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  Making friends in the "truth"

  by Jordandemm in

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  2. friends

  what is it about making friends in the organisation am i the only one who had found it tough?

  don't get me wrong there was some good people but unfortunately there was also a lot of egotism, back stabbing, jealousy and gossiping.

  i could never really fit in any group, everytime i thought i had found a group it was as if i would be sidelined or ditched.

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  Not possible to be friends with a JW - not in the true sense of the word.

  It wasn't until I accepted the truth of that statement did it stop bothering me.
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  Lady drives car into Kingdom Hall

  by Sugar Shane in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  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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  On a side note, I always found it interesting that to be a useful dub "carrying his own load" you really needed to drive and own a reliable car to be able to get yourself out in FS and to the meetings. The ones that didn't were treated like a pain in the arse.

  Such a Christian attitude.
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  Our COBE(Coordinator Of Body of Elders) Cried at the Kingdom Hall

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it was announced recently, that "bro.

  z is no long the coordinator(76 years old), bro y(60) is now the new coordinator of the body of elders".. you see, bro.

  z has been an elder for 43 years and 35 of them as the cobe/po.

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  Thie borg has been moving toward the worship of youth and beauty since the magazine photography became more sophisticated. Of course that's understandable if you are trying to attract and retain the young, but there is a callous rejection of anyone that is deemed no longer useful that is harsher than so-called "worldly" standards.

  No way is there a "place for all" in God's organization and the criteria for being considered useful is getting narrower and narrower.
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  Our COBE(Coordinator Of Body of Elders) Cried at the Kingdom Hall

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it was announced recently, that "bro.

  z is no long the coordinator(76 years old), bro y(60) is now the new coordinator of the body of elders".. you see, bro.

  z has been an elder for 43 years and 35 of them as the cobe/po.

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  I get the feeling 35 will be the new retirement age for brothers soon.
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  Wt encouraging people to completely forgive but they dont

  by poopie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

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

  who they feel are not worthy of forgivenes.

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  Yeah, I know, right!
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  Lady drives car into Kingdom Hall

  by Sugar Shane in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  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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  Oh boy, I think I went on RVs with an old Sister "Magoo" who drove just like that. There must be one at every hall.
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  todays wt

  by bobld in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  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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  I thought it was that Joseph of Arimathea dude and Nicodemus who collected Jesus' body so who is the other guy?
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  I am losing

  by NoMoreHustle in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i haven't posted anything for a bit, but wanted to express how i am losing this battle.

  it has been over 3 years now since i woke up about watchtower.

  the battle that i am talking about is the tug of war with my wife (i adore her immensely), watchtower is winning, she simply will not give in to my so-called negative thoughts about the religion that we are in.

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  You are indeed caught between a rock and a hard place.

  Pretend to "go along to get along" or freak her out by being true to yourself.
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  CLAM - JUNE 2016

  by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  first week focuses on utilizing videos in combination with tracts.

  for the wtbts, this is a low cost approach to placements and prosyletising.. .

  second week focuses on those who are ill. this is somewhat surprising in that the subject was discussed recently in the wt study (dec 15 2015 edition - "jehovah will sustain you") considered at the end of february this year.. .

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  CLAM = Cristian Life and Ministry meeting
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  Can I pick up a New World Translation from the JW London head office?

  by Camperdown9 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm an anglican and not a jehovahs witness.

  what i dislike about lots of church congregations is their readiness to make unpleasant and unhelpful comments about other christian groups.

  recently someone in a church tried to tell me a little about the views of jehovahs witnesses.

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  Jehovahs witnesses have based their whole religion on making "unpleasant and unhelpful comments about other christian groups" they believe that JWs are the one true religion and all non-jehovah's witnesses will be destroyed by God and Jesus at a global apocalypse, so.... if that's not your thing......

  Why do you want to know more about this group anyway, are you thinking of joining or are you just curious?

  Just asking not judging btw.