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  A Letter That Touched Her Heart, from the Branch Office, to the CO's. Wife.

  by Blueblades in

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  from the watchtower january 1, 2006. a letter that touched her heart.. one traveling overseer remembers well one occasion when he and his wife returned to their accommodations after a very chilly winter day in the ministry.

  he says: "my wife was cold and discouraged, and she told me that she felt she couldn't continue.

  'how much better', she said,'it would be to serve in the full-time ministry with a congregation, stay in one place, and conduct our own bible studies.

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  "I deferred any decision, saying that we would continue for the rest of the week and see how she felt by then."
  Right, right, right.... humn...
  He certainly wrote to the Society telling about the situation, and was just waiting for the back-patting letter to arrive; and it did just in time...
  Now, the Society won't tell JWs about that little detail. The result is that JWs will be left with the impression that Jah miraculously provided the needed encourajement.
  Only in the WT world! A racket indeed!
  Observador.
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  WTS Reason for Not Missing Meetings?

  by ICBehindtheCurtain in

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  this is regarding the january watchtower article that is on another thread, which is about avoiding missing meetings for work, i posted this under that thread but thought i might begin a new topic to get your views on this:

  it's really enfuriating, that they keep putting out this bs, i know firsthand of many r&f that either quit jobs or did not accept jobs that would compromise meeting attendance all the while their families were in need, the brainwashed mentality was "if we put jehovah first wts first, jehovah will provide", yeah right, as someone else mentioned what about when the car breaks down, or a child gets sick, etc?

  then they are pretty much up the creak without a paddle.

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  Controlling the flock is numero uno to these guys. They don't give a damn how many Witnesses burn out, suffer from depression, exhaustion or have nervous breakdowns due to the ridiculous amount of time you're supposed to spend at meetings, studying for meetings and service-----the status quo cannot be challenged. You'd think with meeting attendance at an all time low in so many places, they might stop and say, "hey, maybe there's just too many meetings." They won't. Instead, they blame the R&F for "lack of appreciation" and being "spiritually weak".

  I think they see those problems, but the status quo cannot be changed too quickly.

  Remember when Conventions were 10 days; and then 7; and then 5; and then 3 and 1/2? Now it is only 3!

  Remember when one would have to spend 90 hours peddling magazines to "regular pioneer" ? Now it is 70.

  Remember when the mid-week meeting was 2 hours? Now it is 1:45!

  Remember when Asleep! was bi-weekly? Now it is monthly!

  The WT organization is one that changes SO GRADUALLY that sometimes we fail to notice...
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  AWAKE! JANUARY 2006, To Our Readers.

  by Blueblades in

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  for those who have not yet seen this issue.

  called "the golden age" in 1919, the name was changed to "consolation" in1937, and to "awake!

  " in 1946. beginning with this issue, the format of awake!

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  "While the answers to the section "From This Issue" will be found throughout the magazine, the answers to most of the other questions will appear on a designated page in the same issue, where they will be printed upside down."
  
  
  Awake! has finally targeted a chunck of readers long forgotten: TRAIN COMMUTERS.
  Watch now for those large bins on the end station being all filled up.
  
  What a wonderful provision from Jehovah's Organization!!!
  
  Observador.
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  Anybody from Brazil post here?

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  if you are from brazil or know of a someone from brazil who is an xjw, please have him/her private message me.

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  barbara anderson

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  You have a pm.
  
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  WT Applies for Holocaust Funds

  by DocBob in

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  check this out: .

  http://www.swissbankclaims.com/pdfs_eng/watchtowerbible.pdf.

  basically they are trying to gain a portion of the swiss banks settlement for their "holocaust education" work.

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  Please folks, anyone here who knows how to contact the fund administrator(s), send the information to them; to show what the WT really is.
  It's simply unbelievable the WT is trying to collect money.
  Observador.
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  blondie

  by IP_SEC in

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  blondie you prolly get tired of hearing this but thanks so much for your labor of love.

  i dont get the mags anymore, but im glad to be able to keep up with what's being said in the wt through your weekly comments on the wt study.. i would think it might get tiresome to wade through the bs in the articles week after week.

  im sure it takes a lot of your time to research, then type your post.

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  I secondary emotion. :)
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  New site: www.watchtowerwiki.org

  by nicolaou in

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  many here will be familiar with wikipedia.org.

  i took the same software and installed it at www.watchtowerwiki.org.

  for those who are unfamiliar with wiki's the idea is very simple, anyone can add or edit any content at the site.

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  Overall, this is a very good idea.
  
  "You can create your own blog or home page"
  
  I didn't see the Blog section there... I've been thinking of creating my own for some time now.
  When the feature is available, would Portuguese be ok?
  
  Observador
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  Who Gives a Shyte if Russell was a Freemason or not?

  by LittleToe in

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  a poll, inspired by gumby.... one vote here for not giving a shyte..

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  I think Ianone does.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses vs Quotes website

  by Dogpatch in

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  from: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt/stories/s1499987.htm .

  wednesdays at 8.30am, repeated at 8.00pm .

  david rutledge .

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  I just listened to the interview and the Quotes did a wonderful job with clear, simple explanations of things. Watchtower, as always, no show. Observador.
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  making 1914 crumble

  by googlemagoogle in

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  yet another 1914 thread?

  there are plenty of threads already about chronology, babylonian kings, egyptian kings, median and persian kings, there is also lots of information available about old bible-students and jw literature.

  even a simplified chronology including "fallen baby" and "evil duck" is available somewhere on this site.

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  Cygnus,

  your point is well taken about the WT trying, sometimes, to be clean about 1914. I didn't say they lie in all instances when the subject 1914 is brought up.

  To show the point, look at this quotation:

  Furthermore, the remnant of spiritual Israel had for decades, yes, since the year 1876, been looking forward to the ending of the Times of the Gentiles in the autumn of 1914. They were expecting God's Messianic kingdom to be fully established in the heavens by then and also for the remnant of spiritual Israel to be glorified with Jesus Christ in the heavenly kingdom at that time. - Man's Salvation Out of World Distress at Hand! (1975), page 136.

  Now, compare the above with this:

  Be not surprised, then, when in subsequent chapters we present proofs that the setting up of the Kingdom of God is already begun, that is pointed in prophecy as due to begin the exercise of power in A.D. 1878, and that the 'battle of the great day of God Almighty' (Rev. 16:14) which will end in A.D 1914 with the complete overthrow of earth's present rulership, is already commenced. - Russel, The Times is at Hand (1889), page 101

  Observador.