in my area too here in Canada. There's a term for it but I forget what it's called. Congregations will now be responsible for the maintenance of their kingdom halls, and I mean maintenance, not just cleaning. Members will be trained on various things, including maintenance of the equipment (such as the lawn mowers, some are taken completely apart and shown how to reassemble and fix issues on the mower) and even some plumbing and electrical. There's a lot that is taught, or so I've been told. My hall hasn't had it yet.
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What crime should elders report?
by kramer inso, i am trying to get my head around what the right position of elders should be when they come across crime is.. i think i get the issuess around clergy confidentiality - and how that might potentially be breached when they talk about it to other elders, let alone the police.. but if people are saying that elders - or clergy of another faith should report crime to the police when it is confessed to the, then where are the boundaries.. so if someone says they should report to police on a confessed example of child abuse, that's one thing.. how about reporting to police consensual sex between a 19year old and 15 year old - which is statutory rape in the uk.
how about criminal fraud if they come across it.
assault on a congregant?.
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Richard_I
If a JW came up to an elder and told the elder they killed someone 20 years ago and nobody found out about it, would the elder report it to the police? Or would he call the Legal Department first?
What if a JW told an elder he abused a kid 20 years ago and never told anyone about it before? Would the elder report it to the police or call the Legal Department?
I think we know the answer.
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2006 Revelation Its Grand Climax At Hand--PDF!
by Atlantis in2006 revelation its grand climax at hand--pdf!
bookmarked searchable reduced click the link at the bottom of the next page.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/1duzi9 cheers!
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Richard_I
this thread just made me realize the Revelation Book, Daniel's Prophecy book, and Isaiah's Prophecy books are all not available on jw.org or JW Library. i actually think that's pretty funny, these were huge prophecy books that are a huge part of the teachings of JW's and we kept studying these books in the book study and now they're basically sent to the backroom to be forgotten about.
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Bethel outing :)
by sp74bb inby reliable sources, bethel us has recorded in 3 years:.
- 80 "out of the closet" confirmed.
- 200 departures requested by bethelites, where same reason is suspected.. - 20 censured ones "returning to the flock".
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Richard_I
When i was at Wallkill like 6 years ago, Max Larson had the morning worship and it was about uncleanliness. He went on a long rant about pornography and said the US Branch Committee deals with 2 cases of someone caught viewing internet pornography at Bethel every week, and they were almost always dismissed, so that's about 104 people a year kicked out due to porn.
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NEW BLOOD CARD w/ FORCED COMPLIANCE also LEGALISM
by apocalypse ini have looked around and i don't see this covered, so i am starting a thread.. 1) the new "blood card" goes beyond being just a "blood card".. 2) a new edict concerning compliance.. pay attention to the changes.. first, the new card is termed "advance decision to refuse specified medical treatment".
the big change with the card itself is that it includes an 'override' of your "power of attorney".
this is huge.
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