Posts by Legacy

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"Witness to Murder" an upcoming program on US TV about a JW family will air August 20th...

by AndersonsInfo in

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friends

i was informed yesterday that a us cable tv channel named investigation discovery will be broadcasting a 7-part series named "deadly devotion.

" one program in the series is "witness to murder" which will air wednesday evening, august 20th, probably at 9 p.m. est.

check the schedule on the internet which lists the date and time of broadcast two-weeks ahead.

Legacy

Hi Barbara,

Yes, most of the congregations in NY, meet on Wednesdays, or rather I should say the majority. There are congregations that I know of that meet on Tuesdays, & Thursdays. Haven't met anyone that meet on Fridays. In any case, hope many see it. What do you think the effect would be to the org ? Will the org. say that Satan is attacking them, do you think the org. can wiggle out of this one? Someone on this site also mentioned something coming on CNN, about child molestation or something like that...do you think God is now cleaning house?

Legacy

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"Witness to Murder" an upcoming program on US TV about a JW family will air August 20th...

by AndersonsInfo in

jw
friends

i was informed yesterday that a us cable tv channel named investigation discovery will be broadcasting a 7-part series named "deadly devotion.

" one program in the series is "witness to murder" which will air wednesday evening, august 20th, probably at 9 p.m. est.

check the schedule on the internet which lists the date and time of broadcast two-weeks ahead.

Legacy

Hi,

Oh sure it would air WEDNESDAY NITE @9pm....when most witnesses will be at the meeting, so they'll miss it. Thanks for the FYI. Maybe I'll tape the meeting & stay home to watch this series.

Legacy

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PEER PRESSURE!!! I gave in to Pioneering during August...I feel dirty...

by stuckinarut2 in

ok, i'll admit it...i am weak.... as everyone knows, the pressure to "pioneer" during "the most momentous, awesome, amazing, centenary anniversay of jesus invisble kigdom rule, & distribute tracts about a dodgy website" campaign is very strong at the moment.... also, many will have read my threads about the extreme views and expectations in our cong for "all appointed men to pioneer" etc..... every elder and ms and their families have been announced as pioneering....i mean everyone's name was read out except mine..... i was not going to do it, as i do not believe anyone should be forced...(and of course its the last thing on earth i would rather do anyway since learning ttatt).

but i am not quite ready to make the break yet, so i realised that i would stand out more if i didnt put in a form to pioneer.

yes it would make me more conspicious, and make fading harder to do...it would bring more heat on me if i didnt pioneer.. so i gave in and submitted a form.... now, of course, i'm only going to make sure i'm seen at the key field service groups etc...but then go and do something more interesting...like count blades of grass..... ahh....i feel hypocritical to myself now......

Legacy

H,

I didn't read all the comments but this Wednesday more aux. pioneers were announced...& I think Me & another sister haven't turned in our slip. & I won't. I thought about it, then said, NAH....Actually my hours went up for the month of July, so I'm ok with that. I can do my personal best. I don't need a title, & I don't feel bad that I just may be the only one that's not aux. pioneering...it was difficult enough to get the hours I had this past month, why put more pressure on myself.

No need to feel dirty or guilty, you have to sit down & figure who are you serving...Jah or man ? I'm maturing & no longer need approval from Man. I know what I can do & so does God. Now if I want to look good in man's eyes, that's another story, but you can never please man...ever...if you were to go out witnessing for 364 days of the year, don't you know only man would say, well you could have done 365...Not God. Most humans are pleased with themselves so they lay guilt on others. If one joins the witnesses to constantly have a pat on the back, then you're in the wrong place....One minute you are the bomb, the next minute they don't even know your name. It happened to me...before I was baptized, kudos all over the place, I could comment all day long...now, I'm baptized, get to the back of the class...I'm ok with that because I'm comfy in my own skin...I just happened to notice it one day. Wow, I ain't the bomb anymore...& guess what? I'm still alive..& doing quite well. The hall is a nice place for people who are needy...but it doesn't last long....So don't feel dirty or guilty...do what you can. If you make the 30 hrs so be it, if not, God won't come down & scoll you...

Do your Pioneering (Aux) & be happy, no matter how many hours you do...It's about God, not about Man...It's not really Peer Pressure, it's Fear pressure..

Legacy

129

Does consciousness end with the death of the body

by givemejustalittlemoretime in

apparently, the carvakas in anceint hinduism were materialists and skeptics, arguing that consciousness ends with the death of the body and that therefore we should take pleasure in this life while we possess it and practice compassion toward others.

they also argued that direct observation is the only certain way to know anything, and thus the existence of supernatural forces and realities cannot be established and must be rejected.

Legacy

HI,

Who knows....When Jesus resurrected Lazarus, did Lazarus testify on what it felt like to be dead. No...It is said, one must be tested to testify. I think a conversation with Lazarus might have been most enlightening...don't you ? But not a word. How many healings & miracles did Jesus perform & not a peep from the folks he healed...God & Jesus know how curious we are, couldn't they have just given us a little peep of the afterlife, just a little tid bit.

All stories of death, folks always say, they saw a light...ummm.

