this is obviously a question for born-ins like me.
so, how did christmas feel to you as a child?
to me it was awful.
My parents had this lame excuse that worldly people only show love to each other and give presents on Christmas while JWs do it all the time (which actually meant never). Generally, it was a pretty sucky time of the year, especially for a child that had to obey religiously fanatic parents.....cookiemaster
I heard that same crap every year..
God Help You if you disagreed,there would be Hell to Pay..
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so we had a begging letter for chelmsford tonight followed by a sm item with a video begging for money.
surely this is getting embarrassing.
it's constant.
So we had a begging letter for Chelmsford tonight followed by a SM item with a video begging for money. Surely this is getting embarrassing. It's constant.....Konceptual99
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does anyone have a copy of the boe letter directing publishers to not go into apartment complexes and/or condominium complexes with no soliciting signs?
i ask because yesterday and buttheaded jw (that obviously had no idea who i am or my past) was knocking on doors in our condo complex.
he would have had to drive past a sign which clearly states "no solicitation or material distribution.".
I ask because yesterday and buttheaded JW (that obviously had no idea who I am or my past) was knocking on doors in our condo complex. He would have had to drive past a sign which clearly states "No Solicitation or Material Distribution.".....Oubliette
I`ve never known ANY JW to respect a "No Soliciting Sign"..... EVER..
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......I`ve Got a New "JW.ORG. Business Card..
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbb8rt2bem8.
some crazy cult language in this talk.. some highlights:.
18:15 - obey.
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3:30 - Danger of thinking differently.....10:30 - Don't listen to things that are "logical"
14:05 - Build up a defense against logic. Faith!
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celebrating your first christmas in decades -- or ever?
faders, you've nothing to fear from geoff jackson!.
from the royal commission transcript:.
From the Royal Commission transcript:
ARC: "So, for example, if they (a JW) had become inactive or sought to fade without formally disassociating, and the elders came to visit and found them celebrating Christmas or a birthday, they would be found to be in transgression of the rules, would they not?"
"That is not my understanding. But again, as I said, it is not my field, that goes into policy with regard to those types of things, but from my personal experience, that's not the case.".....WBT$ GB "ROCK STAR" Pope,Geoffrey Jackson
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petra!
2015-12-17-boe already, you dear brothers have done so well, sending gifts both large and small.
for in-stance, two children, five and seven years old, sent their pocket money to help build our new bethel instead of going to the circus, writing, "this is much better than that!
2015-12-17-BOE
Already, you dear brothers have done so well, sending gifts both large and small. For in-stance, two children, five and seven years old, sent their pocket money to help build our new Bethel instead of going to the circus, writing, "This is much better than that!"
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https://www.revealnews.org/blog/24232/.
jehovahs witnesses leaders say they dont protect sexual abusers.
by trey bundy / december 21, 2015 .
Now the Witnesses have lashed back. In their rebuttal, they paint attorneys in the case as inexperienced, witnesses as unreliable, the criminal justice system as ineffective and the commission as overstepping its mandate.
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there is a limit to how much straw (long yellow grass) a camel can carry on its back.
if you keep putting more straw on top, it will finally break the camel's back.
when you are at the last straw you are finally angry and will not take any more.. my moment (to stop attending all watchtower meetings) was after the harsh treatment from the elders and fellow congregation members of my second cousin who was disfellowhipped as a teenager.
What was your ''the last straw that broke the camels back'' moment
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now what is your stance?
I also think there is a profound ethical inequality at work here. .....TD
luke 22:54.
"then they arrested him and led him off, and they brought him into the house of the high priest; but peter was following at a distance.
" i am still raging because this verse was used at a recent circuit overseer's visit.
Following Christ "from a distance."
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