I remember in the early 2010's, I showed up to the meeting with a heavy 5 o'clock shadow. I had mic passing duty that night. I was told that I couldn't pass mics. I didn't go to too many more meetings after that.
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Beards- just told by an elder
by dothemath ini know this subject has been talked about lots over the years, just thought i would share a recent finding from canada.. while visiting with a group of friends, an elder (don’t recall how the subject came up) mentioned the local body had voted to allow brothers with beards be allowed to give talks from the platform.
(it was a very close vote).
the direction given was for each congregation to decide for themselves if that is now acceptable.. so some congregations will be for, and for many it will not.. it’ll probably be a long time before we see any pictures on the watchtower where they’re allowing this though..
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Can you list the positive points of being a JW as against the negative points of being a JW in your experience ?
by smiddy3 ini was a twenty y/old when i converted to the jw religion and was a problem drinker and i was a chain smoker .when i was baptized at a circuit assembly a year later , my conversion and change in lifestyle was given as an example of the effectiveness of incidental witnessing to the audience.. so i can point to the 2 positives becoming a jw .. 1.i gave up smoking.
2.i gave up drinking for a while ,but because i still had association with my wife`s and my family who were not jw`s ,i learnt to control my social drinking when i started again.. and i have been a responsible drinker ever since ,even though i left the religion 29 years ago.. the negative points of being a jw in my 32 years of being one ?
are far too great to list here .. love to hear your thoughts..
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With me personally, there were a few positive points. I learned how to be a public speaker and communicator. Those skills in of themselves serve me well with my job. I've always been shy and quiet by nature, but I'm able to put that aside when I need to.
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Caleb & Sophia - The Watchtower gets weirder
by Listener inthe latest video release 4/4/22 (lesson 44 'don't give up') in the comic series of caleb & sophia just got weirder.
the plot is about caleb & sophia preaching door to door, caleb with his father and sophia with her mother.
it shows each of them having doors slammed on them four times.
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You thought that getting someone you know from school at the door was bad? Try getting one of your teachers at the door.
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My story
by PimoElder inhi everyone i’m a pimo elder ex bethelite and pioneer who has been having doubts for many years.
as of late i’ve come to have even more doubts mainly due to the gb pushing the vaccines and acting like salesman for big pharma companies .
i will never take these vaccines even if it meant i couldn’t go to the hall as was previously said but the gb have done a big u turn on this now.
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Welcome to the forum, PimoElder!
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How far do we get away from 1914
by PimoElder inhow far do we get away from 1914 before they have a new light and admit it was all wrong?.
they cling to the old theory of the 77 week prophecy from the wrong date that jerusalem was destroyed .
with the overlapping generations nonsense still we are getting too far away from 1914. what will they say if we get to the 2030s and they still cling to 1914?.
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This whole religion is based on 1914. I think the bigger question is how many people would wake up if 1914 was ditched? -
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Resistace to going back to meetings
by truthseeker inlot going on.
i had a covid divorce last year over zoom.
not pretty but i got a good deal.. anyway,.
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My mom said that the attendance at her hall has been pretty sparse.
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Fancy dress parties banned...anyone else?
by Witness 007 inwe had 2 fancy dress parties in our congregation...before the ban.
it was the best fun we ever had together.
problem was some came as pirates with swords!
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I remember going to a few. They were fun.
What do j-dubs do for fun these days?
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Did You Miss Playing Sports?
by Sea Breeze inhow many of you missed playing sports in school?
the wt was merely trying to keep us from committing suicide.... how loving.take a look at this fear mongering :problems with sports today - g91 8/22 p. 5. .
"people used to argue that sports were of value because they built character.... such arguments sound hollow, even hypocritical.. .
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Yep!
I was a 6'2" freshman in high school. I topped out at 6'4" as a senior. I really wanted to play football. But, of course, I couldn't. You can't teach size and I had that. I'm not saying that I would have gotten a full ride scholarship to a Division 1 school, but just based on my size alone, I may have gotten a look from a Division 3 school at least. Football was/is huge where I'm from with many colleges always scouting. Who knows?
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Interesting field service experiences
by asp59 inany one that have a funny or unusual experience from field service?
maeby you visited favela brazil.
the hood in the usa.
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I got my Social Studies teacher at the door. It made for an awkward experience that Saturday and an even more awkward Monday.
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Benehania df
by Yomama ini have a confession i was at benihana restaurant and i shared a table with a df person now can i be df because we were eating at same table..
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How was the hibachi?