Posts by Designer Stubble

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Feb 2014 WT Study article

by molybdenum in

the caption under the picture in the first article.

hail christthe glorious king!says:.

birds will be called on to cleanse the earth (see paragraph 18).

Designer Stubble

And then ask yourself...

When was the last article the WTBTS wrote on "Cultivating the fruitage of the Spirit" or "Developing Christ-Like qualities and compassion"

Since leaving five years ago, I keep my eyes open, perhaps I have missed it, but I honestly cannot remmeber seeing any such.

I loved studying the Greatest Man book at the bookstudy back in the 80/90s - and now they have even cut Jesus' compassion out of their Bibles (eliminating John 8 were he states "he without sin cast the first stone")

Unfortunately this has gone all so gradual, that few recognize that they are in a destructive pharisee CULT, lead by mind-controlling power hungry leaders. They think they have "the truth" not realizing how far away from it, their organization really is.

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I'm Returing To Become A Jehovah's Witness Again

by Space Madness in

jw
friends

a little background, i faded in 2007 and have been out ever since.

i started studying at 18 and have no jw realitives.

i'm returing because my life is heading in the wrong direction.

Designer Stubble

If you think it is what you need, by all means go ahead. I wish you well, though I honestly doubt it will be sustainable. If you do go back, make sure to live "the truth a la carte", meaning follow YOUR conscience and what YOU want.

Some guidelines could be:

1. Do not carry a NO BLOOD card

2. Limit your FS as much as possible. Work only with the Bible. Forge your FS report to keep the elders at bay.

3. Check beforehand the material to be discussed. If you don't like it, stay home that day.

4. Do try to live as a Christian or Christ-Like and lead by example

5. Seek out those worthy and loving and make friendships with such persons - while keeping the gossipers and other unkind persons at a distance

6. Keep in mind that you have not signed up for life. If at any time it turns out to work differently, you are free to leave

7. Check in from time to time and keep us posted

Again wishing you best in life and hope it works out for you.

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YOU WILL NEVER SEE THESE ACTS EVER MENTIONED IN A WATCHTOWER PUBLICATION

by steve2 in

faking of hours in field service or dragging service time out by making coffee stops or driving for hours "between" household contacts are never frowned upon, let alone mentioned, in the publications.

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yet, in each congregation of jehovah's witnesses, to one degree or another, faking hours, padding time out with coffee stops and long journeys between opportunities to "witness" are endemic practices..

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Interesting article on following your conscience when counting time. When I was in I did and did not see it fitting to count the time I spent studying with my children, as I saw that as my parental duty. However, this lead to me always handing in 8-9 hours of actual FS. The elders and CO spoke with me and said they could not appoint me, as I was not hitting the 10 hours required. When they found out I did not report my family study, they told me I should do this as if I did this for six months they could appoint me. I told them my rationale for not reporting it, and was told "then we cannot appoint you".

On hindsite I am glad they didn't, otherwise it would have made my fade (soon thereafter) more difficult.

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What's the weirdest health advice given by a JW?

by Julia Orwell in

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from radio biola to a sister who said you can treat autism and ptsd with scented oils, jws have had some weird some weird ideas about medicine.

what gems have you heard?.

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http://www.quotes-watchtower.co.uk/radium.html

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Foreign language field - the curious Watchtower cutback?

by slimboyfat in

most of the recent watchtower cutbacks can be explained as money saving exercises: closing branches, paperback books, fewer pages in the magazines, sending bethelites home and so on.. but a few different posters have reported that the watchtower society are also cutting back on the foreign field ministry.

for many years foreign language congregations have been a major source of growth for the watchtower in many lands.

so why would they choose to scale it down?.

Designer Stubble

My best guess is that it is control. The foreign fields often attrack those who have troubles in the regular congregation. Also generally the elders here adhere less to the B&W rules of the WTBTS. Probably some higher-up person was ticked off by this and decided to get rid of the problem.

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Any proof that more JW's are leaving in greater numbers then before?

by Crazyguy in

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friends

or is it just wishful thinking on our parts?.

Designer Stubble

No proof, but some observations on changes made to acrtificially keep numbers up:

- Allowing elderly & sick to be counted as publisher for 15 minutes each month

- Allowing BOTH parents to count four hours each month for family study

- Dropping the aux. pioneer hours to 30, plus a lot of pressure to peak during memorial month

Further observations at assemblies are that only a handful or (pre) teens are being baptized (of which 2 out of 3 leave)

Certainly not about to collapse, but the growth is gone.

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Jan Awake to push the Web Site

by konceptual99 in

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friends

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just saw this posted on jwtalk.

it's the cover of the jan awake in german.. the website we should remember!.

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My guess is that within two years they will discontinue the public paper WT/AW and just have the study edition in paper format.

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brazen conduct, dissensions

by hoser in

as predicted by jwn loose conduct has been replaced by brazen conduct.

galations 5:19 2 peter 2:2 .

a catch all phrase for apostates.

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Now if you are DFed for Brazen Conduct, they can support it with the "tailored" Bible. No room for compassion either, as John 8 has been ommitted. CULT!

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3 more branches closed?

by Viva la Vida in

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it seems the finland branch has taken over the work from estonia, latvia and lithuania (see http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/offices/finland/).

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I wonder when they will decide to close the Netherlands (Dutch) branch. Small meaningless branch. All could easily be done out of Germany.

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What Does It Take to Be Disfellowshiped For Apostasy?

by Cold Steel in

if one meets privately with an elder and brings up some religious concerns havin to do with doctrine, does the person risk being disfellowshiped?

does attitude have anything to do with it?

or persistance?

Designer Stubble

It all depends on your BOE. In my case, I even had Crisis of Conscience on the table during their visit and read parts from it to them, such as:

"I did not doubt or question that God would give his guidance to these men if it was sincerely sought (I felt that some of the decisions made, particularly in earlier years, had been good decisions, compassionate decisions), but I certainly did not think it was automatic; It was always conditional, contingent on certain factors. So my included the statement that I believed such guidance always was governed by the extent to which God's Word was adhered to; that to that extent God grants his guidance or withdraws it. (I think that that is true for any individual or any collective group of people, whoever they are)." After that I simply faded... I am sure had I done this two years earlier while in another congregation with a hard-line CoBE, I would have been DFed on the spot.