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Did you ever go out in Field Service on Thanksgiving or Christmas morning
by pratt1 in.
i never had a problem with going door to door except for the holidays.. one, i felt like we were intruding on our neighbors who set aside time be with their loved ones.. two, it just made me feel more different and jealous that i was not celebrating the holidays with my family.. any thoughts?
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Bethel: Pathway to Apostasy
by Black Man inat the 'big house' you go either one of two ways, company man or apostate.
i think for many that went, it demystified the whole organization and you saw firsthand that there wasn't holy spirit influencing anything - only the muses of sheltered, out-of-touch old men and political bureaucrats.
i work in the corporate world and i saw just as much if not more politics in bethel.
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the JW approach to sexual abuse
by spopeislandstyle ini was molested by a brother in my congregation when i was nine years old.
when i told my mother she went directly to a family friend and respected elder to seek advise.
a couple days later, he and another elder made a visit to our home and questioned me for hours.
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Confession: Give Up the Tapes!!!
by prophecor in(according to james5:14-16) is anyone among you sick?
he should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray over him after anointing him with olive oil in the name of the lord.
15 the prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
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A Jehovah's Witness CANNOT Say These Words
by steve2 in.
in five words or less, please give examples of statements no jehovah's witness in good standing could ever say.
here are two examples:.
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Did you lie before getting married in the KH?
by Samuel Thorsen inas you know every young couple who is planning to get married in the kh are asked a question about "clean conduct" a week or two before the wedding.
if you admit to have been fooling around to much you can forget about the kh and go and get married elsewhere.. i'm not married myself, but i was engaged to be married once and my soon-to-be father in law (an elder) recommended a certain elder to do the marriage stuff in the kh because he was a kind of easy on the mantadory questions.. fortunatly in never got that far because me and my girl split up about 2 months before the planned wedding, but i have been to a lot of kh weddings and i know for sure that some of the couples had to lie to cover up their conduct to get married in the hall.. but how common is this?.
did you lie before getting maried in the kh, or do you know someone who did?.
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DA-ing Announcement in the Society's New Book
by Mark inthe society's new book 'organized to do jehovah's will', to be released in the congregations .
on the 20th of march, introduces a change in the df and da announcements.
announcements will read the same: "[name of person] is no longer one of jehovah's .
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What was your turning point?
by jeanniebeanz inwhat was it that was the real eye opener for you?.
for me, it was after watching the video, "jehovah's witnesses; a non-prophet organization," and the point on how the org puts itself in a place between jesus and mankind.
a position which does not exist scripturally.
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Help: I have a dispute with a JW and don't know how to proceed.
by kouzelna ini have a serious business dispute with a jw and it is getting out of control - i need to know if there is any procedure for seeing mediation that he can trust (through your organization, for example).
i am also a serious practicing christian believer, although i am not a jw.
i have no reason to believe that this man is not exactly who he claims to be, as he has always acted honorably, apart from our business together, regretably.
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More UN NGO connections
by hungarian xjw inhere http://www.unhchr.ch/huridocda/huridoca.nsf/0/66cf0523c6217c4b802567cc002f8b0e?opendocument
find this:
10. the following other non-governmental organizations were represented by observers: ... association of jehovah's witnesses ... jehovah's witnesses for the protection of religious freedom ...