The race to reserve seats at 8am sharp at assemblies. (practising for the loving new world.)
Posts by waton
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12Ritualistic behaviour within the JW faith
by stuckinarut2 ini was thinking about how the society criticises other faiths such as catholics because of their ritualistic procedures.. but couldn't it be said that witnesses have their own deeply ritualistic behaviours?.
think about the prayers said at meetings.
they all have to follow the same basic style and theme, and include the same basic content.. what about the ritualistic procedures of the memorial, and the passing of emblems - even to the servers and speaker (although they actually handle them more than everyone, they do their own special act of passing them to each other).
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How HIGH did you climb the ranks as a JW? Did you like the STATUS?
by unshackled inso what were your biggest jw accomplishments as a rank & file?
curious as to what level you climbed the r&f ladder while in the org, or if you still are in.. did you regular pioneer, or auxiliary pioneer?
bethel?
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waton
according to Jesus, the highest position in his religion (ruled invisibly since 1914) is "publisher" because the highest must be your slave. your slave. jws : you are slave owners, teh ms, the Elders, the Co, branch coordinator, GB member, remember.
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Not forseen by FF
by Gorbatchov ineuropean press is quoting angela merkel today, who sees a break up between europe and the usa.. objection!
this is not what we learned at the bible studies in the 70's!!!.
fred franz is turning arround in his grave now 😂😂😂.
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waton
Of course Merkel can not count on the brexit UK and wall building US any more. her idea is to destroy Europe as we knew it, and the cross-channel/atlantic present leaders want to protect themselves and their client populations. A deep divide.
The german army, once a bulwark against invader, now is tailoring uniforms for their pregnant lady soldiers ha ha., while millions of muster ready young males are allowed to invade, unchecked, without control.
may be he Anglo American world power is becoming more exclusively Anglo American than we think?
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wt study: May 28, Apply things written
by waton inwt mag march 2017 page 26. par.
.....heart become haughty, like hezekiahl.
i thought wow!, .. if "god" stopped the rotation of the earth and reversed it, -to give me a changed shadow, - then stopped it again, reversed it back to normal,*** just to give me a personal sign, i would be impressed too?
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waton
here is depicted an physical event that contradicts James 1:17, " .....Father of celestial lights with whom there is no variation of the turning of the shadow" and an event that today , would be the greatest cosmological, world news, and
surprisingly the wt audience just swallows it, as the basis for their obedience beliefs. obviously surprises await them.
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wt study: May 28, Apply things written
by waton inwt mag march 2017 page 26. par.
.....heart become haughty, like hezekiahl.
i thought wow!, .. if "god" stopped the rotation of the earth and reversed it, -to give me a changed shadow, - then stopped it again, reversed it back to normal,*** just to give me a personal sign, i would be impressed too?
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waton
wt mag March 2017 page 26. par. 11. .....heart become haughty, like Hezekiahl
I thought wow!, .. if "god" stopped the rotation of the Earth and reversed it, -to give me a changed shadow, - then stopped it again, reversed it back to normal,*** just to give me a personal sign, I would be impressed too? wouldn't you? bragging about it? haughty haughty?
***or, to make it simpler, performed a smoke and mirror trick for me in a command performance, announced beforehand, no less?
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How Far Up The Ladder Did You Go In JW Land?
by minimus ini pretty much did it all.
vacation pioneered as a youngster and became a regular pioneer out of school.
i became a ms then an elder.....the organization pushes you to be somebody within the confines of their realm.
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waton
I guess all those old-timers who were throwing their money around like confetti have passed away. LgH:
Yes, these were the personal observations, recommendations of the two heavies at the time: I believe wt rotated DOs COs into affluent areas to give them that financial base, that allowed them to have that confidence to do the unpopular thing once in a while without the weekly golden***/green handshake. They also get a wt pension now.
*** golden handshakes happening right now as COs depart and new ones rotated in.
When we were offered missionary-service this wasn't " im frage". And missionary-service is much closer to the organisation ...they very hardly kick you out, so explain please.. Fulano
For Missionary/ Gilead "service" you apply, official wt documentation, not conditional "in frage".-- This CO offer for us, was evidently part of the screening process where the DOs.COs make recommendations to the branch. It happened after a stunning success (only as a catalyst) to turn a faltering cong around, that we were parachuted into as a "cong. servant", (still popular there, because we did not do anything, but the cong finally build their hall, stopped fighting, we underwhelmed them ha ha)
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How Far Up The Ladder Did You Go In JW Land?
by minimus ini pretty much did it all.
vacation pioneered as a youngster and became a regular pioneer out of school.
i became a ms then an elder.....the organization pushes you to be somebody within the confines of their realm.
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waton
fulano: "what were the assured financial benefits offered?
DO and CO: " you will never have financial problems again " This to a pioneer / special pioneer couple, living on 45.- a month. giving 100 / 150 hours to wt service, plus looking after a congregation, maintaining a car, me, declining and asking sarcastically to myself : what financial problems ?
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How Far Up The Ladder Did You Go In JW Land?
by minimus ini pretty much did it all.
vacation pioneered as a youngster and became a regular pioneer out of school.
i became a ms then an elder.....the organization pushes you to be somebody within the confines of their realm.
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waton
first talk at circuit assembly : 1957 top rung refused to climb: circuit overseer. was offered, but refused, despite assured financial benefits: that fully engaged CO wt schedule lifestyle was too controlled for my freedom loving spirit that had seen the nazi and commi equivalent.
Now looking at those on this dead end organisational structure: the taller they stand, the harder they will fall.
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How Far Up The Ladder Did You Go In JW Land?
by minimus ini pretty much did it all.
vacation pioneered as a youngster and became a regular pioneer out of school.
i became a ms then an elder.....the organization pushes you to be somebody within the confines of their realm.
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waton
when the high DG ladder rung they were standing on, was suddenly missing. ouch, ha ha. better have a parachute, or prepared cushy bed to fall down on. like a super cleaning company.
for example: Charland & Filteau
Crepeault arrogant? no, knowledgeable, he knows things you do not! after all he is an accountant. figures figure. smiling by the numbers. like the Mona Lisa.
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How Far Up The Ladder Did You Go In JW Land?
by minimus ini pretty much did it all.
vacation pioneered as a youngster and became a regular pioneer out of school.
i became a ms then an elder.....the organization pushes you to be somebody within the confines of their realm.
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waton
"One of the biggest illusions of JWland is that their is a ladder when there is no ladder only the illusion of one"
like the district overseers found out, when the high rung they were standing on, was suddenly missing. ouch, ha ha. better have a parachute, or prepared cushy bed to fall down on. like a super cleaning company.
Saumur and Crepeault had something in common.