Posts by wannaexit

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GB "OUR KINGS"

by wannaexit in

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i was at the one day assembly and the bethel speaker in talking about governing body member klein -referred to him as our king.

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wonder if governing body members will be so presumptuous to expect this title from the rank and file?.

wannaexit

I was at the one day assembly and the bethel speaker in talking about governing body member Klein -referred to him as our KING.

Wonder if governing body members will be so presumptuous to expect this title from the rank and file?

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Article - Pougkeepsie Journal: JWs eye buying site for church complex

by AndersonsInfo in

jehovah's witnesses eye buying site for church complex.

craig wolf, poughkeepsie journal 9:35 p.m. est february 16, 2015. .

rivercrest apartments in the town of fishkill is owned by jehovahs witnesses, who are negotiating to buy adjacent property, the town supervisor says.

wannaexit

BUMP

just a reminder of what watchtower does with the money and explains their financial trouble. They spent money like water.

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My mom passed away yesterday....

by minimus in

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thank you all for your sincere encouragement during these last few weeks.

finally, she is at peace.

i was with her , holding her hand when she died.

Ex JWs in UK deliver petition to Prime Minister

by JWchange in

over 4 million online views from press news stories for this public ex jw demonstration outside houses of parliament re child abuse cover ups.

great job marc/cora and your team.

.see the whole story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5i9q6rlimm .

wannaexit

Thank you to the friends in the UK for this exposure. Looks like you had a great time too. !!!!

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"Imitate Jehovah" CA Actually Didn't Have That Theme At All

by JW_Rogue in

just got back from "imitate jehovah" ca and noticed that the theme was never really used at all.

all the talks were about family, preaching and getting along with others in the hall.

they didn't once go over an account of how jehovah acted in the past and how we should imitate that action.

wannaexit

I've only heard them referred to as "one day assembly". I believe they dropped the circuit stuff.

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"Imitate Jehovah" CA Actually Didn't Have That Theme At All

by JW_Rogue in

just got back from "imitate jehovah" ca and noticed that the theme was never really used at all.

all the talks were about family, preaching and getting along with others in the hall.

they didn't once go over an account of how jehovah acted in the past and how we should imitate that action.

wannaexit

there are no more circuit assemblies , they are only 1 day assemblies.

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How to survive an assembly

by BlackWolf in

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hey i was just wondering if you guys had any ideas on how to keep my brain occupied while i'm at an assembly tommorow.

maybe besides tallying the number of times they say jehovah and jesus or counting how many people are wearing red.

i want to keep myself from going insane or having some kind of panic attack lol.

It's so easy to pass the time these days. I like to do the brain games from dictionary.com and I always have reading material downloaded on my tablet. Then don't forget to take plenty of breaks and go outside and walk around.

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 10-11-2015 WT Study (EXPECTATION)

by blondie in

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blondies highlights from the10-11-2015 wt study (august 15, 2015), pages (14-18) .

for pictures see this link.

opening comments.

wannaexit

...Actually Apocalypse is spot on because I had this banter and got the reaction he talks about. By the way Apocalypse is my hubby. :)

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Hours will be going up

by pbrow in

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just got done watching parts of the october episode at jdub.broadcasting and it looks like the definition of "sacred service" is getting an update.

construction work, helping out fellow dubs, even helping out non-beliebers and opposers will soon be adding up to record progress for publishers... gett ready for a huge increase in hours being reported.... can you hear it now??

my how jw.org provides.... pbrow.

wannaexit

@TTAT2 I think it starts at 10:13

In the late 70's early 80's there was a very small window where the society seemed to be a little more moderate. This is when they started to say that "sacred service" included doing good works. I remember this quite clearly because It was emphazied at the pioneer school.

This use of "sacred service" didin't last very long. I would say 1 year or 2 and then they went back to teaching that sacred service referred only to spiritual aspects of the worship such as meeting, commenting and service.

Now they are back at it. This time they are doing it for different reasons. No doubt, they are receiving critisism over their charitable status and a bigger reason is that the preaching work is really dying, hours are diminishing and they are coming up with creative ways of keeping the momentum going.

I wonder if they will have a column on the service report for how many good deed done in a month.

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Do they notice who no longer gives donations?

by onightdivine in

because i haven't put in a single dime for over a year now in the box at the kh.

the usual custom is to put money in there right after the meetings.

but heck, i already spend so much in car fuel just to attend - i don't care really if the gb starves and dies.. oops.. anyway, do the elders take note who's donating and who's not?.

wannaexit

We haven't put in a penny since 2002. I am sure the've noticed through the years because we used to put checks in and asked for tax receipts at the end of the year.

They have a general idea who contributes what.