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  AGM - Are they now teaching predestination?

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  another agm thought.

  in tight pants tony's part, he mentioned several times that jehovah draws those he chooses and only those rightly disposed would come in.

  and individuals that liked the literature but made no progress towards becoming jw were a "waste of time".. was he setting the stage for them introducing the thought of predestination?

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  Is Jackson embarrassed to be a JW?

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  i listened to the majority of jackson's part one testimony and it seems apparent to me that he either:1) is embarrassed to be a jw or 2) doesn't really believe.

  i've heard countless times from the platform and in print that we should be proud to be jws and take every opportunity to defend our beliefs.

  yet, it seems jackson didn't even want to admit that he believed he was being directly used by jehovah to lead the congregation as his spokesman.

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  RC musings - my impressions

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  so i went to the rc this past weekend and have a few observations:.

  1 - use of videos - most parts had some sort of video prop.

  they ranged from awkward (an example was on friday where they showed scenes of nature without a real purpose other than god made this) to very well done.

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  Interesting conversation re: sexual abuse issue

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  i may be outing myself so i'm changing some minor detail but i wanted to relate a recent conversation over the sexual abuse issue.

  i was at a party, er, gathering this weekend and there were several folks that i haven't talked to in awhile there.

  so, i sat down at a table with several other guys and the conversation went like this:.

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  Couple of questions for the Christians here - CO's talk mentioned some things that I want to understand

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  this is a question for all the christians on the board.

  i sat through the first co talk last night which was basically a plea to not give up preaching.

  one of his main points was that no one else had "the truth" and every other person that claims to be christian is in error.

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  Discussion involving my Dad & other long timers - Mood is definately different

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  i've seen several posts relating to the mood among longtime jws here recently.

  i thought i would add to that collection and recount a discussion i recently had with my dad and a small group of folks about his age.

  quick background on the group:.

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  Now a college graduate!!!

  by Doubting Bro in

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  wanted to let everyone know that i've finally graduated college with a bachelors degree!

  ended up earning magna cum laude.. it's difficult to describe the sense of accomplishment.

  i still kick myself for listening to the wts when i was a kid and forsaking "higher education".

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  Strange announcement about "donations" at the S.A.D.

  by Doubting Bro in

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  at a recent s.a.d.

  i attended, something caught my attention during the accounts report about how to make donations by check.

  in the past, they have always instructed persons who want to donate by check to make that check payable to watchtower (if i recall, they even told you to capitalize the t).

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  WTS brain drain

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  in reading this board for awhile, i've noticed that many who post here are quite intelligent and were used to varying degrees while in the borg.

  yet, you are the folks that felt the need to leave or at least disengage.

  when you think about businesses that have been sucessful for a long period of time (not that many because its pretty tough) one thing they have in common is the ability to attract and keep top performing employees, whether they're on the front line or in management.

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  Notes from recent CO meeting with elders/ms

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  for some reason, i can't cut & past from word.

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