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  Gross! Grooming of young brothers in the KH to do more for Jehobadahhh and his organ-nigh-say-shun! I saw it myself.

  by macys in

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  so there is this young brother probably 14 or 15 and the elders are already grooming him to do more for jehobadahhh.

  most of the elders in this kh are old like 60+ and sometimes there are not enough brothers to do the mics or sound so you will see a 70 year old elder forced into action.

  almost comical to see a brother who thinks instagram is an email service try to operate the sound system and projector as he plays the wrong song or brings the screen down during a prayer.

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  crazy_flickering_light:

  And the elders can't talk to you as a friend. They talk to you in a friendly way like a boss.

  Friendly? Not always. But I strongly agree that it is almost impossible to be close friends with elders, unless you are on the same level as them. Many elders have a superiority complex which arises from the elevated position of authority that they have, which translates into their treating the rest of the flock as lesser ones who are inferior to them. Many of the elders in my cong are critical & judgemental. I never was able to count any elder as a close friend thoughout my time as a JW. Not a single one!
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  So Proud of Pops

  by brandnew in

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  ok so a car pulls up to the house and 3 eldurrs from my dads congo come up.

  they come in and have thee nerve to ask me to step out so they can speak to pops!!!!

  this is the good part.....pops says...and i quote " whatever needs to be said..can be said in front of my son".

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  200 / 40 = $5 each

  Don't tell me the publishers there are so damn broke that they can't afford to come up with $5 each???
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  Wt encouraging people to completely forgive but they dont

  by poopie in

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  but they don't forgive because they still shun people.

  who they feel are not worthy of forgivenes.

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  LongHairGal:

  • However, a person doesn't have to DO anything to be disliked in the Witness religion. You just have to BE "too" [fill in the blank] intelligent, successful, attractive, confident. Just take your pick.

    For me, too normal. From a "worldly" perspective. I realized that I would have to be abnormal to be a good JW!

  
  
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  Worthy of imitation?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  the society says that ancient biblical characters (and their faith) are worthy of imitation right?.

  so let's start a list of examples:.

  - lot.

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  I never understood how David did all of those evil deeds and was forgiven over and over again. Jehovah did not strike him dead but Lots wife did the simple act of turning to look at her possessions being destroyed and BAM...dead on the spot.

  Same thing with that guy Uzzah. Killed for merely touching the ark, and he did so for a good reason! Jokehovah must have been in a shitty mood that day!

  9 But when they came to the threshing floor of Chiʹdon, Uzʹzah thrust his hand out and grabbed hold of the Ark, for the cattle nearly upset it. 10 At that Jehovah’s anger blazed against Uzʹzah, and He struck him down because he had thrust his hand out to the Ark, and he died there before God.
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  Interesting article about the evidence of the Jewish Exodus

  by cappytan in

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  the reality is that there is no evidence whatsoever that the jews were ever enslaved in egypt.

  yes, there's the story contained within the bible itself, but that's not a remotely historically admissible source.

  i'm talking about real proof; archeological evidence, state records and primary sources.

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  Furthermore, there is NO EVIDENCE whatsoever of Pharoah's army (armour, weapons, chariots) etc. at the bottom of the Red Sea!
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  Lady drives car into Kingdom Hall

  by Sugar Shane in

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  right smack into (what looks like) the front entry!.

  http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-13/78yo-female-driver-crash-jehovahs-witnesses-church/7243268.

  this was in australia, but the khs i've seen (in the us) are designed so that you'd have to almost intentionally want to ram a building to cause this kind of damage.

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  I bet many of the JW's there would be caring more about the damage that was caused RATHER than caring more about how the elderly sister is doing!
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  todays wt

  by bobld in

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  q10..they forgot one question.. would you let a 30 year old man in diapers inspect your ward robe?.

  see opening picture..

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  It's ironic how the sister is obsessing over what is more modest to wear when Jesus is lying there almost naked... LOL!!!
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  Why Me?

  by Grey Goose in

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  it the question that i have found myself constantly asking myself the past few months.

  out of all the jws i interact with, why did it have to be me that woke up from this mess?.

  i am relieved that i have woken up to the bullshit, but a side of me misses that fuzzy feeling of being a 100% believer.

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  My feeling is: Why ONLY me? Why can't the other JW's who I know wake up also???
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  todays wt

  by bobld in

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  q10..they forgot one question.. would you let a 30 year old man in diapers inspect your ward robe?.

  see opening picture..

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  Here's the picture:

  
  
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  Lady drives car into Kingdom Hall

  by Sugar Shane in

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  right smack into (what looks like) the front entry!.

  http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-13/78yo-female-driver-crash-jehovahs-witnesses-church/7243268.

  this was in australia, but the khs i've seen (in the us) are designed so that you'd have to almost intentionally want to ram a building to cause this kind of damage.

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  Seems to me that the elderly lady driver is a JW. Looks like she crashed her car into the KH from the parking lot