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  If they stopped the monthly report card ?

  by Chook in

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  2. experiences

  witnessing would cease, would it flow on to attendance numbers at meetings and then total decimation of the church..

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  The monthly time report is a part of the coercive control the elders have over the r&f.

  You take away the tool of control and you take away any motivation to participate.
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  Watchtower says: if your unbelieving relatives think you are in a cult, try to see things from their point of view

  by cognisonance in

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  2. bible

  12 have empathy for unbelieving relatives.

  while we may be overjoyed about the bible truths we have learned, our relatives may mistakenly believe that we have been tricked or have become part of a cult.

  we should show empathy by trying to see things from their viewpoint and by listening carefully to discern their real concerns.

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  Perhaps your relatives think you are in a cult - BECAUSE YOU ARE!
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  TIL - Stay Alive Until '75 Was Plagiarized (Sort of)

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "keep alive until 1925" - j.f.

  rutherford.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fhjnywjhh8.

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  It is interesting that through my life as a JW through the 1960-80s I never heard about 1925 debacle - not even once!

  What a wonderful organization that is able to bury their history so that the r&f has no idea what their history was. I fear that the same thing is happening related to 1975.
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  No go field service days

  by Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's canada day today and not just any canada day, it's canada's 150 birthday.

  for some strange reason i was actually able to reason with my wife day and she agreed with me.

  field service on a special day wouldn't be appropriate.

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  New Years, Christmas, Thanksgiving. No holiday is off limits. In fact, there is generally an organized attempt to get the r&f out knocking on doors. God forbid they would be able to enjoy their day off from work.
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  How many remember the 1969 8 day convention?

  by seek2find in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  anybody remember the 8 day 1969 international convention.

  i was at the braves stadium in atlanta all 8 days with a sunburn and then wet clothes after the rain storms.

  if you were there (not necessarily in atlanta) do you remember anything about it?

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  This is a great blast from the past. I see that I posted 10 years ago to this thread. In some ways this was the good old days of being in the organization.
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  The great tribulation is now coming VERY soon!

  by The Searcher in

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  2. bible

  watchtower october 2017, par 11, page 28 - "very soon the political powers of satan’s world will form a coalition that is bent on the destruction of god’s people.

  's] have anything to fear?

  not at all!........at that critical moment during the great tribulation, the angelic soldiers of jehovah of armies will come together to protect god’s people..."[j.w.

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  This is exciting, I don't plan on buying any green bananas.
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  Canada Bethel (Georgetown) to begin renovations early 2017

  by Richard_I in

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  2. friends

  a letter was just read at my midweek meeting that georgetown (canada bethel) will have renovations done on it beginning spring 2017. the letter asked for publishers who are electricians/plumbers/etc.

  and in good standing to apply to help out.

  those helping out will be considered "part-time commuters" and will only be at the property for about 3 days a week and must reside outside of bethel and pay for all their own expenses.

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  They are probably renovating so it is ready to sell.
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  Rick & Laverne Townsend: Where are they now?

  by ithinkisee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i love the jc meeting mp3 of rick & laverne.

  does anyone have any info and/or contact info on these two people?

  i would love to just send a thank you to them, because it was that jc meeting mp3 that really gave me confidence and helped me learn how to casually overcome objections by zealous jws.. anyone?

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  NewYork44M

  Somehow I think Cyndi is a JW troll.

  If you look at her profile she has been a member 9 years and this is the only post. That sounds like a troll to me. There is clearly no credibility to her comment.
  
  
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  Restrictions

  by snugglebunny in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  what kind of restrictions are people put under when their behaviour has been considered worthy of disfellowshipping but have managed to avoid the big "d"?.

  me (going back a bit):.

  1. never to be in the company of the lady unchaperoned although we were "betrothed".. 2. removed from ministerial servants position.. 3. not allowed to pray in the congregation at all, including book study.. 4. removed as watchtower study conductor.. 5. removed as public speaker and talks at service meetings.. 6. removed as pioneer.. 7. report to po once a month.. amazingly, i missed none of those things and relished the freedom from responsibility.

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  I was not allowed to read at the bookstudy in my final phase of my fade.
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  Have You Ever Found Yourself Really Not Liking Someone Here?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i've been on this board for years.

  99% of the posters here i do not personally know.

  a few, maybe not so much...lol..... do posters here get you upset to the point that you really don't like them?

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  NewYork44M

  I never got into battles with anyone to reach a point of dislike. I avoid political threads, which probably is the reason that I am able to stay away from conflict.

  But just for fun, let me add - I voted for Hillary!