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  I can't take it anymore!

  by BlackWolf in

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  2. friends

  my dad was recently made an elder about maybe 6 months ago, and now he is never around he's always at work or doing some kind of jw crap.

  now he conducts the watchtower study and is even doing the special talk tommorow.

  he's become an even more strict controlling jerk than he was before, and i'm never allowed to go out and do anything non jw related because he doesn't have the time.

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  Londo111

  Growing up, this explains my father's behavior. It can make people callous to other people's feelings, especially when they sit in on judicial committees and ruin people's lives.

  This organization is facing a growing elder shortage, or just a shortage of "qualified" men as defined by stringent Watchtower standards. Anyone in an appointed position, whether elder or ministerial servant, have a heavy workload and are very overworked because of this shortage.

  As time goes on, this shortage can only increase. Either the Watchtower will have to loosen its standards for qualifications (and include women in some of the work such as accounts, microphones, ect), or in coming decades, it will reach a crisis point.
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  Giant Leak of Offshore Financial Records Exposes Global Array of Crime and Corruption

  by JHK in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  millions of documents show heads of state, criminals and celebrities using secret hideaways in tax havens... [...].

  what about watchtower society's holy money?.

  https://panamapapers.icij.org/20160403-panama-papers-global-overview.html?goal=0_ffd1d0160d-4ddea55429-100339089&mc_cid=4ddea55429&mc_eid=bfe834e473.

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  Londo111

  Can someone interpret?
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  Giant Leak of Offshore Financial Records Exposes Global Array of Crime and Corruption

  by JHK in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  millions of documents show heads of state, criminals and celebrities using secret hideaways in tax havens... [...].

  what about watchtower society's holy money?.

  https://panamapapers.icij.org/20160403-panama-papers-global-overview.html?goal=0_ffd1d0160d-4ddea55429-100339089&mc_cid=4ddea55429&mc_eid=bfe834e473.

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  Londo111

  Well, hopefully someone who has skills to dig through this can start digging in. Perhaps Orphan Crow?
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  JW marriages: “They” looked good on paper.

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i applaud anyone, male or female, who overcomes shallowness and looks at a person’s deeper qualities, especially in regard dating and marriage.

  the movie and fashion industry does much to institute shallowness to the point that, in my opinion, it promotes outright discrimination and judgmentalism even as they give lip service to tolerance..

  on the other hand, among jehovah’s witnesses, there seem to be a preponderance of incompatible marriages.

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  Here is a link: https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/2lt891/
  

  This was back in 2014 during the US zone visit. Any active JW in the US would have heard this.

  "You know a man that's not serving there should be a real good reason why they're not serving as a Ministerial Servant. inaudible Sister you know how elders get put in awkward positions Uh what's the story with this brother I'm interested in marrying him. But they had already gone too far along. Now they tried to tell her they said well think about it he's 23 years old he's not a Ministerial Servant. Well she married him. She paid for that wrong decision. 23 years old and you're not serving as a Ministerial Servant?"
  
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  If a proposed bill in Mexico passes, new law will mean jailtime for JW´s

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  apparently it's true!!

  omg!!.

  i did not want to believe these news, i still feel it's a hoax, it can't be true!.

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  To me, this is bad news. The organization loves to play the Persecution Card. And it puts the lowly rank and file members who are suffering the most in a bind. Rather than jail time, the government should fine the Branch office.
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  Last Night I was surrounded by Jehovah's Witnesses . . .

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  last night was the "body viewing" at the funeral home for the jw whose friendship and influence resulted in my getting baptised in 1963. we weren't just friends.

  we had a david & jonathan bromance :) no seriously, we loved each other dearly.. it's only in the last 2 years he shunned me.

  before that, he would sneak behind the curtain of stealth, so to speak, and we'd sit for hours each and every week chatting, reminiscing and sometimes arguing about the truth about the "truth.".

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  I think that JWs as individuals are naturally more yielding and about the shunning rules during these circumstances and their authentic non-cult self can more easily surface. And of course, they are hoping that by being nice, they will win you back, but might be sincere in doing so. After all, in their mind, your everlasting future is at stake.
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  Coordinator for the elder body

  by truth doubter in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was recently told that circit overseers must give up the position at age 70. is that true and if so, does the coordinator have to give up his position at age 70 also?

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  I remembered one CO in the 80's started to exhibit signs of dementia while serving the circuit.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses - People of Integrity

  by Saved_JW in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i think of integrity, a lot of positive connotations come to mind.

  i think of individuals grounded in principles, who do not operate on opinions that change based on the breeze of political or social change.

  a life that is directed by a code of morality, not on capricious emotions.

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  Londo111

  "individuals grounded in principles, who do not operate on opinions that change ...directed by a code of morality, not on capricious emotions."

  Yes, almost sounds like a Nazi!

  I think I'm more comfortable with people with are open to change, are flexible, and are guided by emotions such as love, mercy, and empathy.

  My time in the JWs has soured me on the I word.
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  Further CO Leaks

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  believe inspired truth, not inspired error (s-341a-16-e).

  instructions for the circuit overseer’s meeting with the pioneers and field missionaries in conjunction with the circuit assembly (s-312-tk16-e no.

  circuit overseer meets with pioneers and field missionaries program for september 2015 through february 2016 (s-335-16-e).

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  Londo111

  Yes, a huge thank you to the leaker.
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  This Could Be Good... Hulu’s ‘The Path’ portrays family life inside a cult

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  this looks great for people who are both cult survivors and aaron paul fans!

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/slow-but-emotionally-creepy-hulus-the-path-portrays-family-life-inside-a-cult/2016/03/29/43840c46-f2c5-11e5-a61f-e9c95c06edca_story.html.

  slow but emotionally creepy, hulu’s ‘the path’ portrays family life inside a cult.

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  Londo111

  Awesome. I'll check it out.