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  Additional BOE Letter: Please Be Advised that Further Direction Will Soon be Sent to the Bodies of Elders...

  by TTATTelder in

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  dear brothers:.

  we are writing as a follow-up to the letters dated january 24, 2014, and march 29, 2014,. to all congregations regarding the adjustments now underway to accelerate construction of king-.

  dom halls and assembly halls.. .

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  Just giving another update.

  It is Thursday night May 15 (actually just after midnight on the 16th) here in the U.S......and.....nothing.

  No new instructions have surfaced. No new letters to the elders since the letter in the OP.

  That letter again was dated May 2. It said: hold up, new info coming, on this whole new donation arrangement thing.

  This new arrangement was supposed to be rolled out by the end of the month in all congregations.

  As of now, the bodies of elders do not even know what to do since the original announcement.

  If congregations did the survey/pledge deal, they, as of now, do not know what to do with the slips of paper they collected.

  Uhhhh Houston... we have a problem.

  -TE
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  Jehovah doesn't need money....

  by DATA-DOG in

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  yep!!

  the wtbts doesn't make adjustments to save money like some say, because jeehoober isn't about money.

  he just gets things done.

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  TTATTelder

  Wow...

  Must be getting some push back from the rank-and-file brethren!

  Ohhhh the justification we will create to perpetuate the myth...

  ...

  Back in the real world, if they didn't need money or want money they wouldn't ask for it!!!!!!!!!

  Idiots

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  The reason the Society keeps everyone busy with "campaigns"

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  im sure that many have had an experience where we try and keep little kids "occupied" while on a boring trip, such as a car ride or plane flight.. we come up with "games" like..."lets see how many green cars we can count", or "lets try and see who can sit still for the longest time".

  "the winner gets a prize!".

  obviously, until they are wise enough to cotton on, all we are doing is keeping them occupied to prevent them asking things like "are we there yet?!".

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  Remember the two signs we always see at assemblies? "Quiet Please" and "Please Keep Moving". That pretty much sums it up!

  ginger

  SO True!

  and funny

  -TE
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  Fundamentalist bible approach

  by TheWonderofYou in

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  go to item f to read about the fundamentalist bible approach and its consequences.

  http://www.deiverbum2005.org/interpretation/interpretation_e.pdf.

  sincerely.

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  TTATTelder

  A good read.

  Make Lemonade's quote was really the part that packed a punch.

  -TE
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  Hello- new here

  by Kikura in

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  been lurking for a while on here and thought i'd jump in.

  a great deal of many thoughtful posts on here but have to say am a bit turned off with the 'rabid apostate' ones!.

  my history- was raised in a divided household, mum converted to jw when pregnant with me back in 1970, dad was never jw but was supportive of taking us to meetings, assemblies etc.

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  TTATTelder

  Welcome Kikura/Scott. Nice to have you.

  You will find all sorts of discussions and all sorts of posts on here. Many of us use this as a place to vent.

  I know I do from time to time. So sometimes it gets ugly, but that's real life and real feelings.

  Those feelings aren't allowed at the KH so what choice do you have?

  Anyway, welcome! Look forward to your experiences and take on things.

  -TE
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  A Text Message Exchange

  by Emery in

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  i have been in the fading process for over a year now.

  nobody has really bothered my wife and me since we've stopped, which i am thankful for.

  recently, i've had an old jw friend send me a few text messages relating to business.

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  TTATTelder

  Good advice Dozy.

  It always leads back around to the GB saying "Because I said so". And you either swallow it or you get threatened with slander and extortion.

  As far as texting goes, I even have stuff I save (on my phone) from people in case I need it for retaliation.

  Such a loving environment of trust!

  -TE
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  Live Forever on a Paradise Earth

  by HeyThere in

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  sometimes this sounds good...but....forever?

  forever in a jw idea of perfection?

  does this mean no sports, or detective tv shows, or bad neighborhoods?

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  What a blast all the resurrected pedophiles will have.

  Little witness kids everywhere and the whole earth being run by an organization trained to keep it hush hush.

  -TE
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  I need to verify some information

  by JeffT in

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  there have been a lot of threads regarding changes in donations, kingdom hall ownership etc.

  and what it all means.

  i'm about to put on my accounting hat on and seriously consider the what it all means part (and why they may be doing it).

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  TTATTelder

  I think the change has to be regulation related for this reason:

  The Borg would never interrupt a locked-in income stream (aka Halls making mortgage payments) unless it was forced to do so.

  There seems to be new banking legislation steadily kicking in since the downturn of a few years ago.

  It could be, like someone posted on this forum, that their lending practices are now opening them up to mandated government scrutiny or disclosure.

  And we know they don't like that! They have too many secrets to be inviting govt inspection.

  And God forbid (see what I did there) anything possibly create more financial transparency.

  My 2 cents...

  -TE
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  My Book of Bible Story Memes

  by Beth Shan in

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  i really enjoy making memes from the my book of bible stories..

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  TTATTelder

  Really cool . Laughed out loud several times!

  -TE
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  Cross Fit Video

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q31ccdvdas&sns=em.

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  TTATTelder

  very funny stuff