it takes five.
Three elders to form a committee to decide if the lightbulb is blown.
One elder to order a MS to do it
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Lightbulbs
by PhilJonesIII inim sure someone must have posted this before but here goes.. q: how many jws does it take to change a lightbulb?.
a : jws are not allowed to change lightbulbs.
anyone attempting to introduce new light gets disfellowshipped.. .
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Jehovah's Witnesses--- A Religion About Nothing
by minimus inthey say that seinfeld was a tv program about nothing.
in the end, it was all silliness.. this religion is inconsequential in the big scheme of things.
it's stupid.. .
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sparrowdown
It may well be a religion about nothing, but they have managed to con eight million people into paying for their ivory tower.
So humungus is the con that even those who have "woken" up feel the need to live a lie and continue supporting their inflated attendance figures.
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Feeling sad over a wasted life in watchtower
by wannaexit init's been 12 years since i first read ray franz's books and the scales came off my eyes.
by that time i was in my forties.. since 2002 i went back to school and have worked with 3 very professional organizations.
but my biological clock is ticking away and while my peers are looking forward to retirement, i am only beginning.
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sparrowdown
There is only one thing worse than spending twenty years as a JW, and that is spending twenty one.
Be glad you're not still there brainwashed, clueless and trapped.
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Why are people so dramatic
by rebel8 ini want to retire.
i'm quite a ways off from the age to collect social security and all.
i don't hate working--i actually like it.
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sparrowdown
Yes indeed rebel, people can be very sucky.
There seems to be some who if you get too close will suck you into their vortex of pain and drama.
Something to be said for solitary occupations like author or artist.
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Is Heaven is for real for real?
by sparrowdown inwatched the movie heaven is for real.i was not familiar with this "true" story and wondered.
if anyone else is.
it is hard to know how much is a dramatisation and how much is actual account.. the story seemed "milked" at times and "much ado about nothing", but greg kinear's performance was great.. i have wondered whether the potrayal of christian america is an accurate one.. the young girl that paints jesus portraits was a nice touch (in a twilight zone kind of way).. all in all i think it raised some interesting questions about the role of faith and community.. .
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sparrowdown
Watched the movie Heaven is for Real.I was not familiar with this "true" story and wondered
if anyone else is. It is hard to know how much is a dramatisation and how much is actual account.
The story seemed "milked" at times and "much ado about nothing", but Greg Kinear's performance was great.
I have wondered whether the potrayal of Christian America is an accurate one.
The young girl that paints Jesus portraits was a nice touch (in a twilight zone kind of way).
All in all I think it raised some interesting questions about the role of faith and community.
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Bill Cosby - too much smoke for no fire?
by Simon init seems like the list of people who are accusing him of rape and sexual assault is growing every day.
i'm skeptical of single accusations but the number of people and the similar stories seem overwhelming now.. it's not a conviction but to the court of public opinion ... guilty?.
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sparrowdown
Back in Mr Cosby's day attitudes to women and sex were very "nudge, nudge, wink, wink".
Not excusing it, just sayin.TV shows were pretty sexist and racist by todays standards.
It was a different era, prevailing attitudes of the day tend to dictate behavior.
Hopefully attitudes have improved.
But, yes, I would have to agree, too much smoke not to have been a fire.
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Preaching is a waste of time
by konceptual99 inbefore anyone gives me the "bears/wood" similarities, this is a post based on insidethekh's reply on the mormon v jw thread.
(http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/287545/1/who-is-copying-who-jws-or-mormons) i like to see wt friendly posts on here as some of the wt bashing displays the same logical fallacies as levelled against the wts and it's followers so it's good to consider reasoned debate.. on the one hand i think itkh makes a fair point if you compare the worldwide success of mormons v jws but there is an overall context to the preaching work that is completely ignored by those fully "in" and has been a major factor in my move from being an active witness to one on the cusp of getting out.
from a statistical point of view there are great headline numbers presented by the wts but if you put them in the context of the number of witnesses, conversation ratios, ratio of new witnesses to birth rates, numbers that must be leaving, growth differentials across the globe, penetration in muslim nations and so on then these numbers become meaningless.
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sparrowdown
Yes, the preaching work as a preaching work is indeed a colossal waste of time.
But the preaching work as a keeping the "brainwashed drones busy and brainwashed, while flogging the wt brandname" is hugely successful.
After all there are 8 mill JWs doing it worldwide for them ....for free, voluntarily!
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Why do self-righteous hypocritical people ...
by hoser inwhy is it that people who display self-righteous hypocritical behaviour are so blind as not to see what kind of people they really are?.
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Because they only ever apply their own standard of righteousness to people other than themselves.
Perfect people have no need of a mirror.
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Birthday party envy maybe?
by sparrowdown inott wedding anniversary celebrations, what's that all about?.
i don't know about you, but the various congs i have been in there have.
been some seriously over the top wedding anniversaries that border on the obscene.
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Oh the hypocrasy!
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Tight Pants , a Bethel Bro replies
by Phizzy inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8szhnltnkme.
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sparrowdown
Tightarse is an aussie expression as well, meaning stingy with money.