During these tough times, the Organization is making the best cost-effective decisions; and the preaching work as well as the brotherhood association, which are the most important things, continue on just as strong as ever.
DY
Doubtfully Yours
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Ft. Lauderdale (Griffin Rd.) Assembly Hall
by pubtruth ini'm a little shocked they would go this far, then again jehovah's quickening the pace...?
i was at my last day of the spanish 2-day circuit assembly when they went over the announcements, one of them the economic report.
it did start off good (for them) mentioning last assembly's (district i assume) actual surplus after the operation costs were taken care of.
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Encounter with JW's on the Street
by OnTheWayOut ini was pushing my sister's wheelchair as we were enjoying the perfect .
saturday noon weather.
we were going to a local restaurant to get .
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Doubtfully Yours
Those were quite the words you had with the JWs! BRAVO!
If I would've been the adult standing there I would've asked you calmly to discuss a case in point of disfellowshipping and shunning, rather than just a general blanket statement like you made; you just caught those poor brothers by surprise and very unprepared, I must admit. Hopefully they'll be better prepared next time.
The Organization just doesn't disfellowship people as if taking someone's name out of a hat. There is a very lengthy process that leads to disfellowshipping a person; towards the end, the person him/herself makes it plenty clear by their actions and many foolish ones even go as far as putting in writing out of their own free will that they no longer want to be a JW. Then, YES, by all means, grant their wish and let them go on and lead their lives how they see fit, and, YES, without the support of other JWs!
Read your Bible... HELLO!!! From the Old to the New Testament, there has always been the practice of expulsion for those individuals that choose to stop serving God!
By the way, I took away by your bitter words that you haven't done a good job of moving on with your life and forgetting about the JWs. Please, do yourself a favor... move on to the so much better non-JW life.
DY
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Love your neighbor
by ex-chum ini've often wondered how witnesses seem to do well with christ's 2nd commandment with fellow witnesses and not all their neighbors.
is this just another effect of their teachings?
do they translate this scripture differently in their bible?.
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Doubtfully Yours
Galatians 6:10 "Really, then, as long as we have time favorable for it, let us work what is good toward all, but especially toward those related to [us] in the faith."
Our love for our neighbors is shown in many ways, especially in the preaching work. But our message is neither popular nor is it accepted, our lifestyle is very uncommon, and this creates division. Since there isn't much in common in our way of living compared to the masses, then there'll always be the perception that we don't care for our fellow man, when in fact we do care; we just won't put our beliefs aside to appear amicable.
Jesus Christ too was accused of all sorts of things that were not true.
DY
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Doubtfully Yours
Found this interesting in WebMD site:
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/marijuana-use-and-its-effects
If you want the religious view point, then go to www.watchtower.org and do a search on the subject.
Although, I get the deep down feeling that you already know the answer very well.
DY
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so on the "up" side...
by elderelite inits a "worldly" holiday and both my daughter and i are at home, not in service.
i got up, made us breakfast, (sausage and eggs) and now i'm playing on jw net.. on the downside, my wife and son are out in service and i have to sit down and put together my service groups time and turn that in to the secretary... (although my son didnt want to go.. he complained "cant we just have a chill day".. i was going to let him stay home but he changed his mind to go see a friend who said he was also going out...).
all you active jw's... did you or are you going out..or are you ditching?.
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Doubtfully Yours
I'm a JW in pretty good standing. However, I choose to stay home during most holidays because I work quite hard secularly and I need rest myself.
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Do You Constantly Think About The Witnesses At This Point in Your Life?
by minimus ini was just talking to a guy who's been df'd for years and he still talks about things like it was yesterday in watchtowerland.. are you still consumed by your jw past?.
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It's like that song, Hotel California by The Eagles: "You can check out anytime you want, but you can never leave."
You should know about that Minimus quite well.
"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!"
Resistanceisfutile, youwillbeabsorbed!
DY
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Von voyage!!!
Remember you're always welcomed back... only when you're ready to play by the Biblical rules.
Happy trails!!!
DY
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SMOKING
by Quentin indue to health reasons (cost of a pack as well) i've gotta stop smoking....terry suggested smokless cigeretts.
what's a good way to stop?
i have managed to cut down to less than 10 a day, but have got to stop period.
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Doubtfully Yours
There's a person in my place of work that tried the electronic cigarrette and has had tremendous success with it.
I sincerely hope you conquer smoking and that your health improves.
DY
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People Who Refuse to Tip at Restaurants are Embarrassing!
by White Dove inegg 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.
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If the food or service is really bad, I'll then tip 10%, but not without making the observation to the manager or person in charge. I've gone as fas as putting it in writing, with the name of the waiter if that's the problem or the date and time of my visit in case the cook is the problem. To my surprise I've gotten replies with apologies and coupons to return.
People that wait tables live on tips, so I'll tip even when the service is less than expected.
DY
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How many times (after high school) have you fallen in love?
by UnConfused inand how far apart were they?.
thanks.
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Doubtfully Yours
Never fell in love during my school years as I really concentrated in the secular curriculum, you know, the real purpose of school. While in college experienced the so-called "first love", then many years later fell in love with the man that is now my husband; still very much in love with him.
Even more strange is that the love I feel now is much stronger than that first love or any other infatuations along the way. I feel really blessed in this regard.
DY