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  If Women were elders, would it make a difference in the organization?

  by John Aquila in

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  imagine three single sisters who qualified to be appointed as elders in the congregation.

  they qualified because they started reaching out in their early teens.

  persistently and methodically they worked their way through the ranks by pioneering then becoming a m.s.

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  and the ORG is called "Mother."

  Or Mother Fu*****
  
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  If Women were elders, would it make a difference in the organization?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  imagine three single sisters who qualified to be appointed as elders in the congregation.

  they qualified because they started reaching out in their early teens.

  persistently and methodically they worked their way through the ranks by pioneering then becoming a m.s.

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  LoveUniHateExams

  Knowing my luck I'd be in a judicial committee with 3 harridans that looked like Margaret Thatcher or Harriet Harman.

  Sometimes you just can't win!!

  

  
  
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  If Women were elders, would it make a difference in the organization?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  imagine three single sisters who qualified to be appointed as elders in the congregation.

  they qualified because they started reaching out in their early teens.

  persistently and methodically they worked their way through the ranks by pioneering then becoming a m.s.

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  An attractive single sister is often treated like dirt by the married sisters in the hall. Trust me, I know.

  That may be true in regard to being treated like dirt by married sisters, but would it really matter to a beautiful women what married sisters would think?
  

  
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  jwtalk...wow. just...wow.

  by HeyThere in

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  so i was lurking on jwtalk after trying to read the thread on there about the broadcast about the conti case...and holy moly there are some bat ish crazy talk on that site!

  they also blocked the thread about the broadcast, lol!

  they are scuuuuured (scared).

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  Is JWTalk for people that wish there were more meetings to attend...And longer, too?
  

  It's like, who can repeat WT doctrine the best without reading it from the paragraph?

  There's a word for that, I can't seem to remember.

  Oh, I remember-----------LOSERS--- WITH NO LIFE

  
  

  
  
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  Newspaper article: 'Rise of ISIS and earthquakes are WARNINGS before ARMAGEDDON destroys Earth'

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
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  http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/581439/rise-isis-earthquakes-warnings-before-armageddon-apocalypse-end-destroys-volcanoes-earth.

  the "end" of mankind, which has been long predicted by jehovah's witnesses, could happen as soon as this year - according to latest announcement from the christian religion.. in the latest edition of jehovah's witnesses monthly publication watchtower, an article translated into 700 languages - urges people to join the religion or face certain death when god sends his forces from the heavens to "remove all world leaders," "exterminate his enemies" and "rid the world of satan".. critics have lambasted the warning of a coming armageddon as yet another "failed prediction" by the religion, which has previously delivered similar alerts such as a foretold apocalypse in 1975.. indeed, jehovah's witnesses have been warning people of the need to recognise jehovah or face certain death when the "end" comes for more than 100 years.. the christian-based religion was founded in the 1870s by charles taze russell in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, us, as an offshoot from the bible studies movement.. today, there are 8.2million jehovah's witness evangelists, while 19.9 million celebrated their annual memorial festival marking christ's death - worldwide in 2014.. followers do not believe in military service and will not accept blood transfusions.. in a new eight-page article, watchtower said jehovah's witness leaders are now "convinced" humans are in their "final days" before the armageddon.. they cite an increase in global armed conflict, such as the rise of the islamic state terror group, as well as natural disasters such as volcanoes and earthquakes.. the lengthy article, written by an unnamed author, said: "will god let humans continue to dominate one another and threaten the future of mankind?

  no, as we have seen, he will step in and bring an end to centuries of misery and oppression.

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  Heaven

  In 2009, my Dad told me the reason the Big 'A' was sooo close was the bad economy. I guess the reasons change year over year

  I heard this year that is was so close because the Bachelorette had sex with one of the Bachelors on tv.
  
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  So I overheard a discussion that my son and wife were having about creation yesterday

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. watchtower
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  so i am getting ready for bed yesterday night and i overhear my teenage son and wife talking about how the evidence of creation far outweighs the evidence of evolution.

  i heard my son say that evolution has so many holes and how could something happen from nothing.

  i wanted to open the door and ask them both how the creator happened from nothing just to see what they would say..

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  Even the WTBTS acknowledges that, only in such weasely language that it is hard to see unless you're really looking.

  Hi Oubliette

  Do you recall the publication or magazine where they acknowledge evolution? Thanks!
  
