With fewer venues for this year's round of DCs, there is a good chance that a GB member will be at your local DC. These men are one of the WT's biggest assets, what with most active JWs hanging on to every word during their talks. The rank and file believe that just being near one of these men is a blessing and are more likely to swipe their debit cards and even drop jewelry into the donation boxes.
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Individual Governing Body Members
by lambsbottom inafter watching morris' rant, was thinking about how weak these religious men are.
think about it: they are scared to put any of their hardcore beliefs (e.g.
higher education is bad and dangerous, clothing standards, ect.
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Why Is Alcoholism Deeply Embeded In JW Culture?
by RottenRiley inwe get plenty of company men passing through our circuit, often filled with misinformation and lugging around a suitcase of guilt, they bring more guilt to the weak while praising the braggart pioneers and slapping the "righteous over much" elders.
why are the wrong people getting praise in this distorted community?
i know for a fact many of the elders i served with have issues with alcoholism, when "brother guilt" brought his emotional hurricane through our circuit, i had the chance to eat and help pay for his "seven shots of tequila", both him and his wife were not immune to over-indulgences.
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JustVisting
probably JW cultural carry-over from the days of Judge Rutherford.
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JW university?
by wearewatchingyouman inwhy don't the witnesses have an accredited university?
almost all other xtian denominations do.
why not dubs?
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JustVisting
The WT used to brag that their Gilead school being "accredited" by NY state, that's got to count for something.
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Homosexuality, the GB and the Bible
by Oubliette inthe recent topics addressing the shamefully bigoted talk by jw gb member, anthony morris, on the subject of homosexuality got me thinking.
what the heck is up with the gb's obsession with this subject?.
as far as i can determine, jesus never said a single thing in reference to homosexuality.
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JustVisting
well, another poster mentioned an elder that used to constantly harp about fornication who ended up being guilty of that himself.
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Elder and CO just dropped by....
by El_Guapo ini haven't been to a meeting in over a year, and as you know as soon as you stop attending meetings/fieldservice the "conditional" love becomes more apperant.
the coordinating elder starts off by saying how much he loves and misses me, etc.
i ask him, when was the last time you called or texted me?
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JustVisting
well done, but it won't get him removed or reprimanded.
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WT Mantras / Thought Stoppers
by Ding ini've been thinking about how the gb controls jws through the use of short phrases or scripture quotes (often partial quotes ripped out of context).. think of the sound-bite responses you know jws are going to give you in response to points you try to make to them.. ones that come to my mind immediately are:.
-- "the light gets brighter and brighter.".
-- "who, then, is the faithful and discreet slave?".
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JustVisting
We are in the last hours of the last days.
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So what is the Society doing with all that $$$?
by QuestioningEverything ini read article after article about the billions the gb rakes in from fleecing the sheep but i've never heard anyone explain what happens to the money.. i mean is it in a swiss account?
are the gb living in private mansions?
where does the $ go?.
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JustVisting
Some of the cash just sits in conservative, traditional bank accounts, but according to some reports on the web, the WT Society sends representatives to hedge fund (high risk) investment conferences held in London.
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exJW Psychology 105--"Are You Ready for The Big A?"
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite ini don't know how many others have gotten this question that i got recently.
i wonder if it was the co that thought this would be a great question to try to reactivate someone like me:.
at the time, i was kinda blindsided by the question and gave just an okay response.
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JustVisting
SAHS, the fact is that JWs are still buying into their no-children, no education, no career nonsense. They have ramped up the retoric regarding the nearness of "the end", children are still seen as a burden and people who better themselves through higher education and/or hard work are seen as spiritually weak. It's just a matter of time, but they will "at that time" demand a sacrifice from the R&F as proof of their integrity.
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Billy's Comments You Won't Hear at the 01-19-2014 WT Study (7 Shepherds, 8 Dukes)
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in16-20. we shall also have to raise up against him seven shepherds, yes, eight dukes of mankind.mic.
what is the most important thing that you can do now to prepare for any future attack on gods people?.
all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.. .
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JustVisting
This scrirpture is the reason why the GB will continue to have 8 members IMO. As was previously mentioned, this is yet another power grab the elite eight.
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Ministry in God's paradise earth
by mistified inso i'm listening to a talk this week and the speaker was pretty delusional and shouted a lot!
the talk was the usual mumble jumble but then he said something that did not make any sense at all.
he said that after armageddon in the new paradise earth, the witnesses will still be warning people about the end of the new system of things.
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JustVisting
Was it Bro. Ciro. Aulicino perhaps?