Haha! I found a June 2014 WT on a visitor's table in a waiting room where I work... It had the back sided turned up so that you could see the JW.ORG log on the back... I always scoop these up so that there is no chance anyone might be misled and HURT!
cha ching
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September Offer
by Quarterback inwell, now that we had an outstanding august, an extention to aux pioneer in september is being offered.
you can offer the jw.org tract again, and again, and again.
offer it at the dr's office, the gym, the laundromat, the theatre, the bus stops, etc.
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I wonder how many feel like this
by watson inhttp://www.afropunk.com/video/the-what-s-underneath-project-kelsey-lu-mcjunkins.
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cha ching
Interesting, I can relate to how this girl felt... I loved to dance, to participate in gymnastics, and had to hide behind excuses, hoping not to be discovered, if "mom didn't realize my deep desire" if "I just acted like it didn't mean so much" then maybe I could do it...
I understand her fear, love that she had so much strength to leave, and then, survive on her own!
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For those in the Watchtower who believe in the inerrancy of the Bible
by opusdei1972 inthe watchtower says:.
9 while most major books of religion say very little, if anything, about god, the bible acquaints us with jehovah god and his activities.
it helps us to see the many facets of his personality.
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cha ching
Hmmm.... good questions
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Bizarro world conclusion to the 2014 International Convention Public Bible Discourse
by rory-ks init was entitled earth's new ruler - who really qualifies?
given by brother mark neumeyer*, "who has been a full-time servant for nearly 35 years, and is a helper of the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.
" it was his second talk of the convention.
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cha ching
"For a fact!"...... How many times have I heard that one?
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BEING SHUNNED
by JOHNROSS93 inafter almost 40 years of being shunned by close family members, it never gets easier.
my own mother is under the spell of the "organization" and won't even write to me.
for a long time i sent her things - cards, news articles of interest, jokes, etc - i finally gave up.
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cha ching
I feel so bad for all that are shunned.
The WT is a cruel, cold hearted, calculating organization... period.
When people are DF'd, shunned, wait a year, are welcomed back with "love", you are "paying" people to "come back to Jehovah", it is a payoff. When you are shunned, does that make you love Jehovah? No.
"Shun them so that they will come back to Jehovah" = Blackmail. It is not love, it does not make people love, it only makes hate.
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Elder: I threw out all WT & Awake and only keep the last ten years...
by adjusted knowledge ini had a recent conversation with an elder from my mother's congregation.
he with another elder was at my mom's house.
my mother has all the bound volumes for both the awake and watchtower plus most of the older books.
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cha ching
Thx Adjusted Knowledge!
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Elder: I threw out all WT & Awake and only keep the last ten years...
by adjusted knowledge ini had a recent conversation with an elder from my mother's congregation.
he with another elder was at my mom's house.
my mother has all the bound volumes for both the awake and watchtower plus most of the older books.
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cha ching
Wait a minute.... WHAT??????
Don't tell me they have gone back to "Sodom & Gomorrah might be resurrected"?
NO WAY!!!??!!!
If so, please give me the link, book, etc this info is from... I have to read it myself.
Thx! cha ching
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They may not pass the plate around like other churches, but they do mention contributions a couple of times
by Legacy inso i went to the international convention.
nice.
the org.
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cha ching
Let's just have a service meeting part once a month on "how to donate everything you own to us when you die."
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So Much For Advertise Advertise Advertise (another DVD thread)
by ctrwtf inif the ultimate goal is to reach as many people as possible with the kingdom message, why does the society find it necessary to block any public access to the new dvd?.
could it be because the public will see how vacuous their teachings are?
producing this propaganda is a new low even for them.
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cha ching
Well, it's better that people don't get life if they have to get it from copyright violation.... right?
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Loyalty to Org Over Everything Else Part 2
by startingover13 ina few months ago i posted about the dilemna i was facing with my girlfriend and getting reinstated.
a little under a year ago, both of us were disfellowshipped for sexual immorality.
while it was difficult, we promised to stick together through it, work our way toward marraige, and eventually return.
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cha ching
Even if she let you "come back," you will still have to deal with:
"The organization, the elders, the WT, the AW" will always be telling you what to think, what not to do, what to do, how to do it, how to feel, how to breathe.... The Borg creates a terrible extra burden on any marriage. Guilt is a prime ingredient in any WT recipe.
I have seen the grandmother of an abused child fight for the Society one day, yell at the Society the next, go back the day after, and smile and breathe and then shun her sons because... now she gets to 'be a pioneer' again. Quite sad, but quite true. My point is that the Society has an uneasy, uncanny power over people, and they don't even show natural affection any more...
It's better you start over younger, than go thru all kinds of MORE misery, and have to start over older. Number one, find out who you are. Love yourself, find things you really really enjoy doing. Move, get a different job that you can get to know different people at. Get a different perspective. For as much as people think that there is "only one person" that is your ideal match, that just could not be true! If your ideal match is in the same town you were born in, and mine too, etc, etc.... Well, what would be the odds that it is simply looking for a person, getting to know a person, then coming to appreciate and love them? There are many other great people, allow yourself the chance to live. :-)
Hang in there.... life changes one step at a time.