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  Of god and guns and SOL

  by zeb in

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  ending a shopping run i went into the local gun shop to buy some rim-fire cartridges.

  my wife had finished her nearby shopping and came in to me.. "can i help you?

  " polite assistant who had not met her before.. "im with him" grumped the reply.. but its friday and tomorrow she goes to the kh and will no doubt be fronted about my absence.

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  Ask her if she will put some of Satan's cash into the contribution box so the congregation can deposit it into Satan's bank and then send it to the WBTS who will put Satan's money into another one of Satan's banks. After all, that recent judgment of $35 million against the WBTS for promoting internal policies of not reporting child abuse won't pay themselves off.
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  Family is now reaping what they sowed and they don't like it.

  by Gemmel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i resigned from the jw's in my 20's over 30 years ago, i was immediately shunned by my entire family and it's remained that way with a few exceptions ever since.

  one of those exceptions was being contacted by a cousin a few years back and during that conversation i discovered that my mother had been and still was the prime mover in my complete and continuing shunning.

  i then used what contacts i had left to confirm it.

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  Before I was out of the organization and just inactive my mother took down all the photos of myself, my wife, and my children. Since I have been completely out I have not spoken to her in nearly a decade. This past weekend my sister poster a photo of my parents and my nieces. It was taken at their one day assembly. It hurt to think that my parents have nothing to do my children simply because I do not want to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses.

  I know the real loss is theirs and theirs alone. It still terribly troubling to me.
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  Married for 30 years

  by nugget in

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  today we celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary and my sons 16th birthday.

  i feel privileged to be able to show my appreciation and love for both the men in my life without feeling guilt.

  we left in 2009 as a family and have not regretted the choice.

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  Celebrating those things are wonderful. Happy Anniversary to you and happy 16th to your child!
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  Are You Happy With The Direction That Your Government Has Taken?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  every country has a leader that pushes their agenda.

  are you satisfied with your leader’s goals?

  if you are dissatisfied, would you ever think about leaving your country?

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  “Fair” is in the eye of the beholder; free is the verdict of the market. The word “free” is used three times in the Declaration of Independence and once in the First Amendment to the Constitution, along with “freedom.” The word “fair” is not used in either of our founding documents. - Milton Friedman, WSJ, 1996

  The U.S. is a Constitutional Republic. As previously stated, citizens are the leaders. Elected officials are public servants. I have been heavily involved in local and state politics for years. I see what goes on behind closed doors. This is actually how it works.

  In a Constitutional Republic the rule of law applies. It applies equally. However, there is a big push to change the U.S. fundamentally into something it was never intended to be. The strategy has always been to divide and to do so through emotionally charged arguments of little substance all put under the banner of "Fair." First it was economic status and now its racially driven.

  In a free society a government has but 2 duties -

  1. National Defense (including border security)

  2. Provide a criminal/civil justice system to provide a means for persons to seek justice when wronged.

  All other goods and services are to come from the market place. A superior product always comes the private sector. Once government gets involved in a service, the private sector tries to capitalize on this by driving prices sky-high. After all, once the government starts funneling tax dollars into a service, service providers drive the prices through the roof (see: health insurance, college tuition).
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  If you're feeling down ... this might cheer you up

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  a us cop ends up arresting a person who describes themselves as a free inhabitant.

  at 4 mins 5 secs: "you're raping me!

  ... this is rape!

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  What is sad is the section of code this woman quotes states exactly the opposite of what she believe it states.
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  New Ezekiel book topic. Bat shot crazy stuff

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "nevermind islamic terrorists.

  we need to focus on an obscure religious group that no one pays any attention to!

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  When I was a Witness there was a paradoxical situation involving the WBTS rendetion of the "last days" and the "Great Tribulation."

  As the WBTS story goes; first the "Wild Beast" of Revelation would turn on the "Harlot." This would begin the Great Tribulation. The WBTS writes that this means the governments of the world would "turn" on false religion.

  Later, those same governments would turn on Jehovah's people and thus bring Armageddon.

  It was often alluded to the governments of the world would "turn" on false religion buy seizing it's wealth and assets. This is where things got interesting to me. I believed if the governments decided to seize religion's wealth the WBTS would not be exempt. After all, the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society were split into separate identities in the 1990s. We were told not to refer to "The Society" as a source of authority. So, I believed that it was only reasonable that all the Kingdom Halls, Assembly Halls, Bethel Homes, other WBTS properties, and all bank accounts would be seized. The WBTS would cease to exist, but the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses would continue on.

  Here is where things got somewhat paradoxical. I knew most Witnesses would not believe the Great Tribulation had begun or anything else unless it was put in print by the Watchtower. I knew most Witnesses worshiped the organization and not Jehovah. Even 20 years ago I knew that Witnesses believed that unless it came from HQ in Brooklyn, NY it wasn't "The Truth." That got me to thinking, which is frowned upon by the organization.
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  What happened to the "New World Order"?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so as a child and youth growing up as a witness, (i'm 43 now) we often heard the expression "new world order".. the society just doesnt use that expression anymore.

  so what was the reasoning behind them amending that expression?.

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  I recall the term "New System." In the 90s it seemed there was an attempt to add "New Order," but it never really caught on. "New World Order" is a term used in conjunction with a globalist agenda to have a one-world government.
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  Concealed carry Dubs

  by scruffmcbuff in

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  i spent a considerable length of time living and working in america (would love to imigrate one day).. almost everyone i worked with and made friends with carried a concealed firearm of somesort.

  i found this pretty interesting and as an avid firearm fan even more so.. so to our american members here... .

  as a jw did you or did you know any practising dubs who carried or if not had firearms for home defence?

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  I was in from birth to my early 30s. I lived in 4 states during that time. I knew Witnesses in all of those places that owned rifles and shotguns. They justified it to the congregation as hunting tools.

  I owned a few pistols. I took them to the range.

  Carrying any weapon for the purpose of self defense was frowned upon and would result in a loss of any privileges.

  This is all due to a mistranslated scripture.
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  New releases at annual meeting??

  by _Morpheus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this has been mentioned in passing but it seems to deserve its own thread.. this year at the rc, no releases.

  instead they wait to drop them at the annual meeting which isnt a even simulcast event.

  what is their thinking?

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  My thoughts are similar to Sparrowdown's. I believe the WBTS wants increased control over who initially obtains a hard copy of the new release. Correct me if I am wrong , because they didn't start this until after I was out, but isnt't the Annual Meeting a "by invitation only" event. Not all Witnesses are invited and non-Witnesses are definitely not invited.
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  Ex jw memorial

  by lancelink in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  recently a young person who was df'd died.

  as you can imagine, there will be no talk at the hall.. well, enter some very courageous other young ex jw's who had their own memorial.. these people got together , and had a bonfire in memory of our friend.

  and since we have hardly seen each other in over ten years, the conversation and tears flowed all night.. it just amazes me how all the parents of these grown up, normal young people think that ignoring their children is something that god approves of.

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  I am certain it was a far, far greater memorial than anything that could be offered by a Witness elder at a Kingdom Hall.