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  Encouraging scriptures for the day

  by Kosonen in

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  hello my friends,.

  here are some encouraging scriptures for the day:.

  revelation 21:2 i also saw the holy city, new jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from god and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.. hebrews 11:10 for he (abraham) was awaiting the city having real foundations, whose designer and builder is god.. revelation 21:24 and the nations will walk by means of its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.. revelation 22:1 and he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, flowing out from the throne of god and of the lamb 2 down the middle of its main street (of the holy city).

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  Kosonen: Thank you for sharing these scriptures. The Word of God will endure forever.
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  When did you see realise James Lloyd Evans was a wrongun?

  by usualusername1 in

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  i remember him on this site when he was called cedars and had jw survey.. straightaway i noticed he could not accept suggestions.. the time i knew he was dangerous was when his group aawa added people to their fb group without their permission and were outed.. he refused to close the fb page (whilst celebrating 1300 members joining in a few days).

  one member complained and was subsequently disfellowshipped, which could easily have been avoided.. three week's after launching, the fb page was closed down.

  from that moment i knew james lloyd evans was dangerous.. when did you realise he not good?.

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  I knew he was a dangerous narcissist from the first video I ever watched on his YouTube channel. A smug, self-important wannabe that is addicted to the sound of his own voice. Beware of people who seek to have their own following. All glory goes to God, not man. Especially not that putrid excuse for a man.
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  Is there evidence about Jaracz?

  by Gorbatchov in

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  read some reply's about jaracz being a child abuser.. is there any evidence about it?.

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  JWgonebad:

  Hmmm gee no I’m sorry I never slept with him. Stupid question originating from a fuming vendetta. You won’t see any of this objectively with that approach.
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  Is there evidence about Jaracz?

  by Gorbatchov in

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  read some reply's about jaracz being a child abuser.. is there any evidence about it?.

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  Slimboyfat:

  No I don’t know. I wish I did. But knowing him, he probably couldn’t “stay in his lane” and tried to try to control things beyond his pay grade. Remember he was a young man in Australia. Impulsive, egomaniacal, and dangerously ambitious.
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  The Great "Dumbing Down"?

  by NotFormer in

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  a few old timers on here often refer to the dumbing down of the jw organisation.

  what examples can you think of from over the years?

  (i ask as an interested outsider who was never in).

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  Another example of this "dumbing down" is that the average JW has no clue about the colorful history, or origin, of their organization. JWs are all about looking at the origin of something. They don't celebrate Christmas because it originated as a Pagan Roman holiday. They don't celebrate Easter because it originated as a Babylonian observance to Ishtar, and so on. But when it comes to looking at the origin of their own religious organization, they are happy to remain ignorant. Fun experiment: ask a JW how their HQ known as "Bethel" originated. They'll relate how C. T. Russell named it "Bethel" because it means "House of God". And the story is told in a way that makes it seem the heavens opened up and God himself gave Russell this divine idea. Nope. Russell stole the name from Henry Ward Beecher. Beecher's Congregationalist HQ was named "The Beecher Bethel". In fact, Russell wanted to be just like Beecher, a famous newspaper preacher and orator back then. (Getting your sermon printed in the newspaper was akin to having your sermon syndicated on TV today.) That's why Russell moved to Brooklyn. He wanted to be closer to the action. Bought the Columbia Heights property, which was an old brownstone back then, and started printing as much as he could. Rented out large venues and advertised his sermons in the paper. So the JWs "Bethel" is one giant plagiarism.
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  Is there evidence about Jaracz?

  by Gorbatchov in

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  read some reply's about jaracz being a child abuser.. is there any evidence about it?.

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  No Jaracz wasn't a sex abuser. Pompous, arrogant dick = yes. Thought he was better than everyone = yes. Absolutely drunk with power = yes. But the man was practically asexual. Incredibly intelligent. Like Nobel-prize winning academia intelligent. But he must have skipped the chapters in the gospels where Jesus talks about humility. As far as his leaving or being removed from the Australian branch. The most likely explanation is that he clashed hard with other brothers at the executive level of that branch and was "voted out". The truth of what happened there seems far more uneventful than people like to accept.

