I did find that it acted as if it was spinning around and going nowhere. But I waited a while and then just closed it. There it was, posted. So it's done that maybe twice and I just do the same thing.
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Any one else having trouble with a new post?
by dropoffyourkeylee ini have been tryin to create a new post, it keeps hanging up.
is it just me?.
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Little mindmines in the Oct. 2017
by days of future passed init is difficult for me to say exactly what i mean on this subject.
my sister sent me a link to the oct, 2017 wt simplified article (which has been discussed about the shunning) and i found it disturbing of course, how the wt gives advice, different for each sex, along with the "unbelieving" mate dissing.. wt - although an unbelieving husband may not take the lead in spiritual matters, he should be respected because of his position as the head of the family.
likewise, an unbelieving wife should be shown self-sacrificing love and tender affection by her christian husband.—eph.
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Carla - It was the OCT wt 2017 so I'm guessing it was recent. How much it affects JW's probably depends on how entrenched they are in the religion. I'm haven't been to my mom's house in a month, so I'm not sure how it will go with her.
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Mr. Dropoff goes to Warwick!
by dropoffyourkeylee inmade a visit to warwick recently.
i’ll try to get some pics posted..
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Pretty spacious. Someone has to work hard every night vacuuming the carpet. I see over by the welcoming desk, spots on the floor in a circular fashion. Is this for crowd control posts and rope? Seems a little strange.
I guess you could say they "simplified". Recessed lighting, stone work and probably industrial strength carpet all done in tasteful monotone grays.
Ps. I like your name. Make a new plan, stan!
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Little mindmines in the Oct. 2017
by days of future passed init is difficult for me to say exactly what i mean on this subject.
my sister sent me a link to the oct, 2017 wt simplified article (which has been discussed about the shunning) and i found it disturbing of course, how the wt gives advice, different for each sex, along with the "unbelieving" mate dissing.. wt - although an unbelieving husband may not take the lead in spiritual matters, he should be respected because of his position as the head of the family.
likewise, an unbelieving wife should be shown self-sacrificing love and tender affection by her christian husband.—eph.
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Little mindmines in the Oct. 2017
by days of future passed init is difficult for me to say exactly what i mean on this subject.
my sister sent me a link to the oct, 2017 wt simplified article (which has been discussed about the shunning) and i found it disturbing of course, how the wt gives advice, different for each sex, along with the "unbelieving" mate dissing.. wt - although an unbelieving husband may not take the lead in spiritual matters, he should be respected because of his position as the head of the family.
likewise, an unbelieving wife should be shown self-sacrificing love and tender affection by her christian husband.—eph.
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I just wanted to throw in the picture for a laugh. Look at the religious items on the wall, on the bible and of course, the evil xmas tree. I bet the ones that decorated the tree, secretly enjoyed it. Hey how come they have pagan images on their premises? Probably the demons look on and rejoice.
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Little mindmines in the Oct. 2017
by days of future passed init is difficult for me to say exactly what i mean on this subject.
my sister sent me a link to the oct, 2017 wt simplified article (which has been discussed about the shunning) and i found it disturbing of course, how the wt gives advice, different for each sex, along with the "unbelieving" mate dissing.. wt - although an unbelieving husband may not take the lead in spiritual matters, he should be respected because of his position as the head of the family.
likewise, an unbelieving wife should be shown self-sacrificing love and tender affection by her christian husband.—eph.
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It is difficult for me to say exactly what I mean on this subject. My sister sent me a link to the Oct, 2017 wt simplified article (which has been discussed about the shunning) And I found it disturbing of course, how the WT gives advice, different for each sex, along with the "unbelieving" mate dissing.
WT - Although an unbelieving husband may not take the lead in spiritual matters, he should be respected because of his position as the head of the family. Likewise, an unbelieving wife should be shown self-sacrificing love and tender affection by her Christian husband.—Eph. 5:22, 23, 28, 29.
While a worldly husband is supposed to be respected by the wife, the believing husband is supposed to show self-sacrificing love, tender affection to the worldly wife. Why not love and respect for both? Is it because a JW husband doesn't have to respect his worldly wife's opinion because he is after all, the head? It is also a diss on the worldly husband because he won't take the spiritual lead according to the JW wife's religion. If he does have a belief system this is how it is viewed.
WT - At times, unbelieving mates will demand that children share in pagan celebrations or be taught false religious beliefs. Some husbands may forbid the Christian wife to teach the children from the Bible.
Of course, the Jw mate will only see it as a battle for truth against false. And a JW doesn't just use the bible. They see the WT and all the publications as being factual and more important than the bible. So how clever of the WT to make it seem that the worldly mate, is against the bible!
WT - At first, we may not have told our family about our association with Jehovah’s Witnesses. As our faith grew, though, we saw the need to be open about our beliefs.
