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  Another example of the smothering and high control nature of JW husbands

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. experiences

  i have noticed another popular pattern of behaviour amongst witnesses in recent years.. many, and i mean lots of ones with instagram accounts have closed the wife's account, and have started a "couple's" account instead.

  also, for families.

  the children's accounts have been closed, and the husband starts a "family account".. it is mainly on the husband's device, and seemingly under his control.

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  @wake.... wow....so very messed up indeed!

  That sounds like an horrific time. So very sorry for all you went through.

  Now that we are all awake, that kind of behaviour screams INAPPROPRIATE and proof of a CULT!
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  conventions...

  by zeb in

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  ah yes the convention is approaching.

  wife is squirreled away with her wt books, her laptop and the tablet thing ..even at meals.. conversation is a word or two and not often.

  spoken to.. doesn't answer.. and on return it will be grumps on for at least a week.. anyone else know this phenomenon?.

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  Spot on sir82!

  Becuase it is NEVER about the actual content of the convention, but it's about the FEELINGS and Emotions of attending....
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  Sunday's W.T angered me + I found an ironic scripture

  by Isambard Crater in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  during the "do you love me more than these" watchtower study on sunday, i got so angry on many occasions, hearing people make comments like "if you enjoy your job, you're an enemy of jehovah" and "the only reason we're here is to preach.

  work and relaxation only exist to help us to preach".. the paragraph talking about the "do more!

  " attitude in the world getting people down really got me down just reading it, as it applies so much to the borg.. i also found the ecclesiastes scripture quoted to be ironic, as the rest of the article tells is that nothing is better or more of a priority than to preach;.

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  Ah yes...irony and outright hypocrisy at its finest.....
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  potential subjects for a convention.

  by zeb in

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  wives, what have you read about male biology?.

  wives, when did you last seduce your husband?.

  the power of flowers?

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  YES! eyeuse2badub!

  Isnt it odd that the behaviour of Lot would not be acceptable if a Christian man did that today??

  And yet, we are told we need to imitate such ones?
  
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  Odd things that come to mind when buying something!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. friends

  i was just thinking about the odd things that arise when out shopping.. i saw a bag the other day, and thought "that would be a perfect 'service' bag as it is just the right size for....oh hang on...".

  and when buying nice shoes, the thought is there somewhere..."these will be comfortable when walking around the streets...".

  gotta laugh hey!

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  I was just thinking about the odd things that arise when out shopping.

  I saw a bag the other day, and thought "that would be a perfect 'service' bag as it is just the right size for....oh hang on..."

  And when buying nice shoes, the thought is there somewhere..."these will be comfortable when walking around the streets..."

  Gotta laugh hey!?
  
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  Cognitive dissonance and mental gymnastics in social media!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so over the last few years, the witnesses i know (who were close friends in the past) who follow me on instagram social media have been steadily dropping off and blocking me..... but there are a small number who are still friends.. i have noticed one sad situation for one friend who is clearly battling cognitive dissonance.

  if she posts a picture and i leave a nice comment on it, my comment quickly disappears.

  (she must delete it i guess) but then soon after she sends a nice private message asking how we are, or commenting on the post or activity.

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  Yes OTWO, your situation is sad. Sorry to hear that!

  I guess, if someone is ashamed for it to be publicly known that they communicate with us, then they are NOT really a friend!
  
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  The most successful teaching of Jehovah's Witnesses and an amazing new book on the divine name

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovah's witnesses have had to revise their chronology and various doctrinal interpretations due to events and scholarly corrections.

  but the one teaching where they have been consistently ahead of the curve is the importance of jehovah's name.. .

  i'm going to run through a (necessarily selective) timeline of jw events and scholarly publications that demonstrate the phenomenal success of this teaching in the last days.

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  Simply having the right tools doesn't make me a qualified tradesman. The work I do is the proof.

  So too, simply using the name "Jehovah" (if we assume it is correct), doesn't make the religion known as "Jehovah's Witnesses" correct. Really, "by their fruits you will recognise them"
  
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  Another example of the smothering and high control nature of JW husbands

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have noticed another popular pattern of behaviour amongst witnesses in recent years.. many, and i mean lots of ones with instagram accounts have closed the wife's account, and have started a "couple's" account instead.

  also, for families.

  the children's accounts have been closed, and the husband starts a "family account".. it is mainly on the husband's device, and seemingly under his control.

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  AND, to add to this, what is it about witnesses who think that it is perfectly acceptable to delve deeply into someone's account and check out who they follow, and who follows them etc?

  The level of inappropriateness is mind blowing.

  My wife had a witness we have known for years, delve deeply into her facebook account. He found that someone she follows, follows "an apostate site", so he emails ME to tell me about my wife's account and content!

  I wanted to reply, "sorry ___, but I don't understand why you would feel it was appropriate to even look through her account like that? I'm her husband, and yet I wouldn't even do so. That shows a lack of respect to her"
  
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  so confused!!

  by whatisthis12 in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  is it possible to keep a somewhat relationship with your family if they are witnesses and have a "worldly" girlfriend?

  i just posted a post, and found this site to be very helpful.

  sorry to repost but my other thread brought up some other questions.

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  I agree.

  If he is going to the convention, he is still mentally attached to the organization in some way...and that may pull him back in someday.

  Someone who is TRULY out, and sees the org as a cult, will NEVER step back into any meeting or convention under any circumstances....
  
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  honesty

  by midnight in

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  2. beliefs

  regarding the recent 1975 video at the convention it hit me !.

  when reasoning with people about the inspiration of the bible we used the bible writers candor ie/ there honesty when recording bible accounts about there personal mistakes .. how come the governing body despite its claims to be spirit directed are not honest about there mistakes ?.

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  The GB will never apologize.... That will only happen when: