OldHippie, DOs and COs live on the "blood" of the brothers don't they and this arrangement was created by God right? No, wait a minute it was created by the WT "priests".
JustVisting
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Did You Ever Hear An Elder or Bethelite's Comments That Made You Question ??
by minimus inyears ago, the society's speakers used to give many off the cuff statements.
a lot of personal opinions and questionable remarks.. anything ever stand out for you in this area?.
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Does anyone know the curent understanding on Chess for JWs?
by BU2B ini seem to remember chess was frowned upon by some jws.
is this like the oral/anal sex policy?
just ignore it and hope it goes away...
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JustVisting
A recent mag had an illustration showing an "approved" living room scene and what do you know? There on the coffee table was a chess game! That tells me its approved without them saying, its approved.
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Did You Ever Hear An Elder or Bethelite's Comments That Made You Question ??
by minimus inyears ago, the society's speakers used to give many off the cuff statements.
a lot of personal opinions and questionable remarks.. anything ever stand out for you in this area?.
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JustVisting
Our PO once introduced opening song before the WT study by saying, "now Brothers, please stand and sing a song to the Watchtower". An honest slip of the toung but creepy nonetheless.
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bassackwards
by stuckinamovement inam i the only one that finds it funny that the organization's campaign this month is to offer a printed magazine that is simply an ad for a website?
what's more is they have printed close to 50 mil copies which will be delivered by an army of volunteers who drive minivans and knock on the doors of empty houses repeatedly until they find someone at home...... can you imagine facebook going door to door to spread the word about how awesome their site is?.
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JustVisting
What little I've seen of the website is enough to get an idea of what it's like- snare&racket sums it up very well. Kind of reminds me of the photos with the fake backgrounds they used to put in the mags back in the 80's, that always creeped me out, I don't know why.
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Did your congregation have a "Pioneer Appreciation Day"?
by Coffee House Girl inmy mom (who is now a regular pioneer) has been laid up after having major surgery, and i assert my "biblical" rights as a daughter to do what i can to take care of her, so i have been trying to go to her house on my day off to vaccum and run errands for her since she is not supposed to drive.. she called me last saturday to tell me that i couldn't come by because she was driving to her pioneer appreciation day get-together, wtf .
i'm just curious if this only happens in my area (michigan, us)????.
chg. .
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JustVisting
I have heard of special get-togethers arranged for the pioneers, elders and other wannabes around these parts. I cannot say I blame them for wanting private parties where they exclude the amharets.
BTW Outlaw, that's hilarious. Thanks!
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Are you materialistic?
by Goldiver inwhy, yes i am according to the jws.
this is an topic that has always irked me with the jws.
anyone who had a good paying job and nice things was materialistic.
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JustVisting
Yep, I've given cold hard cash to pioneers in the days prior to a DC and then they acted like I owed them that generosity by snubbing me at the very next meeting.
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Are you materialistic?
by Goldiver inwhy, yes i am according to the jws.
this is an topic that has always irked me with the jws.
anyone who had a good paying job and nice things was materialistic.
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JustVisting
One is accused of being materialistic if he earns enough money (thanks to vocational training) to afford decent clothes, non-government housing and refuses to bail out friends in the Hall who choose to work menial jobs (pet shop workers, cashiers, laborers, you know the type) so that they can pioneer.
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Did any bethelites here see first hand books of magic and witchcraft in their library?
by EndofMysteries inanother thread made me remember hearing rumors of books of witchcraft and such found in if not the main library a restricted library at bethel, for research purposes.
i wonder if anyone here had seen those first hand and if so, what exactly were the names of the books?
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JustVisting
I heard a rumor that when a writing staff researcher goes in there to consult one of those "weird" tomes, several brothers wait outside all the while praying for him/her. If true, this is surely a cult warning alarm moment.
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Topics not often discussed now
by jdubsnub inwhen i was a kid in the early 90's there always seemed to be a mention of how demons posessing people or how if you saw a demon or something supernatural occuring mearly calling jehovah's name would rid you of the situation.
rarely now a days do you hear anything of the sort.
that got me to thinking, what are some other topics the society has backed off of?
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JustVisting
They have backed off the UN being the scarlet-colored wild
beast of Revelation, disgusting thing causing desolation mentioned in Daniel. I suppose you can't do that when you have been an UN NGO.
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wt stage bloopers this weekend yours & mine---
by prologos inmay be 90 000 wt speakers mounted the kh, ca, dc stages this weekend, all believing in the "talking snake--" and many will firmly plant their foot in the mouth, without realizing it.. here is our gem:.
talk on true friends: illustration on friends "not- to- have" :.
2 friends go hunting.
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JustVisting
That's the result when you have under-educated people who try to use things they have no knowledge of in their illustrations. Commercial jets fly above the weather? Duh, the R&F don't know that!