Why did they not tell their family? Were they embarrassed or did they simply not even think of it as a topic? Or did they mention it and found their families concerned? But the person conducting the study is the one that will push them "to make a stand". At this point, the study will view concern from the family as persecution and that he must reject them in favor of the "truth"
WT - Have empathy for unbelieving relatives. While we may be overjoyed about the Bible truths we have learned, our relatives may mistakenly believe that we have been tricked or have become part of a cult. They may think that we no longer love them because we do not celebrate holidays with them. They may even fear for our eternal welfare. We should show empathy by trying to see things from their viewpoint and by listening carefully to discern their real concerns.
The WT taking the offense again. JW's will only view their families/friends concern as misguided. Really, their real concerns are that you in a cult. Not that you don't love them because you aren't putting tinsel on the tree.
Have conflicts with your relatives that you love? (because they want to get you out a cult)
WT - If you feel this way, strive to put your loyalty to Jehovah ahead of your love for your family. Such a stand may actually help your relatives to see that applying Bible truth is a life-and-death matter.
It's a life and death matter to the JW, not the family. The WT wants them to tow the line and remain loyal to
Godthem.How sad that we all at some time, had to run the obstacle course laid out by the WT in order to be "approved" of by
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Women must not instruct men, even by singing a theocratic song.
by Ultimate Axiom ini did a quick search and this doesn’t appear to have been commented on here, but if it has been, i apologise in advance for starting an unnecessary thread.. regarding a change to a song title, the study article on page 7 paragraph 17 of november 2017 watchtower explained, “the change of the title “guard your heart” to “we guard our hearts” was most considerate.
in the audience at our meetings, assemblies, and conventions are many new ones, interested ones, young ones, and sisters who by singing the words would be put in the awkward position of telling others what to do.
so the title and the lyrics were modified.”.
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Oh Guard Your Hearts you Sons of Men if you would win life's prize ......
Darn the WT has found out our nefarious plan to rule over men all these years.
The old brown (or was that the first green one?) songbook - Take my Silver and my Gold, nothing lord would I withhold... I bet they regret getting rid of that song now. But it was probably stolen from Christendom..
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Do you have JW-related dreams (nightmares)?
by compound complex ingreetings, dreamers:.
i guess it's never going away: daytime carryovers of jw-related stuff seeping into my dreams.. the majority of these dreams take place at conventions but with really weird trappings.
last night i dreamed i arrived at the site with no books, no lunch, nothing but my car keys.
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I've had a few lately. Some about talks that I'm supposed to give - and feeling annoyed and tired at the idea. Wandering in kingdom halls that really aren't. Sometimes seeing JW's I used to know but a great many that are strangers.
The latest dream was about walking down a long muddy street. I saw a Sister that was all smiling and ready to engage me. I knew she was going to try to be all nice and try to get me back to the meetings, so I just chatted about her dress and how I had to be going. But she started following me. So my next move was to show her a top I had bought to distract her. As she was making fake Aaahss over it, I saw it had a rip in it. "oh, guess I have to take it back, better be going" Well she insisted that her husband knew the store that had sold it and so she would give it to him to return it. (I was getting really annoyed by this time)
No that's ok I said, I'll return it. And then I began to walk faster. She started walking faster. Now the street was like a river of mud and I hurried into a building that turned out to be a kingdom hall. As I dashed across it's wooden floor, I left clumps of mud. I was thinking, as soon as I get outside, I'm going to run and leave her behind. But, before I did that, I politely picked up the mud clumps. Then I woke up.
My main problem. I am too nice. I should have just run.
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Since leaving the JW Organization, who is believing?
by Issa ini left the jw organization last year during summer.
maybe some of you can relate.
who of you are agnostic or an atheist?
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At present, I believe there was a creator/s. But I don't hold to the belief that it was out of love things were created. I don't think it/them were perfect. I think of it more as a scientist/s tinkering with life.
Evolution - is it natural here or it is a planned evolution? Was there a "first" different kind of evolution we know nothing about in other parts of the universe? Who knows, I don't. But all we have at present, is what we experience in this part of space.
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Anxiety, OCD, Hoarding, and the JWs
by Spiral ini'm noticing what seems to be a higher incidence of the above among the local jws than in the "general" (read: worldly) population.
i don't say this lightly, my wanderings around the fringes of jw society locally is revealing an alarming trend here.
the poverty doesn't help (there are good jobs, but you need a degree or qualifications to get one).. anyone else see this?
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I've known a few witnesses with Panic attacks plus fear of going over bridges. I suffered from anxiety attacks over armaggedon. The witness at work is OCD. The wife of a JW co-worker has tons of strange health issues.
I think there is a correlation between feeling out of control with your life and having these compulsions. As a JW, your life (future as well as present) is dependent on a God who is supposed to be loving, but could just as easily terminate your eternal life for one mistake at the wrong time. It allows you to focus on something else rather than that dark and frightening realization. I'm not saying that there isn't chemical/physical in-balances that need medicine tho.
I don't have that fear any longer, but I have to deal with getting old, losing out on things, etc. Still tough but at least I don't have to feel like the world could be ending everyday.