Topics Started by AlanB
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193Stupidest thing a JW ever told you
by Nosferatu inwhat is the stupidest thing a jw ever told you?
we all know that they say a lot of stupid things, but what really topped the cake?.
for me, it was an elder telling me i was progressing really well when my meeting attendance was down and my field service hours were slipping.
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Preaching Slowdown
by cornish in.
i can remember numerous talks and study articles about how the preaching work would get more and more intense as we near the end.. one so called prophetic illustration that stands out in my mind was when joshua and his men marched around the city each day and then just before the city fell they marched seven times signifying a quickening of the preaching work.. it seems starkingly obvious that the preaching,is in decline amonst jw's,the jw's are seen less and less often in my neighbourhood,it is very rare to see them out street witnesing around the town centres and railway stations,the average jw spends far less time preaching than a decade ago.. it seems like their chief brag is definately on the wain,in favour of other recruitment methods.
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Can "Born-Into-Its" Ever Be Happy?
by Englishman injust wondering....take a 40 year old male ('cos he's an ex-elder!
) who's been born a dub.
he becomes disenchanted with dubdom and eventually decides to leave.
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Shunning and Laws against incitement to hatred based on Race and Religion
by AlanB inin the uk we have a law that seeks to protect against incitement of racial or religious hatred.
i think this may be a european law and so the scope may be a lot wider.
it is clear that the wtbs policy on da/df people is incitement and it may be argued that it is on the basis of religious views.
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WTS Addresses Child Abuse - er, kind of...
by iiz2cool inmy wife, who is intent on re-activating herself as a dub since i da'd myself, went to the convention this past weekend.
she showed me this new publication entitled "learn from the great teacher", and placed great emphasis on these two pages i scanned and am posting.
it makes a poor show of telling children what to do when confronted by a child abuser.
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Finally received our "shepherding call" today
by Jourles init was inevitable.
after dodging the bullet for a few weeks, the elders finally made their way to our house today.
the reason i think this to be so, is because he asked me what he should write down for my report.
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Microphone "Handling"
by SYN inwhat is all the fuss about?
when i was still assimilated (i.e.
still in the borg, but wanting out every second of that time), there was so much emphasis put on microphone handling that it was almost unreal.
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WT on the Ropes, UK letter
by belbab inwt on the ropes.
today, sunday, july 14 has been a very eventful day here on the board.
we have seen the letter posted that was read out at kingdom halls in britain.
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Elders sued in Oz
by ozziepost inwhispered on the grapevine in oz is that a former elder has sued a body of elders for wrongful df and won!
the plaintiff claimed harrassment and physical abuse by the elders.
apparently the court awarded costs amounting to around $30,000 australian to the plaintiff.
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jwmatch.com
by obiefernandez ini am surprised that there hasn't been a discussion here (not that i can find anyway) about jwmatch.com.
not only are they self-proclaimed, "the world's largest witnesses online community!
" (sound familiar?
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