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  Embellished assembly interviews/"experiences"

  by ab.ortega in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  oh how wonderful those experiences at assemblies and "schools" are - not.

  at times it seemed as if these "experiences" were scripted.

  the speaker gets criteria in the outline regarding what the experience or interview has to be about.

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  "Jehovery" : Brilliant!
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  Applause in your disfellowship announcement

  by elkatire1980 in

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  has anyone done this before?

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  James: at the moment of the disfellowshipping no one knew about his mental conditions. It took many months and incidents for people to realize that he had actually gone nuts.
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  Applause in your disfellowship announcement

  by elkatire1980 in

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  has anyone done this before?

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  It happened in a hall I attended during my teenage years. The brother was later declared mentally challenged though.

  You know how silent the hall normally gets when after the middle song they call an elder for a "sad announcement", to the moment they finish making the announcement. In that unusual silence I heard, just inches behind my back a horrible bong bong bong bong noise . The guy actually had a bible in one hand at the moment they made the announcement, so he made his applause with one hand and the BIBLE which made that terrible noise. After applauding, he said loudly: "Bravo...Congratulations! and good job! The workers of the 11th hour are sacking the workers of the 1rst hour."(This is a literal translation, I'm' feeling too lazy to check that verse in the English bible).

  I never ever forgot that moment nor those words. A total surprise! I, the goodie-2-shoes, was mortified; just wanted to vanish from my seat. I was sitting at the back of the hall, he was leaning against the back door.

  In the end, his words were meaningless because he was a recent convert who climbed up the ladder in a flash. He was a reg. pioneer and a min. servant.
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  JW Expressions We Hate

  by Socrateswannabe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was browsing through stuff on jw.org recently and ran across some expressions that really grate on my nerves: loyal love, loving-care, and loving-kindness, as in: "please exercise loving-kindness toward your servant.

  " who talks like that?

  they must be relics of the fred franz era.

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  Can't wait for Armagedon
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  Warwick Photo Gallery 4 (May Through August 2015)

  by wifibandit in

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  2. beliefs

  full set: http://imgur.com/a/djhfe.

  sample:.

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  I'm happy I haven't made any contribution for the past two years.
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  Yearbook 2016: Annual Report (15177 Partakers)

  by Designer Stubble in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the 2016 yearbook is up on jw.orgbranches of jehovahs witnesses: 89 (was 90)number of lands reporting: 240 (was 239)total congregations: 118016 (was 115416)worldwide memorial attendance: 19,862,763 (was 19,950,019) decreasememorial partakers worldwide: 15,177 (was 14,121 in 2013:13,204) large increasepeak of publishers in kingdom service: 8,220,105 (was 8,201,205) minor increaseaverage publishers preaching each month: 7,987,279 (was 7,867,958)percentage of increase over 2014: 1.5 (was 2.2)total number baptized: 260,273 (was 275,581)average auxiliary pioneer publishers each month: 443,504 (was 635,298) huge decreaseaverage pioneer publishers each month: 1,135,210 (was 1,089,446)total hours spent in field: 1,933,473,727 (was 1,945,487,604) decreaseaverage home bible studies each month: 9,708,968 (was 9,499,933)

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  Average Publishers Preaching Each Month: 7,987,279 (was 7,867,958)

  Were breeding and kids are growing!
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  Chaos at Brooklyn Bethel 12/2016

  by James Jack in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this was how it was described to me yesterday by a brother who has been there for some 40 years.

  "everyone is about gone; the governing body is set to leave within 2 months; the kitchen and laundry personnel are gone and i have to fend for myself now.".

  "also the aggravation of 4 to 5 business men in suits with clipboards daily checking out the watchtower properties.

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  New facility, new bones! Ha!
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  Chaos at Brooklyn Bethel 12/2016

  by James Jack in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this was how it was described to me yesterday by a brother who has been there for some 40 years.

  "everyone is about gone; the governing body is set to leave within 2 months; the kitchen and laundry personnel are gone and i have to fend for myself now.".

  "also the aggravation of 4 to 5 business men in suits with clipboards daily checking out the watchtower properties.

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  Waking up with unsung songs...

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

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  ...trying hard not to forget them .

  ...not knowing how to write them down because i don't know musical notes .... ...postponing recording them .

  ...ending up forgetting them.

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  ...trying hard not to forget them

  ...not knowing how to write them down because I don't know musical notes ...

  ...postponing recording them

  ...ending up forgetting them
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  Divergent (this is a must watch)

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's a 2014 movie and i'm only watching it now.

  it reminds me strongly of the life of jws and ex-jws..

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  I actually watched both today (the maze runner).