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  Internet at Bethel Monitored?

  by jw07 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was speaking to a group of uber-dubs over the weekend, and one of them was mentioning no-nonse policies at bethel, one of them being the monitoring of website visits.. he was saying that you had to 'freedom' to do certain things, like use the internet, but if you visited "the wrong websites" you would face consequences.

  he mentioned the case of a brother who visited the "wrong website" a few days in and was immediately sent home.. can anyone shed ****new light**** on this?

  :-).

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  88JM

  See here:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/226778/1/a-grunts-bethel-experience

  and: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/204847/5/Verifiable-Former-Bethelite-Willing-to-Answer-questions#3878609
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  Internet at Bethel Monitored?

  by jw07 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was speaking to a group of uber-dubs over the weekend, and one of them was mentioning no-nonse policies at bethel, one of them being the monitoring of website visits.. he was saying that you had to 'freedom' to do certain things, like use the internet, but if you visited "the wrong websites" you would face consequences.

  he mentioned the case of a brother who visited the "wrong website" a few days in and was immediately sent home.. can anyone shed ****new light**** on this?

  :-).

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  Was he caught watching their own sign-language videos?

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytYykOop6HI
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  Watchtarded "logic" in the RNWT!!

  by DATA-DOG in

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  2. beliefs

  has anyone read this?

  i am going from memory because i don't have the rnwt with me.

  if someone wants to post it, great.

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  88JM

  Also by if by "original" they mean a third-hand account of the event written decades after it happened
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  Understand: Our salvation is not Jesus' primary concern

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ...at least that's what the sunday study said:.

  "at the same time, we need to understand that our salvation is not jesus' primary concern.

  his main purpose from the beginning to the end of his earthly ministry was to work for the sanctification and glory of his father's name".

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  "And all the crowds were saying to themseves: "holy s**t - did he just say what I thought he said!?"" - Luke 25:12
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  Watchtarded "logic" in the RNWT!!

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone read this?

  i am going from memory because i don't have the rnwt with me.

  if someone wants to post it, great.

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  88JM

  Spot on.

  Also, even the oldest "complete" manuscript copies are hundreds of years separated from the originals - at best they are probably copies of copies of copies, maybe.

  Even then, there are probably some parts of the bible that only have 2 or 3 ancient, "independant" sources to compare - and those copies might still be sourced from the same defective document down the line.
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  Understand: Our salvation is not Jesus' primary concern

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ...at least that's what the sunday study said:.

  "at the same time, we need to understand that our salvation is not jesus' primary concern.

  his main purpose from the beginning to the end of his earthly ministry was to work for the sanctification and glory of his father's name".

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  There was also all that B.S. about Jesus using the name "Jehovah" freely, and again no scripture to really support it
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  They made me throw away a windchime!!!

  by quellycatface in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i had a lovely mirrored windchime in my house.

  my study conductor told me it attracted deemunz and i threw it in the trash.

  i've since bought another.. what's the reasoning behind that idiocy??

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  88JM

  If I remember correctly it's from a Questions From Readers in the 70s/80s about wind chimes being to ward off evil spirits.
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  Is it wrong to play GTA 5?

  by Brother Mike in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  is it okay to play as a jehovah's witness?

  or is it just a conscience thing?.

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  88JM

  I think it's terrible...

  ...that they haven't released a PC version yet.
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  Fred Franz talk before Gilead explaining why there was NO 1st Century GB

  by BU2B in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-vymdlw83c.

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  88JM

  I'd read the written transcript of this before, but wasn't aware there was the actual audio available. Interesting to actually hear it.
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  Prepare for meetings??

  by Jen1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  do you prepare for meetings?

  if i go i spend a few minutes underlinging my books/watchtower.. i have noticed that those who do the micks especially notice when your stuff is not underlined, and comments are made after the meeting, not so gentle hints, about study and preperation!

  in other words i am being told off, its usually the ones who are highly critical of everything i do, sometimes their whole family seems to be straining to see if my stuff is underlined, i know this because i heard the daughter to family wisper her watchtower is not underlined!.

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  88JM

  "highlight the sh!t out every WT, KM, brochure"
  
  - Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  That would involve a LOT of highlighting...