Posts by 88JM

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Additional BOE Letter: Please Be Advised that Further Direction Will Soon be Sent to the Bodies of Elders...

by TTATTelder in

dear brothers:.

we are writing as a follow-up to the letters dated january 24, 2014, and march 29, 2014,. to all congregations regarding the adjustments now underway to accelerate construction of king-.

dom halls and assembly halls.. .

88JM

After the reading of the first letter tonight during the local needs, the brother mentioned that they had also recieved another letter yesterday asking for photos of and details about the current condition of each Kingdom Hall. I don't think that is the "additional" letter being referred to in this thread - does anyone have the one I'm talking about?

There are apparently also letters about each kingdom hall getting internet access and projectors as well - I don't mean assembly halls getting that, I mean individual kindgom halls. I'm aware of previous letters about assembly halls getting such facilities, but it seems they want to extend that now to individual congregations?

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Have I Missed Something? Boko Haram.

by Joe Grundy in

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friends

a group of bastards, in the name of their islamic religion, under the name 'boko haram' (or 'western education is forbidden') have kidnapped hundreds of youg girls from their school and are threatening to sell them - not least because in their religious view the girls should be married, not pursuing education.. .

have i missed the wt public statement condemning this?

or that of other religions, come to that?

88JM

Celebrities including Angelia Jolie have spoken out on it too:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/angelina-jolie-brands-boko-haram-abduction-nigerian-schoolgirls-evil-1447601

The media in general has been way too slow on this though - it was way down the running on TV news for the first week or two at least. The governments have also left it way too late.

When you contrast that response to the immediate, international effort that went out when the Malaysian Airliner went down, it's really quite shocking.

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How to become an MS in no time

by Batman89 in

the method i used lol.

1) be a good servant and make sure your wt and pub are always underlined every meeting(great for appearances).

2) comment every meeting(a "sure way" to know someones "spiritually qualified").

88JM

Totally agree Just Kidding - I must have been doing the bare minimum and the small congregation still appointed me. I was actually quite shocked when they told me.

I only wish I had found JWN before then, because I would have certainly turned it down if I had known. They didn't really even give me the opportunity to refuse, just ambushed me in the back of a car before the meeting.

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Speculation on why now?

by Crazyguy in

in the last couple of years the org has gone money crazy, selling off over a billion dollars worth of property and now a new tithing program.

just wonder what every one thinks is the reason for all this now?.

88JM

I did suspect it was maybe for legal reasons myself. During cases they fight in court, it seems judges can have assets frozen or have to put money aside at least, like they had to do with the Conti case. Maybe that scared them and they don't want to have their hands tied like that again?

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WTS buys £1,000,000 luxury sea-front property in Wales, UK

by Simon in

shower room.

office.

games room.

88JM

Coming soon - time-share deals for translation offices used as JW holiday camps with glossy brochures etc.

Then it's one step away from JW convents and kool-aid at Jonestown.

Maybe that's why they bought somewhere by the coast - easy to dump the bodies or go over a cliff?

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New light?

by Ignoranceisbliss in

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my father who is an elder with decent organizational connections mentioned that very soon there would be "new light" regarding the resurrected being able to be married.

this would make sense because our current understanding has never made any sense to me.

has any one else heard anything about that?.

88JM

I suspect this point probably came up because of the latest CO visit where they are also now showing the video of the suicidal woman to Ministerial Servants as well. Elders who have been through the latest school will already be familiar with it:

http://youtu.be/NLBuulfOk40?t=20m59s

C.O.'s are reminding brothers that the current understanting of Luke 20:35-36 is still in force and are aware that many have their own ideas on it, but the current understanding is how it is at the moment. Our C.O. almost explained this with a "wink wink" so I don't know if he thinks they might change the understanding of that soon.

Anyway, Elders and MS'es were told that it maybe wouldn't be the right time to correct someone's "wrong" viewpoint if someone in their family had died, even if the JW expresses an incorrect viewpoint according to current understanding.

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WTS buys £1,000,000 luxury sea-front property in Wales, UK

by Simon in

shower room.

office.

games room.

88JM

I think it's Geraint (Jones?) in charge of translation into Welsh at Bethel - I think he's a fairly "big hitter" there. I don't know how many translators are involved for Welsh, but for the Scottish Gaelic I know it's definitely no more than 2 or 3. Shocked that they area actually buying somewhere as a HQ for this - seems like a pretty shameless excuse to snap up property and make money on it?

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Dis-Grace?

by raymond frantz in

i was chatting the other day with a ministerial servant about the word "" as it appears in the new testament .the word is translated 90% of the time as grace but the watchtower chooses the obscure phrase "undeserved kindness" .this article examines the definition of the word as it appears in the verse romans 6:23 and how wages in the roman army can help us determine the roots of the word.. charisma a way to understand undeserved kindness.

www.jwdoctrine.com.

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88JM

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/192401/1/Undeserved-Kindness-vs-Grace-Watchtower-flaw-in-a-NUTSHELL

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/110120/2/Undeserved-kindness-versus-Grace-does-it-matter

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/223261/1/Grace-vs-Undeserved-Kindness

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All appointed men are being told they have to pioneer now!

by stuckinarut2 in

yes, you read correctly..... all appointed men have been told in a new letter that they have to pioneer to "set the lead" whenever there is a "special" campaign month.

they use some scripture saying that these ones have to show by example.... so for any of us who are appointed and have learned ttatt, it is going to be very hard to fade during this time!.

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88JM

2 Corinthians 9:7, tiki?

"Let each one do just as he has resolved in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."

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Letter to BOE: Adjustment in process for appointing elders and ministerial servants

by pixel in

hello, you read it here first!.

governing body of jehovah's witnesses.

to all congregations.

88JM

With this new process, what happens if a CO goes "apostate"? We know it has happened before.

Does it mean that all the elders he appointed in the past are then scrutinized?