  Source: I was related to him.
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  My Most Memorable Circuit & District Overseers

  by MillennialDawn in

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  i would love to hear from anyone who may have encountered the following the traveling overseers:.

  david wesley - an incredibly kind and humble man.

  just the most down-to-earth co you'll ever find.

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  NotFormer: From what I can tell, yes. I don't attend a Kingdom Hall much anymore, but the times I have visited, I was really disappointed by just how dumbed down it seemed. There's no depth. Certainly not any scholarly discussion of the Bible. Witnesses have convinced themselves that they are the only true religion and that they have the monopoly on using God's name "Jehovah", which is actually a laughable transliteration that mixes the Hebrew Tetragrammaton with the vowels of the Hebrew "Adoni".
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  Changing Avatar

  by MillennialDawn in

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  i have tried several times but my avatar won't change.

  any suggestions?

  thank you.

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  I have tried several times but my avatar won't change. Any suggestions? Thank you.
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  My Most Memorable Circuit & District Overseers

  by MillennialDawn in

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  i would love to hear from anyone who may have encountered the following the traveling overseers:.

  david wesley - an incredibly kind and humble man.

  just the most down-to-earth co you'll ever find.

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  I would love to hear from anyone who may have encountered the following the traveling overseers:

  
  David Wesley - An incredibly kind and humble man. Just the most down-to-earth CO you'll ever find. He was from Indiana, looked like Dan Quayle and joked about it too. He didn't take himself too seriously and that was refreshing, especially to young ones. He really took a liking to young teens in the congregation and always came across as warm and encouraging. He was in good physical shape, too. He would meet a group of young brothers at the local gym and play basketball with them. He was pretty good at hoops. In one of his talks he related a story about a young JW boy that had all of the latest stats memorized for his favorite baseball players, but when Wesley asked him to name all the books of the Bible, he was stumped. But he related that story in a non-threatening way. It didn't come across as dogmatic. He always said that the best compliment he ever received was when one brother said, "Brother Wesley is the only Circuit Overseer that doesn't know he's a Circuit Overseer." Wherever he is, I hope he's doing well.
  
  John O. Mason - You won't find too many people with nice things to say about Mason. He was pompous, ostentatious, and literally seemed to look down on people. He seemed to intentionally show up late at the meeting for field service and when he walked in the back door into the auditorium he would announce "Elvis is in the building". Not kidding. He wore flashy gold jewelry and expensive suits. He either came from money or he really wanted people to think that he did. The elders referred to his visits as "Mason's Massacre" because he removed so many elders and ministerial servants. Now I will say this about Mason: the man was a gifted speaker. Holy moly he was captivating. He knew Koine Greek well and wove it into his talks in a way that really made the material really exciting. Also he was enamored with tall people. Weird, I know.
  
  Angelo C. Manera - One of the best speakers I have ever heard. He had a slight Italian accent and a very nice voice. A 45-minute talk seemed like an exciting 10-minute short film. That's how good he was. And his sincerity and conviction were stirring. You could really tell that he believed what he taught and lived it. A great storyteller that could paint vivid pictures and really tap into that "theatre-of-the-mind". Not a bad golfer, either. But he regularly denounced football. Both playing it and watching it. That didn't go over too well in the South. He passed away in 2006.
  
  Samuel J. Roberson - A District Overseer who is now serving as a Patterson instructor. A slightly rotund man with red hair and freckles, he came from poor beginnings. I think he worked as a janitor for many years before entering the traveling work. Incredible speaker with an amazing voice. At conventions, his voice just boomed and echoed through the rafters and then, for effect, the next sentence would be almost at a whisper. But the audience was so on the edge of their seat that all you could hear was was dead silence. He had an incredible command of the Scriptures. He would take a verse that most people might read over and not think much about it. But he could take that one verse and extract so much substance. He used Koine Greek excellently as well. It really enhanced his talks.
  
  If anyone has any experiences or stories about these COs and DOs, please share. Thanks!
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  Betty Georges - The Female Helper to the Governing Body

  by MillennialDawn in

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  betty georges is listed as a helper to the governing body service committee, according to this page on the website: https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/governing-body-jw-helpers/.

  anybody know anything about her?.

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  Betty Georges is listed as a helper to the Governing Body Service Committee, according to this page on the website: https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/governing-body-jw-helpers/

  Anybody know anything about her?