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  I met 2 of my witness freinds these past two days , I had not seen in 20+ years.

  by smiddy in

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  my wife & i are house sitting , interstate , for a freind who is overseas , near a former congregation we attended for the best part of 20 years .the last kh we attended was in `93 ?

  for a funeral.

  yesterday i was in line at an atm when this woman walked past me and went into the chemists.she looked familiar so i waited for her to come out and said are you b....?

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  joe134cd

  Yup I can also testify to ones who are shunned by their family, and then are asked to provide support for the same family when they get sick.
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  anyone writing about Dave Madzay obviously never new him!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by donna4174 in

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  i am writing because i am tired of people talking about rumours that they heard about dave madzay,he was the kindest , most intelligent man i ever new, yes he was df but only jehovah can judge him for things he did, no one else.he was an elder very high up in bethel who gave the most wonderful talks, helped many people,brought a lot of people into the truth and yet when he died not one jw attended his funeral.

  how sad that a man who was so high up in bethel could be treated like this...........i was brought up in the truth until i was 15 , and turned away because of how dave was treated, even though dave had jehovah in his heart right up until his last breath and did everything he could do to be reinstated but sadly never was.........................i know i knew him

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  Oh ok. Just read the above post. He was an alcoholic. That put a different stance on things in dubbie land.
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  anyone writing about Dave Madzay obviously never new him!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by donna4174 in

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  i am writing because i am tired of people talking about rumours that they heard about dave madzay,he was the kindest , most intelligent man i ever new, yes he was df but only jehovah can judge him for things he did, no one else.he was an elder very high up in bethel who gave the most wonderful talks, helped many people,brought a lot of people into the truth and yet when he died not one jw attended his funeral.

  how sad that a man who was so high up in bethel could be treated like this...........i was brought up in the truth until i was 15 , and turned away because of how dave was treated, even though dave had jehovah in his heart right up until his last breath and did everything he could do to be reinstated but sadly never was.........................i know i knew him

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  I find that hard to believe. I know a case here of a brother that got done for DIC ( drunk in charge), and he just got his privileges removed. Mind you he was only just over the legal limit. I can understand perhaps them kicking his arse out of bethel but DFing him!!!! Come on.
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  HAPPY APOSTATES 2014 the Video

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpp2sdkgdgo.

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  joe134cd

  Just seen it and loved it.
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  No wonder they hate apostates!!

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  besides a cult, everyone knows the watchtower is a business disguised as a religion.

  from a business viewpoint, i would certainly hate or lobby against those who dislike my product and warn other people of my product.. i made a calculation based on information from jwfacts, and the results are just astounding!.

  http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/statistics.php.

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  joe134cd

  Very interesting. I never thought of it like that.
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  HAPPY APOSTATES 2014 the Video

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpp2sdkgdgo.

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  Will watch after work.
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  So Spill the Beans, Brothers: Were There More or Fewer At this Year's Bore-Fest

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the jw date-worshipped memorial has just completed its bleak worldwide commemoration.

  that wasn't a dust cloud you saw; it was a millionfold hearts limply beating themselves into another round of great tribulation expectations.

  i was knocked into a deep, deep sleep by the imagined experience of being at several thousand consecutive kingdom halls as the platformed drones spat forth the predictable sludge that, once released, hits and stains white clothing and bleach is useless.. we know that memorial attendance worldwide has dipped for two consecutive years since 2011 when it reached a high of 19,374,737 and for the promised land, obama's usa, the all time memorial attendance high was also 2011 when it hit over 2.5million (2,563,518) but shrunk in shame back to 2,502,055 in 2012 and spluttered upwards a handful or two to 2,504,114 last year.. so, what was attendance at the date-obsessed bore-fest this year in your neck of the woods?

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  Well they will be one less this year, as for the first time in my life I was absent.
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  Congregation votes to rent house for Couple's School Grads? What's with that? Heard of this before?

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  a couple of grads from the "couple's school" are now serving in the local congregation after finishing.

  they will be here a year.

  i asked what work he does.

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  I've never heard of this. I know when they were building the assembly Hall on this country they were charging (the guy who was supervising the work)full rent for the society owned house. However after a short while the stopped when someone complained. I remember thinking at the time what a bloody cheek.
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  CONSOLIDATION REQUEST: Branch Closings

  by Black Man in

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  hey all - i was wondering if we can use this thread as an ongoing one to detail branch closings of the last 5 years or so and any moving forward?

  i had a discussion with some members of my family, who are still dyed in the wool jws, and they didn't believe me about numerous branch closures in recent years.

  i was trying to look up some threads that talked about it here (on my phone), but couldn't find a thread quickly.. thanks in advance!.

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  Never knew that about Greece. Every day i gather a new spiritual gem.
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  2014-03-29 BOE CONFIDENTIALS PDF Adjustment to financing Kingdom Hall and Assembly Hall construction worldwide

  by WatchTower87 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2014-03-29 adjustment to financing kingdom hall and assembly hall construction worldwide.

  pdf version: http://adf.ly/juxnc.

  instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily.

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  joe134cd

  The more stunts like this that my friends pull at WTBTS the more I can't help but think the desperate financial situation they must be in.