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  The Big Announcement..this week

  by designs in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have you heard what the "big announcement" is to be this week.

  supposedly the bethel homes will get some announcement today and the congregations will announce the new something by the end of the week..

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  Gayle

  rubabdubdub,,interesting "guessimation." thx.
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  Circuit Overseer who gave talk at Twickenham is DIsfellowshipped

  by usualusername in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  evening.

  i have it from 1st hand (or second) that a circuit overseer who gave a talk at twickenham in august 2013 has been disfellowshipped.. .

  my dilemma?

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  Gayle

  If the person's name was "announced" on the platform, then it is already 'public.' Guess if it 'personal,' then none of our business. If it was due to 'apostasy,' then hopefully he will be coming on this 'site' with more specifics. ???
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  Tango in the Kingdom Hall!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2013 tango lessons in the kingdom hall in argentina after the special assembly with representatives of the watchtower society learning to tango..... ..petra

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  Gayle

  I knew a beautiful missionary from Puerto Rico that came for Gilead School back in '70. She said with a smile and a sparkle in her eyes, the Society will 'never' be able to take the hips sway out of the Latin females, and especially when she dances.
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  Unconfirmed 2014 Year Book Numbers - Peak Pubs, Baptized, Hrs, Reg Pio & Studies

  by OwnAccord in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i bethelite sent this email out - can't really give out names.

  we wrote these figures as quickly as possible, but could not keep up 100%).

  you get to check these figures out when you get your 2014 yearbook.

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  Gayle

  If they have the "worldwide" tallied up already, then they have it tallied up for all the individual countries also. I know for the worldwide, poor and third world areas will always have their increases, the earthly paradise "soon" will always have such an appeal to such desperate areas, and individuals.

  Anxious to see U.S. figures and Europe. I know statistics can "lie," but sometimes the facts still leak through.
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  My decision to openly greet df persons in the hall

  by Daniel1555 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  at the moment i am still going to all the meetings (for family reasons).. we have at the moment 1 df person who regularly comes (already df for 1.5 years).. when i opened him the door i always greeted him but in the hall i didn't as others could see it.. now i decided that my conscience can not bear this any longer.

  i will greet him also in the hall or when others are around.. if any elders notice it and talk to me, i tell them my conscience does not allow to not greet that person.. did any of you do that too and have some experiences?.

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  Gayle

  You are too loving for the WTS,,you will be counselled. Because you are going ahead of the organization, and not "waiting on Jehovah."
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  Mother Forces 5 Year-Old Son To . . .

  by Zandor in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  can anyone here, lay person or professional describe or give insights into the effects the following has on a child?.

  when my friend, the middle child of 3 siblings, was five years old, his mother took him by the hand and led him to the house where his father was having an affair with another woman.

  she opened the door to confront her husband who was actually in the act of having sex with the other woman, and deliberately exposed her young son to this drama.. .

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  Gayle

  Absolutely horrible!! Even movies with such content are forbidden for such ages, let alone for something 'real.' What a hateful, despicable mom to impose such a thing on her child.
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  The reason behind why the ex-JW community can never match Jehovah's Witnesses' success.

  by Stand for Pure Worship in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  an average of five kingdom halls being constructed daily, almost 8 million brothers and sisters, dissemination of bible literature in 595 languages, 111,795 congregations worldwide, distribution of 179 million bibles available in 116 languages, 239 countries where jehovah's witnesses have a presence, etc.. need i go on?.

  on the other hand........... crisis of conscience, freeminds, the awaa, jw.net, ummmmmm........hmmm........idk six screens or something?

  not exactly working out for you guys.

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  Gayle

  Is your number of worldwide Congs. 111,795 for 2013? Because this shows a little higher than shown on the 2012 Service Year Report. Just wondering.

  The Seventh Day Adventists also have higher stats than JWs. Soooooooo,,,,,,,,,,,?
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  Can the jw organization be reformed?

  by wannaexit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know that this has been discussed in the past but i wanted to get some fresh opinions.

  there are many out there that recognize the "rot" that is in watchtower but still feel that there is a "wholesome" side to it and are trying to bring about change or reform from within.. in 2002 when the rose colored glasses came off for me and i truly started to understand ttatt, i still felt that there was some redemable aspects of the organization.. i felt that russell had some doctrinal things right.

  i don't feel like that anymore.

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  Gayle

  My first response is, No!

  Now, they have "revised" their (Holy) New World Translation. I assume they did this "revised" edition and work for a need or reason. Some revision is needed but what? Will these revised words help them to 'revise' or 'reform' their teachings? But for their good? Or, to a stronger hold on their people/workers? Are they secure enough to work within truth and love, or control?

  My second response is, No! Not toward the good!
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  Historical evidence for Christmas and Christs birthday

  by DS211 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just read this feom 4jehovah.org.

  there is a historical basis for the december 25th date of christs birth.

  justin martyr (100-165 a.d.) wrote marcus aurelius that jesus was born at bethlehem as you can ascertain also from the registers of the taxing.

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  Gayle

  Here's average weather in Bethlehem for December. No freezing temperatures noted. Sheep and shepherds would be fine in those temps.

  Check accuweather.com, for Bethlehem in December. Shows average temps, "historical evidence" averages.

  Sorry, can't do a copy & paste. Maybe someone here can put on here for convenience for others?
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  WT 01/15/14 - Admonition to mid-50s JWs waking up

  by bats in the belfry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  and possibly preparing for a life with a pension plan before it is to late.

  reminder: that's the generation that was told they never will get old in this system.. .

  thus, the kick in the butt from wtbts (wt, january 15, 2014, pages 22-26):.

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  Gayle

  And the GB have no personal experience on taking care of aging parents, nor raising children.

  Maybe the GB now are picking on their 50+ year olds because that's about all they're going to have left. Most JW youth are seeing the reality of the JW dilemmas.

  The GB will dump more and more on the ones remaining.