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  “Didn’t I tell you that there is something wrong with this organization?”

  by exWTslave in

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  thats how my grand mother responded when all of our family members came out of jw organization, either by disassociation or by disfellowshipping.. when we all started studying with jws, my grandmother too was there, but she stopped the study when the discussion over the dead happened.

  she told the study conductor: i am convinced that there is only life, but no death.

  because when my husband died of heart attack, i was not shaken by the incident.

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  That's one tough Grandmother! She sure broughy up some good points and showed him haha. Thanks for sharing, this was a good story I enjoyed.
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  ...WBT$/JW Preaching at the Door with a Cell Phone?!...

  by OUTLAW in

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  ........................ ........................will jw`s be using their cell phone or tablet.. ...............to show a wbt$ video to people in the field service?!!...

  ........................... .................................... .. .......................................click the link below:.

  ................................................... http://www.jehovahswitnessrecovery.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=19681.

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  Some are using tablets and phones now. i know my aunt uses them to show people the JW.org website. She said a sister from Bethel uses her tablet. They're really pushing for the website now, probably a way of tackling apostate websites.

  @redvip2000, it has gotten dumbed down even more. There was a Kingdom Ministry a while ago that said to use an article from the Watchtower where there is an imaginary conversation between a household and a Witness, as a way to preach to people. The whole argument, questions, and answers are written in that article. No need to say anything but read.
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  Evidence That Teenagers Getting Better?

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.businessinsider.com/6-decisions-todays-teens-make-better-than-past-generations-2014-3.

  surprizing.

  if you're a loyal witless reading this, just go back to your mantra:.

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  Thanks for sharing, good info that not everythung is as bad as what they say and highlight. You won't be hearing that in the Watchtower study coming up in two weeks. here's another article:

  http://listverse.com/2013/10/01/10-ways-young-generations-are-better-than-their-parents/
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  Why JWs don't celebrate Mother's day

  by Laika in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the uk, this sunday is mother's day!

  ask a jw why they don't celebrate holidays and they'll tell you it's because of some nefarious pagan connection.

  but this is really just a cover.

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  I started to wonder this myself when I did some research. Although Mother's Day has happened in Greek and Roman paganism, today's mothers day has nothing to do with them or no connection whatsoever. Mother's Day was started in the US by a lady named Anna Jarvis who wanted to dedicate a special day for mothers. Eventually the celebration expanded to other countries. Ironically, she later wanted the holiday she promoted removed because it became very commercialized. how is this pagan? No idea. Even if a Witness argues that it's dedicating a date for your mom and it can be seen as "worship", it doesn't make sense. After all, there are celebrations and days dedicated to high school graduates, baby showers, wedding anniversaries, etc. Plus, I have a JW cousin who I saw write on Facebook, "happy teachers day" (she's a teacher). its celebrated in her country, not here but that's a lot like Mother's Day in the sense that it dedicates a day to teachers. I've never heard any information against teachers or children's day.
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  What the writer of Revelation intended by his cryptic 666 mark of the beast reference.

  by Island Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it's amazing how simple the answer is and yet the watchtower organization seems completely oblivious to it.

  revelation itself tells you what the number is: "a man's number", "the number of his name".

  the writer of revelation spells it out and yet they don't see it!

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  Woah, this explanation is a lot better than what other religions today try to make out of it. Makes a whole lot sense tI find out what it meant back then. If only people knew this. Good video, thanks for sharing
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  Help, got JW in home....need details on how to answer question

  by skeeter1 in

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  "the world is much worse off today then yesterday .

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  i know the basic answers, but give me some more ammunition.

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  Next time, you could say how famine has dropped. It's easy to find statistics on that. I don't know if you're from the US, but violent crime rates have dropped here and being murdered is less common than that from the 1950's. Also, point to the fact that women have better right and comforts than in the past, civil rights movements have improved for people of different backgrounds and colors. Sure it's not all perfect but it's a lot better than before. The only reason things seem worse is because today we are able to know about it more than in the past. The news highlights stories like these. Technology allows us to stay in constant communication with the world around us, and people like to know more about others. Of course, there are things that have gotten worse but to say everything is all bad is an exaggeration.
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  Hello, I am new

  by LillyC in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am not a jehovah's witness but i am very interested, i have many questions and hope they can be answered here.. i do believe in god, privately.

  i do say my prayers daily and do believe god helps me in countless ways.

  but i don't go to any church.. i have always been impressed at how smart, polite and nice jehovah's witnesses are and i always make time to speak to them when they call at my door.

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  Hello LillyC welcome!

  Many of us here have been in your footsteps before. I can't say I was because I was born in, but there are others who aren't. Anyway, before joining, I suggest you take a look at both sides of the equation before making a formal decision. Look at the history, past and current teachings, the positives and negatives, the different experiences people have, do some research. Jwfacts.com is a good start, and of course you have the official website Jw.org. There are many different ways to interpret the Bible, and the Witnesses have many unique ones compared to mainstream Christians. In the end, the decision is yours to make to join or not, but there are many people who will gladly help with questions.
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  The Organization is expanding so much........

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...that district overseers are now being used as circuit overseers!!

  that was a comment at the wt study program.

  another great comment was this: " you can go to bethel and have zero skills.

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  Cutting hair was a really popular job in my old congregation. Those that couldn't find jobs went for that. think of it as the equivalent of window washing.
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  One day Assemblies and the removal of the RBC

  by A.proclaimer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i was at a jw gathering today, and i over heard a brother telling a sister about these new changes.

  according to him, both one day circuit assemblies will be put together on the same weekend, one on saturday, the next on sunday.

  that way the assembly halls could be used to fit in more circuits as they increase in numbers.

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  A.proclaimer

  So I was at a JW gathering today, and I over heard a brother telling a sister about these new changes. According to him, both one day circuit assemblies will be put together on the same weekend, one on Saturday, the next on Sunday. That way the assembly halls could be used to fit in more circuits as they increase in numbers. New halls means more people and circuits which means they will be able to use the same Assembly hall without the need to build a new one.

  As for the Regional Building Comitee (RBC), I heard him say that the plan was to remove them and instead, make a departmant at that would be incharge of the construction of Kingdom Halls and Watchtower properties worldwide. Not just that, they will be building houses for missionaries (and I think full time pioneers or something having to do with pioneers) and have maintenance teams in charge of maintaining the properties and kingdom halls. He said that the brothers reporting this were very "giddy" as it was "the biggest change" in their history.

  I also overheard something about having rescue teams during disasters. That brothers have their own equipment and such. But I couldnt hear everything so that's all I know.
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  Pushing the JW.ORG

  by Etude in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i took these pictures over a month ago.

  i had not realized that they were really pushing their site.

  this was at our farmers market, although they were not officially in the market area but off the side on the sidewalk.. .

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  They are really trying to get people to go onto the the JW.org. Now they recommend showing householders the website, and make sure to mention it during the preaching work. February's Kingdom Ministry for the week of the 17th even had a discussion on it:

  "Are you Using JW.org in your Ministry? Discussion. Invite audience to relate good experiences they have had using jw.org in the ministry. Encourage the audience to publicize jw.org at every appropriate opportunity." KM 02/2014 p.2