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  If the GB reinstated the Book study, would it take?

  by BU2B in

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  i have been noticing in recent threads that people have been observing that the zeal has been waning among r+f jws.

  i have observed that most zealous, die hards have gone to foreign lands, or foreign language congregations, leaving the others in the stagnant english congregations.

  when you think of it, if you cared at all about bringing people into the cult, you probably would be preaching where it is fertile, the foreign field.

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  I loved the book study. But most of the time I felt I was the only one.
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  jw.org BREAKING NEWS (erm... almost a year later...)

  by konceptual99 in

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  http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/help-community/suicide-prevented-sky-tower/.

  posted 21 nov 13. actual event.... 5 jan 13. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10857849.

  perhaps this is why is does not appear in the news headlines.... http://www.jw.org/en/news/.

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  Under the title 'Priest helps talk man down': "As well as three police negotiators, the man had asked to speak to a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses and a Catholic priest." - See http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10857555
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  A radical direction for the WTS - speculation thread.

  by besty in

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  what might the wts do to counteract growth stagnation and attrition?.

  of course they could ditch certain teachings and practices such as blood, shunning and homophobia.. how about if they closed the kingdom hall network (all proceeds back to mothership) and built out more regional mega-churches?

  <assembly halls>.

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  They should make a clear distinction between clear biblical teachings and personal convictions . If the Bible is not clear on a particular topic, it should be a matter of personal conscience. That would then also include teachings like 1914, preaching, the earthly/heavenly hope, etc (so, uhm... basically every teaching ). Don't force people to believe in things that aren't obvious.
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  Interview with an Apostate: DeWandelaar

  by DeWandelaar in

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  2. experiences

  for yourself and others.. do you think the wts can or should be destroyed, will continue on as-is or grow / change?.

  do i blame them?

  so i blame that on them.

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  Interesting read. I see many similarities between us. Thank you.
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  Could we quantify how many posters their are from different nations ? Would you like to know ?

  by smiddy in

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  maybe its just me , i`m just curious as to how many people on this site are from australia as i am .

  how many from germany , italy , zambia , etc.

  etc.. do two or three "countries " seem to dominate the threads ?

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  Here another dutchie living in Spain.
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  The TRUTH about Jehovah's Wittnesses (from MY 22 YRS. EXPERIENCE) - A MUST READ!

  by gmason972 in

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  i have learned to stay away from all religion and jehovahs wittness doctrine (that includes the watchtower and awake magazines).

  stay away from positions of ministerial servant, pioneer, aux pioneer, elder, and the like.

  once you become a full fledged jehovah wittness you are doomed to be unhappy.

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  Hi gmason972. Our experiences are very similar. I totally agree.
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  Branch Organization Manual! download .....

  by notgoinback in

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  as my second post on this forum, i want to share this with you guys!

  this is the official branch organization manual (updated 2003) of jehovah's witnesses:.

  http://jhonlemos.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/branch-organization-watchtower.pdf.

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  @notgoinback Thank you for that Standards Manual (2005). The last part about SPECIAL TERMINOLOGY did have some interesting guidelines about disallowed expressions in the literature:

  Approved Term	Disallowed Term
  blinded, deceived, or comparable expressions	brainwashed
  	friends When refering to the brothers
  Jehovah’s Witnesses	Jehovah’s Christian Witnesses (opposition group)
  one of Jehovah’s Witnesses A comparable form is acceptable	a Jehovah’s Witness
  selected delegate Individuals who have been designated to attend special conventions	approved delegate
  unassigned territory	isolated territory
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  Who came up with the phrase TTATT? When?

  by dazed but not confused in

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  who came up with this term and when?

  is there a specific member that the credit goes to or did it just develop over time?

  was it used in the beginning of this site or is it taken from another site?.

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  I do not doubt in any way that Seraphim23 was the first using the phrase in the environment that he described.

  I did find however the story of Sharon McDaniel Kennedy, apparently written in 1999 (and according to Google's cache indexed at Sep 15, 1999 to be exact), where she said:

  I believe with all my heart that Jehovah is the Hearer of prayers, and that he answered mine with the truth about "the truth". It became very clear, as I would read scriptures, what the real and correct meaning was, rather than what the Society’s interpretation said was the meaning.

  See: http://www.towerwatch.com/Testimonies/sharon_kennedy.htm

  Like Apognophos stated earlier:

  When you think about it, it's a fairly obvious play on words
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  Who came up with the phrase TTATT? When?

  by dazed but not confused in

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  2. current

  who came up with this term and when?

  is there a specific member that the credit goes to or did it just develop over time?

  was it used in the beginning of this site or is it taken from another site?.

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  About the acronym: Willa, moderator at Paradise Cafe, used the acronym TTATT at june 15th, 2009.

  See http://www.paradisecafediscussions.net/showthread.php?tid=4991&pid=56194#pid56194
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  JW Mission = Find all checker floors in WT publications

  by bytheirworks in

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  your mission... should you choose to accept it, will be to find all checker floors in the watchtower publications, especially those involving worship.. .

  if you can upload them here, great.

  i don't know to upload a pic from my computer on this site.

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  From the study Bible: