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  Keep Seeking First God's Kingdom - RC 2014 - Sunday

  by OwnAccord in

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  a world without satan (revelation 20:2,3,7,10).

  romans 12- joy in the kingdom hope.

  the spirit.. demonstration: family worship.

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  Wow a diagram on the overlapping generations crap. People just aren't buying it are they? They really are trying to shove it down their throats.
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  BOE: Re: Midweek meetings during visit of circuit overseer

  by pixel in

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  you read it here first!.

  to all congregations.

  re: midweek meetings during visit of circuit overseer .

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  It also means CO's have one less talk to do as well, and also mean they got rid of the longest talk that is ever given nowadays - those hour-long slogs on the Thursday night were nauseating. Even assembly talks aren't that long.

  My best guess is that this is being done for issues of Kingdom Hall space.

  Yes - it will make rescheduling easier for kingdom halls that are shared by 2+ congregations
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  What's the dirt on the GB? Proven not anecdotal.

  by punkofnice in

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  i have no respect for the governing body of jehovah's witnesses(tm) as i consider them to be wicked men.. having said that, is there any proven dirt on them that could expose them for the critters they are?.

  i heard that jaracz was a sex offender but where's the evidence?.

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  Sorry Apognophos - I was having a bad day and that came into my head for some reason
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  What's the dirt on the GB? Proven not anecdotal.

  by punkofnice in

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  2. beliefs

  i have no respect for the governing body of jehovah's witnesses(tm) as i consider them to be wicked men.. having said that, is there any proven dirt on them that could expose them for the critters they are?.

  i heard that jaracz was a sex offender but where's the evidence?.

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  88JM

  Geoffrey Jackson has a much younger wife:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/264961/1/FDS-GB-Member-Geoffrey-Jacksons-wife-looks-young

  There's loads of stuff on Rutherford, but some is more difficult to prove with it going back so far.
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  Governing Bodies Secret Elder's training video on suicide leaked

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  watchtower minions have pulled down jwsurveys links .

  here's another one .. the gb should be held liable for this crap.

  http://www.mediafire.com/watch/cvas6fcrc9zca94/shepherding_instructional_suicidal_widow.avi.

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  88JM

  This is also now being shown to Elders (again) and ministerial servants at circuit visits.
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  WITNESSES FEAR THE TRUTH - WIKIPEDIA

  by The Searcher in

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  2. scandals

  every time i submit the following update to wikipeda - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kingdom_hall#funding - some poor deluded individual/s keeps deleting.. i wonder who it could be?????????.

  "as of may 2014, the funding of kingdom hall construction around the world has changed, as per the instructions of the governing body's letter to all congregations, downloadable from this link - http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/279067/1/2014-03-29-boe-confidentials-pdf-adjustment-to-financing-kingdom-hall-and-assembly-hall-construction-worldwide.

  the previous form of funding was facilitated by entirely by voluntary donations.

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  You could always try start a discussion on the talk page for the article?

  I don't really have much experience with the politics of Wikipedia editing - from what I know, it's like a cult all of it's own.
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  Look! It was very good – or: Evil in the Animal Kingdom

  by TheOldHippie in

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  i have fed a number of birds regularly thru winter, and among the species were some doves.

  this spring, two of them took a liking for each other and teamed up.

  for a couple of weeks, extensive construction work was jointly done and resulted in a nice little nest, undoubtedly a cosy home for the small family which expected to multiply.

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  It's been mentioned before, but see also - gestation of the tiger shark: http://www.livescience.com/29198-shark-embryos-cannibalize-others.html

  Or jewel wasps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_cockroach_wasp

  All part of God's wonderful creation, folks!
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  A serving elder's take on the new "tithing" arrangement

  by TTATTelder in

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  the gb can kiss my ass.. i'm writing "0" on the little slip of paper they pass out.. hey here's a thought:.

  you know that "widow's might" stuff they're always talking about?

  well i'm pretty dang sure that the lady was giving from the heart not because she filled out some dumba$$ piece of paper pledging two small coins several months previous!.

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  I'm from the UK, so it's not just being rolled out in the US but other places too. Maybe worldwide?
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  New Hall Funding Arrangement

  by thedog1 in

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  well our local needs part on this went very uneventfully.

  the brother read it out in such a way that the main thrust was the new arrangement with only two donation boxes in the hall.

  then, almost as an afterthought to the proposed resolution to send exactly what we used to send as the loan repayment, he casually mentioned that we would no longer be paying a loan.

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  Much the same experience at the hall here too - the real meaning of the change was totally lost in all the waffle.

  My comments here on this thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/279525/6/A-serving-elders-take-on-the-new-tithing-arrangement#5007283
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  A serving elder's take on the new "tithing" arrangement

  by TTATTelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the gb can kiss my ass.. i'm writing "0" on the little slip of paper they pass out.. hey here's a thought:.

  you know that "widow's might" stuff they're always talking about?

  well i'm pretty dang sure that the lady was giving from the heart not because she filled out some dumba$$ piece of paper pledging two small coins several months previous!.

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  88JM

  So I'm just back from the meeting where the letter got read.

  After reading the full letter and the post-script here online, I was ready for quite a shock in the congregation. However, you always forget that people hearing it only and for the first time don't have time to deciper what is being said, especially if the reader is bad and the important bits get buried in all the waffle.

  I would say the reaction of the audience at the time seemed to be boredom and/or confusion. One long-serving sister almost had her head in her hands - either in confusion or disappointment - it was hard to tell.

  The elder doing the local needs part was the worst reader here - at the best of times he is quite a jittery and nervous guy, but I swear he was almost visibly sweating reading this letter - maybe because he knows what it really means for the congregation.

  There was no mention of taking individual anonymous surveys here - maybe they will go for the "calculate a number" approach. I don't think anyone got the full meaning of the letter, and of course, most of the important stuff is buried in the post-script anyway.

  The elder did a brief intro before he read the letter - how blessed we are etc. and even said how lucky we are that we are not like other religions: "we don't pass a plate and we don't do tithing". I found this quite sickening, because at that point he was just outright lying to a room full of people. He even referred back to Exodus 25:2 from the bible highlights which was also mentioned then as well, but with a positive spin about "how nice it is that we are like that" etc.