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This is the kind of thing that keeps JWs from looking into important matters
by neat blue dog inhttps://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/respond-to-accusations/.
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Cart preaching question
by asp59 ini just wonder how the elders see the cart witnessing they always want to show co when he comes to visit how congregation covers the territory.
but there must be a great problem with that now as pioneers prefer sitting drinking coffee beside a cart.
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Amelia hi,
by zeb inour canaries have hatched, grown and this am are flying (sort of) around the aviary!.
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Now this is different..
by zeb inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxbyvdlgvm&feature=youtu.be.
and may be of help to those who have faded, left, been dfd, whatever and are feeling lost and worthless.. and the wt is world champion at making people feel worthless.. .
not everyone can become president or prime minister but you can become the most cheery barista, shop assistant, metal worker and have the personal reward of knowing you have done or are doing the best you can and that is pretty damn good after all.. my love to you all.. live long and prosper in wisdom and peace..
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New Members since 2018
by Paul Bonanno innearly 2018 is over few more days to go.
it would be nice to know how many of you have joined or left the org during 2018?.
i would like to wish you all best wishes in your journey towards freedom.
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"Are you the plumber?"
by Jourles ini've been debating whether or not to post this story simply because the org knows who i am (post history from pre-'05 will tell you all you need to know), and i'm not sure if they would give my parents shit if they knew what transpired earlier this summer.
but you know what, i don't care what they do, because my mom is dying of stage iv cancer and i feel this needs to be heard by anyone struggling with the loss of contact from their relatives.. for those who are not familiar with my background, i became a small thorn in the side of the wts while i was still in.
i'm not big on being deceived, and for me, the org crossed my personal 'red line' when it came to blood and the child abuse issue.
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Successful Moveout
by jdash inso i moved out last friday and it went good.
at first i was nervous and everything, but i feel as i can be myself now.
everything is fine.. i appreciate you guys with the help i have received over the past year.
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The Reasons for Cart Witnessing
by Simon inwhatever we think of it, you have to admit that it's quite "genius".. the door to door ministry as done in western developed countries where the jw quirky religion has probably reached their saturation level was a complete and utter waste of time in terms of the effort expended to recruit people.. at the same time, it was rarely something that anyone enjoyed which led to people being labelled as inactive, being pressured to doing more and maybe ultimately deciding jwism wasn't for them and leaving.. there was also the issue that many jws are actually pretty bad at knowing and articulating their beliefs so were pretty incapable of getting any meaningful message across.. they solved all this with the cart witnessing.
the real point isn't to recruit, it's to make life easier for jws.
now they can stand and chat with their friend, have a coffee, not talk to anyone or make eye contact and still act as a walking billboard for jw.org.
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When 2 want to visit.
by stillin insome of the local witnesses have been by, periodically, to check on us and say that they miss us.
i consider that a decent thing to do since they figure that we're going to die any day now from the loving god.
some have been elders, who have to always stay distant so that they don't somehow get contaminated by being too nice to us.
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'Serving where the need is greater' - who does it benefit?
by eyeslice2 inwe have recently been in asia on vacation, travelling to a number of countries in this part of the world.
whilst in thailand, my wife, totally pimo, wanted to go to the english speaking convention in bangkok.
although i haven't been active for a very long time, i went along with her.. the first thing that slightly surprised me was the attendance, well over 900. i hadn't expected that many but they were from all over the country, which is a pretty big place.