NewYork44M

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  How Long Have You Been Here?

  by minimus in

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  12 years for me and before i actually became a member, i looked at this site (jwd) for a few months..

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  NewYork44M

  Going on 13 years, I am not a heavy poster, and will go for long periods without making a comment. However, I keep tabs on this site quite regularly.
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  Conversation with a Seminary student over coffee . . .

  by Terry in

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  this is a distilled (and from memory) reconstruction of a chat awhile back.

  ive dusted it off for today.. my 81 year old ex-baptist minister friend dub and i went to starbucks for coffee and conversation.

  dub likes to start conversations with strangers.. today a seminary student caught his eye.

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  NewYork44M

  Great conversation. Thank you for sharing.
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  Plymouth Herald: Mother reveals torment as JW is jailed for sexually abusing her daughter

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. child-abuse

  see original thread here on jwn: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/child-abuse/288910/3/jehovahe28099s-witness-elder-jailed-for-12-years-for-multiple-sexual-offences-against-young-girl.

  http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/mother-reveals-torment-jehovah-s-witness-jailed/story-25741246-detail/story.html.

  mother reveals torment as jehovah's witness is jailed for sexually abusing her daughter.

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  NewYork44M

  Dennis blew a kiss to the victim and her mother in the public gallery as he admitted his crimes.
  
  I wonder if is still a witness in good standing? Disgusting! Something tells me he will be getting what he deserves in prison. He will be blowing more than kisses.
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  Another True Believer Dies Before Entering The Paradise

  by minimus in

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  a dear old man, 81 years of age died the other day.

  my family studied with his family in 1969 and the entire family left their beloved catholic church and became jehovah's witnesses within 6 months.the man was illiterate and unschooled.

  still, he believed "the truth" and even when some of his kids left or got disfellowshipped, he persevered.

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  NewYork44M

  That is sad, but it makes me wonder, at what age is learning TTATT too late? The prospect of acknowledging at the age of 80 that your whole life was wasted on a lie would be unbelievably traumatic.
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  Do You Consider Jehovah's Witnesses A Boring Group of People???

  by minimus in

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  i think they are the most boring people on earth.

  they are about as exciting as a dead ant..

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  NewYork44M

  When you say generation do you mean an overlapping generation? Each boring person has connected with someone from a prior boring generation.

  Is this even more proof that we are near the end of the wicked old system?
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  Do You Consider Jehovah's Witnesses A Boring Group of People???

  by minimus in

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  i think they are the most boring people on earth.

  they are about as exciting as a dead ant..

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  NewYork44M

  The watchtower squeezes out anything interesting out of its followers. What is left are drones who have a single purpose - "Advertise, Adevertise, Advertise the King and its Kingdom." Actually, not really, the purpose is to get enough hours on your time card so no elder comes a-knocking.

  I think that the Watchtower in the 1950s and 1960s were interesting. I am not sure at what point they turned into drones, but they did.
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  Do You Consider Jehovah's Witnesses A Boring Group of People???

  by minimus in

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  i think they are the most boring people on earth.

  they are about as exciting as a dead ant..

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  NewYork44M

  Anyone that can sit through a Watchtower study and say it was interesting needs to get a life. My worst nightmare would be to sit through another "Tower" study.

  If that is not boring, I don't know what is.
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  Graduation and Pinning

  by sooner7nc in

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  giving my speech.

  being pinned by my son.. .

  the best day ever.. .

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  NewYork44M

  Congratulations! However:

  Pinning: It's a ceremony where a new Nurse receives a small pin normally from someone close to them. It's usually associated with the recitation of the Nightengale Pledge. This sounds like something of Pagan origin. I am afraid that Jehober is frowning .
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  When will the JW's start reversing?

  by runForever in

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  i think this sucker could start reversing membership within a few months..

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  NewYork44M

  LV101 - I may have slightly exaggerated, but I think you get my point.
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  After all, JWs were RIGHT!

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  1) science and technology appeared as a savior to mankind, yet the overall result points to the opposite direction.. http://aeon.co/magazine/science/why-has-human-progress-ground-to-a-halt/.

  2) john kerry warns of catastrophe if climate change is not tackled.

  http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article4295230.ece (times, saturday 13, 2014).

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  NewYork44M

  You speak of climate change. I really don't recall any JW discussion about climate change in the 35 years of meetings I attended. Perhaps towards the end, but that was long after science identified this as a problem. So, again, what are the core teachings you speak of?