William Penwell

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  JW.org does partial U-turn over Awake! magazine Rama Singh misquote

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  posted on april 19, 2015http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/jw-org-does-partial-u-turn-over-awake-magazine-rama-singh-misquote

  jw.org has removed their misquote of rama singh from digital versions of awake!

  magazine.

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  William Penwell

  How can the WT actually put his words into quotations if he was misquoted? That is out and out dishonest. Also don't hold your breath waiting for an apology from the WT.
  
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  Whatever happened to the rumor of Circuit Overseers being dissolved?

  by Black Man in

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  i remember that was a rumor going around shortly before i left the jws.

  whatever happened with it?

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  I recall the Branch Overseer for Canada was a Ken Little. I am not sure if he is still alive as he has been in that position since the 60's 70's.
  
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  weird questions people ask you at the KH?

  by Truthexplorer in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i meet sister ott zealot.

  she says ah .... its lovely to see you; how are you doing.

  i said yeah i'm fine thank you!

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  William Penwell

  Agree with William.. a lot of them are weird..

  I just think the cult attracts very dysfunctional, approval seeking type people.
  
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  Theories on the increasing appearances of the new GB aide?

  by Lemonp in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have noticed that younger guy appearing more and more on jw tv and in special talks.

  can't remember his name but he is middle aged, greying, but has a business exec look about him.. is this guy the next gen of gb members?

  or is he just an aide to help them about etc?

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  I would think it is all to do with marketing. That is why the GB has being getting younger over the last 10 years. In order for the cult to survive they have to start attracting the 35 and under crowd. A bunch of old 80 year old men will not just not cut it.
  
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  Question about this pic of JWs from the 1940s ....

  by Wild_Thing in

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  2. friends

  why is no one else singing???

  it's so strange!

  was she doing a solo or what?.

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  The first picture might have been staged for the camera. The second one is funny. His hand under the water looks like he is moving back and forth and then the look on his face is priceless.
  
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  Whatever happened to the rumor of Circuit Overseers being dissolved?

  by Black Man in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember that was a rumor going around shortly before i left the jws.

  whatever happened with it?

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  It makes sense to cut out middle management. This way the GB can keep better control on the R&F members.
  
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  weird questions people ask you at the KH?

  by Truthexplorer in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i meet sister ott zealot.

  she says ah .... its lovely to see you; how are you doing.

  i said yeah i'm fine thank you!

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  Most dubs are weird.
  
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  I'm my favorite type of JW - Double Life

  by thedepressedsoul in

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  2. bible

  the borg's tactics on most jw work.

  they put fear into their mind, they guilt trip them and basically make them scared to do anything when they are away from the kingdom hall.

  it allows them to control every aspect of their life.

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  I once knew a dub who screwed a "worldly" man out of a large chunk of money and expected this "worldly" man to just forgive and forget as that is the "Christian" thing to do. There are a lot of dubs that are only in it to use the other dubs for what they can get.
  
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  Golden Rule: Pure Garbage?

  by willmarite in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on another thread a poster made the comment that the golden rule was garbage.

  she said it was arrogant and made assumptions.. i didn't want to derail that thread so i started another wondering if this is a common thought about this belief on this forum.

  i guess i naively thought the value of doing to others as you want them to do to you was generally accepted as positive.. i understand people have different opinions of jesus as a person but i don't want to get into that here.

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  I once hear it said that the "do onto others what you want them to do to you", should be "do onto other what they want you to do to them" as not everyone thinks the same way that you do.
  
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  Three elders show up "to encourage me" after 10 years!

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  "hey brother wasa, come on back to the meetings.

  " (after 10 years) so i respond that the situation with pedophiles is out of hand.

  they tell me "we" elders have received tons of training on the subject, its not like it was 10 years ago.

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  William Penwell

  Yeah three elders, I agree with the other posters they were trying to get something on you. I have never heard of three elders calling on someone unless it is judicial crap.