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  Does The Watchtower Society encourage Home Schooling?

  by journey-on in

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  with their discouragement of higher education, you would think the wts would encourge parents to.

  remove their children from the public education system altogether.

  if just the basic reading, writing, and.

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  REBORNAGAIN

  I am certain other cities followed suit at one time, but I do know years ago Witnesses in Phoenix, Az had their OWN school. It was a flop. It required private funding from it's members, limiting the attendance to only the "WEALTHY" JW's. That was so wrong. I haven't heard if they are still around, I would hope not. A real injustice. Now if the WTBTS with all their $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ would have contributed, that would have been awesome.

  LINDA
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  careers and job positions JWs are not allowed to have

  by tula in

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  how many of you were required to give up a certain career you had in order to become a jw or before you could be baptised?.

  help here in naming all the job positions and careers that dubs are not allowed to have and the scriptural reason for it.

  detail if possible.. can a jw be a mortician?.

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  REBORNAGAIN

  ANY job that took a JW away from the meetings was considered BAD! "Get a new job, or else....!" "You're not putting Jehovah first!" "Your field service will suffer!" "Do you think God will approve of that job?" Or favorite one, "You'll be working too long of hours and miss all your meetings!"

  So what was a person supposed to do if he/she has to provide for a family? The elders were no help. BTW, they don't even have professional training with a degree to counsel. How DARE they play that role with their members. If we went to college and got a degree that would allow us better paying jobs, and allow us to work less hours, they weren't for that either. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
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  Boundaries

  by The-Borg in

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  it's amazing but since leaving the borg, i've learned to set proper boundaries.

  it's had a big impact on my personal happiness.

  this may sound stupid to some people, because 'worldly people' have and respect these boundaries natuarly.

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  REBORNAGAIN

  It is so much fun to speak our minds now isn't it? No more predeterminations if it's ok or not. Now we can actually put the idiots in their place. *Hooray!* Now we don't have to hear, "BUT YOU'LL BRING REPROACH UPON JEHOVAH!" Yeah right and even if i were to, He'll forgive me. I no longer need to have my actions criticized, placed under a microscope and scrutinized.

  LINDA
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  Boundaries

  by The-Borg in

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  it's amazing but since leaving the borg, i've learned to set proper boundaries.

  it's had a big impact on my personal happiness.

  this may sound stupid to some people, because 'worldly people' have and respect these boundaries natuarly.

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  REBORNAGAIN

  I have gotten myself to a point where I will NEVER, EVER get myself mixed up in ANY organized religion again. And from now on, I will do what I feel is right, i.e. to listen to my own inner feelings and not listen to others. I have stopped taking the scripture literally, the one that tells us to consider others superior to ourselves. *forgotwhereitsat* I now know I am just as worthy, smart and capable as anyone else.

  LINDA
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  Did You Purposely Avoid Certain People In Your Hall???

  by minimus in

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  i knew of some elders that were very intimidated by a certain elder's wife.

  she regularly wrote letters to the society and circuit overseer telling them about the foibles of certain elders.

  she was the type that when she raised her hand for a comment that you better call on her or you'd be approached by her right after the meeting.

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  I always avoided the ones who thought they were sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better than everyone else. Now I avoid them all. I can play their game of shunning just as easily.

  LINDA
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  name that religion!

  by tula in

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  which religion does this?.

  http://www.wsoctv.com/news/14203532/detail.html.

  maiden, n.c. -- a bargain shopper made a gruesome discovery after going to an auction in maiden.

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  REBORNAGAIN

  I think it has to do with a type of WICCA practices. I'm not 110% certain, but I'm at least 99.9% certain.
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  Why Do You Think Jehovah's Witnesses Are At A Standstill?

  by minimus in

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  i think they've lost all of their zeal.

  years ago, even if people were bothered by the door knocking, it was still said that people admired their zeal and conviction.

  not one jw that i know truly gets excited by the "truth".

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  They are all speechless. They don't have much to preach anymore, because the only things left to preach are the REAL truths, something they don't know anything about and their former teachings have become obsolete. Hallelujah!
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  It's official (family-wise) I am an apostate

  by RisingEagle in

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  i was having lunch last week with my mom and she dropped the a-word on me.

  my mom started off the lunch speaking about what a disappointment i was to her that my wife and i had put our little girl into a christian private school.

  i posted on an earlier thread that my wife and i now have a 6 year old beautiful little girl that we're adopting.

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  REBORNAGAIN

  WOW....good story. I am so proud of you. You put your daughter ahead of everything else. Good for you (and her). You may have given your mom something to think about. At least she's still talking to you. I'm proud of her for doing that as well.

  Keep up the good work, after all, what does it say in the Bible, something about providing for our own family? You're doing it and doing it well.

  LINDA
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  Observation on Things Not said.

  by Sparkplug in

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  have you ever noticed that around here more is said when people are silent than when they are talking sometimes.

  not anything in particular, i just noticed that when people get silent, there usually is a reason.

  hard times, drama, can't comment...etc.

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  ...indicate, we are all in deep thoughts.
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  How long will Watchtower last??

  by chuckyy in

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  how long do you estimate that the watchtower org.

  until the next failed prophecy?, or will it go on until armageddon ( only kidding)???.

  chukky.

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  REBORNAGAIN

  I think it will last as long as any other church will. In other words, they think the governments will shut all churches down and ONLY theirs will remain standing. *Idon'tthinkso* If the governments never intervene *hope* I think the only way the WTBTS will fall apart is when all their members see the REAL light and get out.

  LINDA