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  Find What Your Social Status Was in the Congregation

  by Mary in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ever notice how the "happiest people on earth" are also the most class-oriented?

  the social structure in the congregation is more complex than the blueprints of a nuclear warhead, but just so that you "remember your place", see if you can find where your niche was/is:.

  1. at the top of the social order of things within the congregation is of course, the presiding overseer and his family.

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  I was at 1, then 2. My dad was the ex-PO. He stepped down to make way for someone younger. It was a stressful job & he just couldn't handle it anymore
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  New ExJW here for the first time.

  by WideAwake7 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am here for the first time ...but have enjoyed reading others experiences that i feel i can relate too.

  i used to be an elder for more than 20 years .

  i have successfully faded with my wife and children.

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  Walk in with your heads held high as a happy family. Make them envious of you & your family. Talk enthusiastically to those who talk to you, emphasizing how great life has been for you & your family. If anyone tries to ignore you for whatever reason, do not shy away but greet them anyway & make them feel uncomfortable In short, make them jealous. That is the best advice I can think of
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  You'll Never, Never Read This In The Awake!

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.businessinsider.com/the-world-is-becoming-a-better-place-2014-10.

  yup, sorry brothers.

  the world is getting better, not worse.

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  Vidiot, true... but JW's will view each example as a step leading towards the big thing, which brings us back to square one all over again =P
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  I am confused on the JW's 1000 year reign doctrine. Please explain it to me.

  by booker-t in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have always thanked randy/dogpatch for creating free-minds because i always felt i was the only one that felt that jw's were teaching some nonsense.

  i admit i still think they got some of their teachings correct but one doctrine i think is full of bologne is the 1000 year reign doctrine.

  if jesus came into power in 1914 and now it is 2014 does that mean jws believe it will only be a 900 year reign?

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  Sorry, not able to explain it as I am confused myself!
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  You'll Never, Never Read This In The Awake!

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.businessinsider.com/the-world-is-becoming-a-better-place-2014-10.

  yup, sorry brothers.

  the world is getting better, not worse.

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  Talesin, wow... that was way before my time. During my time, the signs of the times in Matt 24 were constantly emphasized & there would be a period of "critical times hard to deal with" (2 Tim 3: 1), then somehow the nations would start to move toward a time of peace (1 Thess 5: 3), then the end would come. That's why I said metatron's example would only reinforce the idea that the end is at hand rather than the opposite as 1 Thess would be the JW answer to his example
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  You'll Never, Never Read This In The Awake!

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.businessinsider.com/the-world-is-becoming-a-better-place-2014-10.

  yup, sorry brothers.

  the world is getting better, not worse.

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  Metatron, sorry to say that your line of reasoning does not apply. JW's love quoting the scripture in 1 Thessalonians 5: 3 -- "Whenever it is that they are saying, "Peace and security!" then sudden destruction is to be instantly upon them"

  In short:

  If there is no peace: "World conditions are getting from bad to worse! The end is near!!!"

  If there is peace: "1 Thessalonians 5: 3 is being fulfilled. The end is near!!!"

  Either way, they are right!
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  WT Study 26th Oct. '14

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i could find another thread so i thought i might add a few comments here - not a full critique though.

  "hear jehovah's voice wherever you are".

  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20140815/hear-jehovahs-voice/.

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  So a person wearing a cap backwards = bad association???
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  new assembly experience... what do you reckon to this one?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ok so aparently there was this young girl who wanted to study with the jw's because she loved the bible so much.

  she asked her fathers permission but he refused, after much nagging though he said she could have a study if she was prepared to have one of her fingers chopped off.

  he thought the is would stop her but she was willing so he got a knife and cut off one of her fingers... a little while later she wanted to attend the meetings and he said no and again when nagged said she could attend meetings if she had another finger chopped off so she agreed and he chopped off a second finger.

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  The Ebola-racoon one is nuts! Seriously???
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  new assembly experience... what do you reckon to this one?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ok so aparently there was this young girl who wanted to study with the jw's because she loved the bible so much.

  she asked her fathers permission but he refused, after much nagging though he said she could have a study if she was prepared to have one of her fingers chopped off.

  he thought the is would stop her but she was willing so he got a knife and cut off one of her fingers... a little while later she wanted to attend the meetings and he said no and again when nagged said she could attend meetings if she had another finger chopped off so she agreed and he chopped off a second finger.

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  To be fair to the Japanese, Japan's population is in decline, so it is likewise reflected in the JW statistics. Besides, many have moved to serve in other countries where the need is greater, and that is not reflected in the statistics
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  new assembly experience... what do you reckon to this one?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ok so aparently there was this young girl who wanted to study with the jw's because she loved the bible so much.

  she asked her fathers permission but he refused, after much nagging though he said she could have a study if she was prepared to have one of her fingers chopped off.

  he thought the is would stop her but she was willing so he got a knife and cut off one of her fingers... a little while later she wanted to attend the meetings and he said no and again when nagged said she could attend meetings if she had another finger chopped off so she agreed and he chopped off a second finger.

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  Not to forget the final part of the story -- the sister was asked if she had any regrets. Her reply? "No... because my father is here in the audience with us today!"