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  Jehovah's protecting his people - Korea

  by no-zombie in

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  with the chances of war breaking out on the korean peninsula rapidly rising, i wonder if jehovah will save his people in seoul if kim jong-un decides to nukes it?

  or will their deaths just be written off by the governing body's writing department as another case of "time and unforeseen occurrence"?.

  while you might think that i'm being flippant or trivial here, i'm being quite serious.

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  It is all about the narrative. If they survive, they are being protected. If they don't survive - then "time and unforeseen circumstances." Using the right narrative, it is always win-win.
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  Disfellowshipped people are dead people?

  by snugglebunny in

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  skimming though my iphone earlier today i came across a fb post - which i now can't find!.

  basically it was a claim that a gb member had stated that associating with a disfellowshipped person was akin to sleeping next to a corpse.. so obviously i'm curious as to whether anyone else has come across this..

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  I have heard this comment... and who say's they are not a cult.
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  So, any comments from the Memorial?

  by NewYork44M in

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  perhaps i missed the comments, but i did not see a lot of comments from, or about, the memorial.

  it happened last night, right?.

  in years past the jwn board was hot with comments.

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  • the best memorial ever!!

    you gotta be kidding.

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  So, any comments from the Memorial?

  by NewYork44M in

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  perhaps i missed the comments, but i did not see a lot of comments from, or about, the memorial.

  it happened last night, right?.

  in years past the jwn board was hot with comments.

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  I guess the silence suggests that most have moved on and the "memorial" is no longer holds any significance. That is a good thing.
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  No prayer at public meetings?

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was doing some research on another topic and i came across this from the march 1950 watchtower.... absence of prayer at public meetings!november 17, 1949dear brother:answering your query of the 9th instant regarding the absence of prayer in opening and closing our public meetings:it is certain that the public does not come to our public lectures in our kingdom hall or elsewhere to hear us pray, but do come to hear the advertised subject spoken upon by the speaker announced as competent to handle it.

  our exemplar jesus held many public lectures, but there is no record that he opened or closed any of them with prayer.

  there is no bible record that he opened up the sermon on the mount with prayer, or those open-air lectures after which he fed the multitude, first the 5,000 and then the 4,000. but there is a record that when he thus fed the multitudes he did offer prayer of thanksgiving to god before breaking the bread and fish and distributing the pieces to the hungry crowds.

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  I remember the change to have a prayer at the public talk. I forget when the change occurred. At the time, it was a significant event.
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  So, any comments from the Memorial?

  by NewYork44M in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  perhaps i missed the comments, but i did not see a lot of comments from, or about, the memorial.

  it happened last night, right?.

  in years past the jwn board was hot with comments.

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  NewYork44M

  Perhaps I missed the comments, but I did not see a lot of comments from, or about, the memorial. It happened last night, right?

  In years past the JWN board was hot with comments. This time, not a lot. Does this mean that the event is no longer significant?
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  To those taking a stand and not attending the Memorial tonight

  by doubtfull1799 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i salute you.

  many of you, like me, are probably under enormous emotional pressure, whether from a lingering false sense of guilt from your indoctrination, whether from "invitations," and assumptions that you'll naturally be coming, or whether from outright emotional blackmail, even begging and pleading.

  i am thinking of you whoever you are, all of you, even though i don't know you in person.

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  I am not attending tonight. It has been over 10 years since I quit attending. But I don't consider my actions "taking a stand." I have simply moved on. I doubt any knows or cares that I am not attending.
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  The Governing Body wishes you...

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  happy ash wednesday!.

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  The Governing Body wishes you...

  would send more money.
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  Money and Happiness

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  wt has made a number of references to this alleged quote by j. paul getty:.

  “money doesn’t necessarily have any connection with happiness.

  nothing in my wt life brought more stress and anxiety than not having enough money.. this quote makes far more sense:.

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  NewYork44M

  As my father used to say "what good is happiness, it can't buy money."
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  What will you be doing on the evening of the 11th ?

  by Phizzy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  mrs phizzy and myself will be eating out, sure in the knowledge we will not have jw's using the same restaurant.. i may have a cigar along with my brandy at the meal's end to celebrate my (our) freedom..

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  I teach an auditing class that night.