As far as Focus is concerned I tend to agree with Warehouse. Focus provided this forum with a vitality it lacked and a wealth of info that few can match. His personal style and rejoinders may have rubbed a few the wrong way and definitely he wasn't pulling any punches. But then there are quite a few who went into a slugfest with him and came out second best. It's not his fault he is a better fighter. However , Forum rules are Forum rules and Simon is the final arbiter.
Hairtrigger
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Simon, please update my profile picture!
by will-be-apostate ini've read on another thread you need to delete the cached file of the profile picture so that it can be updated by the gravatar user.
i created a gravatar account, added the email address i use on here and uploaded the an image, but nothing happens.
this was 3 days ago.. could you please solve this problem?.
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circuit overseer worship
by Magnum infor over thirty years i observed among jws the phenomenon of co worship/idolatry.
i, myself, was somewhat guilty of it even though i rather quickly caught on and detected something wrong.. think about the week of the co visit.
during that week most attention is given to and most thought is about the co. the supposed sovereign of the universe takes a backseat.
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It has been my observation that attendance suddenly tends towards optimizing itself during the CO,s/ DO,s visit. One would think it was the second coming!
Elders suddenly trying to get the CO to attend a particular bible study, have a meal- preferably dinner- at their home. No doubt gifts of gifts and money changing pockets inobstrusively as well as other forms of venerated exclusivity being heaped on a bum living off hard working people's sweat and blood.
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Goodbye JW net
by snare&racket inforgive me for indulging in a goodbye but it would feel wrong not to,.
i hope the discussions and atmosphere here do not change for it is a bubbling brew of doubt, bravery and sincere hunger for answers.
these are healthy ingrediants for humans and especially for a jehovah's witness.. this forum offers not just the ability to ask without consequence, but it also offers the means to be real.
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Physician
Thou hast healed thyself! The very best, on the rest of your journey in ministering to the ailments of your fellow man!
Cheers!
HT
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I am Back on JWN and out of hospital
by KateWild inhey everyone,.
thanks qcf and nugget for starting threads.
thanks cofty for wondering where i was.
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Hairtrigger
welcome back!
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6th Sense.
by quellycatface indo you believe it exists?.
when you get "a hunch", do you ignore or listen to it?
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Hairtrigger
You bet ..subconscious thought, gambler's or hunter's instinct, intuition ...a sense by any other rose . It exists ..better believe it. I can't define or explain it . It has helped me time and again when betting the horses or dogs. Both when I'm betting wrong as well as when I've picked right.
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Kate Wild
by quellycatface ini've been given permission to post news of our friend.. kate hasn't been very well.
not well at all.
i think much of it has been a delayed reaction to her df'ing, the general fallout when leaving the wtbs and family issues.. i just wanted to give you guys the heads up and give you a chance to show how much we care about her.. thanks for listening..
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Kate we've got a fight on and need you back on the team. You can't let them get you down now. C'mon ! get back on your feet.
Sincerely
HT
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Being a Witness results in selfish and self centered people!
by stuckinarut2 ini have noticed that many witnesses are very self centered and selfish people as a result of "leaving everything in god's hands to correct".
what i mean is, because "the kingdom will fix poverty, the homeless, poor, underpriveleged, etc...." it means they can just pass by those in need, or fulfill their natural human desire to help (if they have it) by just giving literature!.
so, just preach to those in need, and then you can feel good and smug about yourself!.
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A housekeeper working for a lady who was well-off (both J'Ws) began going cuckoo. She was young and something went wrong with her mind. Days had passed and I had just come into the congregation ( was studying the first book then). The elder's did nothing for her nor did the lady she was working for. I knew quite a few doctors who were friends and called up one who was the CMO in a govt. hospital. He immediately asked me to get her over and had her diagnosed and treated. She was sent away to her home town in the company of her brothers (she was a live in maid) in three days. The incident left me wondering if these were really god fearing people why the apathy when one of their own was in dire need of psyciatric treatment. I was practically an outsider then. I could feel her helplessness yet these people couldn't. One of the elder's was asked to go to the hospital and his response was " what wil I do there?" How far l these goats are willing to go with the " wait on J ", formula, is astoundingly unfathomable.
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Loyalty to Org Over Everything Else Part 2
by startingover13 ina few months ago i posted about the dilemna i was facing with my girlfriend and getting reinstated.
a little under a year ago, both of us were disfellowshipped for sexual immorality.
while it was difficult, we promised to stick together through it, work our way toward marraige, and eventually return.
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stto13,
Am sorry for your plight. Here's how I see it. I'm a worldly guy and came into the fold briefly. She may, at the moment genuinely feel, she loves you and would "wait" for you. If this was not the borg. I would say say she's giving you the raspberry. But...how long before the elders brainwash her completely into forgetting you? She has already been brainwashed into going back -turning her back on her one love. If she is in the pinup class it won't be long until some elder encourages her to accept another arrow from cupid. It is my understanding that you guys did not discuss the borg being a false prophet. If she has been praying for reinstatement and it has happened...good luck with trying to convince her otherwise. Her prayers have been answered.
I want to digress a bit to make a point. A gentleman in a congregation, was without a job for the last 3 years as he got laid off during this eco. downturn. He prayed for three years and "waited on J" and now bingo! four weeks ago, he got a govt. job with excellent benefits. Do you think this guy will ever turn his back on the org. Not even if you hit him with the most convincing truth about the borgs doings.
Here's my five cents. You have two choices. You could get reinstated too- once in - try and make her see the real truth about this org. and hopefully both of you will be out. The Q is How long is that going to take? Another Q ? will she ever be convinced?
Its a gamble one way or another.
If it were me I would take BU2B's option.
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No Blood windshield stickers
by HappyDad ini just walked back from getting my mail and happen to walk right by an automobile that belongs to the jw's who live in the end of my building.
the sticker in the low left of the windshield caught my attention so i stopped to read it.
it was a sticker that said......advanced medical directive.....no blood!
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Hairtrigger
As far as I know they are supposed to keep it in their wallets or the glove compt. with their registration and insurance papers. This must some over zealous zombie who wants to be known by everyone that he is a JW. Bearing Witness so as to speak.
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100 years of Christs Rule ? Acheivments ? Are you serious ?
by smiddy intell me what acheivements have been acheived that are different than what are proclaimed by protestant religions .in the 100 years of christs reign according to jehovahs witnesses , is their anything that stands out as jehovahs witnesses have more direction ?
from god ?.
if you look at their history , google , you will see they are nowwhere near being spokespersons for god .. smiddy.
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Hairtrigger
IMO all they have done is change a few catholic doctrines-by extention protestant ones too depending on which sect.- adopted their modus operandi from the dark ages ,and some of their authoritarian literature- effectively shoving old wine in a new bhisti ( leather bag used to carry water by natives in British India) and Gunga Din's ( poem by Rudyard Kipling) to tout their bilge-water from door-to-door.