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  A WTF Moment While In the WTS

  by Searching in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  has anyone else had a moment, while still within the organization (and before learning ttatt) that caused them to stop and go, "this is kind of messed up.".

  for instance, back i believe in the early 2000's, i was attending a dc with my family.

  it was announced at the beginning of the convention that there was going to be a special announcement at the end, so for everyone to please try to remain until the very end of the meeting.

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  I have never seen a special announcement that was more than anticlimactic.
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  Of all the bible characters would you like any as a friend ?

  by Chook in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  tax collector guy might help out..

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  I think Lot's wife has some stories to tell. I would love to hear these stories over a glass of wine.
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  New Kingdom Halls in Strip Malls & Real Estate Listings

  by 4thgen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i met with a jw today and they showed me a picture of the new style kh build.

  the building was located in a ***strip mall**** in florida.

  i'm always amazed (and disgusted) at the new and inventive ways they think of expanding their real estate holdings.. along that vein...i recently discovered this: .

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  Access denied.

  Are you suggesting they are building strip malls that include a kingdom hall, or they are leasing space in a strip mall?
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  If they stopped the monthly report card ?

  by Chook in

  1. jw
  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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  There are legitimate reasons for tracking placements. This is important to develop a link between production and placement. But tracking time is meaningless - except for the obvious reason of controlling the r&f.
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  If they stopped the monthly report card ?

  by Chook in

  1. jw
  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

  1. watchtower
  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

  1. watchtower
  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.