LUKEWARM
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Watchtower cleans out Kingdom Hall Library's ...
by RR inlast night i got a call from a chap in the uk, who recently left the jw's.
he wanted to compare notes with his us counterparts.. he said that a few years ago, (i think about 2 years ago) the society cleaned out all the literature from every kingdom hall, particularly russell and rutherford books and anything prior to 1950. giving each hall a computer with the watchtower cd rom for them to use for research.
he wanted to know if the same was done in the states.
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Get a JW to explain why the WTS keeps stressing putting in more hours in the "field service"
by LUKEWARM ingiven the wts constant indoctrination to "do more", i have had productive conversations with jw's about:.
(1) half the worlds population is not being witnessed to so how will god judge these people?.
(2) given people dont know much about jw's, will god judge people based on our 30 second magazine presentation and their reaction to that?
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Congregation "Bible Study" Comments - Week Commencing 25 January 2010
by LUKEWARM in*** lv chap.
16 pp.
183-195 oppose the devil and his crafty acts ***.
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Is it really okay for a JW to lie?
by dissed inbeen away from the wts for 13 years and noticed at jwn many are mentioning its now okay for jw's to lie, if....... its for the right reasons.
like misleading the jw's and worldy people about district convention parking.
to raise monies for the wts.
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Drawing away disciples after myself? Or Jesus?
by sd-7 inindeed, this is the riddle.
but since i've nothing to offer anyone, i'd prefer to draw people towards jesus and away from blindly trusting men.
i think most anyone who has been one of jehovah's witnesses and challenged their beliefs (subsequently watching them fall like a house of cards) would probably feel the same, assuming they didn't just give up on religion altogether.. i find myself in a rather unexpected position.
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What are witnesses taught to say if a householder was to preach to them in the ministry?
by LUKEWARM in.
in my experience, we were taught to respond with something like: "we didn't come to your door looking for answers or for the truth!".
given the magnitude of flaws one finds when researching the doctrines and the wts own admission of not preaching the original good news, how totally presumptuous and disrespectful it is to invade the privacy of anothers home to try and tell them how wrong their beliefs are and then to arrogantly respond in this way when challenged.
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The Rise of the Conscious Class
by truthseeker in"i believe in one god, and no more; and i hope for happiness beyond this life.
i believe the equality of man, and i believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
but, lest it should be supposed that i believe many other things in addition to these, i shall, in the progress of this work, declare the things i do not believe, and my reasons for not believing them.
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Congregation "Bible Study" Comments - Week Commencing 18 January 2010
by LUKEWARM in*** lv chap.
15 see good for your hard work ***.
keeping a balanced attitude toward work.
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 1-17-10 WT Study (PLACE IN CONGREGATION)
by blondie in(romans 12:4-8; 1 corinthians 12:12-28; ephesians 4:15, 16; colossians 2:19).
8:34,35.. comments.
4:15.. comments.
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Mill Hill Disfellowshippings
by BorgHater ina few months ago there was a thread about a couple of elders at the mill hill bethel being disfellowshipped because they disagreed with some wt doctrine (i can't recall exactly what it was) and that several other betheliteswere under 'investigation'.
i haven't heard anything since, does anyone know anything more about this?.
borghater xx.