Posts by Black Sheep

since they claim there will be a point during the gt that they (the gb) won't be physically around, jws must still be loyal to jw leaders.. whats interesting in this article is that they make it clear that they, the governing body are going to take part, from heaven, in the war of armageddon.

Black Sheep

This isn't new, it's just being repeated. It wasn't new when I was being raised by the Dubs sixty years ago and I'm sure the history of that doctrine has been discussed more than once on this forum.

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Help finding a BOE Letter

by HiddenPimo in

hello everyone,.

there was a letter that i recall that called out parents who allow a family member to live in their home who continues to 'live a debauched life of sin' would result in a talking too by the jdub police or even a possible committee formed.. any help is appreciated if you can reference for me..thanks!.

hp.

Black Sheep

2010-01-21-BOE is only about those in a position, not about parents in general, so don't go using it as proof of what you thought you read somewhere, HiddenPimo.

Unless there is something fairly recent that I don't know about, I don't think you will find what you are looking for.

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Do You For The Most Part Trust The News Media?

by minimus in

jw
friends

the media is very powerful.

many news people just want to get a scoop even if their breaking story isn’t checked out for accuracy.

some journalists are precise and double check whatever they are reporting.

Black Sheep

I got a wake up call that not everything is all as kosher as it seems when I called out the NZ Prime Minister for making a clearly false statement on an emotional public issue where he would have looked like a right plonker if the truth was known. The media managed to erase my link to the site with the relevant facts so quickly that by my next refresh of the screen my comment had disappeared.

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Would You Be Afraid To Visit The Dominican Republic?

by minimus in

jw
friends

a lot of bad things are happening there lately.

people on vacation are mysteriously dying or getting violently ill. i’ve been there three times in the past.

the first time it was great!

Black Sheep

Take your own booze.

Never drink from the minibar.

If you ever get caught out, ask for the finest whiskey that has no chance of being counterfeit and drink a lot of it to negate the effects of the methanol in the counterfeit you drank.

Educate yourselves so that you and your friends can recognize the symptoms of methanol poisoning.

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Were You A Gullible JW?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i think every congregation has their group that sees everything as a sign that they are god’s chosen people.

if a witness didn’t go to a meeting and a storm came and destroyed their house and killed them, and only the kingdom hall was saved, that was a sign that we should be in jehovah’s house.

if russia persecuted jws , it’s proof we are living in the last days.

Black Sheep

As a born in, I knew that the early leaders had had some let downs when Jehovah hadn't shown up to fulfill some of the promises made on his behalf by the WT hierarchy, so I was never fully convinced enough to let them dunk me. That didn't stop me making some mistakes by trusting my parent's wisdom when they should have been protecting me from nutters, while not realising that they were the nut jobs they were supposed to be protecting me from.

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Window Washers

by Nikki collins in

i know @hiddenpimo is going to laugh at me for this because we had several in our old congregation, but what is with all the window washing businesses owned/managed by jws???

they are everywhere!

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Black Sheep

I don't think I've ever had my windows washed or my carpet cleaned by anyone that wasn't a JW.

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What do you do when you're home alone on a meeting night?

by nowawake14 in

jw
friends

go on.

name it.🤣.

Black Sheep

Go to the pub.