NewYork44M

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  Do you believe in god?

  by freakyAL in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i used to be a staunch believer in god.

  maybe its technology and science advancing so much thats got me doubting idk.

  do you believe in god?

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  I would love to believe in god, I really would love to think of a benevolent caretaker of my life and beyond. I just don't see this happening.
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  Clue re approach to Annual Report in Jan 2018 MWB

  by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at the agm on oct 7th, his eminence miserable morris iii stated the jw yearbook would cease publication and that the annual report would instead be released via the "about us" menu in the jw website.

  related to this, the "life and ministry meeting workbook - january 2018 (living as christians)" outlines the following item to be considered jan 1-7 2018...."annual service report: (15 min.

  ) talk by an elder.

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  I suspect, that they will not publish comprehensive numbers. We will probably only ever see the numbers that are "cherry-picked" for effect.
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  Update

  by Issa in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it has been a couple of months since the last time i updated.

  i got a good news to share.

  i have been accepted to university!

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  NewYork44M

  Congratulations. I wish you the very best.
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  Current week long Elders school. Outlines / talks?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so in my part of the world, they are currently holding the week long elders schools.

  my father is attending one.

  does anyone (hello wifi bandit?

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  A week-long elders meeting! Yikes I can't imagine. I sat through a few 2-day meetings. Those were painful beyond any description. By the 3rd day, you will have an audience full of old men sleeping. The noise of the snoring will be deafening.
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  "Deficit" at JW Assembly

  by cookiemaster in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've recently been at an assembly here in romania and there was an announced they were running a 10,000 euro deficit and urging all attendees to donate more money besides the already 5k has was donated during that day.

  i really don't understand these things.

  it's their own assembly hall.

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  God is all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money!

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iouZYYzQEjU

  God loves you - and he needs your money. So, it is no coincidence that assemblies run at a deficit.
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  is armageddon starting ?

  by stan livedeath in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the sky is so dark here in the south of the uk.

  could be armageddon starting.. or then it could be dust particles in the atmosphere..

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  the sky is so dark here in the south of the UK. could be armageddon starting.
  or then it could be dust particles in the atmosphere.

  No Armageddon. The official answer is that an angel farted.
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  Can Today's JW Logically Explain Their Beliefs?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i was a jw, i relished explaining my beliefs and why we had the truth!

  lol.

  todays witness has no clue , in my opinion..

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  How could they explain their beliefs when they don't even know what the beliefs are.
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  Two coins of little value? Ok! Sure (!)

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last thursday meeting was the verbal begging bowl item.

  in which having told the audience that wt doesn't ask for money... proceeded to then ask for money.. among the usual scriptures cited "honor god with your valuable things" etc was also the widows mite story "she dropped in two coins of little value..".

  and it occurred to me, two coins of little value in the uk would be two one penny coins!

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  I remember when I was accounts servant I would always leave the loose change in the box so the other congregations could fuss with the coins. The other accounts servants also had the other idea. Thus, there were always a few coins that remained indefinitely in the contribution box. Our actions showed that we considered these coins of little value and more of an annoyance than what they were worth.
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  Grocery Store conversation with an elder

  by problemaddict 2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm inactive here to the local jw's as i have faded.

  i've been slandered and all that, shunned by some but not all, but the elders basically leave me alone.

  i still run into to people all over though.

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  perfect ending - green bananas. I wonder if he got the pun.
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  JW Rumor: End of the Traveling Overseer

  by Edison Trent in

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  2. scandals

  a friend of mine has contacts to a family with several circuit overseers and special pioneers.

  they have good connections to bethel.. he told me that the latest rumor from bethel states that the cos should be abolished in their present form.

  they have also recently begun to take cos back to bethel.. over the same channel i have already heard of the car fleet program and that the dos should be abolished.. has anyone else already heard of it?

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  The value of the CO is that they provide an audit of the congregation from the perspective of the self-interests of the mothership. I don't think you can discount that, nor do I think that this function is easily replaced.

  Imagine what would happen with a renegade congregations with no central control. This is a worst-case but very realistic scenario for the Watchtower.