Posts by Doubtfully Yours

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People Who Refuse to Tip at Restaurants are Embarrassing!

by White Dove in

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egg and i were treated out to dinner three times last weekend by out of state visiting relatives.

just found out last night that they don't believe in tipping, at all!

we suggested the places to eat and frequent those places ourselves.

Doubtfully Yours

Many in my Hispanic fellow community need help desperately in this regard; they're horrible non-tippers (for the most part). It's caused largely due to the culture in many of our countries of origin where tipping just doesn't exist.

I know that in our Spanish congregations there's usually a big article on tipping whenever assembly time rolls around, in order to educate us all in the importance of tipping. I make up for it by leaving 20% tip in most cases, also by educating my fellow hispanics whenever I get a chance about tipping practices here in the USA.

DY

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Elder got df'ed

by XPeterX in

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he had relationship with a female jw of the same congo.now that they are both df'ed they are gonna get married and then get reinstated.his ex-wife will have to see the new happy family 2 times every week at the meetings.sweet.

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p.s:this is a classic one.

Doubtfully Yours

This is a horrible situation for the innocent in the marriage. Sure puts to the test the trust in Jehovah.

Wow. I personally hope these two do not get reinstated for a long, long, long time, and that family and all really show them the non-treatment disfellowshipped people should get.

Sincerely sorry to hear about this.

DY

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JW'S AND GOSSIP...MY GOD!

by airwlk149 in

geez- does gossip spread in j dub land.

last night when i got home there was a message from a jw friend asking me to call her.

well, i did and she had heard that i had moved in with a "worldly" person and asked me how i was, etc... i asked her where she had heard that and she told me so&so told her.

Doubtfully Yours

No, no "fine art" just for JWs. Gossip happens all over, but it's more noticeable for us in the case of JWs because it's the community we interact with the most; it's also the group of people we love to complaint about the most.

The non-believers I work with are the gossipiest group, and horrible/malignant gossip at that, I've ever interacted with; sure put my JW peers to shame when it comes to gossip!

The meetings/assemblies help a bit in curtailing that common human tendency, though. Provided we practice what's taught there, of course.

DY

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JW'S AND GOSSIP...MY GOD!

by airwlk149 in

geez- does gossip spread in j dub land.

last night when i got home there was a message from a jw friend asking me to call her.

well, i did and she had heard that i had moved in with a "worldly" person and asked me how i was, etc... i asked her where she had heard that and she told me so&so told her.

Doubtfully Yours

I understand your gripe; however, it has nothing to do with being a JW or not but rather with the imperfect condition of us all as humans.

Unless you're no longer committed to staying a JW in good standing, close ties with non-believers is a big "no-no".

DY

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CO Arrangement Ending?!

by Doubtfully Yours in

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is it true?!!!

extremely curious about it.

who'll be the watch person then?!

Doubtfully Yours

The Organization has come up with some pretty innovative ways of saving a buck, but definitely I don't see them doing away with the CO arrangement. It's too vital a piece for the smooth running of the whole religious empire.

I'd love to see them get a part-time gig, though, so that they understand the real world and make a contribution to it. I hear they're quite the stiff load on the congregations. Actually, I know for a fact as I've seen the various receipts they turn in to the guy that keeps the accounting in the congregation (such guys have been different within my family). I know first hand they could certainly cut down on their expensive way of living at the expense of us the working class in the cong.

Part-time jobs for them!

DY

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CO Arrangement Ending?!

by Doubtfully Yours in

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friends

is it true?!!!

extremely curious about it.

who'll be the watch person then?!

Doubtfully Yours

Logistically speaking, it just cannot end! The COs make sure all is in agreement and perfect alignment with the greater Organization!

No way can it end!!! I believe that move could be disastrous for the unity of the Organization as a whole. Just can't believe that one!

DY

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CO Arrangement Ending?!

by Doubtfully Yours in

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friends

is it true?!!!

extremely curious about it.

who'll be the watch person then?!

Doubtfully Yours

Is it true?!!!

How do you all know this?!!!

Extremely curious about it. Who'll be the watch person then?!

DY

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YOU TUBE My Jehovah's Witness Story: Raped By a Circuit Overseer

by Lady Lee in

interesting story.

this fellow needs encouragement to go to the police.

the co was later promoted to do .

Doubtfully Yours

Gather up the facts, lawyer up and go to the legal authorities.

If this is true, not just a figment of your imaginative drugged-out thoughts (you all have to admit, he does look a bit stoned, koo-koo, while telling his story without a name of the perpetrator), put yourself together and go the cops, go to the press, go to the courts. Do something!

But just coming to this venue, filled with mostly JW haters, impostors and liars, is just not that effective in getting justice for yourself, young man.

DY

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WT Article that talks about babies being killed at armageddon....

by Tuesday in

hey folks, does anyone know which wt article talks about how babies will be killed as in the ones that were killed at sodom and gomorrah and the flood?.

i'm drawing a blank completely what article it was in.. thanks in advance everyone!.

Doubtfully Yours

It'll happen just like any other extermination of evil events that the Bible recounts. Now is the time for all, in case of minors, then it's up to their parents or guardians to make the right choice while there's still time.

Jehovah is a God of perfect justice; he hasn't changed. Whatever happens in armageddon, who ever is killed, will be plenty just as the executor of this can read the heart and see into circumstances that we cannot comprehend. Of this I'm sure, even if it implicates me for lack of faith.

So, you all trust in God and stop this silly obsessing over stuff one cannot control whatsoever.

DY

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Observations since the book study arrangement finished

by truthseeker in

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does anyone have any interesting observations since the book study arrangement in private homes finished?.

are jws happier with the extra night off?

do they miss the book study?

Doubtfully Yours

That arrangement was long overdue. My family for sure welcomed the freedom. I noticed many more happy for the combination of meetings into just one evening.

Great idea!!! Many thanks!!!

DY