Maybe if confronted by the elders about using you coud argue that you had read in the bible, and the WTBTS has printed that some first century Christians "got stoned"
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Medical marijuana and the congregation
by zed is dead ini do not know if anyone has ever asked this question before.. if you live in a state where it is legal to smoke marijuana with a prescription, will the congregation take any action against a member of it that smokes it?
i imagine that they wouldn't disfellowship anyone, but it may not make the person eligible for priveleges.. has there been any letter from hq to the boes about it?.
i am just curious.. zed.
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Michael Jackson's kids decide no more going door-to-door
by Gopher inthis article made my day.
it looks like paris jackson and her brother prince michael have told katherine they simply aren't interested in peddling jw stuff from door-to-door any more.
i'm glad they are becoming their own people and emerging from their grandmother's control.. http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2013/05/paris-jackson-prince-michael-jackson-jehovas-witness/.
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Maybe "Logan's Shun".
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New Magazine says birthdays will kill you
by RayPublisher innew july 2013 awake says this on page 3:.
"there is a 14 percent greater probability that a person over 60 years of age will die on his birthday rather than on other days.".
wow, they have now proven that birthdays are pagan and not fit for christians!.
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Maybe it was due to second hand fires, I mean 60 candles a burning.
I think also one of the Bible stories about a person being "hung" on his birthday was out of context.
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WTF just happened??? An elder I haven't seen in years stopped by to hand me a XXXXXXXX !!!
by Calebs Airplane inso yesterday afternoon, an elder who lives only 3 blocks away drives up to my house as i was about to enter my car.
as he gets out of his car, i noticed he had a stack of photocopied paper in his hand and he seemed quite nervous.
i was genuinely happy to see him nonetheless since he is pretty easygoing and very likeable.
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Maybe he wanted to get your finger prints on the flyer which would be then reprinted as a JC invite and now they can prove that you held it and more than likely read it.
Sneaky ones,...
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Hayden Covington's unwitting role in harsh disfellowship policy
by Terry inin the january 8, 1947 awake!
magazine the following article appeared.. .
the above article was published under the watchtower presidency of nathan knorr.
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marked,
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Where else to go.I sticking up for the WTS.
by joe134cd innow i am going to do a rear thing here and i am going to stick up for the wts.
i realise that the wts hasn't got the best of track record, and sure they have made mistakes.
but if i was to go to another church wouldn't they still have the same issues.
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Religion creates problems and then offers to sell you the answers to those problems.
What person says " I have to be raped by someone, so I might as well choose the least ugly one"
You don't have to submit to a rape at all, you just THINK you do.
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CO talk at SAD appl. of 2 Thess. 1:8 & other mind control tactics
by Kensho innow that i am really "awake" at the assemblies i pay more attention to what the borg's traveling enforcers say and the talk he gave was some "new light" on 2 thess.
1:8 (probably his opinion).
paraphrased " there is a thinking that has crept in somehow in the minds of some brothers over the years that because jehovah is a merciful &loving god he will not destroy those who have not been reached with the good news in different parts of the world or my family or bible studies need just a little more time, well they need to read this script.. .
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Ha,..
Just thought about this,..
Us anyone considered the current Jws that WILL be DFd while Jehovah extends brining on the big A?
Someone being faithful for decades and now falls off the wagon waiting and now will be destroyed so some newbies can get in.
talk about payback,..
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My experience today
by leaving_quietly indiscussion with wife today led to her questioning whether i believe or not.
i told her that i just can't roll over and accept everything new thing they say just like that.
we were, of course, talking about the "new light".
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I would ask if the beliefs the Jws have now concerning the Generation, FDS etc can EVER be changed again. If she says "no I can't promise that" then she is basically saying that what she believes NOW could be a wrong teaching, false teaching.
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Watchtower encourages children to shun DF parents.
by Azazel inhey guys just wondering if anyone can recall a recent watchtower ( maybe a year ago ) that had an article aimed at minor children on dealing with a disfellowshipped parent.
ive had a dive thru jw.org but coudnt find it before i wanted to vomit.
can anyone help recall what issue it was.
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Do not look for excuses to associate with a disfellowshipped family member, for example, through e-mail. Watchtower 2013 Jan 15 p.16
How can E-Mail be consider an "excuse" to socialize with a DF family member? If anything it's a "means" to communicate with the DF family member, not an excuse to,...duh.
Unless, maybe someone could say " Hey son, could you help me with my E-mail account, even though you are DF."
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Your worst convention experience.
by zeb inby a split second rescuing our handicapped son from being pushed down the stairs by a flood of sisters rushing out to see as the drama had started.. the main offender being a special pioneer..
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This got me going a bit, really upset and semi woke me up regarding ttatt.
I reposted this from the Jehovahswitnessrecovery.com where I originally share the thought.
Seeing a 10 year old JW boy that was bound for life in a wheelchair (think Stephen Hawkings like) being moved by his father to a upper tier level area MARKED HANDICAPPED AREA blue painted marked off area ADA compliant area so he could get a better view of the DRAMA at the DC. He was laying down somewhat and could not see the stage and actors from the vantage point that the WTBTS wanted him to be which is at the back of the auditorium ground level.
The father was getting him situated when an attendant approached him and told him that they were not allowed to be in that area. I could see what was going on and thought that if I got involved and explained to the attendant that there is an Americans with Disabilities Act that would apply in this case that would allow him to be in that spot since it was marked out with blue paint etc.
The attendant was cordial but insisted that he would not be allowed to stay in that spot. The father who was packing up his son and moving him back down to the floor level said that it would be all right and not to worry about it.
I was LIVID!!! I could not cool down about this, I was bouncing off the walls and although I did not make a break for the door at that point, it was, and is a major piece of straw that tipped the scales, as it were, in my favor that Sunday afternoon at the DC, how ironic.
I would like to have thought that if it were me, I would have let the child who has very few things to look forward to, stay in that spot and if the boss over the attendants said anything I would have asked him "how would you like to be in the same situation as this child" and see if he got the innuendo.Scummydross aka Nojustyet