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  Why continue to suffer??

  by Tigerlove in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i occasionally come on this website because i have my eyes on a particular user.

  because of that, i end up reading a lot of people's post.

  although very interesting and hurt breaking, a lot of them are very strange.

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  sparrowdown

  The clue might be in the handle.

  Tigerlove might mean tiger-love (cue Barry White) so who has a tiger as an avatar ???
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  Why continue to suffer??

  by Tigerlove in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i occasionally come on this website because i have my eyes on a particular user.

  because of that, i end up reading a lot of people's post.

  although very interesting and hurt breaking, a lot of them are very strange.

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  Oh come on, you desperados, there are probably enough stalkers to go around. Sheesh!!
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  Why continue to suffer??

  by Tigerlove in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i occasionally come on this website because i have my eyes on a particular user.

  because of that, i end up reading a lot of people's post.

  although very interesting and hurt breaking, a lot of them are very strange.

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  sparrowdown

  I think in order to live like a JW once you have woken up requires an awful lot of venting to be able to maintain your grip on your sanity and reality. Most probably love their wives very much but cannot find it within themselves to break her heart by being honest.

  Personally, as a woman, I prefer honesty in matters of personal belief.
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  New WT pdf tells children to report. Irony?

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  pdf.

  why won't watchtower tell abusers "i'm going to tell on you!

  " and follow through with the proper authorities?

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  So.....

  Child tells parent. Parent tells elders. Elders interegate child. Elders do nothing.

  Or

  Adult survivor tells elders. Elders interrogate adult survivor. Elders advise adult survivor to get over it. Elders do nothing.

  But look we have an article protecting children.
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  To me this seams like more than a coincidence ...

  by Greybeard in

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  2. friends

  sorry if this has been discussed before.... for a few days now, this question has been going through my mind.

  what was the date the governing body took the sole role of the faithful and discreet slave and how close was it to the end of the mayan calendar in december of 2012?

  i looked it up on jwfactes.com and sure enough, checkout the date on this article:.

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  Ok, so don't answer my reasonable question.
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  Awake 2016.2 experience

  by nelim in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi all, what do you think about the experience on page 4 of 2016.2 awake?.

  maria, who is one of jehovah’s witnesses, was publicly insulted by a prejudiced woman, who caused quite a commotion.

  but instead of retaliating, maria calmly continued on her way.

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  This "experience" is code. What they really mean is - when confronted by "angry people" while engaging in the public ministry (ie cart work )- keep your cool and don't say anthing. If you keep your mouth shut you could receive a blessing from Jehovah.
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  when you went to an "assembly" did you wear a badge?

  by greenhornet in

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  2. friends

  it embarrassed me.

  when i was young my folks made me wear one and i opened it up and took the paper out making it look like it fell out.

  after my folks ask what happen i said i dont know.

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  Hell no. I was very disobedient on the whole badge thing.
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  The Seven - Do they lead God's Congregation?

  by TakeOffTheCrown in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are seven men who proclaim to be the faithful and discreet slave.

  but, are they?

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  Pff, faithful slave my ass. They're delusional fools, drunk with power and control.

  The real slaves are those they rule over.

  I forget who said it (Orwell?) " To enslave people is easy, all you have to do is get them to love their enslavement"

  that 's the general gist of the quote and it applies well to JWs.
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  To me this seams like more than a coincidence ...

  by Greybeard in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sorry if this has been discussed before.... for a few days now, this question has been going through my mind.

  what was the date the governing body took the sole role of the faithful and discreet slave and how close was it to the end of the mayan calendar in december of 2012?

  i looked it up on jwfactes.com and sure enough, checkout the date on this article:.

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  Hi greybeard. Let's just say for arguments sake they did indeed choose that year to reveal that new light, what is the significance do you think?

  Just wondering why that date with all it's end of time implications would matter to them, is all.
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  "Fa La La"

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  2. friends

  out at the mall with mrs. otwo, she sees a shirt on the rack that was marked down from $25 to just $4.

  she holds it up and says, "should i buy this as a workout shirt?".

  i tell her "no, because as soon as you figure out what it means, you won't wear it anymore.

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  Pity the average dub doesn't whip out the smart phone for a quick fact check while reading WT literature or listening to a talk.