Topics Started by Isambard Crater

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Dreading the memorial
by Isambard Crater in
1. jw
2. experiences
hey.

does anyone else dread attending (in person or on zoom) the memorial months in advance?.

literally as soon as new year hits, i feel sick and super anxious, and i've realised it's because of the memorial, which i only attend because of family, who kinda tell me the reason they have bad health is cuz i left the jw sevel years ago..
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Who’s gonna mow your grass
by solomon in
1. jw
2. friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xixc6aqrozq.

what most jehovah’s witnesses don’t realize about their version of the new system is who’s gonna mow the grass?.

after the system is destroyed who’s gonna make that nail your pounding with a hammer?
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Great. Like the Concentration Camps, it seems Corona Virus is boosting not reducing the Jehovahs' msg?
by Isambard Crater in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
their official web site says that national television stations and radio stations in africa were happy to broadcast the memorial and even other talks!!

!.
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Study Watchtower confirms shunning spiritually weak. How nice!
by Isambard Crater in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it really hurt to hear brothers and sisters commenting about this at the meeting yesterday.. "as in solomon’s case, one of the greatest threats to spirituality is friendship with those who do not understand or respect jehovah’s standards.

some may be associated with the congregation but may be spiritually weak.

others could be relatives, neighbors, coworkers, or schoolmates who are not worshippers of jehovah.
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Does Disfellowshipping only prohibit spiritual contact with a DF family member or friend?
by Isambard Crater in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
all through my life, now in my 40's, i've seen df people get completely shunned by family and friends, but an ex elder showed me the stfog book that says it's just spiritual contact that stops.

so what's the crack?

i'm mega confused, as i want to go p.o.m.o or ideally da but don't want to loose family..
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United Nations
by Sergey Antonov in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
hello, recently, i talked with the witness of the united states.

"jehovah's witnesses" in the united nations.

as far as i understand, the organization had to fully accept the un charter and cooperate with the un.the jehovah's witness replied to me that there is no contradiction in this.he said that witnesses are allowed to apply, for example, to courts or other organizations for help.when i told him that the organization is participating in the osce, he is said to be normal too.he said that they are not affected.
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Did your ability to work get affected by waking up to TTATT?
by stuckinarut2 in
1. jw
2. experiences
just curious.. when you started to wake up to the truth about the truth, did the shock and the whole experience distract you from your usual activities such as performing at your place of work?.

did you become so consumed by researching, and the subsequent factual discoveries, that it affected your ability to carry out daily tasks?.
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Today's Watchtowe Study, Child Baptism
by BluesBrother in
1. watchtower
2. bible
suffice to say that i fundamentally disagree with the point of this article, a cynical attempt to boost numbers.

it goes against bible precedent and their own long standing practice.

they timothy as an example of a youthfull christian, a young man.. sure but he was not baptized young .
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So what's this special meeting all about?
by purrpurr in
1. watchtower
2. bible
any guesses?.
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Brothers with hearts. Where are they?
by stillin in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
one poster here mentioned how, after he was appointed as an elder, things took on a more "corporate" feel.

i was an ms and as such went, dutifully, to the bi-annual meetings with the co. i was sorely disappointed.

i had imagined sort of a round-table discussion of trends and potential difficulties in the congregation, along with a coordinated effort to help people out.