enlightenedcynic
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How to Get WT Publications
by Broken Hearted inokay remember i am non jw so how can i get the wt publications or them on cd or without going to my local kingdom hall?
just want to be able to relate to what is being taught and to do my own analyzisis so that when i am having conversations with the jw guy i have fallen in love with i will have my scriptures to back up the publication researched and any questions i have ready?
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A question for all those who were a witness in NY........................
by vitty infor someone who lived in the uk, brooklan was like rome is to a catholic.
we all had strange ideas to what it was like.. so how was it for you who live in ny.
did it "feel" more spiritual, cos the hq where there or did you take it for granted?.
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question about kingdom halls
by oppgirl63 inhello everyone....i don't post very often but i read every day.
i'm the 42 yo lesbian with a jw roommate.
my question is about ownership of the kingdom halls.
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Another WTS Contradiction!!!
by enlightenedcynic injust a thought that i had at a book study about two weeks ago when the chapter about why god permits suffering from the 'bible teach' book was being covered.
in paragraphs 12 -14 the wts lays out this ridiculous arguement likening god to a teacher and satan as a student who is disrupting a class.
the wts says that much like how a teacher might invite a rebellious and disruptive student to instruct the class so as to prove the student wrong....jehovah has allowed satan to operate for a time in order to prove that satan's way is wrong.
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Truth.......Embellishments......or Lies???
by enlightenedcynic init seems to me that a large majority of jw's believe that this is god's organization because they read all those experiences that are related in the watchtower mags and in the yearbooks, and then conclude that those could not have taken place without divine intervention.
not to mention all of the experiences that are related at assembly programs and district conventions.
are the experiences true?
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The best way to judge the morale of a congregation / JWs in general?
by sir82 ini think the best way to measure how enthusiastic the publishers are is...the number of auxiliary pioneers, especially when there is a "big push" for such.. in any sufficently large population (such as jws), there's always going to be a core of "true believers".
in the jw world, these are the regular pioneers - devoted enough to put their lives on hold & financial security at risk to spend 70 or more hours per month knocking on empty houses & leaving magazines at laundromats & with hapless gas-pumpers.. likewise, there's going to be a group of less active ones, who are in it mainly for social reasons, or because their parents are forcing them.
these ones typically have the stigma of being "low hour publishers" or "spirtually weak" or (horrors!
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Anyone Remember the "Vet" in Philadelphia?
by Medic!? indoes anyone remember attending those horrid dc's in philadephia, pa at the old vet?
i remember the awful dread as the elders would so excitedly announce the upcoming dates.
does anyone remember how they urged us to "calmly line up to view the hotel list" because there were plenty of hotels (roachholes) and if this one sold out, that a new list would be put together?
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Pay Up..............NOW!!!!!!!
by enlightenedcynic ini am neither shocked or suprised anymore with the actions of the wts, but i have to admit, from time to time they do some s**t that makes me say, "wish i could pull that off".
at meeting yesterday, the p.o.
makes an announcement.
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Great News For The Victims Of Hurricane Katrina.....WTS style!
by enlightenedcynic inmaybe someone already mentioned this, but on sunday, following the wt study, a letter was read to the congregation that detailed how the rebuilding work was going in the gulf coast.
this i was told was a re-read of the same letter done at the service meeting part.
as i was just waking up from a good 45 min.
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Gay twin brothers were raised as witnesses!!!
by enlightenedcynic insaw this article in yesterday's ny daily news.
http://www.nydailynews.com/10-16-2006/entertainment/ent_radio/story/461980p-388694c.html .
showed it to my wife and she nearly had a heart attack.