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Public Awareness of extreme Shunning Practice of the Watchtower.
by blindnomore in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
jehovah's witnesses practices an inhumane policy of shunning.

their leaders, the governing body, promote and enforce extreme shunning among their members to the point of cutting off the tie of family bond in the name of jehovah, well, really for the watchtower since no where in the bible promotes such practice.. .

in the contrast to the watchtower's teaching, the bible teaches love that "covers multitude of sins".
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New understanding of the GB/FDS
by Awakened at Gilead in
1. jw
2. friends
hahahaha!!!

i predicted this 4 years ago!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzyjca1-q60.
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JWs and Earthquakes
by okage in
1. jw
2. experiences
yesterday, my wife's sister shared on facebook a screen capture of people talking about the earthquake in china.

the top of the list was a twitter user saying "is it just me or are these 5.0+ quakes coming more frequently" (paraphrasing).

her response "people are finally seeing what's coming" (not paraphrasing).. initially, this pissed me off because there is no increase in earthquakes.
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UN (again!)
by zound in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
hi guys, i'm new to the site.. sorry to bring up an old topic.

but just wondering if anyone knew if the brochure referred to in the infamous un letter of 2004 is available to read anywhere?

this is the brochure of 1991 (before the supposed "changed language that we cannot subsribe to").
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Family Budgeting
by skeeter1 in
1. social
2. family
how do you budget?.

as a jw, we never had "classes" on family budgeting.

the world was going to end, so who cared about paying off credit card bills, retirement savings, etc.
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Commitee and disfellowshipment
by Freeof1914 in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have only posted on here several times, but i am constantly reading what others post.

i guess i am more of a reader than author.

that being said i am happy to announce i am no longer one of the jehovah's witnesses.
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Congregation had to relocate Memorial...thanks to me
by Shepherd Book in
1. jw
2. experiences
so, the two local congregations were planning to hold their memorial together at 7:30 at the local community center, but they had to make a last-minute change to their own hall, and i'm pretty sure it was because of me.. let me explain.... at work on monday afternoon, a co-worker returned from her lunchbreak and showed me the memorial invitation that was waiitng in her door when she went home for lunch.

i noticed the sticker on the back indicated the memorial was being held, not at the local hall, but at the community center.

from a past (non-jw) event i attended there, i knew they didn't allow alcohol (unless you pay for security guards), so i wrote to the center's coordinator:.
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Newbie here; my intro post :)
by Sparlock the Wizard in
1. jw
2. experiences
so, i finally decided to become a member and make my first post .

a bit about me:.

i've been lurking around the forum for quite some time (about 6 months i think).
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Distrust and paranoia among faders
by cedars in
1. jw
2. friends
hi guys.

i'm interested in knowing whether any other faders out there ever find themselves feeling a little paranoid about establishing contact with other faders or former jws, just in case the unthinkable happens and things turn sour.. personally, i'm now fairly comfortable with the idea that i will be disfellowshipped or disassociated within the next year or so.

i see it as inevitable, and an essential transition in order to do what i want to do with my life.
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Do you believe that God is using the faithful and discreet slave
by trujw in
1. jw
2. experiences
it seems that this question is used by elder to trap us and close their minds(the jw elder) to thinking.

if you answer no they wrap up a jc in short order.

i was wondering if any have tried to use a more pointed question to actually get them to think themselves.