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  Did You Go To Meetings in Very Inclement Weather?

  by minimus in

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  living in new england means having lots of snow and cold.

  elders were very reluctant to cancel or reschedule a meeting due to the weather.

  i lived 3 towns away from the kingdom hall and if it was icy and treacherous my vote would always be to cancel the meeting....and forget about rescheduling!.

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  I remember pioneering in inclement weather. The hope was that the people would feel sorry for us and invite us in for coffee or cocoa. Now, I can't believe I did that.
  
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  Avoiding Service Tips?

  by Kohanic in

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  back again!.

  so as i'm still pimo and living under my parent's roof, how can i get out of service?

  cause i really don't want to go and i feel dirty just knowing i could be influencing someone into this garbage..

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  Just say that you have all your time for the month and have to get things done to prepare for next month; even if it is January 3rd.
  
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  Analysis of 2017 vs 2016 Yearbook reports for Europe

  by Splash in

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  2. beliefs

  so these countries roughly constitute europe.. here's how well they did in 2017 vs 2016:.

  2017 peak pubs.

  2016 peak pubs.

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  I noticed the decrease in congregations in the USA. We were visiting a congregation a few weeks ago that 2 years ago had 2 congregations but when we got there I learned that they were consolidated to one with publishers sent to other local congregations.

  As for publisher numbers, there may be many, such as the ones on here who turn in a field service slip (to not stand out) but don't do any real service.
  
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  Biblical incidents that bothered me.

  by EverApostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i wanted to discuss the (supposed) biblical events that disturbed me a lot when i was a jw.

  these incidents were just read and discussed in the kingdom hall as if these are normal and justified, which clearly weren't.

  perhaps this led to my awakening.

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  It was Uzzah, not Uzziah.
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  2017 Annual Meeting

  by Jules Saturn in

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  2. current

  this just in from the 2017 annual meeting:.

  1. watchtowers and awakes won't be released regularly, at least three watchtower and awakes per year.

  6 magazines a year.. 2. a new book is being released: remain in god's love, more of an update like how they did for the what does the bible really teach book.

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  The magazine change does not affect the study copy, just the field service public copy of the Watchtower and Awake.

  The study copies will still have 32 pages each month.
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  2017 Annual Meeting

  by Jules Saturn in

  1. social
  2. current

  this just in from the 2017 annual meeting:.

  1. watchtowers and awakes won't be released regularly, at least three watchtower and awakes per year.

  6 magazines a year.. 2. a new book is being released: remain in god's love, more of an update like how they did for the what does the bible really teach book.

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  Yeah, how things have changed

  From the good ole days of everything in Brooklyn and wallkill and the GB with ties back to the board of directors. Barr, Barry, Booth, Ganges, Franz, Henschel, etc.

  4 - 32 page magazines a month = 1536 pages a year

  then it went to one Awake a month, and study and public watchtower for 1152 pages.

  In 2013 they dropped the public to 16 pages for 768 pages
  

  Then in 2016 it went to every other month for watchtower and Awake public for 576 pages

  Now in 2018 it is 6 issues for public and 12X32 for study for 480 pages per year.

  One quarter of what it used to be.

  But no mention of how much money they will save as the reason, which we know it is.. Same with the yearbook which people get in print.

  And they constantly mentioned that Jehovah blessed the move and location. The location is so it is less conspicuous and cheap land and the sale of the expensive NYC land.
  
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  Why the NFL Protest Is a Massive and Insulting Failure

  by freemindfade in

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  i think everyone has the freedom to protest, they also have freedom of speech, these are two fundamental things that make america amazing.

  but thinking rationally about what is going on with the nfl, therefore, i have an unfavorable opinion of the league, and the players, not their right to free speech, but their motive and execution of it.

  constitutional freedom to protest ends at the workplace door too.

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  I hate the national anthem and pledge and don't understand why people are so enamored with them both. People standing and putting their hands on their hearts is like the Nazis. I support the players for not standing for it.
  
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  JW Elder fired from bank for privacy violation regarding fellow JW employee

  by Zoos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "thou shalt spy on and report your brothers and sisters to hq.".

  https://www.tv6tnt.com/news/local/industrial-court-finds-there-are-limits-to-freedom-of-religion/article_5a485b94-a327-11e7-9c32-57b15184bc6a.html.

  editor's note: due to the nature of this story we've changed the names of the parties involved.

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  I never agreed with that 1987 article. What good does telling on someone for the past do? They need to teach people to do right and not do wrong. If it is in the past, leave it in the past.
  
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  September 7, 2017 Re: Donations for Disaster Relief Work

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  september 7, 2017 to all congregations in the united states branch territory re: donations for disaster relief work.

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  I agree with what the letter is saying. It is better to have a big pot where everything goes in that gets fuller than having a smaller pot that is less full and maybe won't have enough to do what needs to be done.
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  Blood Transfusions are Biblically Supported

  by allpoweredup in

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  2. medical

  to jehovah's witnesses elders: blood transfusions are biblically supported: acts 15:20 says abstain from blood but 1 samuel 14:32-5 says saul's army ate unbled meat to not starve and no verses show god not forgiving them.

  christ says god also forgave david's eating temple holy bread to survive and that god wants mercy not sacrifice.

  (mt 12) the may 22, 1994 awake tells of 26 jehovah's witness kids who died without transfusions, and by common sense in massive bleeding as in car wrecks blood expanders won't save lives http://www.ajwrb.org.

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  rocketman, of course forgiveness possible. That is what Jesus was for, to be the better forgiveness. But I hate when people used that scripture and say that Sauls men did that. That was eating blood and it was against their law back then. And anyone who broke the law could offer sacrifices.