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  5 years inactive and still sometimes I'm haunted.

  by ctrwtf in

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  i've lately been thinking about the pernicious nature of the belief by the jw's that they are the one and only true religion.

  how this belief allows for an egotistical world view and allows them to shun and denegrate those that do not share their opinions.. please pardon my round about thinking process as i've been mulling this rant for some time.

  while my father's side of the family has been entrenched with the jw's for two generations before him, my mother was a new convert.

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  PaintedToeNail

  So often JWs, including our families, are taught that they will gain 'brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers' in the faith. JWs are encouraged to push away anyone not in the faith. Recently, I have had Facebook conversations with my aunt, who I haven't seen in decades. She did mention that my parents were always witnessing and it did get tedious. I reconnected with my cousins on FB too, as we live over a thousand miles away.

  If you contacted your mom's family, they would probably realize that you didn't shun them, your father did, and by default your mother. They were probably missing your mom and her kids too. No Christmas's spent together, no birthdays to commemorate the kids getting bigger. 'Wouldn't it be nice if ___were here?' It isn't too late to TRY to connect with them. Until we are dead, it isn't too late.
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  Helsinki Times Article: "The End of the World" - Lengthy interview with many former JWs

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/10435-the-end-of-the-world.html.

  the end of the world.

  last autumn, jussi k. began to plan his disassociation from jehovah's witnesses.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Lovely article, not filled with malice. But rather a sadness that the majority of us feel regarding the time wasted in life, lack of friends outside the organization, alienation from family, a loss of our culture.
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  A Text Message Exchange

  by Emery in

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  i have been in the fading process for over a year now.

  nobody has really bothered my wife and me since we've stopped, which i am thankful for.

  recently, i've had an old jw friend send me a few text messages relating to business.

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  PaintedToeNail

  I like this conversation. Your friend didn't like you usi g the number of Mormons as proof of approval by God, yet he used number of magazine circulation...
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  Can you take someone with you in Judicial Committee?

  by zound in

  1. watchtower
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  i've heard of a couple of cases of a person being present (maybe wife, or friend) for support at judicial committees - is this commonly accepted by the elder committee or is it just a rarity?.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Marked.
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  Husband can sit in on wife's judicial committee meeting, but not other way around

  by PaintedToeNail in

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  not long ago, there were comments on this topic.

  i cannot find it, i don't know what the actual thread was.

  i've checked back through the pages and done several searches, but don't know what the key words were, am coming up blank.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Yes! Thank you! I kept looking up adultery and husband!
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  Husband can sit in on wife's judicial committee meeting, but not other way around

  by PaintedToeNail in

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  not long ago, there were comments on this topic.

  i cannot find it, i don't know what the actual thread was.

  i've checked back through the pages and done several searches, but don't know what the key words were, am coming up blank.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Not long ago, there were comments on this topic. I cannot find it, I don't know what the actual thread was. I've checked back through the pages and done several searches, but don't know what the key words were, am coming up blank. Does anyone remember this and what the topic was? Thanks for any help.
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  Has anyone going/been to Oberamagau??

  by quellycatface in

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  to watch the "passion play"?

  i have visited the town near christmas time and it's gorgeously decorated etc..... wondered if anyone went to see the famous play at all.. just a little bit of information as well.

  councillors in oxford recently, banned the reinactment of this play, as the thought it was going to be a sex show.

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  Such a beautiful place, didn't see the Passion Play, but I bought great wood carvings...beautiful fountains too.
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  Your Experience with Resigning as an Elder

  by committeechairman in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm considering resigning as an elder.

  i'm not planning to fade or stop as one of jehovah's witnesses, just stop serving as an elder.. i have responsibility in the congregation and in circuit, district, rbc, etc.

  and i'm completely exhausted.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Often the WTBTS uses the old testiment to shore up their take on things. Yet, they ignore the scriptures that show men in charge of the spirituality of the Israelites were PAID to perform at the temple, so they wouldn't have to make a living and MINISTER. It was the same way when Jesus was on earth. While he did away with Mosaic Law, the principle of not overworking the minister stands. It would make life so much easier if the WTBTS would simply pay the elders. Of course, they would never part with any money.
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  Essay by Barbara Anderson: "What's in a Name?"

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  whats in a name?

  posted on april 15, 2014 by barbara anderson http://watchtowerdocuments.org/whats-in-a-name/ .entry-meta-icons .entry-meta .

  .entry-header one morning at bethel in 1989, after the usual text discussion before breakfast, there was an announcement to the staff about the legalization of jehovahs witnesses in poland.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Barbara, thank you for the very informative article. Another note: the Borg is also stressing those crazy carts! I saw one on a pier in San Diego. Talk about crazy! Everyone else was walking around in shorts, bathing suits or other beach attire and the 'brother & sister' manning the cart were dressing in meeting attire. They looked like ridiculous weirdos. Would you talk to a person at the beach that was dressed in a suit and tie? Didn't think so, no one else was either. There was also a cart at the airport, which was also being ignored by passers-by. Yet, they must be having minor success with this method to keep pushing it.
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  So Spill the Beans, Brothers: Were There More or Fewer At this Year's Bore-Fest

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
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  the jw date-worshipped memorial has just completed its bleak worldwide commemoration.

  that wasn't a dust cloud you saw; it was a millionfold hearts limply beating themselves into another round of great tribulation expectations.

  i was knocked into a deep, deep sleep by the imagined experience of being at several thousand consecutive kingdom halls as the platformed drones spat forth the predictable sludge that, once released, hits and stains white clothing and bleach is useless.. we know that memorial attendance worldwide has dipped for two consecutive years since 2011 when it reached a high of 19,374,737 and for the promised land, obama's usa, the all time memorial attendance high was also 2011 when it hit over 2.5million (2,563,518) but shrunk in shame back to 2,502,055 in 2012 and spluttered upwards a handful or two to 2,504,114 last year.. so, what was attendance at the date-obsessed bore-fest this year in your neck of the woods?

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  PaintedToeNail

  Fewer, lots of empty seats and they didn't set up that many more chairs. My kid commented that it seemed like a well attended Sunday meeting, not like the Memorial.