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  Threefold Cord in Witness Marriages- It's Not Enough to Make Marriage Work

  by flipper in

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  hello folks.

  thought this would be an important subject to discuss, got the idea for this based on reading from some posters the concern they have for the imbalanced views witnesses have of their marriages.

  i have some experience in this, as i was married 19 years to a witness woman (staunch fanatical witness ) , whom i married at age 19 in 1979 as a witness myself.

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  I empathized yesterday reading some posters who are still married to witnesses , say, " The only thing my wife/ husband and I had in common was the fact we were witnesses. " So therein lies I feel a lot of the problem. Most books on relationships, psychologists, and relationship counselors today feel that to make a good relationship work between men and women, there needs to be mutual respect for one another, and common emotional skills of dealing with other people , similar interests in life, common goals, much sense of humor, ability to make each other laugh, and ability to laugh at oneself too. Good communication skills and supporting one another through hard times and good. Understanding our partners vulnerabilities, but not berating them for it, but empathizing with them to help them understand themselves. It takes awareness of their sexual needs, and the love and unselfishness to please that other person and look out for their needs.

  So, I could go on and on, but you get the point. For a marriage to work it takes two people pulling together and being there for each other, committed to the marriage , and not committed more to an organization which tells you your marriage comes second to your relationship with God. If all people have is just a similar religious belief , how will they keep it together if they were not a good match in the first place? Some people just are so different in their likes, dislikes, values, morals, and have nothing in common, that it may be more work , perhaps too much work to ever make it work for them. So what's my point? Make sure if you choose a prospective marriage mate or partner , choose carefully so they don't drive you crazy the rest of your life. Choose someone you feel really comfortable in really being yourself with, and you don't have to pretend to be someone you're not. If you choose based on common interests and same values in life , you probably will find your right match. it took me 46 years to find my right match, but when I did, there was no question about it.

  Gosh, do you actually know me. This is SOOOO right on. And I am in a divorce because of it.

  Isaac
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  Comments You Will Not Hear at the WT Study (10/22 Merciful)

  by WT Comments in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  soliciting your comments as well!

  please take a moment to post a comment, even if brief.

  share your experience and keep the topic active.. .

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  Actually I found this quite interesting since I gave the talk #7 Mercy-A Dominant Quality of True Christians as one of my main and most popular public talks. Funny how I strayed from the outline and their article looks like a cut and paste of my talk. (Which Bethelite was in the audience I wonder?)

  What struck me as I studied and spoke in many congregations on this topic of mercy (over ten years I gave that talk) was how if the WT was REALLY merciful they would encourage their people to address their own personal needs (remember the definition of mercy at the beginning of the article-filling a need). Why do Witnesses have to work so hard. Why when they try to fill their financial needs are they told not to go to college? Why are families not allowed to care for one another while they go out and supposedly help others? Where is the concern for the needs of disfellowshipped ones? In short WT and especially you Governing Body, why do you demand so much and give so little from your people? Where is YOUR mercy?

  Isaac Carmignani
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  week long elders training class for 08 confirmed

  by isaacaustin in

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  announced at my parents service meeting last night

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  My husband is an elder, and I'm sure he'll attend. So we are expected to pay airfare, lost wages, and other expenses so he can fly there and get his ego boosted?? We have a ton of other expenses that we need to pay!!

  I'm already mad about all the money he spends driving in service (he ALWAYS drives), back and forth to meetings, new suits and shirts, less time at home and with the family.... And now he's going to be going away for a week!! I'm so mad...

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  week long elders training class for 08 confirmed

  by isaacaustin in

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  announced at my parents service meeting last night

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  One of my chief arguments when I turned in my elder resignation was that I did not know
  the Governing Body, I knew nothing of how they work, I really didn't even know their names.
  I could no longer promote their doctrines without a better understanding of that.

  The elders would think about me now. "If only Bro. OTWO waited until this grand privilege
  came about. He could learn the things he was having trouble with. Well, at least we will
  know those things now. OTWO may have been right. Jehovah saw this need on the part
  of elders and is addressing it. I am certain that we will get a better understanding of the
  Governing Body and it's operations. Isn't this organization marvelous?"

  Something similar here. I also complained about the lack of elder training. Of course I meant professional training, but I can see my old colleagues thinking how I should have waited for the new light.

  Isaac Carmignani
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  IMPORTANT: JWS and the CHARITIES COMMISSION

  by Dansk in

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  2. friends

  dear all (especially those in the uk),.

  following on from danny's excellent post here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/16/128626/1.ashx i have just sent an e-mail to the charities commission.

  some time ago i wrote to you about the dangers of jehovah's witnesses and how they don't deserve charity status because far from helping mankind they are a real danger to it.

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  I also received that response. I will say this, I'd fly to London and testify if I felt that it could help stop giving them more channels to get money. Isaac
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  Let's Keep The E-Focus on Barbara's CD - Important

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i have been sworn to secrecy on a couple of matters that will soon be evident in this regard.

  sorry to be 'cryptic' here - but timing is everything when one is trying to bring the very serious [and often ignored in the press] matter of child sexual abuse to the fore.

  with barbara anderson's permission, i reproduce part of pages 66 to 68 here for discussion..

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  bttt
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  “Secular Society and Its Enemies” Conference

  by betterdaze in

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  2. current

  leading authors, social critics to address backlash against secularism .

  secular society and its enemies conference to be held in new york city overlooking the site of 9/11 .

  new york, new york (october 3, 2007)the think tank center for inquiry will hold a major conference, the secular society and its enemies, to address the alarming abandonment of western secular values in a world increasingly mired in divisive religious strife and deadly sectarian battles.

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  I might attend this.

  Isaac
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  IMPORTANT: JWS and the CHARITIES COMMISSION

  by Dansk in

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  dear all (especially those in the uk),.

  following on from danny's excellent post here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/16/128626/1.ashx i have just sent an e-mail to the charities commission.

  some time ago i wrote to you about the dangers of jehovah's witnesses and how they don't deserve charity status because far from helping mankind they are a real danger to it.

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  truthsetsonefree

  I just wrote them too.

  Isaac
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  2008 year text announced

  by JWFreak in

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  stand firm and see the salvation of jehovah .

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  as announced last sat at agm...yawn zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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  "Stay awake, stand firm, grow mighty"

  Oh gosh! Now I won't lose that song for days!

  That yeartext reminds me of me a few decades back that went something like "Stand Still and see the salvation of Jehovah." The more things change, the more they stay the same.

  Isaac
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  AN OPEN LETTER TO THE GOVERNING BODY OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  an open letter to the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.

  dear sirs -.

  most likely you and your pundits follow carefully this site and others like it on the internet.

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  Well written Jeff.

  Isaac