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  Anyone With Major Judicial/Service Department Experience?

  by A question in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is there anyone on the board with a large amount of experience with judicial matters or (preferably) with the service department of the society or perhaps even worked on the service department?

  if so, i would appreciate the answers to at least some of the following questions:.

  does the society ever take the initiative to remove elders, and if so, how do they do it?

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  Call from elder

  by XPeterX in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i received a call a few hours ago from an elder.of course he didn't call me to ask how i was or if i needed help.instead he told me that "the youth and some older brothers" of my congregation will gather (at another elder's house,you see 2 elders to "get a hold of the situation") to talk about the "internet,facebook etc dangers".i told him that i will go.hmmm...it's going to be an interesting conversation..

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  Got a DC invite in my door last week!

  by Coffee House Girl in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i got one shoved under my door and i even have a "no trespassing" sign on my door what the heck???.

  i thought they couldn't leave literature if there was a no trespassing sign posted???

  am i wrong?.

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  "The End is Closer Than You Think" came up at a party.

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we were at a party (get-together in jw speak) and somehow the ones i was talking with changed the subject to a talk given by the co that "the end is closer than we think.".

  i just sheepishly asked the group ... "i don't understand that phrase, "the end is closer than we think.

  " i said my parents told me i would never go to school, then later that i would never graduate from high school, and that i would never get married.. then i mentioned my parents were expecting the end to be in 1975 ... my grandparents were expecting the end numerous times in the 1920's and 1930's.. so i very nicely asked, "isn't is more correct to say "the end is farther than we think?

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  Who Are Your Past Circuit Overseers? It's a small world..

  by mentallyfree31 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  who were your past circuit overseers?

  i'm sure a lot of us actually know mutual people, as the co's relocate all over the country.. here's a few from the southeast us: (let me know if you recognize any names and post yours too please...).

  ellwood johnson (new york/philadelphia area for several years also).

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  Jehovah’s Witnesses Go to New Extremes

  by Mythbuster in

  1. social
  2. humour

  posted on wednesday, september 3rd, 2008. by marge floori.

  springfield, mo.

  - weary from pounding the pavement for hours a day only to have homeowners shut the door in their faces or not answer it all, jehovah's witnesses will start toting bullhorns to ensure their message is heard.. kingdom halls across the u.s. rejoiced at the directive issued by leading witness elders last week.. "we look at the bullhorns as an emergency tool needed to spread the word of the lord," said 18-year-old ronald plimpton.

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  Selling Sacramento, CA Convention Deal to Skeptical Public

  by dannyboy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i live near sacramento, ca and earlier this week the local convention authority held a big deal press conference announcing a "deal" with jehovah's witnesses (see clip below).

  based on comments to local news media on their websites, more than a few people are not too crazy about the idea..... i heard an interview on a local station where the head guy [of the convention authority] was defending (sounded very defensive) the city's deal with the dubs, by saying "well, they'll bring hotel dollars, food dollars, and they'll be visiting all of our local museums, evening life, and entertainment attractions.....so the monetary impact will be huge for us...".

  specifically discouraged from doing any of those "extra" things..... hope those attractions aren't hiring more employees to handle the witness "crowds"........ also, during the interview, he said that the convention authority would be able to select the dates for the various conventions.

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  Did there ever come a time where the meetings became unbearable?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i try to attend about 3 sunday meetings per month just to keep my whole family from disowning me.

  every week the meetings become more difficult to attend.. the singing is awful,the prayers are all about the ''faithful and discreet slave''.the talks are boring and repetative.the watchtower study reminds of trained seals at the zoo where they do the same tricks over and over just so they can get their treat of fresh fish.

  the answers are short and read off the watchtower magazine word for word.

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  PDF documentation regarding 1975 prediction in WT publications

  by cabasilas in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i had a request for documentation of the watchtower societys statements regarding the year 1975. so, ive put these files up for downloading from a filesharing service.

  the first file contains the complete text of 3 issues of awake!

  26-35 (file is 12 mb):.

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  Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and those who leave cults

  by Lady Lee in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  quite a few people on jwd have said they suffer from complex post traumatic stress disorder ( c-ptsd).

  i'm not sure how well this issue has been discussed.

  c-ptsd is slightly different than ptsd.

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