Gotta admit, I felt a twinge of guilt when I stood, removed my hat, and listened respectfully to the USA national anthem.
Also gotta admit that I felt a bit of emotion as the young girl beautifully sang the national anthem.
just saying!
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Honestly, Do You Still Act or Think Like a JW?
by minimus inor do traces or attitudes still rear its ugly head of your past involvement with the witnesses?
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AGM 2015: "New Light"
by Londo111 ini could only manage to watch the part of the antitypical babylonian exile not being from 1914-1919, but from some time in the second century to 1919..
for the interest on keeping tabs what family and former friends are being taught...what other new light was given?
specifically, what is the new light in regard the mark?.
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eyeuse2badub
The "current truth" is that "the mark" is-----"$$$".
For further information on how YOU can, not receive "the mark" but can actually give "the mark", please contact the WTBTS. Acts 20:35 'better to give that to receive"
Warm Christian Love, your Brothers
Governing Body
just saying!
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Cart witnessing! Dose this mean more accessibility to apostates?
by joe134cd ini don't know if this has been talked about before but do you think that cart witnessing has made the r&f more accessible to apostates.
why i say this is because if you think of the d2d work the only way that i could make contact with a r&f member would be if they knocked on my door or i was fortunate enough to see them walking down the road, stopped them and began talking.
if it was known that i was an apostate my address would be recorded and no further visits made.. however with the carts it is a completely different story, and it is much harder to walk away particularly in a busy street in the full view of the public.
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Yes jw's now have much more access to apostates, O I mean ttatt. If we don't screw it up we can do a lot of good. I've been taking many candid, embarrassing pictures and videos of those 'supposedly' cart witnessing using my smart phone and then showing them to other jw friends and relatives. This has been pretty productive as many of my jw friends tell me that they don't want to get involved with the 'cart witnessing' at all.
Being confrontational with the 'cart' witnesses, IMHO, is counter productive. Most of us here have no 'beef' with the rank and file witnesses. A confrontation usually puts them in full on cult mode and while you may win a battle, you lose the war!
I use my 'watchtower training' and kindly ask a very short and simple question- and then move on. Logic and reason, which is all ttatt really is, may well win the day. Approaching "the carters" is either an opportunity for a public rant or a subtle nudge toward doubt.
just saying!
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Finding homes for the former 'bethelites' and 'special pioneers'
by Esse quam videri insince the liberal government has been elected in canada, it seems that people are looking to the future with a little more optimism and hope.
it is only human nature that with change, we would think that the change would be for the better.
the courts have ruled, in canada, that it is unconstitutional to deny the homeless the right to sleep in parks.
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sparrowdown
An adopt-a-bethelite program?This is not a bad idea! I have a cousin and her husband that were recently given their 'pink slip'. They were none to happy about it. They both feel that they had been overly used and now they're just kicked to the curb.I have been using every opportunity to subtlety introduce them to ttatt. Given their current state of mind, they are really receptive and a bit shocked by what they are hearing. I think it's a good time to help all those that have been crapped on by wtbts see ttatt and it may not be very difficult.Hey we can use our old watchtower training. Catch people when they are down, have lost something dear to them, and while they are vulnerable.just saying!eyeuse2badub -
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Facial recognition for churches
by krejames ini'm currently at a privacy conference and one of the speakers mentioned this creepy facial recognition tool for churches to track their parishioners.
surprised the jdubs aren't on it already ;) enjoy!
http://churchix.com
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I have a version of "facial recognition software" myself. Actually most of us have it.
My wife and I are retired. We travel quite a bit making lots of stops in various cities. I have been using my smart phone, getting real close to the subjects, and taking lots of candid photos and short videos of; 'witnesses' supposedly doing the infamous 'metropolitan cart' work. I later show them to my jw wife and other jw friends and innocently say something like, "is this really preaching, or I'm sure that this is not what Jesus had in mind". It's hard to defend some of these photos. lol
It's friggin' embarrassing (even to me) to 'witness' (pun intended) what these poor brothers and sisters are doing while "attending" these metal carts and call it preaching. I'm putting together a slide show to be released soon.
It's become really interesting and fun to observe this 'time wasting' endeavor. To me, it's much better than confronting these "carters" and trying trap them or to put them on the spot. Mostly, I feel sorry for them. Remember too, most of us were once in there shoes and would have stood naked on the sidewalk if the borg would have told us to do so!
just saying!
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About 'Regular' Pioneers
by Gayle innow that district overseers have been deleted, now that bethelites are being devalued and increasingly dismissed, now that special pioneers are being deleted in u.s., and maybe elsewhere gradually.
who would have ever thought?.
yet, now what is the value to be a regular pioneer to the org?
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The 'doors of opportunity' within the borg are closing. The only title that carries any real weight is Governing Body.
just saying!
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Where has all the money gone?
by gingerbread ina number of years ago when i was still active, our service group was having a coffee break with the visiting circuit overseer.
during the conversation he mentioned that the "society" was now being run like a business.
being raised in the "truth" i thought that rather odd (and my eyes began to be opened!
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OnTheWayOut
Amen brother. Excellent summation! Do you think the next step for watchtower is to go from anonymous contributions to regulated (direct withdrawal from a bank account) "contributions"?
It looks to me that watchtower is going to have to mirror the mormons even more than they do already.
just saying!
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What is the Real Financial Cost of a Circuit Assembly?
by FairMind inmy congregation along with about thirty others attends circuit assemblies at a facility that is owned by the organization (a converted school).
this building also has a section that serves as a kh for three local congregations.
i have noticed that when the financial reports are read at the assemblies that the expense (which is not detailed) is always around $4,000.
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Expect the amount to continue to go up. The borg's gotta get money somehow now that their printing empire is drying up. We can always hope that wtbts will go the way of thousands of newspapers. OUT OF BUSINESS!
just saying!
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WT Mtg "read scriptures" are only to be read by a 1 brother???
by Olivia Wilde inwe had co visit recently & it appears that the co told the elders of the congregation that the scriptures indicated on the wt to be "read" on the watchtower study are only to be read by 1 brother in the entire study.... the elder conducting the watchtower announced that at the wt mtg... i was like what???
only men?....
has anyone else had this occur in their congregation?
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Hey, it's another way to put you 'sister' in your proper place. You're only good for being pioneers and kh cleaners. If you sisters don't like it---quit! Now that's an idea!
(disclaimer; just kidding sisters)
just saying!
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Where has all the money gone?
by gingerbread ina number of years ago when i was still active, our service group was having a coffee break with the visiting circuit overseer.
during the conversation he mentioned that the "society" was now being run like a business.
being raised in the "truth" i thought that rather odd (and my eyes began to be opened!
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Sales is the lifeline for every corporation. Sales dry up and corporations go bankrupt. Business basics 101 right?
What is the Watchtower Corporation selling now? It ain't printed literature nor 'miracle wheat' that's for sure. They can only sell so much real estate before the 'rank and file' rebel. "The end is near" for the wtbts. Let us pray.
just saying!
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