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  I met a lovely x JW sister this morning

  by KateWild in

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  on my way to work, i saw my neighbour from the next street sitting at the bus stop as usual.

  i always offer her a lift and say hello and try to "encourage" her.. the family was in our book study, the kids know i love them to bits.. well did the flood gates open or what, she has got old mags she wants show me, internet websites.

  if she is on here she hasn't worked it out yet.

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  pronomono

  I'm happy for you Kate. You deserve a good friend.
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  JW. Org logon to email them

  by sherrie11 in

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  2. friends

  it doesn't allow anyone to register.

  are they to scared of the feedback from those who know ' the truth about the truth'.

  it seems to me they should not even have a contact us function (especially if your main form of contact is email, which is the norm for 2013) who designed this thing................. are the elders and the privileged jw's sent their logon details... i would love to know the secret squirrel shite.

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  pronomono

  Ditto what piztjw said.

  When you register, you start with just the CC donations, but you have a special code listed at the bottom of your profile page. The code allows your congregation secretary to associate your profile with the local congregation and assign you roles within the congregation. The secretary can download all the letters that the society sends to each congregation, since these are no longer mailed. Forms for congregation business can be downloaded. The accounts servant can submit donations. Congregation FS statistics can be submitted. I'm sure there's lots more, but that's all I've seen.
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  Interview with Ray Franz, Peter Gregson and others from 1986

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  look what i found, an old interview from jeremiah productions.

  it features many interviews including, ray franz and peter gregson.

  it's a good promotion for coc if you haven't read it yet and a recap if you have.

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  pronomono

  Great find Kate.
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  According to WT, has Mt 24:14 been fulfilled?

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no - w55 10/15 p. 621 par.

  7 p. 61 par.

  yes - w92 5/1 p. 22 par.

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  pronomono

  AbleBodiedMan, the mormons are running a close second. They are published in 177 languages, but beat us with 15,000,000 members, roughly. With their rate of growth, they'll have double our membership with only a few decades head start. It would seem that Jehovah is blessing them more in many respects if growth and works are the deciding factors.

  The LDS have been amassing land - now owning multiple colleges, sanctuaries, and 2% of the state of Florida. They have more community enhancement projects. Their members even follow some crazy doctrines like us. Don't discount the Mormons.
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  Society stating they have no special Holy Spirit

  by cognac in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i remember them stating something to that affect.

  does anybody know where this was said?.

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  pronomono

  Blondie, can I say that you are the greatest?
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  The Right Religion Demonstrates True Faith In Jesus Christ

  by pronomono in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the week of december 9th, i have the talk "the right religion demonstrates true faith in jesus christ" base on the reasoning book rs p329.

  the following is the suggested material.. istruefaithinjesuschristbeingdemonstrated?

  this involves appreciation of the value of the sacrifice of jesus human life and of his position today as heavenly king.

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  Legacy, I'm not the one who said my GF had the talk. This one was all me.

  Leaving_Quietly, It's easy to miss the point. I sure did until I really started reading it after your suggestion, viewing the context around the scripture instead of what we've been told. Us JWs aren't taught to be contextual readers. Unfortunately, I didn't record the talk, though.

  Adamah, ....in time. I will quit when the time is right. Maybe the time will never be right, especially with friends and family in that I don't want to lose right now. Being subtle can go a long way given the time to develop. Advertisement has been doing this for years with subliminal messages. Have a hidden meaning or a subtle suggestion that makes people believe this is how they felt all along. Who says that we can't introduce this into the congregation and have a slow change from the bottom-out, or hopefully but less likely bottom-up.
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  The Right Religion Demonstrates True Faith In Jesus Christ

  by pronomono in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the week of december 9th, i have the talk "the right religion demonstrates true faith in jesus christ" base on the reasoning book rs p329.

  the following is the suggested material.. istruefaithinjesuschristbeingdemonstrated?

  this involves appreciation of the value of the sacrifice of jesus human life and of his position today as heavenly king.

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  pronomono

  Thanks everyone. My talk went great. I was really nervous knowing that I wasn't giving the talk they expected to hear about faith being tied to works of preaching. I was really ready to just tell them I'm not giving the talk because I couldn't think of an angle that would be beneficial to the congregation that was in harmony with TTATT. Thanks to you all, I nailed it, and the School Overseer even said it was great and that he was having to nitpick to find something to counsel me on.

  I tried combining all of your suggestions but came out with a 10 minute talk instead of 5. So I had to condense it. I focused faith being placed not in the name of Jesus but in the person that name identifies and how the primary component or work of faith is love, as intructed by Christ's commandments, that love was the foundation for all other works, such as works of loyalty to Jesus. As suggested by Leaving_Quietly, I applied the entire chapter of James 2 on works to love and the importance it plays on our faith, using the examples of Abraham and Rahab with the love and faith they showed to Jehovah.

  And the ultimate win of the talk is that I didn't use preaching once as a work. I imagine that many of the brothers and sisters had never heard this explanation of James 2. I know I haven't. So hopefully a contextual explanation will open some of their minds just a little.

  Thanks Leaving_Quietly and everyone else for helping me get through this without wussing out and being able to provide something beneficial to the congregation at the same time. I may have to come to you all again later as other topics come along so that I can subtly help preach TTATT around JW doctrine to get the congregation to start thinking.
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  LOL, this will freak you out…

  by transhuman68 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ive been cruising the net in search of the meaning of life (lol- as if!

  ) and came across this amazing piece of writing that i think puts everything in perspective... .

  at first, when you really get that nothing matters at all it's very depressing.

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  pronomono

  And Solomon said it years before at Eccl 3:19, "everything is vanity", excuse me, "futile". That's why JWs preach. If everything on earth is vanity, "store up your treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust consume", everlasting treasures that aren't futile.

  This is all well and good assuming that God exists and is taking notice, but JW works aren't always what they think they are, especially when spreading mis-information.
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  Christmas presents--"We get things all year"??

  by WTWizard in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have heard that line of rubbish more times from the platform, especially around this time of year.

  yet, given the number of children with few or no toys, about 90% of the time, they get little or nothing year round.

  sometimes it is because of poverty, often induced because the parents are supposed to cut back on their work and pious-sneer or donate excessive amounts to the worldwide pedophile defense fund (or both).

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  JeffT, my family did the same. Everybody got presents on my parents anniversary. This is something my wife and I still do together.

  I'll never forget the Christmas Eve where my Dad bought me and my sister a bunch of presents and stacked them in the living room floor in a pyramid, emphasizing that they weren't for Christmas. That was a fun night, but it's hilarious looking back on it. We didn't feel bad about not getting presents that year when the school kids asked what we got.
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  I am having a Bad Day today

  by KateWild in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  stressed again with my circumstances.

  very tiresome, but i need to be positive.

  are you an optimistic soul?

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  pronomono

  What was the egg all cracked up about? He was eggs-cited.

  Get it? I made that one up myself. I also know not to quit my day job.

  I am now sending my positive energy your way. We love you and want you day to go better. For me, I'm about to get some shut eye. It's 1:30am here in the States.

  Here's to wishing you a better day tomorrow.