Posts by Inquisitor

LOL That must have been spooky and hilarious at the same time, SirNose (intriguing nick btw!). Did you get to see who was seated closest to him? Any wealthy JWs in expensive suits and overpowering perfumes? I'd have paid to watch their facial expressions!

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IS CHINA THE NEXT BIG FIELD FOR JWS?

by badboy in

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what do you think?

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Let's not forget that there are also a large number of Chinese students studying overseas. These are exposed to JW evangelism in their host countries, some even returning to China as baptized JWs. China may still frown on organized religion, but there are ways around that.

The Watchtower only will grow in areas that allready has had Christian growth from other denominations. They are kind of the 'post' missionaries. They come in after the fact and convert christians to their dogma, not simply convert people to christianity.

"Post missionaries" - That's an interesting thought, drew sagan. I've never looked at it that way before. However, I think that this does not always hold true. I've seen Chinese students (studying overseas) with no religious background whatsoever, wholeheartedly embrace JWism.

In answer to your question, badboy, I would say "Yes". I think China has the potential to be the next big field. Did you know that work is already underway?

I mentioned in a previous thread how I would love to strike a small blow to the underground work by exposing JW missionaries whom I personally know. Many on this board reacted very quickly to this suggestion by warning me of the repercussions for innocent JWs, which is the sole reason I haven't acted on my thoughts... yet.

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Ever witnessed a scandalous scene in the Hall?

by Inquisitor in

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i'm not talking about the time you gave the nasty elder a bleeding nose

back when you were still in the org, have you ever seen a trouble-maker

i remember how once, a drunk

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I'm not talking about the time you gave the nasty elder a bleeding nose the day you handed in your DA letter.

Back when you were still in the Org, have you ever seen a trouble-maker kick up a scene that kept the busybodies' jaws moving for weeks?

I remember how once, a drunk non-JW spouse would turn up in the middle of the meeting and start demanding to see his wife. On one hand, we publishers were like a bunch of nervous rabbits. On the other, we were kinda happy to be distracted by the drunk man's antics. It was a real test of the speaker's mettle to keep talking when there was an angry man among the audience. Especially when the drunk started heading towards the stage, thinking the speaker is the guy in charge!!

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Cultivate the Fruits of the Spirit

by Honesty in

how do jw's cultivate the fruit of the spirit as the following kingdom ministry article instructs them to do?.

km 6/82 p. 3 pars.

2-3 working together in unity .

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Over the years, I have seen several references in Watchtower literature that encourages JW's to cultivate the fruits of the spirit but no real instruction on how they can go about cultivating it.

Honesty,

I'm quite certain that there's been some cited examples of displaying fruits of the Spirit.

e.g. Are you long-suffering enough to wait on Jehovah's Day (having witnessed the past stuff-ups by the GB)?

Have you publishers shown kindness to the elderly by offering them transport to the hall (cos the PO's wife has just about had it with her husband taking on responsibilities that no one wants)?

Do you display a spirit of mildness when elders make a mistake, being willing to forgive and forget ? (cos you can wait till your butt gets wrinkly and Elder Up-Himself will still believe he is Right in that dispute, thus removing the need for an apology)

Do you love Peace or are you one of those Jezebelian sisters the Apostle John wrote about? Do you make life difficult for the brothers and forget that you are a scarf-wearing, mouth-zipping, child-bearing sister?

I'm quite certain I've sat in a meeting where fruits of the Spirit were discussed. I distinctly remember that it was a time when you could hear the knives sharpening in between paragraph readings.

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JWs look like "off-duty prozac-popping bank tellers"...

by Jankyn in

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hi, guys.

found this one on the alternet blog site, and had to share:.

from "but what if i think 'people of faith' are a little crazy?

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JWs look like "off-duty prozac-popping bank tellers"...

by Jankyn in

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hi, guys.

found this one on the alternet blog site, and had to share:.

from "but what if i think 'people of faith' are a little crazy?

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prozac-popping bank tellers

"I'll check... computer says 'Nooooooooooo....' <cough+spit>"

My apologies to those who've never seen Little Britain. If you haven't yet seen Little Britain, you should!!

To those of you who have, have you ever met a JW who looked like that bank teller?

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Question regarding service time, irregular status, and inactive status...

by Check_Your_Premises in

so let me see if i got this straight.... to be a publisher you have to have 10 hours a month.

if you miss that target you are "irregular".

if you miss that target for six consecutive months you are "inactive".. what if you get your time in but miss all the meetings?

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What if you get your time in but miss ALL the meetings?

Many elder bodies would not accept your time slips...though some might.

Blondie,
Did you mean that there HAVE been cases where a person misses meetings BUT still goes for field service?!
That is sooo bizarre! How does that happen??

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Article "Who are Jehovah's Witnesses"? by Neil G. McCluskey, S.J. (1956)

by cabasilas in

i just got this in from ebay this week.

it's a 1956 article by father neil g. mccluskey, s.j.

on the witnesses.

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In the market place there will always be crowds of the simple, the illiterate, the dejected, the novelty seekers, the under-privileged and the genuinely hungry for God to buy the wares of the Father Divines, Brother Robertses, Prophet Joneses, Sister Aimees and the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

What a condescending jerk in a penguin suit is this McCluskey! He mocks JW doctrines only on the basis of them being so different from orthodoxy. Like a pimply-faced school-yard bully who gets off on name-calling, McCluskey makes no attempt to qualify how the JWs have succeeded in twisting the scriptures to make their theology credible. No, in his eyes, you have to be stupid to buy all that.

McCluskey clucks away that JWs are all simple-minded. What an insult! If that were true, none of us would ever have figured out what was wrong with the religion now, wouldn't we?

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id JWs RIP you OFF in the MARRIAGE Dept.?

by Ms. Whip in

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this photo (taken from a jw group on aol) is quite typical of jw marriage matches.

don't get me wrong, i'm sure they are great people as far as jws go.

but, it made me think.

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I knew a few single sisters in a foreign language cong who married older, shapeless, brothers from Europe and America. Some of these blokes have gone through several marriages. Basically those sisters saw these unattractive brothers as a meal ticket out of a developing country. I don't know if in that case, either party feels they are being "ripped off" as you put it.

Btw, isn't it a tad unkind to pluck a couple's photo out of the web and then to make fun their appearance?

I mean it's not like they have buck teeth, an afro, wearing leopard-skin leotards! lol

Come on, don't you think we're being unnecessarily mean to this couple?

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