Topics Started by dismayed

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Ex-Elders, how did you resign?
by dismayed in
1. jw
2. friends
this issue is coming up for me soon, the resignation.

a physical move is out of the question.

but the most likely scenario is that i will be in the same hall.
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Why no earthly hope for those in 1st Century and onward???
by oompa in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
thinking about this paradise thingy lately, possibly due to a@g's video.

just because wt figures out there is both a earthly hope in addition to a heavenly hope around 1936 i guess, how did they come up with the idea that all christians prior to that date were all heavenly?

there was no big date prophesied like 1914 regarding 1936, so how did they decide the number 144k were sealed then, and that everyone from then on will be stuck on earth?.
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WHO WAS WATCHTOWER BEST LEADER?
by badboy in
1. jw
2. friends
russell?.
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Are there any Witnesses you feel sorry for?
by BonaFide in
1. jw
2. friends
i have a friend who has been in bethel for 15 years.

he is still single and looking for the right girl.

he is a really nice guy, he tries to help people in his congregation, the young people, the older ones.
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Will there be "MEETINGS" in the NEW SYSTEM?
by african GB Member in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
any ideas?.

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african gb member.
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I am so sick of hearing the word "soon."
by TooBad TooSad in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the use of the word "soon" at the kh is used so much by jw's.

that it has almost turned into a "soon" doctrine.. i counted the word soon 15 times at the meeting yesterday during the.

public talk and wt.
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Is the WTS About to Massage the Numbers in a huge Way?
by dismayed in
1. watchtower
2. bible
obviously with no end-time date being out there right now, the wt to motivate members.

stagnation is the word that comes up frequently on the board here, and a currently active member, i see it permeating the dub attitude.

so this week's study article was interesting in that it potentially expands the area where dubs can count their time.
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interesting thread on facebook JW page...What to say in field service....
by oompa in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
as in "what do you tell householders as to how close we are in time?

"........it has over a hundred posts on it, lots of kinda mean anti-dubs on it, but one real nice passionate dub who is so sincere and ya, he so loves his life and the brotherhood....his posts are long and he really seems nice, you can tell the other dubs love him.

my thought is that since there is absoulutely no time link (such as a lifespan generation) how do dubs stress the "urgency" to learn and come into "the truth".......i used to do that in service, and stress to people how the time was short because the gen of 1914 was getting so old....some of the dubs on facebook have repeatedy mentioned how many millions are still alive from 1914 as if that even matters anymore....they were quickly informed that duh.....so what....wt has totally bailed on that teaching.......i feel these "last days" could just as easily bet 1000 years away even if the bible was true.......i can find zero scriptural support for wt to teach that is very, very near (they have only used the double very once!
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Was the use of the term "regular try-oneer" common in your area?
by neverendingjourney in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it just occurred to me that i've never seen the term on the forum before.. it was pretty common in my area.

there was a group, a clique really, of regular pioneers, mostly stay-at-home mom types who placed the "try-oneer" label on newly-appointed regular pioneers.

it was their way of cementing their importance.
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Pecking order of Memorial jobs
by Open mind in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what's your personal take on the perceived level of jw prestige attached to various jobs at the memorial?.

here are a handfull in no particular order:.

parking.