Wasanelder Once

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  My Boyfriend's Family Wants to Meet Mine (My Parent's are JWs) Help!

  by LaurenM in

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  so i have been "faded" for approximately 2.5 years.

  my parents know i haven't attended a meeting in quite some time, but don't know that i have been dating a guy for about eight months.

  we really love each other and his family is super sweet.

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  Wasanelder Once

  If you are baptized and inactive and faded successfully it will only be a problem if your family don't believe you when you say you are not doing the horizontal mambo. Are you living with this guy? Then I think you know what the answer will be. If you are going to marry the guy, get it done, then avoid the drama. If you are not ready to marry and you can lie successfully about the sex thing, or in fact can truthfully say there's no cha cha going on, take a chance. Remember, two or more witnesses or a confession is the rule. Definitely tell his parents about the wackiest religion in the country before the introduction.
  
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  Snake In My Fridge

  by finallysomepride in

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  i just now went to get meat from my fridge to cook, took the meat out & shut the door as i shut the door i thought i saw a piece of rope in the six pack i had just opened & had removed 2 cans, already drunk 1.. open the door again & there i saw what i thought was a piece of rope, but i look a bit closer ...... shit it's a friggin snake, bugger i had only just taken two cans out wtf.. .

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  Blame Him!

  
  
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  Bucket list

  by Jrjw in

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  does anyone have a bucket list and has it helped you achieve anything?

  someone said i should do one.

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  I've always thought of the term "bucket list" as being a negative. No offense if it works for you. I do, however, make plans to do one grand thing a year at least. So far so good. It might sound lame but I want to go to the Ronald Reagan presidential library. He may have been controversial but his reign was a wild time.
  
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  Writing a story

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was listening to the audiobook of the silmarillion at work awhile ago and noted that the 'creation story' basically included, god, the devil, angels and even a special people (elves).

  (btw gandalf is obviously a jesus-like figure).

  i got to thinking that much of the prose of the bible could easily be reworded.. after all bibles like the world english bible are copyright free.

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  Bored much?
  
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  DF’d or DA???

  by DATA-DOG in

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  2. beliefs

  so, i think i’m going to be df’d, but elders are out of town and no decision has been officially reached.

  what would happen if i sent a certified overnight letter and said that i was going to disassociate before they have their meeting??.

  i know the two conditions are similar, but i’m just curious... dd.

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  Wasanelder Once

  Have you had a committee meeting already and they are debating the results, or have they even met with you? If they have not met with you I suppose you can DA, If you confessed to 2 people, elders included, it is likely that they would choose to DF. The record will show you were kicked out. They would also note your confession if you DA. Being DA'd makes no difference except you can say to JW's you meet "you quit" rather than were "kicked out". I think that ship has sailed. More trouble than its worth.
  
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  Cart Witnessing Is Getting People Baptzed!!!🐑🐑

  by minimus in

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  recently i talked to an elder about this type of witnessing.

  i’ve known him for many years and he is a very honest upright man.

  he marveled at how many people have become baptized in the last couple of years because of cart witnessing.

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  Well, it is Bean town after all.

  
  
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  Governments should not under-estimate the potential danger-health that the G.B.pose for the community of Jehovah`s Witnesses

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at that time, the life-saving direction that we receive from jehovah’s organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint.

  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.

  its not such a big stretch of the imagination to think that jim jones or david koresh used such reasoning to convince their followers to do what they did, to have absolute faith in what they were saying was from god.

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  I know everyone says the Witnesses would all drink the Kool-aid if the time came but I just don't believe that. I was a true drone and I sure as hell wouldn't do it. I don't think most witnesses are in it that deep. You have your zealots in every group, but you can't cure Stupid. I think there would rise up a movement to fight that sort of BS. I have more faith in those sane in the Org that it wouldn't happen. Now the blood thing is a major stretch but if you want to believe in the whole thing that one is long lived and accepted. It is a singular choice and not a mass execution. When it comes down to it most will bail on the idea of letting their child die. Its the wackos that are so inclined.
  
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  9 days to go

  by Jrjw in

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  9 days to go until i hand my d'a letter in.

  its extremely short, as in one sentence long.

  i'm not giving them a reason coz i don't need to coz it's my life and my choice and i don't have to answer to the boe or gb.

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  Just remember that the elders are instructed to contact you about your letter to make sure it wasn't a rash decision. Be not surprised if one doesn't try to track you down for confirmation. I was one of those trackers not so long ago.
  
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  Gordon Nehemia - Finding God's holy name with full vowels

  by Da.Furious in

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  2. bible

  i was just sent a link to a jewish scholar that apparently he has found 1,000 manuscripts with yehovah and latest discovery is one with vowels that supports the spelling yehovah.

  so this pits the myth that jews have forgotten the name into rest.. i got excited jws about the finding in support of the nwt showing the name as it should be.. just wanted to share this with you guys.. link to the blog and podcat: https://www.nehemiaswall.com/1000-manuscripts-yehovah#more-13611.

  also link to michael rood (blog:https://www.michaelrood.tv/) interview who is his friend:.

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  I find it hard to do anything when I have full vowels.
  
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  Kingdom songs

  by Jrjw in

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  2. beliefs

  anyone got any ideas on how to get kingdom melodies out of my head.

  keep finding myself singing them without realising and it's getting annoying lol.

  hopefully they'll disappear with time.

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  Wasanelder Once

  Do you find them disturbing because of the memories associated with them, or is it an objection to the content? Why stress? The best advice is to overwrite them with new music that formerly you would be damned to death at Armageddon for liking. If its the melody you like then you are forgiven, go in peace. Make up new words as it runs through your head if need be.

  Oddly I can't think of any words to those old songs at this time. I used to be a fervent singer too. Absolutely no shame.