I don't see them reporting to the branch office. Isn't that too many? I just don't see them breaking down their pyramid of power that much. I agree, there has to be something in the middle.
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Who Will the Circuit Overseers "Report" to Now???
by RubaDub ini still do not understand the new structure at this point.. there has to be something between thousands of co's and the gb.
i know there were zone overseers that the do's reported to.. i have spoken to a couple of elders i can talk to frankly and they both said they have no idea.. rub a dub.
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What is your biggest gripe with the WT and it's teachings?
by FL_Panthers inas the title says, please list what you find annoying with the organization..
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can you go to 9?
Challenge accepted!
8. They condemn everyone to destruction, except for themselves.
9. They teach parents to have conditional love and acceptance of their children.
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Pros & Cons of accepting JW friend request
by naazira ini recently logged into one of my many duplicate social media accounts.
i had a large amount of friend requests from congregation members.
the account is blank and i want to make it seem as though i am an active user.
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I am Facebook friends with 7 JWs, three of which are family. The other 4 asked to be Facebook friends long after I had left, just so they could play games with me. Most of them block me from seeing things on their Facebook page, including my sister. I no longer play those silly and am ready to delete them.
If you want to keep the peace, you could accept them as friends and then block them from seeing anything you post, until you post something you want them to see. If they ask, you can just tell them you don't use Facebook much.
As far as an apostate profile, you should definitely put down that your favorite TV shows are the Smurfs and any TV show with Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Your profile picture should definitely be old Charlie.
Good luck!
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What is your biggest gripe with the WT and it's teachings?
by FL_Panthers inas the title says, please list what you find annoying with the organization..
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1. Shunning
2. You can't disagree
3. You can't question
4. They suppress any and all personal goals unless they are theocratically oriented.
5. They lie and cover up wrong doings, past mistakes, and their own history.
6. They discourage advanced education.
7. They make up rules just to be different, and then df you for not folllwing made up rules.
I can go to 100 if you want me to.
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2014 Convention Audio available?
by gbrn ini was wondering if anyone is aware of any recordings of the convention as of yet?
i know its relatively early, so i may just have to wait.
just curious if anyone had a copy yet.. thanks!.
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How do you shut your mind down so you can get a good night sleep???
by jam inthe more i learn about jw's the harder it is.
to sleep at night.
the wife hit the pillow and within 5 min.. she is snoring.
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I had a couple of guided meditation cds I used. Witnesses use to be leary of meditation (not sure if they are anymore). You can get them where they are not called meditation, even though it is the same thing. Some of them are called guided relaxation. I have one called Journey into Deep Relaxation. It is 40 minutes long and corny as hell, but it works. Even if I was having a particularly hard night, I couldn't last 40 minutes listening to is and NOT falling asleep. I finally copied it to my computer and put it on my iPhone and use headphones. I still use it sometimes. I think they have some of those types of things on youtube, also.
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Jehovah's Witnesses and Amway
by paul from cleveland inmaybe you're all familiar with this subject already but i just came across it tonight.
it's an article about whether or not amway is a cult.
the similarities between jehovah's witnesses and amway are incredible.. http://www.cocs.com/jhoagland/amcult.html.
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I knew quite a few witnesses that sold Am-way, but I knew a lot more that sold Shak-lee. My parents sold it under another witness coouple. When I was 3 or 4, they wanted me to sing 9-5 at one of their Shaklee meeting because I was so cute when I sang it knew all the words. (Weren't we all at that age?) My mom had enough sense to say no. Thank you, mom!
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Favorite Big Bang Character?
by snowbird in#1 rajesh koothrappali.
#2 amy farrah fowler.
rajesh because he's got sheldon's number.. amy because she reminds me so much of me.. when i was in school, i was never part of the "in" crowd.. i was viewed as weird and nerdish.. lol..
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Sheldon ... hands down! Not only do I relate to him a little bit, I think everybody knows someone who has a little Sheldon in them!
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What happens after you get the registered letter?
by paul from cleveland inmy friend's daughter, who was baptized at 14, has decided to leave the witnesses.
she's in her early 20's.
she's stopped going to meeting a while ago and moved in with her father who is disfellowshipped.
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I never got a letter either, but I remember crawling around on my living room floor in the dark when two suits came knocking on my door! Now I just have to laugh at it! I can't believe I was so scared of them!
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Being a JW Used to Be Fun :-)
by snowbird inwe found some people who were happy to welcome us into their homes, even offering us food and drink.. sometimes, they would flag us down and ask for the magazines, walk miles to the kh meetings, come to our defense if someone got ugly or rude.. now, jw's are either routinely ignored or outright vilified.. no one respects them anymore.. sad.. .
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This is just an observation, but I think it was the sense of belonging that made it fun. Honestly, I could have been raised in the Mormons or any other close knit religious group and I would have thought it was fun as a kid. Automatic family, automatic friends. Always stuff to do and hang out with. You can't beat that. If only it weren't for all that pesky brainwashing.