I never saw this practice in the U.S. kingdom halls I attended. The practice is common in some cultures. We have some friends where I am known as uncle NY. I think they make the kids use the uncle because just using my first name would be considered disrespectful.
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Do JW Children Still Call Adults "Aunt" and "Uncle"?
by cofty inwhen i was young we were taught to refer to other adult jws as aunt or uncle.. was this also the case in other countries and does it still happen?.
was it just a custom or has the literature ever commented on it?.
thanks.
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Mandatory voting in USA
by Sour Grapes ini am sure that president obama's saying today that mandatory voting in the usa would be a good thing is going to get the witnesses all excited as they look forward to being persecuted for not voting.
just another sign showing how deep we are into the times of the end and how close they are to burying billions of people who don't read the watchtower.. sour grapes .
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Mandatory voting will never happen, I don't think that Obama was suggesting that he was going to actively promote this. He was making a point - and I think an interesting one.
That said, I agree with your assessment Sour, his comment will be viewed as additional proof that the end is near.
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POLL: Will You Be Attending The Memorial & If You Are---Why?
by minimus ini was just invited.
i thanked my old elder friend and he left.
(i'm not going).
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Borg music video a real tear-jerker
by Slave4_38y inthis is a must watch video.
it brought tears of laughter!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx-akomec3q.
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This video generates emotions - but laughter is not one of them. It is very sad. The point was made that this is all about emotions. Emotions without substance as a basis for making life decisions is really sad. -
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Told my JW mother about the report on Nightline!
by truthseekeriam ineven though we have agreed to not speak religion, i thought this was something she would want to see, especially because she knows the struggles we have been through because of what happened to our daughter.
after watching it she actually agreed things need to change in their policy's and that the congregation should be warned.. she also said kendrick and his wife made fools of themselves.. i have a feeling more witnesses then not would agree with her....however, how they feel and what they do about it is two very different things.
they are completely powerless in their religion!
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The ABC news presentation was very powerful. Over time we will se significant repercussions from what was shown. If your mother watched, which it looks like she did - there is no question that what she saw will open unanswered questions. -
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Great report (thank you ABC) and comments. The one take-away for me was that they captured the watchtower-speak. In some reports they get the language all wrong: They nailed it this time. I wonder what "worldly people" thought when the quote the letter about "worldly people."
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Nightline program with segment on JWs has been changed until tomorrow night.
by AndersonsInfo ini was at a criminal trial all day in murfreesboro, tn, involving the notorious jw who i call "mommy molester," angela montgomery.
this is the reason i didn't know until this evening that the nightline program with the segment on jws was changed until tomorrow night.
(i forgot my phone.
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NewYork44M
This may have been posted already but:
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Nigerian scammers are getting hilariously sloppy - read this
by sir82 inhere is part of a scam e-mail delivered to my junk folder (i glance thru it every so often for kicks).
i highlighted the parts i found especially goofy:.
we found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, and we are happy to announce to you that every necessary legalarrangement regarding to your compensation has been signed and sealed.
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NewYork44M
Earlier this week I received a request to connect through Skype. Since I work with international students, I generally accept these unsolicited invitation. The next minute I get an international Skype video call from who knows where - Probably Nigeria - from a young man with no shirt and in his underwear trying to convince me that he needed my bank account information so he could transfer millions of dollars to me.
The sales pitch was unconvincing and I immediately blocked him. But my experience falls in line with your story. These people just don't even try to be convincing.
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The Edit
by compound complex inoriginal:.
mary had a little lamb.
whose fleece was white as snow,.
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Assembly in Seattle this weekend?
by Lynnie indoes anyone know about an assembly or convention or whatever they call it now in the seattle-tacoma area in the last couple of weeks?
i have a ditzy cousin who posts on fb that the assembly was "promoting peace and the sun.
i'm sure they were really promoting money and the gb but my cousin is so newly brainwashed she has her own twist on everything.
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NewYork44M
Are you sure you cousin knows what religion she is in? May be she went to the wrong convention by mistake.