Sort of. I didn't meet my wife until we both were well past the bloom of youth. Me being busy as an elder, she being busy pioneering. We wish we had met 20 years earlier and had a family, but we did not. But the number of friends who kept saying "in the new world you can" didn't take the regret away.
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Did anyone put off having children because of wt bs?
by I Faded Twice injust curious if anyone put off having kids because the end was so close.
or because of you're "ministry" or lack of suitable mates..
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Faders Needing a Great One Liner
by Solzhenitsyn inso our family fade is well under way.
we changed congregations as regular attenders and left in good standing with those giving hugs and kisses simply knowing we "needed a change".
we moved to a neighboring congregation that is out of our original region knowing we would see no one and the two boe's wouldn't really have immediate dealings.
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How about "the jw(dot)org website has so much information to try and absorb, the way we are inundated with new videos daily - - that we just DON'T have the time any more to come to meetings."
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If Angels in the Bible are of neuter gender ? Then why are they always depicted as males by description and name ? And never a female ?
by smiddy3 inin all of the art i`ve seen in christendom, angels always have the form of a male, and in the bible those that are named always have a male name such as michael ,gabriel , etc, .
nowhere in the art world that i have seen do angels have the female form, and in the bible they don`t have female names.. so if the angels are neither male or female why then are they depicted as males with male names ?and not female also ?.
the watchtower illustrators also follow this line .when they illustrate an angel it is always in the form of a male and never a female form.. the anointed who make up the 144000 comprise of male and females right ?
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In the art of the Pre-Raphaelite painters most of their angels were portrayed as female.
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The clown factory at Warwick
by Sour Grapes init just amazes me how the clown factory at the borgs basilica in warwick could produce 8 clown popes that act like self-licking ice cream cones and the jdubs take them so seriously.
if the popes said that they were going to have a bible signing session at a king dumb hall 8 hours away that so many jdubs would make the trip the town would be swamped with traffic.. you know what is truly sad is when during jdub public prayers, the governing body gets more praise than the head of the congregation.
all jesus gets is the final "in jesus name.".
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Before the GB started their TV self-agrandizement programme we didn't have any idea as to who they were or what they looked like.
I recall one brown noser circuit overseer who said from the circuit assembly platform that publishers did not need to know who the GB were, all they had to do was to obey them!
That's when several people in the row behind where we were sitting said loudly "no wonder people think that this is a cult."
The penny didn't drop with me until much later. Cult. Cult. Cult. Cult.
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How to be happier every day.
by Lost in the fog inthe messages contained in these two books for children are quite profound and can be taken on board no matter what age you are.
book reviews @tes.com.
https://www.tes.com/news/two-tips-kids-books-being-happy.
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The messages contained in these two books for children are quite profound and can be taken on board no matter what age you are.
Book Reviews @TES.com
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Journals or diaries..
by zeb ini have been keeping a journal for a long time.
anyone else do this?.
i have found that a diary helps to clear the mind of the events bad and good of the day in prep for sleeping..
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I was encouraged to journal after a period of mental illness. This was given to me as a help to get started. -
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Child Abuse Myths
by Lost in the fog inthis should be compulsory reading for every jw elder irrespective of what their organisation tells them to think.
(1) https://rainn.org/articles/tips-talking-survivors-sexual-assault.
(2) http://www.leadershipcouncil.org/1/res/csa_myths.html.
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This should be compulsory reading for every JW elder irrespective of what their organisation tells them to think.
(1) https://rainn.org/articles/tips-talking-survivors-sexual-assault
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#100 Women
by Lost in the fog inin the uk the bbc has been celebrating the role of women who have made a difference to the world.
they have focused on 100 women in particular who have taken a lead in various professional jobs.
isn't it sad that we'll never see a jehovah’s witness woman appearing on such a list because of the misogynistic attitude within their organisation.
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In the UK the BBC has been celebrating the role of women who have made a difference to the world. They have focused on 100 women in particular who have taken a lead in various professional jobs.
Isn't it sad that we'll never see a Jehovah’s Witness woman appearing on such a list because of the misogynistic attitude within their organisation.
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Selling off those Kingdom Halls.
by Lost in the fog inthe value of the property if sold will no doubt will return to the governing body.
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https://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/news/dont-choose-hall-on-a-whim-town-lake-cowichan-cao-warns/ .
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The value of the property if sold will no doubt will return to the Governing Body.
https://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/news/dont-choose-hall-on-a-whim-town-lake-cowichan-cao-warns/
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Be Honest in All Things - New video exposes a problem with honesty at Bethel/Construction
by George One Time inon tv.jw.org kenneth cook jr. discusses how important it is to be honest when applying for special assignemts.
he mentions health and viewing pornography.
those who viewed pornography during the last year should not apply.
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I can remember when the paperback version of the young people ask book was released and the chapter on pornography had a picture of youths looking at their mobile phones.
One of our elders was amazed saying "I didn't know you could view pornography via a mobile phone."
We were not sure if it was a revelation to him because he'd never done it this way before or what.