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  Thanks For being helpful

  by Jrjw in

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  to the person who reported me to the elders from here - thank you for making me be able to leave the organisation a whole lot easier and sooner than i'd planned.

  you did me a huge favour 😊.

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  "To whom do you belong?"

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  prompted by one of our fellow posters- jrjw who started a thread asking how to remove "kingdom melodies" from our head, this song title came to mind!

  (sorry for the earworm everyone😉).

  it got me thinking.

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  days of future passed

  Of course, a JW will answer - God is perfect, but.... his servants aren't. Us imperfect humans is what he has to work with.

  I haven't tried this out yet - no opportunity - but I would bring up King Saul. He wanted david dead or captured. Would you be like jonathan or dodo? Would you blindly obey an anointed King or would you reason on what you knew of david and his loyalty to god? Should we blindly obey those that claim to represent god and yet show that they change back and forth on teachings - blood - organ transplants. Isn't that a reproach on God himself? Aren't we each responsible for our actions? If we do wrong by following an imperfect humans teachings, will God accept "We were just obeying those you chose?" Hahaha I know it won't work, but we have to try.
  
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  When Will Jehovah`s Witnesses Appoint A Woman As A Governing Body Member.? It`s Long Overdue !

  by smiddy3 in

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  jehovah himself gives the saying "the women telling the good news are a large army" psalms 68 : 11 coupled with the fact that a good portion of women partake of the emblems and wine at the annual memorial celebration.. identifying themselves as part of the 144000 that are taken from the earth to rule with christ jesus in the heavens.. isn`t it about time they were recognized for their contributions and given the fact that gods word the bible clearly states that 144,000 of anointed are to be taken from the earth which many women are a large part of.?.

  revelation ch.14 :4 could be argued that they are not lesbians { "these are the ones who do not defile themselves with women ,in fact they are virgins, etc,etc.}.

  i wonder just how many men who claim to be of the anointed have not defiled themselves with women and are virgins.?.

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  The simple answer to your question:-

  NEVER

  Actually, the Governing Body's answer to this is "Over my dead body"
  
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  Kingdom songs

  by Jrjw in

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  anyone got any ideas on how to get kingdom melodies out of my head.

  keep finding myself singing them without realising and it's getting annoying lol.

  hopefully they'll disappear with time.

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  days of future passed

  It's easy. Replace with something fun

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRj4toENrnA
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  New Member Of The Governing Body 24 Jan 2018

  by pale.emperor in

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  just seen this announced on reddit:.

  ken cook was announced today at morning worship as the new member of the governing body.

  i dont recall him from the broadcasts, but he was formally a helper on the writing committee as per https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/governing-body/.

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  days of future passed

  Brother Cook - previously on the writing committee, is called to the Royal Commission.

  Angus Stewart "Mr. Cook, it says here that you are responsible for all the bad advice given to the congregations regarding Child Sexual Abuse"

  Bro Cook "Whattttt? Who told you that?"

  A.S. "Why the other Seven G.O.D.'s have a sworn testimony to that effect. This makes you solely responsible for all the bad policies and you will have to pay the fine of 4 billion or be thrown in jail"

  "But this preposterous! I only wrote what they told me to write!" says bro Cook.

  Mr. Stewart "They also said that you recently turned apostate and can't be trusted to tell the truth"

  And so Brother Cook became the first apostate Ex GB member to be thrown in jail.
  
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  I've just won the lottery

  by Half banana in

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  i’ve just won the lottery!.

  this will really make all of you jealous!

  no truly, i won’t have to work again, enough money for all my needs and more, a lot more!

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  days of future passed

  Russell showed us the perfect lottery scheme

  

  the old pyramid. Ones on top get all of it.
  
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  (Not?) Hypnotized

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  what you are about to read i've never told anyone before.. why?

  because it is mysterious.. mostly because it is a bit like the corner of your eye.

  you see movement there but you won't be reciting any eye chart letters.what you read next is sort of like that.i don't like to be vague.

