Wasanelder Once

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  Give Love to Receive Love ???

  by IMHO in

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  please help me understand this.

  over the years i have seen and have heard of many who have changed congregation due to the 'lack of love' shown in their own.

  you then hear many condemning such ones as 'having a problem' and 'taking their problems with them'.

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  Wasanelder Once

  Hello IMHO. Though I agree that there is a lack of expressed love in the congregation but I think you may be right, it may be you. Now don't get excited. I am saying that as a person who is seeking psychiatric help you must be exhibiting some social symptoms which people pick up on and then avoid. Its odd but even the nicest people avoid "sick" people. If you are withdrawn you will attract only the most compassionate people. These people only help so long before they become overwhelmed by their efforts for so many. They give up and you find their interest was more for self assurance that they are not depressed. Do not give up. There are people in between the judgemental and the pitying thespians. In life you are doing well to find one true friend, in or out of the KH. Sometimes its your mate if you're lucky. Just keep trying to be who you are, a person trying to lessen anxiety and confront the world with more confidence. All the best!
  
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  First girlfriend-first Kiss

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  2. friends

  first girlfriend first kiss.

  the first girl i took notice of in any real sense of "notice" was a brunette named robbie.. .

  i was in first grade, so i must have been six-years-old.. .

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  Wasanelder Once

  How did this script for the Andy Griffith show get on here?
  
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  Did you become more antisocial after waking up?

  by paradiseseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been shy my whole life, but during my teenage years and early 20s i managed to be more comfortable socializing and made many friends in different parts of my country (jws of course).

  that was before i woke up, because i saw myself being a jw for the rest of my life and thus i made an effort to meet new jw friends.

  however, after i woke up, i lost interest in meeting new people because knowing that when i leave they will be gone... feels like a total waste of time and energy.

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  Wasanelder Once

  I was never shy so, no.
  
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  Did the Jews invent themselves and Israel in response to Hellenism

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  after alexander the great died a greek family called the ptolemy’s took over egypt and the area we call israel today.

  they instituted a new form of god worship for their empire the worship of the king and a new god named serapis.

  serapis was a combination of several egyptian and greeks gods combined into one god.

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  Wasanelder Once

  ...and that's your lesson for today, return to kittens and puppy videos. Go Greeks!
  
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  Out of the mouths of babes...

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  conversation with my 3yo this morning:.

  me: hey, it's <friend in her nursery> birthday in a few days.

  her: jehovah doesn't like birthdays.

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  Wasanelder Once

  Conversation with my 30 year old child this morning:

  Oh yeah, I don't have kids, thanks Watchtower for encouraging me to not have kids for the sake of the Kingdom.

  Drop dead Gov. Body
  
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  ...and so it begins

  by Phoebe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've had an email from a sister who tells me that out in field service this morning a long standing route call has told them she won't be taking any more magazines and doesn't want them calling on her again because she has heard about the jws child abuse scandals and cover ups.

  she was quite angry with them and said your elders say there is nothing wrong but there is and it will all come out.. this is the first time anyone i know of has been challenged on the doorstep and they were absolutely shocked and also angry.

  angry that the organization is not preparing them for dealing with this and for not being honest with the brothers about what is going on ie: lawsuits etc.. just thought i'd share that with you..

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  Wasanelder Once

  Only "thinking" witnesses will respond with curiosity to such a confronting of their beloved organization. The rest will accept such responses as the interference of the Devil. ( when you are persecuted. A little warped don't you think? )
  
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  Session #8: "Bullet in the Head"

  by Brian J in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so at the phd today with my wife and me, and in slowly getting to the heart of matters (like peeling an onion if you ask me), the dialogue in part went like this: .

  phd: if it came down to it, would you take a bullet in the head instead of giving up membership in your organization?

  wife: absolutely, i would die for my faith.

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  Its easy for a witness to answer a hypothetical question so affirmatively but I doubt that when faced with the reality they would follow through. Take heart.
  
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  The Nunes memo has been released!!!!

  by DwainBowman in

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  2. current

  the nunes memo has been released!!!!.

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  https://www.axios.com/read-nunes-memo-fbi-doj-fisa-mueller-7fb8bcb7-1f18-4294-aa95-628d2f67bcdf.html.

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  Wasanelder Once

  Its a good Nunes chart but missing critical info. Dossier was begun by RNC candidates against trump and then taken over by DNC. The investigation into Russian meddling was begun long before the dossier was introduced, begun on info from Australian intel about a trump campaign aide, the Greek one, bragging about Russian meddling in Trump campaign. lol. FISA was based on that to start with. Always good to fact check.
  
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  Superbly Written Article in Canadian Magazine

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  jehovah's witnesses cover-up.

  http://www.ucobserver.org/justice/2018/01/jw/.

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  Wasanelder Once

  Extremely well written
  
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  a question after my first JW meeting

  by bleak in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i attended my first jw meeting recently.

  first, i would like to say what i agree with about the jehovah's witnesses beliefs and practices.. 1. they don't consider israeli's as "god's chosen people" and they don't worship israel as some holy land filled with righteous jews (although there are some there) as most so-called "christians" (christian zionists) erroneously believe they are instead of the "hypocrites" and "vipers" that it is actually filled with.. 2. they don't celebrate "holidays" like easter and christmas which are, in fact, remnants of earlier pagan practices.. 3. they don't put nation before god and christ.

  they don't believe in war or going to war because of some crazy government/cia secret agenda.

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  Wasanelder Once

  The answer is, you've attended 1 too many meetings. Run away!