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  Making friends in the "truth"

  by Jordandemm in

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  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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  They are horrible people. I don't why people say they're soooo nice.

  Yeah, if you find fake, back-stabbing, gossip mongers to be "nice."
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  What song explains what you have gone through in life?

  by brandnew in

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  2. friends

  this is mine....watch "coolio ft. l.v - gangsta's paradise (official music video)" on youtubehttps://youtu.be/cpgbzylnz7c

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  Yup, so many great songs especially the ones that were off-limits as a JW.

  For eg I love dancing to the song When A Fire Starts to Burn by Disclosure but I would never have admitted to that as dub. Devil music!!!!
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  What song explains what you have gone through in life?

  by brandnew in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is mine....watch "coolio ft. l.v - gangsta's paradise (official music video)" on youtubehttps://youtu.be/cpgbzylnz7c

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  Depends what mood I'm in and what period of my life I'm reflecting upon.

  Some days when I think back on my WT rebellion songs like Firestarter by Prodigy are appropriate.

  Other days if I'm feeling vulnerable and introspective I will grab a glass of wine and sing along at the top of my lungs to a few oldies but a goodies like I Want To Know What love Is by Foreigner .

  There is no one song for me I love and can relate to so many.
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  Making friends in the "truth"

  by Jordandemm in

  1. jw
  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

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  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?