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  days of future passed

  It's funny how you remember a different ending to a story because I've had it happen to me at least twice. Are you a star wars aficionado? I swear there was a part where Yoda takes his walking stick and does a "whack a mole" version on a patch of mud that has little stick worms popping in and out. Maybe it's there in the movie and I just miss seeing it when I watch it but I swear I saw it.

  I often "see" books I read. I watch characters as they progress in a book. Books become movies that I read. I'm very visual and so images and the inferred emotions of a book are remembered as if it happened. I've even experienced a sort of sleep walking - altho I didn't go anywhere but remained in bed. But I now understand how people can "see" things and avoid them as they sleep walk.

  Maybe the trouble you have with reading your book, comes from the thought that someone "ordered" you to write it. You seem to infer that it was part of the experience of being hypnotized. Or you think so. I wouldn't like that either. Although it is interesting if it were true. A little experiment on you.

  Or perhaps it is like this. There was a man that contracted a virus that caused him to believe that in every 20 minutes, he was just waking up. He wrote in a diary "I have just now woken up!" Followed by his experiences of those 20 minutes. Over and over it was written in this diary, but he never believed he had written the previous entries because his long term memory was affected. Memories that were stored in other parts of his brain, could be accessed. Like emotional memories of his wife. Also, if handed a baton and positioned in front of an orchestra, he could conduct them. (he had been a music conductor) So maybe this book, is like a memory you can't access and feel like it doesn't quite exist. Anyway, I like puzzles.
  
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  What do I do ?

  by jdash in

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  hey guys, this is my first time posting on here but lets get started.. so i'm a 17 year old boy who currently attends meetings at a congregation in indianapolis.

  i live with my grandparents, on my father's side, because my mother died in 2010. i been attending meetings since i was 10. my mother got into the religion but then got disfellowshiped.

  my dad is on and off, he currently just got reinstated.

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  days of future passed

  Hi. There are pros and cons for both ideas. If you will be kicked out of the house and don't have a way to support yourself or a place to live, then I would wait on the resignation letter until you do. Do you know what kind of response your family will have?

  It's good to think about it carefully. There are others on this forum that will have some good suggestions.

  Take care.
  
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  (Not?) Hypnotized

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. jw
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  what you are about to read i've never told anyone before.. why?

  because it is mysterious.. mostly because it is a bit like the corner of your eye.

  you see movement there but you won't be reciting any eye chart letters.what you read next is sort of like that.i don't like to be vague.

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  days of future passed

  I'll watch your hypnosis vid later cause I have to go somewhere. But I watched an old black and white movie based on a true story, about a woman who supposedly remembered someone else's life as a child. Past memories etc. But the first part of the story was of a man (could have been a doctor) who had guests over for a party. A hypnotist was included and he had some fun with the guests but couldn't hypnotize the man. He was a person who couldn't be hypnotized. That got him interested in doing it himself to see if it was true. He cured his wife of migraines, went on to help children overcome trauma and all without any license (who would credit hypnotism?) But it was kind of boring so I stopped watching it.

  I know that some people have a high probability of being influenced. The JW lady at work, believes in the "hold the pill, sugar etc in the hand and if it is bad for you, your strength will be weak in that arm" She swears that she lost strength when sugar was put in her hand. But I told her to close her eyes and so she couldn't see what it was - and nothing happened. She couldn't tell if it was sugar or vitamin c. So her belief in the process (and that sugar is bad for you) caused her to drop her hand and not because of any actual real life "vibrations etc"

  I will say that in my experiences, things that seem out of the ordinary or un-natural, can give your memories a twist because it involves emotions that aren't resolved and a puzzle not solved. A little Twilight Zone music now.
  
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  (Not?) Hypnotized

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. jw
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  what you are about to read i've never told anyone before.. why?

  because it is mysterious.. mostly because it is a bit like the corner of your eye.

  you see movement there but you won't be reciting any eye chart letters.what you read next is sort of like that.i don't like to be vague.

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  days of future passed

  I've read books were I had to skip parts because I feel like the person writing, is lost and I am reading a nightmare of theirs. Like they couldn't put into words what they wanted to say so it was incomplete.

  Maybe that is why you have a hard time reading it. You feel like you are caught in a dream?