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  A Field Service that gave a shock to the CO

  by Ireneus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  during one co visit to our congregation, i was asked to work with co as i was a new publisher.

  after some ordinary visits, we entered a house where there was only a lady who proved be well-educated.

  though it was my turn, i told co to present the good news.

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  "We will have some refreshment" lol.

  Was the CO from 1876?
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  Not going to say a word

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-0p-5x2g4w.

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  I love the way "worldy" people are not afraid of "triggering their persecution complex" they just say it like it is.

  I 'm becoming convinced the only way to hurt WT is with ridicule, relentless ridicule.
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  Am I losing my mind or am I being stalked?

  by Michigan22 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi everyone, this is my first post.

  i studied the bible weekly with a wonderful jw.

  i suddenly stopped because things just seemed to be getting stranger.

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  sparrowdown

  Yes jehovahs witnesses are stalkers -religious stalkers.

  Of course they don't view it that way they would call the taking of detailed notes on you, talking about your business amongst themselves and calling on you unannounced as "taking a personal interest" but it is very creepy indeed.

  Buyer beware these are not nice people to get entangled with.
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  Unhappy being asked to give a Disfellowshipped Sister a ride to and from Meetings

  by Isambard Crater in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm pimo, very much against disfellowshipping, and going to a meeting leaves me feeling confused and angry at the best of times.

  except an elder asked me on thursday night if i can start giving a ride to a disfellowshipped woman because she lives near me and nobody else from the hall lives in my village.

  it seems the elder and his family who have been giving this woman a ride for the past six months can no longer stomach the time it takes them to go out of their way.. i thought all normal publishers weren't to have any contact with disfellowshipped people?

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  "She asks weird questions and gets angry" ???

  Send her to the forum she'll fit right in.

  Have a heart. After all you just asked us a weird question, and if the elder knew you came here you would be disfellowshipped too!
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  Have you ever "partaken" at the memorial

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's that time of year again.. trying to decide if i should or shouldn't.

  :-).

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  sparrowdown

  Yeah, do it do it, partake partake partake....
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  Apparently, I'm (NOT) famous!

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  starbucks conversation today.... "oh my god!

  i recognize you!

  "you-you're graham somebody...air supply...the tall one.

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  Oh yeah...I sorta see it.

  Cute family btw or are they fake as well 🤔 lol just kidding.
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  What if ... a GB member announced he was no longer anointed??

  by msecodo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what if a gb member all-of-a-sudden thought he was no longer anointed??.

  what could possibly happen?

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  I think you overestimate what being annointed is. It's just another level to attain, a gate to go through for the purpose of keeping out the rif raf but at the end of the day means nothing it's an honorary club. If they had their eye on someone and needed them to be "annointed" for the purpose of promotion they'd just give them the "come in here dear boy have a cigar you're gonna go far" speech followed by "btw maybe you should consider "partaking" come memorial time old chap 😉😉"
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  Blood Card Issue

  by pometerre21 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i posted this on r/exjw, but i thought i might post it here as well.

  so the elders in our kh are moving to get us to sign new simplified blood cards and keep them on file.

  i really need to not rock the boat in my current pimo status because of circumstances.. my cousin knows i have doubts about the blood thing, but i can’t show her that my doubts are getting to me.

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  Are you crazy? Of course they have no powers over you legal or otherwise it's your life!

  Just don't do it and don't tell if they scare you so much, it's nobody else's damn business.
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  What does shunning acomplish?

  by poopie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well in order to shun someone you must dehumanize them much like what occurred in slavery.

  dehumanizing someone now allows you treat them worst then an animal.

  and now you can justify ignoring them there not human anymore.

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  Group shunning is very destructive psychologically as we are all hardwired to belong to our "tribe" for the sake of survival. Shunning and ostracism in some communities even today can mean death for the one being chased off. That's why the threat of shunning is a very powerful psychological weapon that works very effectively. Science knows it. WT knows it. We know it.

  So what it has accomplished is keep people in fear and in the compound.
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  Can anyone name a single incident when bethel has fed the poor ever ?

  by Chook in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  charity is lacking from the house of god.

  i remember reading once about some young pioneer sisters who needed emergency accommodation and where turn away from brooklyn because they weren’t special pioneers.

  charity begins at home..

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  sparrowdown

  According to their vow of poverty they sign bethelites are the poor and they feed themselves very well, starting from the top I'd say by the size of some of the GB members.

  It's called trickle down food distribution.