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  Any current Good Standing JW, posting here?

  by NotaNess in

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  2. experiences

  i was wondering if there are any current regular posters here that are still active , but are mentally inactive and don't believe all the bull anymore, and are just going through the motions to keep their life with friends and family together.. i realize this might be a posting that will probably get 0 replies, but.......

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  Hi Notanessa, there are a lot of us here that are out mentally but not physically. My hubby and I are still in for the sake of elderly parents.

  wanna
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  GOVERNING BODY member Carey Barber dies.

  by yesidid in

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  and that's all i know.. he was 101 and appointed as a governing body member in 1977.. .

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/97874/1.ashx.

  yesidid.

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  another baffon bites the dust. (sorry Mouthy , I know what you mean. But its men like him that ruined my life and the life of so many others)

  wanna
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  Report on Todays special talk

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ok - so special talk today - you can feel safe in a troubled world.

  15 minutes devoted to to how bad things are.

  iraq and usa were headlined and 1914 was mentioned > 20 times.

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  Same malarcky from this end. I though maybe it was only our local speaker that spewed the earthquake statistics, but I guess they are going back to the old stuff.

  The light goes back and forth. Will any dub ever see the stupidity of it all????? Our hall was packed today.
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  ANYTHING EXCITING EVER HAPPEN AT YOUR KINGDOM HALL?

  by anewme in

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  did anything exciting or alarming ever happen at your hall?

  i remember only funny incidents, like one brother getting up there with his zipper down.

  (i knew alot of brothers after that felt no shame to actually check down there before going up on the podium!

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  On time a sister was giving her talk pretending to be talking on the phone. Well, a mouse started going up the cord. She saw it but continued to give her talk. All of a suddent two elders come with buckets from either side of the stage and try to catch this mouse. One fell flat on his face. All the time the sister is talking faster and faster. The audience just sat there and roared. It spiced us the meeting a little
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  Personal Revelation

  by Briguy in

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  2. experiences

  sorry i do not post much but i do not have much original things to share because everyone here seems to cover it all.

  i have had something strike very close to home and i thought i might share it incase someone out there might be thinking the same thing and is trying to put their finger on it.

  i should give a small history on it to set it up.. growing up in the truth i was a model young man.

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  Hi Briguy.

  You said

  SO now I take a different approach and am working on really getting to know God. Not getting to know God through a channel made by humans.

  You are so right. I feel that I have a stronger faith now than i ever had in the my years of unconditional attachment to the organization. Those higher ups really have a lot to pay for hindering millions from a trrue relationship with their creator.

  Welcome to the board

  Wanna
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  I changed my avatar in support of Linda and Dedpoet

  by MsMcDucket in

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  it's the pancreatic support ribbon.

  i feel so helpless.

  dedpoet let me know if there's something else that i can do.

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  Speculating on the future for pioneers

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am sure i could apply my speculations to other countries, but i know the usa, so i am .

  being specific about pioneers in the usa.. the pressure to pioneer instead of marrying or raising a family (or both) was considerable in .

  armageddon was coming, afterall.

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  A few weeks ago elders at my hall had an elders meeting. They were told that the Canadian branch wants to have 20% of publishers pioneer fothe month of April. The PO handed pioneer slips and told his fellow elder body to fill out the application and hand them in the next meeting. So there is a great push to pioneer during these campaigns.

  my two cents worth

  wanna
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  Defending WT changing Doctrines

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok - dont shout at me -but i know that archaeologists will change a theory based on a new find.

  so will historains.

  so will scientists.

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  So what is so wrong with the WTS doing some research and changing a doctrine.?

  WTS professes to be a direct channel to God. That's the difference
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  Another One Bites the Dust

  by XJW4EVR in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://kcbs.com/pages/270226.php?contenttype=4&contentid=352202.

  church leader sentenced for molestation.

  san jose, calif. (kcbs) -- a man from san jose has been sentenced to twelve years behind bars for repeatedly molesting the daughter of a fellow church member.

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  an elder of the Jehovah's Witness church, was charged with continuous sexual abuse

  Aren't elders supposed to by chosen by holy spirit? I wonder how they explain that.
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  Why do the local congregations always pay for the D.O. and C.O. visits?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  2. friends

  every time a circuit and district overseer visited our congregation,the elders always wanted a show of hands from the congregation to see if we would pay for their car expenses and travel.sometimes the congregation would pay for airline tickets.it was always approved.. do you know if the idea came from the local congregations to pay?

  did the wts send out letters to each congregation to see if they would pay?

  we know that the wts always get what they want.. it's amazing how we paid $250-$400 for each overseer visit and the wts paid nothing..

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  I don't know where it all started but C.O. and D.O. are not hurting financially. I think of the CO that visits the congregation I attend.T He visits roughly 20 congregations per circuit. Most of the congregations resolve to pay his expenses. If the expense is $100.00 x20 = $2,000.00. They visit the circuit twice . That is $4,000.00 per year. Add to this all the money gifts they get from different members in the congregation. Let's assume 5 dubs give him 20.00 each. That's another 100.00 per week $100.00x20= $2,000.00. They visit again that's another $2,000.00. In a year they may get a minimum of $10,000 tax free.

  On top of that the circuit puts him up in a nice appartment. The circuit gives him a car. Society gives him an allowence. Meals are provided for him and his wife. They get wined and dined. Pretty good life I would say.