Posts by Doubtfully Yours

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My Marriage Ending...Or Other Options

by doinmypart in

i don't usually post regarding my personal relationship, but i need some help.. i've been married for 20+ years (married young, both of us raised as witnesses), and my wife and i have kids.

my wife feels like i've disappointed her, made a fool of her, and betrayed her when i stopped being a witness.

other than the witness-thing we seem to have a pretty good marriage, but she can't get over the fact that i'm never going to be a witness again.

Doubtfully Yours

If my husband stopped being a JW, we'd have very little in common; then there's the fact that with so much free time that was occupied in Org stuff and with JW friends and family will now be occupied most likely in worldly things and worldly friends, where he'll most likely pick up those awful wordly manners, bad habits, expressions, celebrations, etc., the whole non-JW way of life. Nope! Definitely it'd be a deal breaker for me.

Hopefully that'll never happen. He seems very strong and secure in it. It's our whole world and we're so very happy in it.

DY

44

The Phasing Out Of The Public Watchtower Magazine

by dontplaceliterature in

i've been thinking about this for a while now.

it seems to me that the wtbts is taking steps towards phasing out public editions of the watchtower.. here are a couple of points of evidence to see there is a real possibilty for a move in this direction:.

1. the monthly "start bible studies on the initial call service day" is evidence of a more direct drive to recruit new members.

Doubtfully Yours

Since we are instructed to leave the mags in the hands of really interested individuals, people that will really read it, I don't see why we should have 2 editions of the same mag.

Absolutely great idea to do away with the 'Public' edition of the Watchtower mag!

DY

23

Why are witnesses being "Persecuted" in certain countries?

by finallyfree! in

for the most part this "persecution" is confined to countries where political balance can change on the drop of a dime.

watchtower witnesses who go door to door will speak of their religious views which include not voting or supporting the political parties.

where the watchtower control a percentage of the population through their kingdom halls and they turn people off from voting they have in effect formed their own type of independant political organization.

Doubtfully Yours

JWs also get persecuted because we expose wide open Biblical teachings which contradict the ways in which prevalent religions operate in those countries.

In Mexico it was quite the uphill battle for many years because we exposed the lies of the Catholic church there. Then it was war against the JWs! As an Organization, though, we don't back down. Now in Mexico we sit as the #2 religious establishment. What a terrific victory!

Country after country, with the favor of God, we shall prevail.

DY

52

Assembly Day Points by a Member of the Governing Body

by Reopened Mind in

jw
friends

a jw friend of mine sent me this email today:.

assembly day points...... .

brother morris, (member of the governing body).

Doubtfully Yours

Reopened Mind,

I'm so very happy that you've posted this extremely important message for all in this board to read.

Infinite thanks,

DY

29

Did you like the Society's calendars?

by JimmyPage in

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friends

i always thought they were the most boring things i'd ever seen.

a picture of someone preaching in a different land every month.. i always ended up hanging something far more entertaining, like an nfl calendar..

Doubtfully Yours

I've always like them. They carry the themes of our Organization. What else did you expect?!

It's not mandatory to get them. So, don't.

DY

131

Window Washers

by dontplaceliterature in

question:.

why do i see so frequently the witnesses referred to as "window washers" on here?

i have been a witness (though only recently "conscious") for my whole life.

Doubtfully Yours

Born and raised JW and also didn't know many "window washers".

The congregation I attend has many a techy-type JW, business owners, fire fighters, accountants, CPAs, a couple of architechs, a doctor, a few nurses, LPNs and CNAs, a couple of store and restaurant managers, chefs, vehicle mechanics, a few that have cleaning businesses, and several of the JWs HS graduates have started their college education. Quite the diversity in occupations.

Most posters here just use those derrogatory terms in order to show their ignorant bitterness against the JWs in general. Sad for them, really.

DY

44

I'm going to end my "bible" study

by KristiKay in

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friends

i posted a while back, i've been studying with a nice jehovas witness lady for probably about 6 months.

after a few weeks i googled a few things (earthquakes, how long we've been on earth, ect.

) i realised she was very misinformed.

Doubtfully Yours

KristiKay,

Pour your heart out in prayer to Jehovah in the name of his Son Jesus Christ.

Stopping your Bible study will not make you happy; just the same as leaving God's Organization hasn't made happy the vast majority of posters here, bitter and mostly plagued with problems they've created for themselves.

DY

45

New resolution passed at last service meeting? crazy!!

by finallyfree! in

so my ex who has gone back to the wts and is being given the tough love and is questioning whether shes makin the right move.

she told me at the last service meeting that there was a resolution passed that stated that all leftover balances in the congregations accounts would be sent to the society to be used where the need is great, to help out with natural disasters etc and that the funds would be sent back to the congregation if they needed it.. has anyone else who is still in or knows active witnesses heard of this new resolution?

apparently its everywhere in canada as far as i was told .. .

Doubtfully Yours

It's a wonderful financial move so that the money is used where needed. And note that, if the giving congregation needs the funds, they're returned.

I think it's an awesome, money-smart arrangement!

DY

40

Watchtower = Elders can disfellowship people for being too FAT!!! Has this happened?

by Witness 007 in

watch 1974 p.167 "by disobediently overindulging in food and making a glutton of himself, he fails to show love for jehovah...if in the presence of others does he selfishly ignore there needs and take more than his share?

is he grossly overwieght but shows no restraint at all as to food, habitually gorging himself?

does he feel un-comfortable, perhaps even sick because of eating too much ...glutton has no place in god's congregation...they will not inherit god's kingdom...".

Doubtfully Yours

Witness 007,

You sound like the old timer JWs that can't move forward from the old teachings. Hey, do you also quote stuff from when TV was black and white? When we used typewriters? When computers were the size of entire rooms? Gotta update your information library, I tell you!

Although gluttony is definitely a sin, it's one that the person suffers the price in poor health without any extra outside punishment. Having said that, yes, I'd love it if people who cannot stop their excessive eating could also not have leadership priviledges in the congregation; no obese COs, DOs, elders, MS, pioneers, thus setting the example of self-control.

I'd also like to see obese doctors/nurses/paramedics, all health care personnel, lose their jobs if they cannot maintain a healthy weight. I'm not talking a few pounds over, but rather OBESE people.

Just wishful thinking!

DY

31

What's with the tattoing your arms craze?

by yadda yadda 2 in

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friends

why are so many guys getting their arms tattoed?

looks awful, like they have been in a fire and have ash all over their arms, or like they have gangrene.

just looks kinda dirty.

Doubtfully Yours

People with too much idle time in their hands and not enough moral substance in their minds. I heard some comedian say recently that "tattoos are a permanent mark of temporary insanity".

Here in Florida that practice is so prevalent that even people you'd think have some sense are getting tattoos. It's awful! Another disfiguring and self-mutilating practice gaining ground is that cartoon-looking ear/nose gauging.

"Look at me! Notice me! I'm different! I'm unique!"

Rebels without a worthy cause?!

Bunch of nuts!!!

DY