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  Will directing people to jw.org actually prove counter productive?

  by eyeslice2 in

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  2. friends

  there was a time when the society was very skeptical about the internet and the so-called lies and apostate information that was out there.

  it sort of was something to be avoided.

  over the past ten years, however, it seems they have taken to it with a passion.

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  Dangerous promotion of 'Serving where the need is Greater'

  by eyeslice2 in

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  2. friends

  both the june and july broadcasts featured sections about serving where the need is greater.

  as i recall, my wife watches them as i hover in the background, india and thailand have both been heavily featured.

  next, i hear some friends talking about how they are thinking of moving to india.

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  No careers in this cheapskate organization

  by eyeslice2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you go to jw.org, you can download the program for 2019 convention.. what i notice is that nowadays there is no meeting for ones wishing to serve at bethel or for those interested in gilead missionary school.

  rather, there is just a meeting for those interested in 'the school for kingdom evangelizers'.. two things strike me about this.

  first, although there was once a big play on bethel and gilead being held out as career options, this is now just about dead and buried.

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  Repercussions over Whiskygate?

  by eyeslice2 in

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  2. friends

  anyone any idea if there have been any repercussions over whiskygate and if anthony morris was ushered into the backroom after a meeting?

  i am pretty sure if this had been a member of the r&f and the video was all over the internet, something would have been said about being careful not to bring jah's organization into disrepute.

  i am sure the local elders in the congregation he is assigned to wouldn't have the balls to do it and there would have to be a mole pretty high up to find out if the gb got involved.. we can but speculate i guess..

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  Why this obsession with Standardisation?

  by eyeslice2 in

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  the longer i am out, the the less i understand the logic of this organisation.. i thought that the kingdom hall my wife attends was perfectly fine and adequate, in fact i liked that it sat in grassy grounds, surrounded by trees.

  it probably wasn't in any dire need of re-decorating at this point.

  others, obviously, thought otherwise and so the hall has recently been subjected to a make-over.. the parking lot has been extended in true joni michell they've "paved paradise and put up a parking lot".

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  50 Years since the first moon landing

  by eyeslice2 in

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  in july of 1969, i was 16 years old and was pretty excited by the prospect that the us would shortly land a man on the moon.

  however, i remember, vividly and older brother at the time confidently stating that man would never walk on the moon, quoting psalms 115 - "as for the heavens, they belong to jehovah.

  but the earth he has given to the sons of man.

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  A joyless memorial

  by eyeslice2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  many years ago i started a thread entitled 'a religion with nothing to celebrate' (https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/80630/religion-nothing-celebrate).. prior to about the year 2000, our congregation met in what had previously been an old church.

  we purchased it and even though we had little cash, made the place beautiful.

  it had real character, with beautiful wood work and we even managed to keep some of the stained glass windows as they weren't religious in nature.

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  Does home schooling really work?

  by eyeslice2 in

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  it strikes me that 'home schooling' is something often favored for jw kids, i've come across a number of families that do just that lately.

  and, that got me thinking, is this just a cop out for a proper education?.

  i am sure it is pretty difficult for a home schooled kid to get into a good university to study something like law or medicine.

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  'Serving where the need is greater' - who does it benefit?

  by eyeslice2 in

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  2. friends

  we have recently been in asia on vacation, travelling to a number of countries in this part of the world.

  whilst in thailand, my wife, totally pimo, wanted to go to the english speaking convention in bangkok.

  although i haven't been active for a very long time, i went along with her.. the first thing that slightly surprised me was the attendance, well over 900. i hadn't expected that many but they were from all over the country, which is a pretty big place.

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  Standing for the National Anthem?

  by eyeslice2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we are currently living in a country where at the cinema the national anthem is played before the start of the movie and it is law that you stand.

  does anyone know what current jw thinking is on this?

  i know there has been various changes over the years.

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