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  News from Bethel Heavy

  by cinnamon1642 in

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  2. friends

  pioneer hour change is legit.

  letters are being mailed out soon to all congregations for announcement in early october right before the tract campaign starts.. .

  elimination of circuit overseers.

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  JustMe2

  The OP said the CO's visit would be reduced to 4 days instead of 6 and would take place 3 times a year. Did that happen?
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  My Mom Is Dying

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just wanted to say that my dear 89 year old mom is terminally ill and will soon pass.

  she is on morphine and hanging on.

  she has been a devout witness for about 60 years and a wonderful mother.

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  Wonderful!
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  Theocratic Ministry School . . . is still there AND longer?

  by warehouse in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i made a timeline based on the leaked letter, it is as follows:.

  edit: updated chart with color, because the html version was crap.

  so i know i might be crazy, but is the theocratic school still there, just called apply yourself to field ministry?

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  I wonder if all who are in the school (incl. children and less-skilled speakers) will do the demonstrations or if it will be only those who would qualify to give demonstrations in the Service Meeting.
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  Wallkill, Patterson, Warwick etc - A Beginner's Guide Please?

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  could anybody give us a brief summary of what these facilities are please?.

  brit who has been out for 20 years is confused.

  thanks..

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  Do they do as much farming at the (erstwhile) Watchtower Farms as they used to? And do they still have the "hotel" at Patterson? It still makes my stomach knot up when I think of all the money, and volunteers' time and money, used just so visitors could spend the night.
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  What is the most bizarre counsel you received as a JW, from a JW?

  by Funchback in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there were many addressed to me.

  for example, i once had a sister tell me i was gambling because i liked playing skill crane (the machine where you have to try to pick up prizes like stuffed animals) at the arcade.

  i then fired back a her: "you saw the r-rated movie 'backdraft.

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  Funchback
  My older brother who is a prudish die-hard JW and his just-as-prudish JW wife got bent way out of shape because, while at a gathering at a couple's house, I made a comment about their dog's nipples. You would've thought that I said the F-word. I asked, "What's wrong?". My brother responded, "You said 'nipple'".
  I asked him, "Since when is nipple a bad word?". He and his wife covered their ears and made sounds to drown out the word 'nipple'. "Argh! NO! You said it again. Stop saying 'nipple'!".
  
  By the way, how do I highlight text that I'm pasting? Thanks!
  
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  The local hall just got fleeced for $15,000!

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the local hall recently sold some property to the state for a road improvement project that is sorely needed.

  they received about $20,000.

  guess what?

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  JustMe2

  The last few years I attended meetings, whenever a vote involving money was coming up, by some "coincidence" I always went out to the restroom. I think I managed to miss all the votes! (I was too much a coward to abstain.)
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  The GB accepts questions about doctrine!

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i'm watching the interview with g-jack and he says that if a question comes up about doctrine, the gb have a meeting.

  so my question is this, who questions anything and how do they submit a question?

  he seems to painting some kind of "democracy" picture for the rc.. he also said that the 7 gb members can't possible know everything about doctrine...wtf???

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  Data--What was the 1980 letter on apostasy? It may have been discussed in some other posts, but I don't remember it, so please remind me. Thanks!

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  Im curious. What kind of lifestyle the GB live?

  by SecretSlaveClass in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  anyone ever seen pictures or the actual houses and cars the gb own?

  im wondering if the live a middle class lifestyle or more like high society?

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  To be accurate, having their laundry and cleaning done and their meals provided are not special perks gIven to the GB but are done for all at Bethel.
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  Name "UNWRITTEN" Rules That JWs Are Supposed To Follow

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as with the scribes and pharisees, there are a number of unwritten rules that witnesses are supposed to follow.

  here's a couple : "worldly" kids in society depictions are shown quite often wearing their baseball caps backwards.

  jehovah's witness youths would not want to imitate that "look".

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  If somebody at work flirts with you, you should quit your job. (That was from a circuit overseer who is no longer a circuit overseer.)
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  My own daughter has much suffered; she will get justice in due time.

  by TheFadingAlbatros in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  just learned today direct from my beloved daughter that she has been abused between 5 and 12 years old by 2 brothers (her own cousins) and 1 family "friend".

  she has attempted suicide a few days ago.

  luckily she is living and she is not physically injured.

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  I'm so happy things are looking up for you and your daughter and hope things continue to go well.