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  Wife came home upset ...

  by The Fall Guy in

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  ... because she'd stepped into some newly laid concrete.. i said to her, "don't be too hard on yourself.

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  days of future passed

  A sandwich walked into a bar and ordered a whisky. I'm sorry said the bartender, we don't serve lunch here.
  
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  In The Beginning ... There Was Shunning

  by days of future passed in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  yes indeed, shunning began in eden.

  when adam and eve sinned against god, god pronounced a curse on them, handed them some skins for clothes and kicked them out of the house.

  there isn't any conversation between god and them after this.. he did converse with cain, but that also ended shortly after he killed his brother.. on the other hand the one that started it all, satan, visited jehovah at his house.

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  days of future passed

  Yes indeed, shunning began in Eden. When Adam and Eve sinned against God, God pronounced a curse on them, handed them some skins for clothes and kicked them out of the house. There isn't any conversation between God and them after this.

  He did converse with Cain, but that also ended shortly after he killed his brother.

  On the other hand the one that started it all, Satan, visited Jehovah at his house. Job 1:6 says that when the sons of the true god entered to take their station before Jehovah, and even Satan proceeded to enter right among them. So God let him come in the house. God was even the first to speak to him! This goes against 2 john 10,11 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, never receive him into your homes or say a greeting to him. 11 For he that says a greeting to him is a sharer in his wicked works. (haha since he is against God, so is he against Christ)

  Ooo what is the result of God speaking to an apostate? Satan gets under his skin and God starts to brag about Job. Too bad for Job, because of God's pride, his children die and he gets a terrible disease. Is this the end of it? No. Later his own Son is used to confirm God's pride in himself that he's worthy of all worship by having Jesus die too.

  Of course, Jesus also erred because he talked with Satan too. But that's ok, God will eventually get rid of Satan, but in the mean time, he's making the rest of his servants suffer by throwing him down to the earth. To show that his servants reaaaaallllly love him. Take that, Satan the Apostate!

  Ahh reading the comments under a video about shunning just got me going. You get the trolls, the slightly crazy devout JW's, the really crazy ones and the sincere confused jw's. So it got me thinking about it all.
  
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  Just a story I found of how one family left.

  by days of future passed in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  while wandering on youtube, i came across a user named trueface.

  perhaps you have already watched it.

  i liked it because they describe their thoughts on how events and research led them to leave the wt.

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  days of future passed

  While wandering on Youtube, I came across a user named Trueface. Perhaps you have already watched it. I liked it because they describe their thoughts on how events and research led them to leave the WT. How I wish some of my family members were this reasonable so they could leave too.

  https://youtu.be/NQIP2AB_OoY
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  My final topic

  by pomo6780 in

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  2. beliefs

  i have noted that the irritable part of me got the better of me when posting about j f rutherford.

  i acknowledge that a few on here have pointed out flaws in my reasoning and the way i reason.

  and i agree with them.

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  days of future passed

  I put a "like" on your post because you are a great joke. I laugh every time I read your posts. You remind me of an English actor doing vaudeville who's hating it.
  

  So dramatic and over blown. A legend in your own mind.
  
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  Very Lost

  by Jrjw in

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  2. relationships

  hi i've been a jw for 12 years and got married 2 years ago.

  i'm now separated.

  my husband hid from me that he suffered from depression, extreme anxiety issues and a personality disorder.

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  days of future passed

  Your daughter may be affected in her future when she decides to marry. She may seek out the same type of man unconsciously and end up the same way. Or she may decide not to marry at all.

  The degree to which he has gone to make your life miserable, shows that he is a very manipulative person. He is well aware of what he is doing. That type of person is toxic. They make you doubt yourself as well as blame you for everything. That song fits them "if your lips are moving, you are lying"

  Is there relatives you could move away to?
  
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  Inside Story Logo

  by MrHappy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this may have been covered before but have you noticed the logo design of the "inside story" on this months video the 143rd gilead graduation.

  it appears as a pyramid containing the masonic symbol of the compass and square, with this reflected below the text.

  the art pieces on the shelf are also interesting and maybe someone has some thoughts on these.

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  days of future passed

  I can see what Mr. Happy saw. But there are a variety of reasons why they chose that design.

  1. It is simply lines that are easy to draw and looks like other designs the artist saw (it may not even be an "artist" that made the design)

  2. A secret pimo that is having the last laugh.

  3. WT likes to "borrow" designs and it could be someone else's.

  If you join the art together, it also looks like a quilt design lol.
  
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  Very Lost

  by Jrjw in

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  hi i've been a jw for 12 years and got married 2 years ago.

  i'm now separated.

  my husband hid from me that he suffered from depression, extreme anxiety issues and a personality disorder.

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  days of future passed

  Hi. You probably haven't read anything from the past, that the WT has published about abusive marriages.

  Every story I remember was -

  Woman becomes a JW and is treated badly by the worldly husband and stays with him until 20 years go by and he accepts the truth.

  Woman is married to a JW man and she feels abandoned and lonely. She is counseled to try harder to make him happy because it is her fault. Only then, will her husband treat her right.

  In both cases, the example that the WT presents, is that the woman should suffer spousal abuse for the truth. Whether it is because they are worldly or a JW.

  The stories may not be true, but that is message the WT wants all women to accept.

  It doesn't sound like either of you is having a relationship that is healthy. He needs counseling and maybe medicine - it would probably do him good to escape the WT because it's doctrines can increase feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness. Counseling can also benefit you. I'm sorry for both of you being in that religion.
  
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  Can't believe we are still here

  by moreconfusedthanever in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just this week i had the jws knock on my door.

  sisters from my old congregation.

  we exchanged the usual polite conversation.

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  days of future passed

  Frustrating isn't it? Even my mom apologized to me for me being old. But to look at it too closely, would mean their place in paradise might disappear. So they just trudge on towards the mirage.
  
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  Kingdom Hall ... BURGER KING?

  by sparky1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i live in a very rural part of the northeastern united states.

  after 9 years of waiting, the local witnesses are getting their new kingdom hall.

  it is being built on a back road next to a sandpit.

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  days of future passed

  Well people are being served unhealthy food at the kingdom hall.

  "I'll have one generation burger - uh no, make that an overlapping generation burger."
  
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  Is it true the society were considering disfellowshipping overweight people in the 1980s?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just saw the video below and thought 'no way' !!!.

  but then given the obsessive amount of rules they have, it wouldn't surprise me in the least that this was at least considered.

  if there is some credibility to this, then they most certainly have gone beyond the pale!.

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  days of future passed

  I don't have a clue but I do remember that they had articles on Gluttony.