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  Rules on movies tv and video games

  by Akid48 in

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  i hated the rules that are set by jws.. like video games they say all the time ''we are not saying give up all video games''etc.but from all they list as a game you cant play you might as well stop playing.. when it comes to movies i get really mad im a big fan of stephen king's it but oh no cant see that.but i hear later that some other jws talk about how good the movie was and they saw it.. im so done.

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  You just made me remember the time a brother said he knew an elderly brother who called G-rated movies "G for Garbage". I couldn't even think of G-rated movies, most movies now are PG or PG13
  
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  Aylmer, QC, Assembly hall for sale?

  by StephaneLaliberte in

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  i heard rumors that the jws are seeking to sell that assembly hall, is this possible?

  anyone has wind of it?

  i heard this once from someone a few month back and now, again, from mike and kim.

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  It would be insane to close that assembly hall, that's the only one in the region. The next closest assembly hall is the one in Montreal I think, which is 2+ hours away. And there were 3 assemblies there in September and more late this month/November, so it gets a lot of use. It would make no sense to sell it.
  

  It was designed by Douglas Cardinal so it could probably be sold for a couple million.

  There were rumours of it being renovated shortly before the RBC was renamed to the LDC, since then I have heard nothing.
  
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  Damon Wayans was apparently at 2017 Annual Meeting

  by Richard_I in

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  2. friends

  from this post on reddit.com/r/exjw, damon wayans was at the 2017 annual meeting.

  the wayans were raised as jw's but i don't think any of them stated.. strange to see him here.

  this is the same man who defended bill cosby from all the sex abuse allegations..

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  From this post on reddit.com/r/exjw, Damon Wayans was at the 2017 Annual Meeting.

  The Wayans were raised as JW's but I don't think any of them stated.

  Strange to see him here. This is the same man who defended Bill Cosby from all the sex abuse allegations.
  
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  Canada Bethel (Georgetown) to begin renovations early 2017

  by Richard_I in

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  2. friends

  a letter was just read at my midweek meeting that georgetown (canada bethel) will have renovations done on it beginning spring 2017. the letter asked for publishers who are electricians/plumbers/etc.

  and in good standing to apply to help out.

  those helping out will be considered "part-time commuters" and will only be at the property for about 3 days a week and must reside outside of bethel and pay for all their own expenses.

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  Anyone have anymore details on this? I completely forgot about this and I haven't heard a peep about it.
  
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  Today's W.T on GB not being inspired is having ZERO impact on most J.W's

  by Isambard Crater in

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  2. friends

  the congregation i attend had it's watchtower study on thursday night because of l.d.c work this week-end, and another congregation i have some not very spiritual friends in had their watchtower study on wednesday.

  from what i have delicately prised out of people, the congregations loved the watchtower study this week, saying it was so encouraging and all the usual stuff, with no-one seeming to realise the g.b.

  said they're not inspired, so the spirit int he past has moved them to teach wrong things, and all the other ideas excellently summed up on reddit.. today's watchtower will wash over the heads of most j.w's like it never even happened, the all remaining as loyal as ever, and it makes me so, so sad..

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  Canada just had it's "headquarters representative meeting" this past weekend (zone meeting) and all of Canada was tied in over the weekend by video (and I assume some only by audio). Graham Pratt of the branch committee gave the WT summary. I was eagerly awaiting what he would say about that paragraph...

  and he skips over the entire first half of the paragraph. He didn't say anything about the GB being infallible. He spent like 30 seconds on the paragraph, just talking about whatever the end of it says, and then he moved on.

  Think about it - a member of a country's branch committee refused to even talk about that subject. I just shook my head - if a branch committee member would gloss over that paragraph, then most congregations will as well. The branch representative was some Dutch/Belgian old guy.
  
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  2017 Yearbook released

  by bohm in

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  2. friends

  i saw this on reddit:.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/.

  overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as i predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (i assume this is not physical kingdom halls?).

