Doubtfully Yours

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  The special talk is now BEFORE the Memorial

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
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  august 11, 2017 to all bodies of elders re: 2018 memorial invitations and date of special talk .

  fyi:.

  the 2018 memorial will be held on saturday, march 31, 2018.. the 2019 memorial will be held on friday, april 19, 2019..

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  Doubtfully Yours

  I love it when it falls on a Friday or Saturday! Woo-hoo!!!

  The time spend carrying on at a nice dinner afterwards is nicer because I don't have to work the next day. Great!!!

  DY
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  Returning to the truth.

  by Justmeok2 in

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  2. experiences

  hi i am just starting to rebuild my relationship with jehovah.

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  i would like to hear from people who may be or have been in similar situations and now want to dedicate their lives to him..

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  Doubtfully Yours

  If you really want to be a good JW, leave this online domain and never look back.

  I came here years ago and now I'm stuck. Cannot leave physically the WTBTS because they hold my friends and family, and can't leave this place because after the mental/emotional awakening takes place, only here I find refuge and a place to vent or I would just go crazy from holding it all in.

  Some day soon I'll be physically out as well. Now that is not feasible.

  DY
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  New Instructions?

  by FedUpJW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i may have missed it, but i just heard from a local elder that there are "new" instructions for how the two one day assembly's are to be conducted and handled......fifty-nine pages worth.

  he said they will now all be put on the same as the regional conventions.

  did i miss that letter/orders from "mother"?

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  Doubtfully Yours

  We would rejoice if they were down to just one 1-day assembly, 10 am-12 noon & 1:30 pm-3 pm.

  Although, with my smart phone & tablet, I tune out beautifully. Long live technology!

  DY
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  Really struggling to go on

  by Isambard Crater in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, so much has happened in my life over the years and continues to happen, but i won't go into the details as it would take a long time.. i don't really know why, but i returned to "the truth" 15 years ago.

  in 2012 when the tv broadcasting station launched, i started to develop doubts.

  the australian royal commission and other scandals made me angrier, and i now don't believe most of the core teachings.. the only reason i show up at 5 or 6 meetings each month is to keep in contact with my parents and a few other family members.. but it's killing me, literally.

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  Doubtfully Yours

  IC,

  Husband's familia controlling him, his family and your life? Your man needs to put his foot down and heavy immediately!

  I would feel horrible too!

  So sad that this is happening to you.

  DY
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  Really struggling to go on

  by Isambard Crater in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, so much has happened in my life over the years and continues to happen, but i won't go into the details as it would take a long time.. i don't really know why, but i returned to "the truth" 15 years ago.

  in 2012 when the tv broadcasting station launched, i started to develop doubts.

  the australian royal commission and other scandals made me angrier, and i now don't believe most of the core teachings.. the only reason i show up at 5 or 6 meetings each month is to keep in contact with my parents and a few other family members.. but it's killing me, literally.

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  Doubtfully Yours

  MOPI here, due to not wanting to lose fmly and friends.

  I miss as many mtgs and service as possible. When at the mtgs, with my smart phone, I tune out completely.

  Perhaps professional assistance is warranted; it's not normal to want to end your life just because of a religion.

  Big hug for you.

  DY
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  My mums dying she refuses blood transfusion...the horror.

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  mum has a mild form of lukeimia if she took blood like normal people she could live to be 100. but no, anointed sisters dont compromise jehovah wont allow it.

  so here i am moving to sydney for one month going to hospital everyday putting my life on hold to watch my mother die slowly.

  watching her gasp for air, struggle to breath.

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  Doubtfully Yours

  Respect choices when done in an adult person's right state of mind.

  There are no guarantees, though. I had a coworker that developed an aggressive form of leukemia. She received several transfusions along with other treatments, and still passed away. Maybe the blood bought her some time, maybe it made things worse. Who for sure knows.

  End of life, in any form, is terrible. Sorry.

  DY
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  DId you ever fall asleep at the meetings, Assemblys??

  by karter in

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  if i'm tierd i fall asleep anywere so the meetings ect were no diffrent my wife would always try to wake me but im a deep sleeper.

  karter .

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  Doubtfully Yours

  Often. At assembly time, right after lunch, most definitely need a brief nap. Sometimes I discretely go to my vehicle, and sometimes right there at my seat with dark glasses on.

  Sorry, cannot help it.🙃

  DY
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  "Even if this wasn't the truth, I would still stay. This is the best life to live..."

  by HereIgo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was recently told this by a jw family member when trying to get through to them.

  does this quote indicate that maybe such ones have considered that the jw's may not have the truth after all?

  or is that just my wishful thinking?

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  Doubtfully Yours

  'Unconditional Love' is a myth. All aspects of human interaction have their specific conditions.

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  "Even if this wasn't the truth, I would still stay. This is the best life to live..."

  by HereIgo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was recently told this by a jw family member when trying to get through to them.

  does this quote indicate that maybe such ones have considered that the jw's may not have the truth after all?

  or is that just my wishful thinking?

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  Doubtfully Yours

  I have no problem with shunning a sexual predator, murderer, someone who planned to commit adultery/fornication, etc.

  Too bad the scriptures read that we must forgive, because in many such cases I wish these type of intentional wrongdoers never came back to the Org.

  The disfellowshipping and shunning thing must be case by case. In some extreme cases, it is absolutely necessary.

  DY
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  There are only 4 ways to leave the Jehovah's Witnesses

  by new boy in

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  2. friends

  there are only four ways of leaving the jehovah’s witnesses.

  so there are four ways that could lead to shunning.

  i say “could” because options three and four has some loopholes.

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  Doubtfully Yours

  I fantasize with moving away sometimes, to a place like San Francisco or Oregon. Just a fantasy, a scape route in my mind when the meeting/assembly is going on.😜

  DY