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  Are JW kids allowed to be kids?

  by tall penguin in

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  i had a memory come up today.

  i recall there was a time when kids were allowed to read the subheadings at the watchtower study.

  they cut that out because they wanted kids to participate in the same way as the adults, by answering the questions for the paragraphs.

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  My sister told she was drawing a picture of a butterfly.............shes a grandmother............for the CO meeting. When I asked her why she was doing it , she said the CO didnt think it was right that the children were separated and brought onto the the platform He wanted all the congregation to draw a picture. I told her he needed to see a psychiatrist..........she wastnt impressed
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  If Jesus could talk to Satan...

  by AuldSoul in

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  consider the scene: jesus has just been baptized and immediately leaves for an extended stay in the wilderness all on his lonesome.

  now ... already this is something the governing body would discourage any jw from doing, but i digress.. along comes satan.

  jesus knows it is satan, because of how satany he is.

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  vitty

  I always wondered why Jesus spoke to Satan.........................he was the most evil creature, so why would he?

  And also Jehovah talked and got into a discussion and even a debate (about Job) and then started taking bets on who would win, Job or satan

  This always made me curious, why would they speak to evil incarnate and we couldnt talk to some weak family member or friend

  And were in the bible does it say Satan was an apostate?

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  yet another email...

  by puck in

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  just got this one from my mom.... .

  making the devil happy.

  devil's beatitudes (happinesses).

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  vitty

  I noticed in the link, that was aimed at churches no 1 was changed from an hour a week to 5 meetings a week for the JWs
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  Yet another email

  by truthsetsonefree in

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  does it get more cultish than this?

  satan's meeting (read even if you're busy) .

  satan called a worldwide convention of demons.

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  vitty

  Thats all Ive got to say
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  An Example of honesty wt Feb.2007

  by bobld in

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  the wbts has published many of these, where money is found and returned to the owner .with a reason,because i am a jw.in this issue,there is a big picture of nelma:a woman from chuzeiro do sul,brazil.she apparently found $1000.00 in the pockets of some trousers that were donated because of a flood.nelma returned the money to the businesswoman who had donated the clothing.this lady was overjoyed to receive the money,because she had set aside her payroll for her employees in a trouser pocket.. should they(gb/fds) be idolizing these honest people?.

  note:no man should be idolized.christians should guard against idolatry.it means giving such a one a measure of worshipful devotion.but god explicitly stated that he does not tolerate such a thing.however,they (gb/fds) lack proper perspective,of knowledge and understanding of honest people helping people.it is as if by exalting a fellow human creature they are lifting themselves up also.. now here is an example from the world.. this is from a wordly newspaper.yes i know the wts says these are half truths.i will not quote the whole article.

  "i am contacting your newspaper in the hope that i may be able to puplicly thank the good samaritans who helped me when my truck broke down on the highway just......on date.in my distress,i regrettably failed to get the name of this kind young man from...who went home to get a vehicle that could tow my vehicle back to the city.and than to top it off,drove me to get a room for the night.my thanks are also extended to the hotel owner to drove me to my truck.he gives more praise.......thank you for the opportunity to express my gratitude to all who assisted me to return home safely".

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  I absolutely agree with your post. There are millions of occasions were people have been honest or helpful. It goes on in every day life. Its a part of interacting with other people.

  The problem is the WT think they are the only ones who are honest and constantly say so in their magazines. Stupid comments that were supposedly said by someone worldly " If everyone was a JW the world would be paradise " yeah right

  After doing a good deed who else would make it known what religion they were?
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  Did you take too much 'ownership' in the territory?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  as a jw in the d2d work, i always had this feeling of special right to be there.

  i had worked the territory so often that i knew every house, sidewalk, what door to knock on, etc.. i noticed in myself a comfortable sense that i had some sort of 'right' to be there, not as if i was walking on someone elses property, though i knew that and respected their property - but a feeling of familiarity that looking back was out of bounds.

  almost like the territory was literally 'ours' - as in ownership.

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  I dont know if this is what you mean, but I used to feel quite aghast if someone came to the door shouting that id woken their baby or had disturbed them in any way.

  I mean Id only knocked on their door it was "my right " to do so, I thought it was really strange that they would be annoyed with me .
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  First time for me.........."The wedding night"

  by new boy in

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  i had no idea what to expect!...................as in the case of most jws.

  since sex is strickly forbidden before marriage.

  at the time (1970's) kissing was even frowned at too.

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  The GOOD thing about pre marrital sex is that its usually done over an amount of time.

  You go on a few dates you kiss then start getting a little bit more adventurous, then after a time and its all different, hours , days weeks, even months, you go a bit further until one time it happens.

  Inexperienced couples think its expected to happen on the wedding night which often leads to disaster ! Not always I know

  But when you have been completely chaperoned with absolutely no time on your own to even talk about intimate things, how can anyone expect things to go smoothly
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  Matt 24:14 fulfilled..anyone called bethel to confirm?

  by candidlynuts in

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  has anyone called bethel to confirm that this is an official proclamation?.

  a few 1000 phone calls might get some attention... probably cause warning talks on getting your information thru emails instead of publications ... i know some of you here do call bethel on occasion..just wondering if anyone has called to ask about this latest stuff..

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  Do you think hell get a public reproof
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  Today is final court date.

  by FreedomFrog in

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  i wasn't sure if i wanted to post something about this on here or not but most of you already know about the problems from beginning and now to the final end of our ending marriage.

  today in less than 4 hours it will be final.

  on a positive note, dave and i seem to be better friends in the last few months (go figure that one out).

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  vitty

  (((((((((((( hugs )))))))))))))))))))) to the both of you
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  Patient Unexpectedly Blows Off Steam!

  by bigmouth in

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  i volunteered today to work with an agency that cares for people with psychiatric and intellectual problems, a kind of place that helps former patients learn coping and practical skills.

  i was being introduced to some of the patients and for a brief moment got to talk with a young man who told me about some serious problems along with his separation from his wife.

  suddenly, it all came out how jehovahs witnesses f..... up his life and interfered in his marriage!

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  vitty

  Did you tell him you were also an ex JW ?