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  Disfellowshipped ones who die before the "last minute repentance"

  by jonahstourguide in

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  hi all.. i've posted this in humour given that most of jw doctrine changes and flip flops are just so.. as stated, if there is now to be a 'last minute redemption'.what happens to the aforementioned folk?.

  cannot wait for a explane-ation.

  am i the only one giggling at this??

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  Last minute of what?
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  Time, times and half a time - nerd time

  by Anony Mous in

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  2. beliefs

  so, the famous 607 calculation to 1914 involves the above prophecy.

  the common explanation is that time is one unit, times is an unsubstantiated number of units.. to prove you can make it say any date, we must write it as a formula:.

  date = t + nt + 0.5t where n >= 2. so simplified:.

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  Why is the times of the Gentiles discussed on a Jehovah's Witness board as if discussing it will change history and God's plan?

  It's like these ever recurring topics of beards and birthdays.
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  Real reasons behind this change?

  by Gorb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just a good conversation at home about the hour report change.. we think the change was not impmemented because the gb are such a lovely bunch of old grandpa's having the best in mind for us individuals.. there will be only, and we say only, an organizational reason for it.

  a legal reason, to protect jw.org and it's officials and wealth.. next step?

  maybe selling more kh and when jw hollywood studio's in rampoo are ready a change to tv subscription.. what do you think?

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  Why would people even want the end to come in 1975? There was too much going on and yet so much more ahead for the future. So yeah, I blame the people for looking to 1975 because there should have been no reason for them to be looking for the kingdom to come. The future of this system looked so bright from 1975 and on.
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  List of main points from 2023 AGM

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  1. doctrinal changes how new light comes about.

  the gb raise questions then talk about it, unless it’s unanimous they wait, then years later talk again if it’s unanimous it then gets announced as new light.. 2. the gb are imperfect and sometimes make mistakes.

  they are not to apologise or even admit they were wrong.

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  I don't get it.

  Many of you have described the governing body as cold and robotic and out of touch.

  But yet user Jw gone bad criticizes the Annual meeting because they put humor in there and laughed with the audience.

  There is no pleasing any of you. Whatever they do, you won't like it.
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  Did Anyone Have Fun With Their Field Service Reports?

  by NotFormer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  now that there is new light on reporting hours in field service, it's raised a few questions for me, who was never in the jws.

  did any of you ever have fun with the field service report slips, by finding creative ways of reporting time without raising suspicions in those who oversaw the collection of those slips?.

  also, can anyone upload an image of what the slips looked like, or point me to a post that gives uploaded examples of the sort of paperwork that was familiar to jws in good standing?.

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  Turn the field service reports at the beginning of the month with the numbers already filled in.
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  No more REPORTING field service!!!!!!!!!

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is going to break the hearts of a lot of uber-jw's!

  reddit has now removed the video link of samuel herd telling jw's they will no longer have to report time or placements - just tick a box which says "active.".

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdshyx79rm&t=13s.

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  "the amount of back & forth giggling & laughter there is between the Watchtower GB speakers & the audience"

  I'd rather see that they are real people than they are hardliners. No need to criticize for this.
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  No more REPORTING field service!!!!!!!!!

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is going to break the hearts of a lot of uber-jw's!

  reddit has now removed the video link of samuel herd telling jw's they will no longer have to report time or placements - just tick a box which says "active.".

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdshyx79rm&t=13s.

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  "It should be scriptural because they always warn against "going beyond what is written"."

  I think they mean going beyond what they've written.
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  List of main points from 2023 AGM

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  1. doctrinal changes how new light comes about.

  the gb raise questions then talk about it, unless it’s unanimous they wait, then years later talk again if it’s unanimous it then gets announced as new light.. 2. the gb are imperfect and sometimes make mistakes.

  they are not to apologise or even admit they were wrong.

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  "When Jesus was resurrected, there were witnesses."

  Because there needed to be otherwise Christian would have died at that point and there would be no reason to grow. The resurrection was a reason for the faith.

  "When the anointed are resurrected, everyone will know because there will be witnesses. "
  

  Where do you get that from?

  When Jesus was resurrected, he was a spirit but took on bodies for a reason. To teach and encourage the apostle. But when the anointed are resurrected to heaven as spirit beings, they don't need to do any of that. The kingdom is already established, and Jesus is already king. They have nothing to prove to the people on earth.
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  List of main points from 2023 AGM

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  1. doctrinal changes how new light comes about.

  the gb raise questions then talk about it, unless it’s unanimous they wait, then years later talk again if it’s unanimous it then gets announced as new light.. 2. the gb are imperfect and sometimes make mistakes.

  they are not to apologise or even admit they were wrong.

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  I'm watching it now and the first thing I noticed was Ken Cook introduced a musical prelude. At the start of the conventions they would always introduce a musical interlude. I once told a CO about that and he had to look up the word in a dictionary. Maybe that suggest went all the way up.

  Back in the 80s when I came in, the Governing Body had the awe about them. They were their positions since the 1920s. They had history. The ones now a days have no history.

  Bro Winder is not correct when he says the governing body is not inspired. Yes, they are inspired by God. Inspired means where did the idea come from. The idea for their writings comes from God the same as with Paul. People think that being inspired means to have God directly give the information to do them. It does not.

  He said the brothers are looking for a unanimous decision. Not that it is a rule.
  

  Then David Splane - Was not changing doctrine. He was not getting dogmatic with specifics.
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  Thought on “0 hours” reporting

  by FFGhost in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so everyone knows the “big news” of this past weekend, no more reporting of hours, placements, return visits, etc.

  beginning november 1, jws just tick a box indicating whether they “shared in any form of the ministry during the month”.. so there was a brief comment by a redditor that seems like a brief joke “throwaway comment” but after thinking about it….why not?.

  the idea is, what is “any form of the ministry”?

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  " I seem to remember in Ray Franz's CoC he mentioned there had to be a "two thirds majority"."

  What does the constitution say about that?

  Doesn't the organization have a constitution?