Tameria2001

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  Someone had been attempting to destroy Kingdom Halls in Thurston county washington state.

  by Crazyguy in

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  and has finally succeeded in burning one to the ground.

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  Unless there is something in the insurance clause stating that the money goes into the repair or replacement of the building.
  
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  Someone had been attempting to destroy Kingdom Halls in Thurston county washington state.

  by Crazyguy in

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  and has finally succeeded in burning one to the ground.

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  It's not the first time. I remember back in the 1980s, my mom had just moved to this congregation in Durant Oklahoma a few months before. One of the sisters had gotten remarried, and her ex-husband decided to burn down the kingdom hall then find his ex-wife and her new husband to kill them. He did succeed in burning down the building, but a couple of my classmates saw it happen. They reported this to the police and he was caught before he was able to find the couple he was planning on killing. Found out later, that if he has shown up about a half hour earlier, he would have found one of his intended victims at the hall mowing the lawn. If memory serves me correct, I think the new hall didn't have any windows because of that reason.
  
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  Some very good news was posted on YouTube regarding certain matters

  by Tameria2001 in

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  i'll let you see.

  this is involving sweden and the netherlands.. https://youtu.be/p2mzhkl3jz8.

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  I'll let you see. This is involving Sweden and the Netherlands.
  

  https://youtu.be/P2mZhkL3Jz8
  
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  Controlled

  by Lost in the fog in

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  i was talking to a friend who is an elder in a congregation near belfast city over in northern ireland.

  he was telling me that several of the sisters wanted to put fresh flowers in the hall on a weekly basis just to pretty the place up.

  he said "sure, why not, it's a great idea, and the congregation will reimburse the costs as long as they aren't too expensive.

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  When you were talking about that, it reminded me of a few years back of this talk that was given, and the brother was talking about those little springs you see, usually in ink pens. He was comparing that spring to when you squeeze it flat, and if you let go that spring would go flying out to who knows where. While he was talking about that spring I was thinking about the extreme control they over the organization. They can only hold it down for so long. I am so looking forward to the day when the rank and file does finally wake up.
  
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  Did anyone put off having children because of wt bs?

  by I Faded Twice in

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  just 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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  I didn't, I had a life goal set in front of me as a JW, and it was this. Graduate from high school, and spend the next 5 years enjoying my single life. My goal was to get married after I graduated from high school to get married after 5 years. Then spend two years with my future husband, and then start a family. Which was what I did, and I'm glad I did because after I had my second child, I couldn't have anymore, so if I had waited, I would have missed out on the opportunity to ever have any children.
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  Leaders or liars

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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  i was a thriving regular pioneer, doing all thr things wholeheartedly, had 16 bible studies, 7 attending meetings regularly, 11 magazine routes and 100's of rv's.

  you can imagine i was always runnin out of literature and always a good list of books to order every month.

  (not bragging,just stating facts.all this is wasted anyway).

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  I think we all can relate when looking back on our lives in that religion. There are quite a few times I too think back on my time in it and wonder why I just didn't wake up earlier.
  
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  Do you remember when you realised it was all bulls£&t

  by moley in

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  i remember when my faith left me.

  i used to enjoy meetings and used to participate but then all of a sudden i was finding myself bored shitless at meetings.

  i was taken off the theocratic ministry school for not attending when i was due to give a talk and not long after did something naughty and got disfellowshiped.

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  The very moment I realized it was bull, I got so angry that I literally was seeing red. I let my emotions get the better of me, and threw all my watchtower literature in the trash. Something I later regretted, what I wished I had done with it was to give it to someone who could use them as a weapon against the organization.
  
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  All the culty name that were used instead of JWs

  by kairos in

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  the truththe society.

  the friends...you remember.

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  Aw, I thought they were known by the name G.B.S. because that is what they fed their flock.
  
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  Serious Problems Between Elders

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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  ever encountered or eyewitnessed problems escalating, arguements and rows between elders right at the kh anyone?.

  one such experience was just before the meeting was about to start,we heard raised voices from the second room between two elders.

  a minute later two other elders went into the room and we could all hear that they were trying to cool the situation down with whatever was going on in there.

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  I don't think I ever witnessed any of the elders having issues with each other, but I do remember my father in law was an elder. He even moved into this one small congregation because they needed some qualified men to fill the spot. Later on, he stepped down (or was removed, don't know the details), and moved to another congregation. I don't know the details, but I do remember how royally pissed off he was about the whole situation.
  
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  Treatment of families

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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  has anyone experienced that family members of the general flock and those of the elders were treated differently, unfairly, or just put on a pedestal just coz they were elders kids?

  where i grew up ,elders kids used to steal from their dads wallet right in fron t of us , and say to us that " if you say anything no one will believe you, i am the elders son".this went on from bad to worse , he grew up a constant liar, wore earrings to college and questionable association and clothes, involved in all things worldly.

  .i know this coz he had a worldy friend who lived next door to me.this neighbors house was his go to for a double standard life style.

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  Growing as a JW I pretty much kept to myself, and the one friend I had as a kid was not a JW. I only had one friend my whole childhood, once I became a teen, but it was not until my senior year in high school did I make a few JW friends. The one friend I did have, we attended the same school for 2 years, after that we kept in contact through letters until we eventually lost contact with each other. As far as at the kingdom hall I did see first hand how kids who were the children of elders, and ministerial servants had their own clique. If your dad wasn't one or the other, well tough stuff you weren't included in anything. Not all congregations I attended were this extreme, but there were some.

  My husband was the son of a Ministerial Servant growing up, and he told me about the way he was growing up, and well let's just say he did not act like the A typical JW. He dated girls who were not JWs, he was on the wrestling team and did other things that you see any normal non-JW teen boys doing. He said there were many times they would try to get onto him about it, but he would always shut them down by telling them that he was not baptized. He did what was expected of him at the kingdom hall (field service, meetings, talks). He often would say that he had two sides growing up.