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  Any signs that Kingdom Halls will re-open soon or door to door work will re-start again?

  by eyeslice in

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  i've not heard anything from pimi wife about going back to the khs yet let alone the door to door work.. many churches round here have re-opened if only for private pray and i am guessing that things like singing may be a factor in the reluctance of the witnesses to get back together again.

  i also detect that many older ones are still quite afraid to go anywhere they may come in contact with people, even for shopping.

  on the other hand, here in uk you can now go to a football match with 70,000 others shouting and chanting.. the door to door work may a total different issue.

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  The Kingdom Hall in our area hasn't reopened.
  
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  What Congregation Scandal Still Troubles You?

  by Sea Breeze in

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  i was appointed as a regular pioneer in a certain congregation.

  in that congregation, a very obese male pioneer seduced a nice looking married pioneer sister who had two teenage sons.

  her husband was a ms. both were df'd.

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  Jehovah's clean and happy organization...
  
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  1995 generation change

  by Gorb in

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  now, many years later, i remember the 1995 generation change, very well.. since early youth, hearing my father explaining in field service the 2520 years.

  it was his main theme in the field.. with the change my doubts started.

  with some jw friends we did not trust the organization anymore.

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  They had to make some sort of change.

  The "within one generation" of 1914 (remember the arrow illustration?) clearly wouldn't wash any more.

  Instead of admitting they don't know what they're talking about, they bought the organization more time with the overlapping generation explanation.

  A lot of people didn't buy it, of course, but a lot did.
  
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  Those members who passed away

  by Gorb in

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  who of those passed away jwd/jwn members, do we think of??.

  oompah and the lady from australia, are there more??.

  g..

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  Terry,

  Thanks for the report on Moshe. Please tell him I said hi.
  
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  Those members who passed away

  by Gorb in

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  who of those passed away jwd/jwn members, do we think of??.

  oompah and the lady from australia, are there more??.

  g..

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  I miss Moshe.

  He left several years ago.

  Not sure what's happened with him since.
  
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  The Truth about the Truth

  by Iamallcool in

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  if jw wants to know the truth about the truth, what will you talk about first?

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  Ding

  You won't be successful with a one size fits all approach.

  Things that were big to me might not affect them at all.

  Things that I didn't care about might be what troubles them the most.

  So I'd start out by letting let their questions and concerns establish the agenda.

  Occasionally it might be necessary to try to expand their area of inquiry, but this should be done in bite sizes rather than by trying to lay everything on them at once.
  
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  PIMO elder

  by Reservations in

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  i’m reservations, pimo elder.

  i’m in no position to leave the organisation, maybe some people will see that as weak or whatever, but we have to all go down our own path in life.. i would like to be able to wake people up in my congregation, how do you think best to do this?

  any ideas?.

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  Ding

  How you go about it may differ depending on specifics.

  What specifically do you want them to see that they don't see now?

  Is it differences between WT doctrine and the Bible?

  WT doctrinal flip flops?

  WT false prophecies?

  WT covering up of pedophilia?

  Other?
  
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  How on earth can WT lawyers continue to believe WT has God’s backing, when they see all the deception play out in Court.

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here is a post on reddit from mark and kimmy o’ donnell, from the crusaders documentary,.

  ask us anything.. mr. o'donnell gives his assessment of why wt lawyers continue to defend the child sex abuse cases that the organization continues to fight, even though they see firsthand the deception, the lies, the withholding of facts and dirty tactics used in court.

  by an organization that claims to be god's earthly representative, and the only one to hold the truth.

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  If they are JWs, they probably think of it as theocratic war strategy.

  After all, if they're JWs, they've bought into the claim that the WTS is God's organization and that the "faithful and discreet slave" speaks for Jehovah.

  And given how the organization discourages higher education, I wonder how many of their lawyers are JWs and how many are non-JW lawyers just representing a client.
  
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  How would you respond?

  by Iamallcool in

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  if you tell a jw that he or she is in a cult and they asked you why do you say that?

  how would you respond?.

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  If you tell JWs point blank that they are in a cult, they will label you a persecutor or apostate and have no further dealings with you.

  When you think about it, does anyone respond favorably to being told their religion is a cult?
  
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  Triumph

  by WTDeserter in

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  Vander,

  I thought the shortest man in the Bible was Bildad the Shoe Height.