Legacy

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Women elders, what difference would they make?

by Freedom77 in

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okay, let's do a big what-if: suppose the gb for its own unfathomable reasons suddenly got new light (tm) and decided to start appointing women elders and ministerial servants.

they would, of course, refer to the examples of junia (apostle), and priscilla and phoebe (deaconesses in wordlyspeak) in the greek scriptures; never mind what mental somersaults it would take to get them there.

stranger things have happened in wt history.. that being the case, would having women in positions of real authority make any significant difference in the congos or in the borg as a whole, and why or why not?.

Legacy

Hi,

Ummm, may or may not be a good idea..Women, which I am one of them....we are wired differently then men are...We are emotional...if our home life isn't balanced we tend to act on our emotions. Another thought, if another woman is goodlooking, or has it going on, our jeolousy might over rule & see her as a threat to her hubby, & may start rumors...On the other hand, there are many women on the pulpit..Joyce Meyers, & some others...they do have something to say. I'm not sure it would make a difference, just put a different spin on the org. I'll have to think about that some more. Although, I have fantasized about being on stage & giving a talk at an assembly or convention....Me & my pride, I saw myself, standing & saying...Well, sisters...here we are...& I could see the entire audience standing & clapping...But what I would say would have nothing to do with me saying...well sisters, we don't have to listen to the men anymore...that's not where I would take the talk...Although, didn't Jesus say there are no differences....I forgot the scripture... Oh well, back to fanatasizing...

Legacy

124

Are JWs the worst restaurant customers?

by Alfred in

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friends

(a little background info before i ask my question...).

my sister-in-law (non-jw), who manages a popular chain restaurant near a kingdom hall, just found out that my wife and i have recently faded, so she decided to get something off her chest the other day... you guessed it: she wanted us to know that jws are the worst customers ever!

she then told us some really embarrassing stories about how jws would request a table for 15 to 20 people (after a sunday meeting) and then (when the bill came) some of the jws would start deliberating amongst themselves on whether or not the waiter was diligent or not (to justify the low tip he was getting anyway).

Legacy

Hi,

I didn't read all the comments, but JW's are impatient & cheap...when they walk into a restuarant they want to be served asap. Remember they are a part of God's only organization...& guess what ? it has gone to their heads...Yet, they say, we are known by our love, conduct & dress...They are petty little kids that are dressed up in adult costumes. Ever check them out at the literature counter....you may stand there waiting for your lit. but in a minute one of them is going to jump in front of you....or the other is that they get into a conversation with a brother & so glad to talk to someone....that you can't even talk to the brother to get a little ole tract...I wouldn't say they are the worst, they are a part of human beings that are rude & mean spirited....& let's not forget cheap...that's why they want a new earth...so the whinners can stop complaining..

Legacy

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When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed references

by GoUnion in

this topic has been covered extensively but i just wanted relate what hapopenes with this subject and my elder father.

he called me up one day to check in on me he always asks if i'm going to msettings and i always tell him no im not.

well this time he wanted to know why i didn't trust the g.b.

Legacy

Hi,

I am a baby boomer. My Mom still has encyclopedia's from when I was younger. So they are approx. over 40 yrs. old. So, I wanted to know when Jerusalem was destroyed.....& being that the org. quotes the Encyclopedia in some of their literature, I thought I would look it up...it says...586....

So who is lying, Encyclopedia or the ORG....

I would love to go to Jerusalem & find out for myself. Isn't there a place in Jerusalem, that anyone can write to to ask ? I'm just saying...Go to the source.

Legacy

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If you were God, how would you rule?

by What is Truth? in

welcome, to anyone up for a thought experiment and some fun with your inner god complex.

i was inspired with this question while at 7/6/14 watchtower study.

the question is.. if you were to be made god how would interact with your creations?

Legacy

Hi,

I would have given Adam & Eve another chance...or maybe given them a period of probation, something like that. Or better yet, I would have not blamed everybody for the fault of 2 people.

Seriously....Give every human what then need, not want..then give them peace of mind....it should all come together after that....

But the main thing is to give the characteristic to all humans....unconditional love of one another...that's a start.

Legacy

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1914 to 2014--Has Jesus been ruling for a 100 years?

by Londo111 in

dearest jw,.

likely you are reading this because you are wondering that very thing: did jesus become king in october 1914?

will october 2014 mark 100 years of kingdom rule?.

Legacy

Hi,

The org. always says...so it's been a 100 years since Jesus has been ruling. Then they say what he has been doing for those 100 yrs. They haven't said, because the JW's themselves are asking themselves....well just what has been Jesus been doing ? I really do think witnesses are wondering, wow Jesus has been up there for a long time...wonder what he's been doing...they are just as impatient as any of us...

Jesus is chill'in with his Dad....

Legacy

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At RC, Splane says 1000+ new KH's needed, last year only "60" new one's built.

by oppostate in

so there are now regular, full time "construction servants" and their help is much needed along with regional rbc volunteers, who better get working because over a thousand kh's are needed and last year only sixty were built by the u.s. branch.

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splane also said that just with the new baptized this weekend all over the u.s. we had one whone new circuit, so we better put more work into building needed kingdom halls..

Legacy

Hi,

If the end is so near, why are do they need new KH's ?

Legacy