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  Questions JWs Ask: Mike from Greece wants to know...

  by Funchback in

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  mike from greece is a member of a pro-jw forum (message board).. the jw religion has so many rules so mike wants to clarify some correct procedures.. what woud you like to know, mike?.

  a couple of questions dear brothers & sisters of the forum about women's head coverings1)should it be considered wrong for a sister to wear a head covering during the meetings?

  i have seen some old sisters, one in our congregation and a couple in other two that like wearing head coverings during the meetings.

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  tepidpoultry

  Dear Mike,

  Do you know what a Pharisee is?

  (Sarcasm)

  PS When a brother comes into the KM wearing a beard do you beat him

  with a rod when the sisters ask you to?

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  If "the Truth" is the truth, why are witnesses so scared of research?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it is an often asked question i know, but it perplexes me.. if witnesses are so convinced that they have "the truth", why is the act of researching information from external sources so taboo?

  didn't the bible itself tell people to "use their powers of reason" and also praised ones like the boreans for researching things they were told??.

  seriously, if there is no doubt about the organization being "god's channel" on earth, and it alone having the "truth", surely researching would only enhance such 'facts'?.

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  What makes a site Apostate?

  Something stated by an Ex JDub?

  By "False Religion?"

  By a renowned University that's "unfavorable?"
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  Are baptized Witnesses that are no longer in the "truth", but were NEVER DF'D, now to be shunned and treated like disfellowshipped ones?

  by Dunedain in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a relative of mine was telling me, that in his, and a few neighboring congregations, there is a little confusion amongst some of the jw's about this "issue".

  some families are having a hard time about whether certain relatives will be attending certain family functions, because some family members that are no longer in the "truth", might be invited to these functions.

  mind you, these persons were never disfellowshipped.

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  Are baptized Witnesses that are no longer in the "truth", but were NEVER DF'D, now to be shunned and treated like disfellowshipped ones?

  by Dunedain in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a relative of mine was telling me, that in his, and a few neighboring congregations, there is a little confusion amongst some of the jw's about this "issue".

  some families are having a hard time about whether certain relatives will be attending certain family functions, because some family members that are no longer in the "truth", might be invited to these functions.

  mind you, these persons were never disfellowshipped.

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  tepidpoultry

  Regardless of when it it was implemented I see this as Old West style

  justice where in many cases there was no Sheriff, so the people took the

  law into their own hands,

  This is common still in Moslem countries where if you want someone's

  house you will cry "He has blasphemed the Prophet" and "the people" will

  kill the man,

  Now to the less lethal type,

  When I was a kid in the 1960s I knew about disfellowshipping

  I didn't completely understand the details but I knew

  We didn't talk to THAT person

  What's going on now is a lot less clear as

  In addition to JCs

  Everybody's taking their own individual Judicial Actions

  Now the inmates are running the asylum

  What should you do?

  "Run fast run clear" was my solution

  Others don't have that option

  So maybe it's like visiting a friend in a Psychiatric ward

  Be nice to everybody

  Play along when people aren't being coherent

  Then go home

  Take a sigh of relief

  And be happy you're not there anymore

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  Are baptized Witnesses that are no longer in the "truth", but were NEVER DF'D, now to be shunned and treated like disfellowshipped ones?

  by Dunedain in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a relative of mine was telling me, that in his, and a few neighboring congregations, there is a little confusion amongst some of the jw's about this "issue".

  some families are having a hard time about whether certain relatives will be attending certain family functions, because some family members that are no longer in the "truth", might be invited to these functions.

  mind you, these persons were never disfellowshipped.

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  Why do Jehovah's Witnesses engage in Shunning?

  Answer: Because they can!

  
  
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  Are baptized Witnesses that are no longer in the "truth", but were NEVER DF'D, now to be shunned and treated like disfellowshipped ones?

  by Dunedain in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a relative of mine was telling me, that in his, and a few neighboring congregations, there is a little confusion amongst some of the jw's about this "issue".

  some families are having a hard time about whether certain relatives will be attending certain family functions, because some family members that are no longer in the "truth", might be invited to these functions.

  mind you, these persons were never disfellowshipped.

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  tepidpoultry

  Thank you for allowing me that joke

  Seriously,

  It is like the old West

  If the Sheriff can't arrest you in town (within the elders' range)

  Then all brothers and sisters are deputized as judge and executioner

  Shunning you at will

  Cool (sarcasm)

  Aren't you glad the secular justice system doesn't work like this lol

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  Are baptized Witnesses that are no longer in the "truth", but were NEVER DF'D, now to be shunned and treated like disfellowshipped ones?

  by Dunedain in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a relative of mine was telling me, that in his, and a few neighboring congregations, there is a little confusion amongst some of the jw's about this "issue".

  some families are having a hard time about whether certain relatives will be attending certain family functions, because some family members that are no longer in the "truth", might be invited to these functions.

  mind you, these persons were never disfellowshipped.

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  tepidpoultry

  Yes,

  Watched Cedars video on the convention

  And it's quite apparent

  That if you are a renegade

  Watch Tower operatives

  Will hunt you down

  And kill you
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  Free Topic -Write What You Like

  by tepidpoultry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i was exiting (clawing my way out) i read a tremendous amount of personal.

  accounts on the jw recovery page which sadly closed, .

  i would like to offer an opportunity for any who would like, to say a few words on .

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  Schnell: Me too as my folks were jdubs but then again it was also due to

  the fact that the malt liquor made my Dad particularly randy that

  night

  :)
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  Free Topic -Write What You Like

  by tepidpoultry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i was exiting (clawing my way out) i read a tremendous amount of personal.

  accounts on the jw recovery page which sadly closed, .

  i would like to offer an opportunity for any who would like, to say a few words on .

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  tepidpoultry

  When I was exiting (clawing my way out) I read a tremendous amount of personal

  accounts on the JW Recovery page which sadly closed,

  I would like to offer an opportunity for any who would like, to say a few words on

  how they're doing,

  I would also like to say thank-you to all, what you write has been a great source of

  inspiration to me!

  Tepid

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  I am a Living Time Machine

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  which world is this?_________________when the doctor pulled my screaming body out of mom all those 7 decades ago, i landed in a post-wwii world.it was--compared to today's world--an alien planet.. the world i live in today has nothing in common with the world in which i grew up.. there were no cell phones back then--there were black telephones with a dial-tone and an operator who placed your call.

  everywhere you found telephone booths!

  a call was a nickle.where did all those telephone booths go?i dunno.where did my whole world go?i dunno.. tv sets were huge boxes with tubes and small screens.

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  tepidpoultry

  Thank-you Terry for the ride,

  I'm not far behind,

  Tepid

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