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  Lockdown Blues and my new friend Carl the Cardinal

  by GrreatTeacher in

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  the great lockdown has been mind-numbingly boring.

  my husband has been an essential worker, but i have been home and not working.

  the only other housemate is a teenager who is on distance learning from college.

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  Sounds like you live in a little paradise of your own GT, Give my regards to your tits they sound like a lot of fun.
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  interview going viral

  by inbetween09 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is apparently an interview being circulated among jw.

  me and my pimi wife got it several times.

  its from some kind of tv station in us.

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  They didn`t stop knocking on peoples doors because of love for neighbour ,it was because it became illegal to do so ,by possibly spreading Covid -19 or contracting it themselves and spreading it to other people.

  And facing a hefty fine if they disobeyed the direction of the authorities.

  He mentions about baptising in the name of the Father ,Son and the Holy Spirit ? Jehovah`s witnesses do not do this .

  He speaks about the unity of Jehovah`s witnesses ,what he doesn`t say is that if you disagree with the teachings of the WT/GB/JW and their current teachings you will be Disfellowshipped and shunned by everyone in the religion including your own believing members of your family.

  It is interesting to note that the Teachings of JW`s have changed so many times over the years that you may have been right in disagreeing with something taught some years ago and been DF for ,that is now accepted as the "truth" now but you wont be given an apology or your DF being annulled .

  He also mentions about the sanctity of human life .? Many Jehovah`s Witnesses ,man woman and child have died as a result of the No Blood ban enforced on their members or otherwise be disfellowshipped and shunned by everyone in the congregation and family members who are Jehovah`s Witnesses.
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  BOE Update! (as of 2020-07-31)

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  body of elder letters, announcements, and so forth will be next to "none" unless more elders decide to contact us and help out.. atlantis has lost three elders in the past two years.

  two elders were disfellowshipped, and one disassociated and walk away a month ago.. when this happens receiving confidential documents is severed.

  the last announcement we received was 2020-07-23. i was not about to send out a childish letter on "mold" in the kingdom halls.. there are people out there out of work and concerned about what they will eat tomorrow, and the watchtower is concerned with mold!.

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  I`m hopeful that more pimo Elders will step up and provide more BOE letters and announcements to you in future.

  And thank you for all that has been provided to date ,much appreciated by all I`m sure.

  And a special thank you to those Elders in the past who did supply that info to you so that you could pass it on to us.
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  JW Stumper Questions - List You Best Here

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi guys.

  sooner or later we're going to get a jw knocking on our door.

  just like when we were jw's doing the knocking, it's good to have a question prepared to get them thinking about their own beliefs.

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  Jehovah God and Christ Jesus never shunned Satan ,in fact many scriptures show the opposite ,so why do Jehovah`s Witnesses shun their members for trivial reasons when compared to what Satan has done ?
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  Care packages from "The Branch"

  by DwainBowman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm sorry, i didn't see that someone had already posted about this!!.

  i just love the special relief packages that are being provided by "the branch" it's such a "loving provision".

  funny how they leave out that it's not costing them a dime, but is being given to them, to pass out!.

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  1. The distributors and wholesalers will then provide a pre-approved box of fresh produce, dairy, and meat products to food banks, community and faith based organizations, and other non-profits serving Americans in need.

  On top of these targeted programs USDA will utilize other available funding sources to purchase and distribute food to those in need.

  Lets give credit where credits due and its not to the WTB&TS
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  Using gods name

  by Gorbatchov in

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  2. friends

  i've never thought about it before, but isn't it some sort of blasphemy and extremism to use a god's name in the official name of your religion?.

  g..

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  Christians were supposed to be Witnesses For Jesus.......... says so some 20 times plus in the New Testament...witness of Jehovah is mentioned once in the Old Testament .

  Amen to that : And if someone says yes, but the name Jesus means Jehovah saves or some such thing, that does not excuse you for substituting Jesus name for Jehovah.

  The New Testament is clear.Christians ,followers of Jesus are to be witnesses for Jesus and not Jehovah.
  
  
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  Another Unnecessary Early Death

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  a young man in somerset in england, under massive pressure from financial and relationship issues lapsed into mental illness.

  he was unlucky enough to have as his support system the local congregation of jehovah's witnesses.

  one of the symptoms of his illness was the use of tobacco.

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  The poor bugger got kicked while he was down from all sides ,very sad.
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  Watchtower June 2020 Article, '' Return to Me''

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | june 2020. .

  study article 26.

  6 who can share in the search for inactive ones?

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  Welcome Autumnsnow ,tell us more.
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  Jesus Believed In Adam and Eve

  by Parker in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm new to the forum.

  i'm an ex-jw who actually faded from jws.

  i'm here to drop by every once in a while to ask a question or two.

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  The "Old Testament " was a number of books written by Jews .The first century Christians and writers were mainly Jews.

  So if anybody should have a better understanding about how Jews thought about those writings it should be the Jewish people and not Gentiles who bastardize the texts with their Christianity / Christology .
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  Did You Have Good Relationships With The Elders?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  my experience was that most jws wanted to have an elder “friend” just in case they got into any “trouble “.kinda like knowing that certain cop who might get you out of a jam.

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  of course there was another group who did everything they could to either kiss the elders’ ass or stonewall them anytime they came snooping around.. how did you and the “older men” get along?.

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  The first 10 years I was in as a convert I was involved in 5 congregations and didn`t have much to do with elders / PO`s as thy were then called .Though a couple of them were sincere nice guys as I remember.

  The next 22 years I was involved with 3 congregations all in the same area and socialised with a number of elders and MS who were an easy going lot.Very laid back where we used to go to restaurants after meetings , go camping on long weekends or longer.,

  and a few of us hob-nobbed at each others house for meals either playing scrabble or watching football where there was always plenty of alcohol to go around. But always in moderation .

  .Many were self employed in the building game as either plasterers,tilers,painters,builders,etc, and a couple of us were employed full time ,one elder a salesman and me a lab technician with an oil company.

  It was really a nice social club my wife and I were in.

  Of course their were also other elders who were older and not in the same clique as us,one being a real nut case.

  So I would consider myself one of the lucky ones considering what many of you had to put up with in your congregations.