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  If Women were elders, would it make a difference in the organization?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  imagine three single sisters who qualified to be appointed as elders in the congregation.

  they qualified because they started reaching out in their early teens.

  persistently and methodically they worked their way through the ranks by pioneering then becoming a m.s.

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  Imagine three single sisters who qualified to be appointed as elders in the congregation. They qualified because they started reaching out in their early teens.

  Persistently and methodically they worked their way through the ranks by pioneering then becoming a M.S. and finally meeting all the qualifications the W.T. had outlined for Elder-ship as a woman.

  Now imagine the difference from a woman officiating in a judicial committee, as opposed to a man officiating in the judicial committee.

  A sister confesses to the women elders that she fornicated with you. So you get a telephone call to meet with those three Elderettes. By the way they are all single and hot. The instructions are to meet them at the kingdom hall at 9 P.M.

  
  

  So you go. They all sit in front of you. The presiding Elderette sits a few inches from your face in a black dress and starts asking you probing questions.

  
  

  
  

  How did you feel when you started unbuttoned her blouse?

  Why did you “Quickly” pull down her panty hose instead of exercising the fruit-age of the spirit which is Patience and self-control?

  Did your conscience bother you when you slid you hand back and forth on her 36 inch firm and tan legs?

  Do you think the dirty talk was necessary?
  

  Are you repented that you did it 6 times in 2 hours?

  Would it make a difference if women were elders?
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  Video: How can we be sure the Bible is true?

  by cappytan in

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  one of the latest jw borgcasting videos i referenced in another thread.

  uploaded to youtube so that you don't have to go to borgville to watch.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz34cfrarag.

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  Thanks Cappytan, I also hate to go to their website. It's worse than porn.
  
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  Mentally Diseased - is it partly our fault that we got this label?

  by cappytan in

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  i was thinking about this the other day.. a common way for apostates to "fade" is to pretend to have depression or anxiety problems.. is it possible, that when apostates become known, the elders report to the society that said person was undergoing mental health problems?

  i can see a scenario where the society then took those statistics that were reported and just decided, "well, it looks like the only ones leaving are those with mental diseases.".

  oh, and not to mention the subliminal messages conspiracy theorists.

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  If a person says growing a beard is wrong or,
  

  If a person believes saying "Bless you" after sneezing is wrong or,
  

  If a person believes eating a turkey on a certain day is wrong but OK on any other day, or,
  

  If a person believes that masturbating turns you in a Homosexual or,
  

  If a person believes that if your child is in an accident and needs a blood transfusion but its better to let him die than accept a blood transfusion or,
  

  If a person believes that it is wrong to take blood but it's OK to take blood as long as they break it into fractions or,
  

  If a person believes it's OK to talk to a person who has raped a 5 year old child but it's not OK to talk to a person who doesn't believe in the overlapping generation

  Then who really is the one that's Mentally Diseased?

  And since the members can't figure this out, what does that say about the members?
  
  
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  Mentally Diseased - is it partly our fault that we got this label?

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was thinking about this the other day.. a common way for apostates to "fade" is to pretend to have depression or anxiety problems.. is it possible, that when apostates become known, the elders report to the society that said person was undergoing mental health problems?

  i can see a scenario where the society then took those statistics that were reported and just decided, "well, it looks like the only ones leaving are those with mental diseases.".

  oh, and not to mention the subliminal messages conspiracy theorists.

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  Mentally Diseased - is it partly our fault that we got this label?

  Is it possible, that when apostates become known, the elders report to the Society that said person was undergoing mental health problems?

  In all the years I was an elder, we never reported to the Society that certain individuals were undergoing mental health problems. The Society didn’t give a rat’s ass who was having trouble mentally.

  It’s a control and scare tactic that is used by many authoritarian groups to manage control of the members. It’s not a new tactic. In the 1600 Galileo went against the current view of the Church that the earth was not the center of the Universe and that the Sun did not revolved around the earth, but instead he proposed that the earth revolved around the sun. He was labeled a heretic and mentally diseased. And there was consequence to anyone who would talk to him or help him in any way. He was tried and found guilty of heresy and apostasy and it wasn’t until 1992 that the Catholic offered and apology to Galileo. Almost 400 years later.

  Hey, maybe 400 years from now the WT will offer an apology to us mentally diseased apostates.