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  A difficult yet necessary decision

  by Brother Jeramy in

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  the past five weeks have been perhaps the most painful in my life as a witness.. some months ago a young man (i'd say in his late thirties or early forties) began attending meetings at my kingdom hall.

  he had just moved to my area from another state.

  he had disassociated himself from his home congregation many years back, when he was 20 years old and going through many of the typical trials and temptations most young men experience.. two of the elders met with him initially, and they later shared the details with the body of elders.

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  That disassociated young man is better off. Hopefully in the near future, he will realize that the elders did him a favor by not letting him back.
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  Why do you still give talks?

  by 1tMakesNoSence in

  1. watchtower
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  assuming you are still sitting there because of circumstances.

  why do you still give/don't give talks?i ask this because i have to give talk no.

  3: love and obedience bring happinessnwt p. 26 4-6 (5 min.

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  After almost 24 years of giving talks, I finally quit the TMS earlier this year.
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  Was the Economic Collapse of 2008 and the obvious Money Grab by the Organization a Coincidence?

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

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  2. beliefs

  let me start off by saying that the org has always been trying to get money.

  but is it a coincidence that they have been so in-your-face about it since 2008?

  in 2008, most of the world experienced an economic drop-off that it has not witnessed since the 1930s and is still struggling to recover from..

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  @ JeffT:

  That is a good point about the literature. My only counterpoint to that would be that they haven't charged for literature since the early 1990's like you mentioned. If that was the main reason for the recent money grab, then shouldn't it have happened way before 2008?
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  Was the Economic Collapse of 2008 and the obvious Money Grab by the Organization a Coincidence?

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  let me start off by saying that the org has always been trying to get money.

  but is it a coincidence that they have been so in-your-face about it since 2008?

  in 2008, most of the world experienced an economic drop-off that it has not witnessed since the 1930s and is still struggling to recover from..

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  Let me start off by saying that the Org has always been trying to get money. But is it a coincidence that they have been so in-your-face about it since 2008? In 2008, most of the world experienced an economic drop-off that it has not witnessed since the 1930’s and is still struggling to recover from.

  Since then, there have been so many changes with the Org. Many of which were implemented after 2008 and I think that they can all be tied back to money. I don’t believe that this was a coincidence. I think that that the Org has lost a lot of money with bad investments in hedge funds and are now scrambling to make it up. Add to that the numerous abuse lawsuits that the Org continues to deal with and it is not that far of a stretch to think that the Org sustained massive losses during the Economic Collapse of 2008.

  I guess the biggest question would be is: If the Economic Collapse of 2008 did not happen, would all of these changes have occurred?

  I look forward to reading your posts!
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  New Thought About Active J.W.'s

  by The Searcher in

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  from my own observations & conversations with selected active j.w.

  's, here are my conclusions:.

  's are very rapidly falling into two distinct camps -.

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  It's funny. I predicted to a elder 5 or 6 years ago that we would have video streams from Bethel. He looked at me like I had three heads! He probably "mis-remembers" our conversation now.
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  What was your eye opening moment?

  by WasOnceBlind in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  if you had to pinpoint the time or experience that finally made you open your eyes, what would it be?.

  i think for me it was the time i saw my dad shun his brother who he had not seen in decades just because he was a da'ed jw.

  i thought to my self "no way jesus would do that.

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  Overlapping generations. You can't explain something that doesn't make sense.
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  HOW MANY WOULD LEAVE?

  by disillusioned 2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there are a lot of people on this site and others who even though they don't believe anymore still fill the seats at the meetings.. i was just wondering, if they all decided to leave at the same time, how many do you think would leave?

  would the numbers drop dramatically?

  i would love to see that..

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  Mentally i already left....i would stop going if it wasn't for my wife who is under the watchtowel spell.

  I am in the same boat.
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  An interesting comment given by an older brother during the prayer yesterday.

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

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  i have been a regular visitor to this site for several years now.

  i never really felt the need to set up an account and post...until now.

  at the close of yesterdays meeting, an older brother gave the prayer.

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  @ LoisLane looking for Superman

  I am doing fine. His death was rather sudden though.
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  An interesting comment given by an older brother during the prayer yesterday.

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been a regular visitor to this site for several years now.

  i never really felt the need to set up an account and post...until now.

  at the close of yesterdays meeting, an older brother gave the prayer.

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  I just found out that this brother has recently died.
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  So I overheard a discussion that my son and wife were having about creation yesterday

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

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  so i am getting ready for bed yesterday night and i overhear my teenage son and wife talking about how the evidence of creation far outweighs the evidence of evolution.

  i heard my son say that evolution has so many holes and how could something happen from nothing.

  i wanted to open the door and ask them both how the creator happened from nothing just to see what they would say..

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  @ MarkSutter:

  Let me tell you something. Even though he is my stepson, my only son, I am the only father he has ever really known. I love him dearly. If you think that I am going to allow him to be completely sucked into this "religion" while I do nothing about it is ridiculous. I wish someone encouraged me to think for myself and to do research at his age! It is not about boundaries, it is about what is right!

  If a stepfather knew that his stepson was being molested, should he just look the other way because of the word "step"? Brilliant.