Posts by shopaholic

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One brother told me in the past not to worry about resolving any conflicts in the congregation, he told me to concentrate on my spirituality.

by Iamallcool in

is he an asshole?.

shopaholic

Iamallcool, a JW friend told me the same thing...more than once. I took it to mean wait on Jehovah

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After twenty four years of loyal service, I am about to commit treason...

by CaptainSchmideo in

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of a sort.. i have been with the same company for 24 years, and the last 5 have not been very enjoyable for me.

i like the owner of the company, but the management team is terrible, and the dept.

i work in (tech service) is demoralized.

Honestly, you should have left a long time ago. The company will and can survive without you. If you're in technology and tried getting a job somewhere else without an "in" you would definitely be on the "out" because 24 years at one place no longer reads as loyalty on an IT resume.

Don't be the hamster on the wheel...

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I'm dating a minister

by laverite in

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i've been single for several years now.

as a single dad, my focus has been on raising my children, work and keeping the house functional.

there hasn't been time for dating.

shopaholic

How sweet...hope it goes well for you!

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How long until we see a "Sunday School" program?

by Cinciguy74 in

so we are seeing wt videos aimed at children, a feature for children in the watchtower aimed at young children, just how long until we start seeing some form of a sunday school for young children?.

i know in the past it has been ridiculed by the wts, but the reality is that it is a better method for teaching children than sitting in the kh where they can't sit still for more than 5 minutes anyway..

shopaholic

Maybe sometime next year. I don't think it will be Sunday School but during the Theocratic Ministry School. Most halls now have an 'A','B' and 'C' school but not enough participants to actually use all three rooms. The other rooms usually get used by Moms with restless children.

The school would be lead by a married couple with some type of position in the congregation (pioneer, elder, etc). I definitely see it happening.

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Showed the new JW cartoon to my non-witness Girlfriend- Take 2

by KidKool in

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allright my first post messed up and i lost it some kind of way.

haven't posted on here in along time, obviously don't know how to anymore.. trying again.. so i was raised a jw, da for over a decade, of course estranged from parents and jw family, have a teenage son from a previous relationship.. anyways, i wanted to see what someone who had no first hand knowledge of the jws would think.

so i showed my non-jw girlfriend the obey jehovah (go sparlock!

shopaholic

It struck me odd as well that he was coming home from school alone. Also, I think its only recently that they've start to show women wearing pants in non-theocratic settings. In another 30 years, maybe they will show them wearing nail polish.

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Any reaction from active JW's about the Sparlock training video?

by UnConfused in

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are jw's all abuzz about the "blessing" the gb has given them in the form of this new training video?.

shopaholic

When I first saw it, I thought someone was reporting back bad information. Then I was waiting for the punchline. Then I realized it was real. Then I was hit with uncontrollable laughter.

Someone did mention that the DC talk that introduces the DVD advised the JWs not to question the new teaching methods of the GB. These are the same people that have criticized other religions use of cartoons to teach biblical principals because as they put it you don't need gimmicks when you are teaching the truth.

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300 Mormons March in Utah Gay Pride Parade, Implications for Closet Jehovah's Witnesses

by Scott77 in

what are implication from this article for the watchtower jehovah's witnesses lgbt members who are still in closet?.

june 3, 2012 9:31 pmprint text 300 mormons march in utah gay pride parademormons building bridges marches in the annual gay pride parade through downtown salt lake city, sunday, june 3, 2012.

(ap photo/the salt lake tribune, scott sommerdorf).

shopaholic

This changes nothing for JWs. To the JWs it will be seen as the Mormons being divided and unbiblical. The JWs, in their minds, will still reign supreme.

Even if droves of JWs started to come out as gay, nothing would change. There would just be more dramas on it at the DC.

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Are the Witnesses opposing God with their twisted view of "higher education"?

by matt2414 in

msnbc is reporting that "the government reported friday that the unemployment rate for college graduates fell slightly in may, to 3.9 percent from 4 percent a month earlier.

for people with just a high school degree, the unemployment rate increased to 8.1 percent, from 7.9 percent a month earlier.".

the bible says at 1 tim.

shopaholic

1. Those stats going down are not to be trusted those...after someone has been unemployed for certain length of time they are no longer counted. The stat is more meaningful when stays the same or it goes up.

2. The JWs translate that scripture to mean when one has a way to support their family and choose not too. If its because you can't find a job because you didn't get an education, then its Satan persecuting a loyal servant of Jehovah.

3. The whole religion is twisted.

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