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  What could it be?

  by Randy notmarsh in

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  i'm doing some research.

  someone snitched over something minor-ish on me about six months ago the person is from a different hall, person got df ( over some other stuff) why haven't the elders talked to me?

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  Most elders are stressed out by endless congregation duties and have much bigger fish to fry. They might not know who to contact, and even if they've inquired about you are and where your records are parked and come up with nothing, the whole theocratic treadmill might dampen their motivations to pursue much after that.

  It would be the elders in the congregation where your records are that would have to pursue the matter. So one elder body would need to contact the other, and the local elders would need to feel motivated to do an investigation. If you are faded, they might hold the matter in "abeyance".
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  Homeless guy begs with the Watchtower

  by ShirleyW in

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  2. friends

  after that crazy story about the bride and groom going out in service in their wedding attire, that reminded me of a scene yesterday in one of the subway stations, a disheveled homeless guy had one hand out begging for some money, "does anyone have some spare change to help me " he kept saying, in his other hand was a copy of the magazine.

  so what must've happened was some dub passed him by and instead of giving him a quarter gave him a copy of the latest publication.

  although some of the beggars use their money for alcoholic beverage anyway instead of food i'm sure that magazine will be put to good use when he feels the need to take a squat somewhere and needs some paper.

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  In the Watchtower mindset, that is the BEST way to help a homeless person. I remember a picture in one of the publications showing a JW doing just that.
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  How can elders find someone.. And how long would it take?

  by Randy notmarsh in

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  let's throw a hypothetical.

  let's say that a body of elders is looking for someone in a different congregation, but don't know what kh he attends, how do they go on about it?

  how long do you guys think it'll take?

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  It depends. Elders are stressed-out busy nowadays and usually have bigger fish to fry. If they encounter a few obstacles in finding the where the person's records are, it is likely they will put that on the backburner.
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  Day 1 - Fessler vs. Watchtower – Opening Statements and Motions in Jehovah’s Witness Child Abuse Trial

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  news bulletin: fessler versus watchtower – opening statements and motions in jehovah’s witness child abuse trial – day 1. .

  posted on february 12, 2017. city hall, philadelphia, pennsylvania.

  on a cold philadelphia morning the 7th of february, 2017, stephanie fessler walked into the court of common pleas of pennsylvania, first judicial district, civil trial division.

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  Londo111

  Don't give them ideas...
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  Craziest thing you ever did during intermission at a Circuit Assembly

  by Esse quam videri in

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  2. experiences

  1970 - there was a local drag strip a few miles away from the hall rented for the circuit assembly.

  i was 18 , tim o. was 16 and wayne d. was 18. wayne had a 1955 chevy 4 door, 6 cylinder and fresh paint job.

  tim had his dad'ss 1965 chevy half ton.

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  Drag racing is one thing, but not enjoying the upbuilding association during lunch? How dare you! :)
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  Stranger asks about your kids mental wellness. ..

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  last night at the meeting there was a suggested presentation about the new mags, which cover the issue of depression in minors.

  the jw jumps straight from "hi how are ya" to "how is your kids mental well-being " and of course the hh is more than happy to discuss the inner workings of their child's mind with a stranger whose just knockedmon their door(!).

  if it was me i'd be majorly creeper out!.

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  Is there a transcript for this?
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  Always ask an Elder before sharing posts!

  by Tahoe in

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  lol.

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  Londo111

  And the answer would be no. Unless it is an article on JW.org
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  We deserve to die

  by elfgoblin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at the meeting today, we were reading the watchtower and this elder apologetically said to such a degree in regards to romans 5:12 that "we humans are not worthy of any mercy from jehovah.

  we shouldn't even have free will because we can't possibly do anything good enough to please jehovah.

  we don't even deserve life because of sin.

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  This is the theology of "undeserved kindness"...a term Watchtower has used instead of "grace". Rather than focus on grace or kindness, like other Christian denominations, the word "undeserved" comes to the fore and hits people over the head.

  However, the word "undeserved" is not in the Greek...

  I remember an elder said this to my ex-wife when she was disfellowshipped. The thought was: everyone deserves death, whatever we get over top of that, like being born, is "undeserved kindness" and we should be grateful.
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  Apparently, William Tyndale was an early J-Dub?

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my wife and son were watching the january broadcast and one of the segments was about william tyndale.

  william tyndale was a bible translator in the early 16th century.

  i always knew that the org held men like tyndale, john hus and john wycliffe in high regard.

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  No, since 2013, the Faithful Slave was appointed in 1919 and is essentially the Governing Body, not the "anointed remnant". The anointed and the "other sheep" are now together the "domestics".

  Matthew 24:45 has now been disconnected with the Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds.
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  1914 to be abandoned around 2016

  by Alfred in

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  2. beliefs

  the other day i was doing some research about "1914" for a friend on my wt cd library (spanish) and i found it quite interesting that the number of times "1914" is mentioned in the watchtower magazine during the previous 3 decades has been dropping exponentially as follows.... 1980-1989: mentioned 854 times.

  1990-1999: mentioned 492 times.

  2000-2009: mentioned 222 times.

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  I accidently came across this today.

  2016 has come and gone, but not 1914.