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There are some low rent outdoor apartments near one Kingdom Hall I attended for a long time. Those apartments had these little structures that contained washers and clothes dryers. We would roll by the complex laundromats to drop off an old set of magazines to start our time.

From there it was off to breakfast before the meeting for field service. That was like a guaranteed 10 hours of field service time a week for mid-week service. That's 40 hours a month!

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Awake magazine 1980 -Movie "The Exorcist" caused demonic possessions and murders!

by Witness 007 in

awake 12/8 p.11 "since the release of the movie the excorsist some years ago many reports are on file of the adverse effects on those who saw it...mareen was an atheist who went to see it saying it was the most terrifying thing i had ever seen.

i was shaking all over.

during the coming weeks i was frightened to go to bed.

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Demon-mania and the Satanic Panic of the 1980s was a huge part of my childhood. Now the truth comes out. The whole thing was a lie to hide the sins of those crying "witch!"

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Back to the Meetings. It's Offical!

by pistolpete in

yep, the vacation is over, it's time to go to work------for free!

😭😢😓😰😡.

https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/.

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We are pleased to inform you that the Governing Body has decided that barring any local governmental restrictions, we will encourage all congregations to begin holding in-person meetings the week of April 1. This will mean that in most cases, congregations will be able to meet in person for the Memorial. Further details will be sent to each congregation.

Oh, the meetings will be held. The question is: Who will show?

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Why do you call yourselves "apostates?"

by Marbles in

well let me clarify the question.

i know you call yourselves apostates because the bible defines people who leave their previously held beliefs as apostates.

my question means, if the bible is not true (and i don't think it is) then there is no such thing as an apostate.i have never been a jw, only a bible student with them.

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I don't use labels. They are divisive.

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"Somebody" needs to do "Something!"

by Terry in

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friends

it's always unjustifiable for a country to attack another country without having first been attacked itself.. the nuremberg trials at the end of wwii made this clear.. more vividly too: following orders as a patriotic duty is never secondary to the pangs of your personal conscience.. .

worst of all, hypocrisy destroys credibility when you.

criticize other countries for doing what you have done.. .

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I would just ask that if you support the war efforts of the nation you are a citizen of to take your adult children and your self down to your local armed forces recruiter to enlist. I would also ask that you ask your government to pass a law that makes it mandatory that elected government officials must enlist their children into the armed forces.

The U.S. hasn't gone to war since the draft ended. The U.S. military has gone to war. There's a big difference.

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Watchtower says you can be Disfellowshiped for being Fat!

by Witness 007 in

watchtower 1974 p.167 "by disobediently over indulging in food and making a glutton of himself he shows no love for jehovah..in the presents of others does he ignore their needs and selfishly take more then his fair share?

is he grossly overweight gorging himself?

does he feel uncomfortable even getting sick...this person has no place in the congregation of god...they will not inherit gods kingdom.".

truth_b_known

Wow! Thanks for sharing this. I always wondered why people were disfellowshipped for smoking, but not for eating fast food or for being overweight. The same principle applies to both.

I would imagine the real reason is because many elders I knew were definitely heavy eaters.

Side Note - When I was about 10 I saw a friend in the congregation cry after a meeting. He had to sit through the meeting with his mom while it was announced that his dad was disfellowshipped. His dad was DFed for smoking. That was rough.

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Peak Cancel Culture

by Simon in

we seemed to have reached peak cancel-culture.

now, we get to try to cancel the citizens of an entire country for something their government chose to do.. really, we can't allow russian individuals to compete in sports?

to live a life?.

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It is sad. The Russian military action in Ukraine is not supported by many Russians. This is mostly, if not all, Putin.

In addition, Russian is not the U.S. or the U.K. or the E.U. Russian is an autocratic nation. Putin is the dictator that runs the country. Russian nationals can protest, but the risk imprisonment or worse. It is hard for Russian citizens to conduct an armed revolt as firearms are strictly regulated and any type of firearm that might be effective in battle is prohibited. Even possessing 1 bullet for a rifle sends you to prison.

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Do we need to step out of religion and into Christ

by joe134cd in

i was just thinking?

do we as people, who have been hurt by religion, need to refocus our position.

do we need to step out of an organisation, to concentrate on a relationship .

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When you read the Gospels (Matthew & Mark) it seems clear that Jesus didn't come to start a new religion or be worshipped. Jesus came to enlighten people so they could live free from fear. It was only after his death that people defied him and therefor undid his work.

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