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  This just new: Thirty-hour quota for auxiliary pioneering (letter)

  by pixel in

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  i just wanna post post this.

  to all congregations.

  re: thirty-hour quota for auxiliary pioneering.

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  One sister got disappointed in my congregation when they only offered the 30 hour aux pioneer for one month in the memorial season, although there was nothing stopping her from doing the 30 hrs, just that she wouldn't get the announcement and a clap.

  A few have said it already but it is worth mentioning again. . . . . nothing stops faithfull dubs from doing 30, 40 or 50 hours on any given month of the year. . . . only they will might miss out on the status of pioneer. No one cares about status in Gods org do they?
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  33 %

  by Theredeemer in

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  so, my mother in law who is still active went out in service with the group that had the co visit and came back with some very interesting news.

  first off, she knows that we are fading and is ok with it and has some doubts herself.

  anyhow, she said that the co went off track during the meeting before service and mentioned how we are now allowed to receive up to 33% of blood in a transfusion.

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  Vaccinations have nothing to do with sex relations, or with intermarriage of angels with women!

  Thanks for clarification celebrated Watchtower scholars. . . . . . I would never have thought.
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  Another reason why 1914 is WRONG

  by EdenOne in

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  even if 607 had been the actual date of the destruction of jerusalem .... 1914 would still be wrong.

  when the wts says that "7 times" equals 2 x 3,5 times of revelation = 2 x 1260 days = 2520 days > one day / one year rule = 2520 years.. now, 2520 / 7 times means that one "time" has 360 "days".

  this corresponds to the lunar year.

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  Nothing happened in 1915.

  None of their expectations were fulfilled in 1914, but WWI was a major event. . . . so they then claimed WWI as proof of the last days begining. One problem is, and there are many, is that the last days were taught to have begun in 1799, and 1914 was supposed to spell the end of the last days, not the start. . . . . anyway fast forward almost a hundred years and the society has fixed all their past errors by rewriting their history and what they actually believed and expected to happen for 1914, in order to make themselves look like some divinely appointed prophet of God.

  They can tell the JWs what they want about their history, and if any JWs do research into the Society and become aware of their lies and deceit, they risk being DF'd for a mental disease.
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  If you drink coffee . . .

  by compound complex in

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  do you prefer regular brew or the fancy offerings?

  can you drink it -- the leaded stuff -- any time, night or day?.

  no survey here, just curious.

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  I am with Billy and roast my own. I have got around 30-40 kilos of green beans. Ethiopian Harrar and Yirgacheffe are a couple of my favs, either macchiato or piccolo late. But I do like many south american varietys, and Indian Monsoon Malabar, Papua New Guinea Waghi.

  Taste is a preference thing, some like coffee weak and sweet, and they will call this 'good coffee'. Nespresso is convenient, simple and consistent. I would say consistently poor, but that is my taste. Coffee like any food goes stale, it is at its best for up to about 4-5 weeks after roasting. Beyond that it is stale. Some beans taste great a few days after roasting (generally South Americans) others taste better left to rest a couple of weeks. Coffee should be ground immediatley before brewing. Coffee that is bought pre-ground is not going to be much good. Anyways I am getting a bit carried away about coffee I just really like the stuff.
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  How many words have JWs redefined to fit their own doctrines and agenda?

  by Amelia Ashton in

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  agape i have grown to hate this word.. agape (pron.

  : /'g?pi?/[1] or /?'g?

  ?pe?/; classical greek: ?

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  Soon.

  Earthshaking events will SOON occur.

  SOON this wicked systmem will have passed.

  At the latest circuit assembly the word soon got mentioned in relation to armageddon at least 20 times I reckon. Unless they want to clearly define soon, they should stop using that word. They have been saying soon for 120 years.

