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  Funny occurrences

  by Freedom rocks in

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  what were some funny experiences you had of things that happened during talks at the meetings?.

  a few of mine:.

  - a brother had dyed his hair before his talk and it was raining heavily when he arrived at the hall and the dye was running down his face during his talk and his skin went more and more grey as the black dye ran down it.

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  neat blue dog

  This man Steve was giving a talk about Jesus gaining immortality, but said he got "immorality" in the heavens.

  Another guy named Tony compared the dead at Armageddon to split open roasted hot dogs, and another time preached against wild socks and tight pants, saying they were a gay conspiracy.

  Then there was a dude named Sam who insisted that women were objectively less intelligent than men, and he could prove it by the size of their brains.

  Then there was old Joe who nobody liked but everybody feared. He insisted that some Bible characters were bound to show up on the doorstep any week now, but nobody had the balls to call him out.
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  Jehovah created paradise to be perfect, right Dad ?

  by Not_Culty in

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  neat blue dog

  Wish I could read the captions. The website downsamples all images, often to the point of illegibility, on mobile screens. (Yes, even when 'show desktop version' is activated.)
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  Are All Baptized Witnesses Still Considered Ministers?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  or is that old light??.

  many young men avoided the draft due to their being “ministers”.

  if everyone who is a jw is a minister, women and kids should share ministerial status and even be able to legally officiate and marry someone....as long as they are baptized..

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  neat blue dog

  No draft in the US for over 40 years, not sure about elsewhere.
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  Are All Baptized Witnesses Still Considered Ministers?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  or is that old light??.

  many young men avoided the draft due to their being “ministers”.

  if everyone who is a jw is a minister, women and kids should share ministerial status and even be able to legally officiate and marry someone....as long as they are baptized..

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  neat blue dog

  No, just the Elders. They are officially recognized as clergy, and JW lawyers have said so under oath in court.
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  09/16/18 WT | My Wife's First JW (cult) Epiphany

  by Solzhenitsyn in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  oh rapture!

  today's wt caused my wife's first [jw mind control] epiphany and she didn't hesitate to share upon her discovery.

  09/16/2018 | "where are your eyes looking?

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  neat blue dog

  Solzhenitsyn:

  Oh Happy day! You're doing great, going slow and steady, letting her reach conclusions when she's ready and saying just enough to catalyst her thinking but not too much.

  Vannderhoven7:

  Evidently

  🤣 lol
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  Apostates? No holds barred.

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the new jwdotorg article about anger:.

  get the facts.

  “the insight of a man certainly slows down his anger,” says proverbs 19:11. we are wise to gather all the facts before forming a conclusion.

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  neat blue dog

  In the new JWdotORG article about anger:

  Get the facts. “The insight of a man certainly slows down his anger,” says Proverbs 19:11. We are wise to gather all the facts before forming a conclusion. When we carefully listen to all sides of a matter, we are less likely to feel unjustified anger.​—James 1:​19.

  Except when it comes to those labeled "apostates", which incidentally isn't even a Christian term, appearing nowhere in the New Testament. Aparently this is one area where you don't need to know the other side of the story, just what Mother GB tells you.

  Another scripture that JWs apparently have a waiver on when it comes to ex-JWs is 1 Peter 3:15, which mentions being

  ready to make a defense before everyone who demands of you a reason for the hope you have

  Apostates are just mentally diseased anyway and are dangerous, (i.e. a typical JW is undereducated and ill equipped to defend their beliefs outside their 'safe spaces' of the Hall and door to door where they can run away if need be).
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  What immodest clothing have you got in trouble for wearing?

  by Addison0998 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i personally have a very distinct sense of style and fashion which many of the fellow jdubs frown upon.

  recently, i was told by a few specially self righteous ones that i looked like a prostitute in a pair of white boots!

  a pair of 3 inch heeled, just a little taller than the ankle boots, with skirt that came down to my knees and a black long sleeve shirt that came up to my collarbone.

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  neat blue dog

  I was told that I would need to change my dress pants and suit jacket as a matching two-piece suit was mandatory for stage assignments. I just laughed and said, "I don't have one of those." He said, 'Oh, well, okay' and never mentioned it again. Same thing happened with my handlebar mustache with soul patch, told I couldn't have privileges in the congregation while I had it. I said "Show me the scripture and I'll see what I can do" and got the same response. No 'privileges' taken away, never mentioned again. I was mentally in at the time, but I don't think I'd push that envelope nowadays, I just want to stay under the radar for the most part, not give 'cause for stumbling' if it isn't necessary, save it for the important stuff.
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  Convention statistic

  by dothemath in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the wife got back from the convention, and mentioned one point from the co talk.. he gave the statistic that on average, there are about 780 people baptized every day in the world!

  everyone was amazed.. i broke it to her that there used to be a lot more.

  i recall giving a talk and at that time there were around 1200/day.

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  neat blue dog

  You can recite figures til you're blue in the face and some JWs will still not comprehend. When I pointed these things out, a JW replied to me, 'Well thousands are baptized every week. It's better to think of it by the week'. Seriously. That's the mentality or lack of it we're up against.
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  Convention statistic

  by dothemath in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the wife got back from the convention, and mentioned one point from the co talk.. he gave the statistic that on average, there are about 780 people baptized every day in the world!

  everyone was amazed.. i broke it to her that there used to be a lot more.

  i recall giving a talk and at that time there were around 1200/day.

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  neat blue dog

  And out of the relatively few adults getting baptized, most that I've seen had contact with or were influenced by JWs when young, just taking longer to get baptized.
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  Convention statistic

  by dothemath in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the wife got back from the convention, and mentioned one point from the co talk.. he gave the statistic that on average, there are about 780 people baptized every day in the world!

  everyone was amazed.. i broke it to her that there used to be a lot more.

  i recall giving a talk and at that time there were around 1200/day.

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  neat blue dog

  Compare that to the hundreds of thousands who are born and die every day, and JWs aren't even making a dent. It's a losing battle, and only those who surrender their critical thinking skills could be impressed by such a number.