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  How to become an MS in no time

  by Batman89 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the method i used lol.

  1) be a good servant and make sure your wt and pub are always underlined every meeting(great for appearances).

  2) comment every meeting(a "sure way" to know someones "spiritually qualified").

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  More like, how to become the elders bitch in six not-so-easy steps.
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  One of the dumbest - even nastiest - JW Facebook posts I've seen!

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. family

  last month a british teacher was tragically stabbed to death in the classroom.

  today a member of my extended jw family posts this; check out his 'liked' comment.. .

  where do you even begin .

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  "sign of the times"

  "roll on the final day"

  They're classic JW cliches.

  Stereotyped, hackneyed, comments said by people who have never stopped to consider in realistic terms the horror of an actual global apocolypse.

  People who think such comments make them sound "spiritual".
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  Is it true that the GB is soon planning on ditching the 1914 doctrine?

  by yogosans14 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  or atleast tweaking it again... apparently there has been rumors of this coming out of bethel.

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  1914-maybe instead of tweaking it, they should try twerking it. Far more entertaining.
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  Japanese Tea Ceremony

  by jgnat in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when pushed in a discussion this spring, about what i believe now, i likened spirituality to a japanese tea ceremony.

  i believe a good part of our experience and knowing comes from a vast well of the inexpressible.

  try and explain it with words is just not the same.

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  There does seem to be something soothing about the ritual of making and drinking tea.

  I like Sherlock Holmes favourite lap sang souchong or a good assam is nice too.
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  International Convention

  by msconcerned in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  an email forwarded to a friend.

  what do you make of it?.

  below is a report about preparing for the seattle, washington international convention.

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  The vatican recently made a couple of ex-popes saints.

  Huge turnout of people, media coverage all over the world.

  I imagine it took quite some planning, logistically, and otherwise, yet it happened.

  Hmm.. maybe the RCC has divine backing.

  How is organising a venue and doing some deals with local hotels proof of anything, other than mediocre organisational skills.

  Honestly, they could make farting sound miraculous.

  "Oh,oh Brother Bugle Butt has'nt been able to pass wind for years, it's a miracle!"
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  New light?

  by Ignoranceisbliss in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my father who is an elder with decent organizational connections mentioned that very soon there would be "new light" regarding the resurrected being able to be married.

  this would make sense because our current understanding has never made any sense to me.

  has any one else heard anything about that?.

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  I see dead people...........getting married.
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  No Greater Honor Could There Be, Lord

  by POs Son in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here i am, send me, send me.. .

  now that i have you singing a kingdom melody... which jw songs still stick with you?

  that one seems to have the same deep value to me as the national anthem or one of the great christian hymns.

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  Some of the memorial songs from the brown songbook were nice, but honestly even they cause unpleasant flashbacks now.

  The orchestral music from the DCs are an anxiety trigger.
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  JWs under scrutiny in Finland

  by Mickey mouse in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://yle.fi/uutiset/ngo_calls_on_ministry_to_probe_closed_religious_groups_jehovahs_witnesses_under_scrutiny/7219755.

  sorry i'm on a tablet so can't make the above clickable.

  more at link.

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  Even when reinstated restrctions can continue for some time.

  It's a truly horrible practice, and when you see it described by an outsider it makes me wonder how I ever condoned it.
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  A serving elder's take on the new "tithing" arrangement

  by TTATTelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the gb can kiss my ass.. i'm writing "0" on the little slip of paper they pass out.. hey here's a thought:.

  you know that "widow's might" stuff they're always talking about?

  well i'm pretty dang sure that the lady was giving from the heart not because she filled out some dumba$$ piece of paper pledging two small coins several months previous!.

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  It costs alot for a top quality bible education.

  New light costs extra.
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  New light?

  by Ignoranceisbliss in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my father who is an elder with decent organizational connections mentioned that very soon there would be "new light" regarding the resurrected being able to be married.

  this would make sense because our current understanding has never made any sense to me.

  has any one else heard anything about that?.

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  Oh so loving of them to give their permission to the "resurrected ones " to marry.

  I suppose it will be them who decides who gets resurrected aswell.

  They really think they are God. Delusional.

  Even when I was just as delusional it seemed screwy to think in the new world there would be all these resurrected ones that could'nt marry.

  Would they have get an R tattoed on their forehead so nobody tries to hit on them.

  Ridiculous.