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  Assuming I did the math right, memorial partakers increased by 18.69% from 2015 (15,177 in 2015, 18,013 in 2016). This is the largest increase since 2008 when the memorial partakers increased by 9.68% (9,105 in 2007, 9,986 in 2008). Let's see if there'll be another article ranting about how members are mentally and emotionally challenged.
  
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  Mexico branch......Now closing!!!

  by krismalone in

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  a circuit overseer friend of mine serving in latin america called me today to say hi.

  i asked him what's new and he dropped the news that they have received notification that the branch in mexico will be closing!!

  this branch also called the central american branch (although located in mexico) oversees all of mexico's 800,000+ publishers plus all 7 countries of central america of over 100,000 publishers.

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  I find this hard to believe because isn't there something like 3000 people at Mexico Bethel? I would believe they plan on drastically reducing the number of people there though, probably to around 1000. Also COs also have to take the "vow of poverty" which is supposed to prevent them from making money on the side. The independent note is likely true, the branch has been having a "hands off" policy with congregations for the last few years now.
  
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  Special Talk During the Meeting Today About the Bad Press in Canada

  by RobertT18 in

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  2. child-abuse

  i was invited to a congregation in ontario, canada today and as soon as the meeting opened the brother conducting the meeting said there was a very important statement coming from the borg.

  this talk replaced the two last parts of "living as a christian" section.

  he started reading a letter from the borg about how much they loved us.

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  Damn, the one time I wish I didn't miss the midweek meeting. I still don't understand why they say this is an imperfect organization, yet claim anything negative about the org is a lie/Satan's persecution, literally ANYTHING negative is a lie or slander. God's perfect imperfect organization on earth.
  
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  Jehovahs Witnesses and Marijuana

  by NikL in

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  2. friends

  i live in california where pot just became legal for recreational use very similar to alcohol.

  my wife who is a very active jw has had her medical card for cannabis for a couple of years now.

  and i know several in our congregations around our area who are using it medically.

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  I've been wondering about this as well since Justin Trudeau was elected Prime Minister here in Canada in 2015. He's pushing for the legalization of recreational marijuana across Canada by spring 2017. Plus the fact that so many states in the US are legalizing it shows that most people have no issue with marijuana anymore, at least in the West.
  

  However, I feel the org will still view it as a substance that allows the "demons" to enter your mind, and I'm sure we know former Witnesses who used marijuana before and will say the same thing (my parents included). I've talked about this with other witnesses I know and none of them agree with it other than the medicinal use of marijuana, or at least they're afraid to publicly say they see nothing wrong with recreational use.

  I'm expecting the org to still say its prohibited, akin to tobacco use due to the perceived damage it could do to the body, even though thousands of witnesses use prescription drugs that can easily kill them if they abused them and yet there is nothing wrong with using any kind of prescription drug according to the org (I don't recall ever reading or hearing anything against any kind of prescription drug, and I know quite a few Witnesses who went to other countries like Mexico to get treatment/drugs that you can't get in Canada). This is something that I've been talking about as well, what's wrong with marijuana when the prescription drugs that some witnesses are on can result in death (with very stringent instructions on how to prevent overdosing), or how alcohol can easily kill you if you drank a lot of it yet its still permitted to drink?

  At best, they won't say anything about it. At worse, they will outright condemn recreational marijuana in an Watchtower study article, possibly in one of the fall or winter 2017 magazines. The middle ground is making it a conscience decision, akin to having to carry a firearm for your job, where if it is found out/you say you are using recreational marijuana then you will be denied "privileges".
  
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  Canada Bethel (Georgetown) to begin renovations early 2017

  by Richard_I in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a letter was just read at my midweek meeting that georgetown (canada bethel) will have renovations done on it beginning spring 2017. the letter asked for publishers who are electricians/plumbers/etc.

  and in good standing to apply to help out.

  those helping out will be considered "part-time commuters" and will only be at the property for about 3 days a week and must reside outside of bethel and pay for all their own expenses.

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  @Blondie: I don't know. I don't recall the letter saying what exactly the renovations would involve. When I was there almost 7 years ago it looked fine, so I don't know what they have in plan other then making it look nice to sell. There's less than 400 full time Bethelites there now too so quite a few of the rooms will be empty anyway