  Decieving, manipulating, arrogant, waste of time religon. I have had enough I cant stomach this rubbish.
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  THE SLAVE WHO LIVED TO SEE THE SIGN !!!!!!

  by DATA-DOG in

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  chapter 17 " god's kingdom has approached " 1973 .

  highlights and ( domestics ) added.

  21 although raising the question about the "faithful and discreet slave," jesus was in no doubt about who this "slave" was.

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  Does anyone think they will ever publish this 'new light' in the WT? Has it been in a BOE letter? Or will they just refer to the slave as the gb and know that majority won't even blink?

  It is a bit strange that such a major doctrinal shift has not caused any talk whatsoever amongst JWs. I am pretty certain that the majority of JWs are unaware of any change in the teaching.

  I am sure that this change was simply because of the growing number of anointed JWs. The gb had to consolidate the power, in case the anointed started asking for their scriptural share of responsibility in running the organization.

  The anointed were kicked to the curb, and then 8 men recieved a promotion, apparently from God, although those 8 were self appointed. Sounds logical. . . . .
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  Post 607: Reject 607 BC if You TRULY Trust the Bible!!!

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  therefore, if the 70 years period is for the destruction of jerusalem and exile at babylon:.

  if zedekiah had not rebelled against babylon, had he surrendered during the final siege that lasted two and a half years, then the destruction of jerusalem and the deportation need not have happened.

  then in the jubilee year, they were set free and their hereditary land was returned to them.

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  This scholar guy is incredible! So smart!

  2+2=5 will be so impressed

  2+2=5 will start heralding 1914 as the year of Christs return

  2+2=5 will join scholar and they can rub the apostates faces in it

  2+2=5 and scholar will continue to refer to themselves in third person demonstrating their ways of higher wisdom

  I thought it was the Watchtowers 607 apologists who used circular reasoning, accepting some dates in history and rejecting others that are proven from the same source. But that is not the case at all! Go get 'em Scholar! Your the best!
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  JWs have not "disfellowshipped" anyone publicly in several years

  by RayPublisher in

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  if you want to get technical, jws have not "disfellowshipped" anyone publicly in several years.

  they stopped saying,.

  "joe blow has been disfellowshipped.

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  RayPublisher you have a pm
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  2+2=5 cited this fact about the shrinking amount of elders. Perhaps the coming implosion?

  by wha happened? in

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  at the last elders school i heard from a few different attendees that the average age was easily 60+.

  there will be a lot of elders gone within the next 10yrs.

  there is nowhere near enough young brothers to replace these ageing elders.

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  I believe in Australia this is a legitimate concern for the society, just from what I have heard from other elders. Sure there are plenty of elders that are in their 30's and 40's but I think around 50% would be over 60. There are two congregations that I know of where they are all late 60s and 70s except a couple of elders in their 40s. Even the average age of some whole congregations is very high. At least half of my cong will be buried in the next 10 to 15 years.

  The younger JWs are a different breed from the old faithfull. They are nothing like the zealous devoted old timers. I reckon the younger ones would put far less in the contribution boxes then they would have decades ago. Like Pyrimad Scheme said, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel, they are gonna have to lower standards otherwise they won't have any brothers taking the lead. The only young ones I see reaching out are doing it to make themselves more attractive to the spiritual opposite sex. There are exceptions of course, but the society does not have anywhere near the numbers they need reaching out to replace the others soon gone.
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  Another visit from the elders

  by jonno12225 in

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  2. friends

  so i have another visit from the elder this week.

  this time they want to speak with my wife, still a believer and myself.

  i think they want to know my position about my children attending the meetings and some other things.. while preparing myself for it i though of a challenge for the elders and my wife.

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  Yes I agree with those saying don't meet. Do what is best for your marriage, only you will know what that is. If you feel you should meet, be very careful in what you say and how you say it. Record it even.

  Your questions are not going to matter to them. The only question that is going to matter is the one they will ask you, "do you believe Jehovah is directing this organization on earth today". If you say no, they will be looking for JC meeting for apostasy.