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  God's Sabbath Day - Saturday or Sunday?

  by brofromzion in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  god bless you.

  so you worship god on sunday?

  didn't god commanded us to keep the sabbath day?

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  aniron

  Mary, this is an open forum.... sorry, but I can say what the hell I want.

  Maybe so. But it can be done with respect for other peoples beliefs and feelings. It doesn't take a great mind just to be insulting to someone.
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  Why a college education is bad

  by TooBad TooSad in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  at our recent butt numbing, mind dulling, sleep inducing district assembly on saturday morning there.

  was a talk where the speaker said that we are going to make a list that shows the contrast between.

  jehovah's organization and satan's organization.

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  aniron

  We are going on about JWs being prevented in having a college/university education.

  But what makes those who do have a college/university education become JWs.

  In my years I have met JWs who have been doctors, nurses, lawyers, teachers, a university lecturer, dierectors of companies, civil engineers, etc.

  All who have had university education. But become JWs later on, I can only think of two who had relatives who were JWs. All the others had "studies" and become one.

  So what makes them become something that we say a university/college education would show up as false.
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  Son sends "apostate" text message - Now the elders want to talk to him!!

  by GoingGoingGone in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my 17 year old son told his dad that he didn't want to be a jw anymore about 8 months ago i think, and doesn't go to meetings or assemblies.

  he's been accepted to one of the best universities in the country and will start this fall, with his dad's blessing.

  their congregation had the summer convention this past weekend.

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  aniron

  Why does your son need to meet with the elders? He's unbaptized, and they can't rule him.

  Quite right!

  He should say to them they have no authority over him. If they want to see him they should come to him.

  They only want to get him alone to bully him.

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  JW friend: Hillary Clinton is teaming up with Obama to ban religion! Isn't that great??!!

  Where the hell did he get that idea from?
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  Why I will NEVER be an elder again

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so the po confirmed what many on this board already know.

  at latest round of co to elders meeting, the co quoted from the society outline.

  any elder or ms who encourages college for his kids or others or who allows his children to go to college will no longer qualify.. he then asked if i was going to take the cos encouragement and reach out again to be an elder and get my hours on the ministry up.. i replied "i will never be an elder again - i strongly approve of further education and college and have been through college myself.

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  aniron

  Many years ago, even before this diktat, I recall a brother and his wife practically being threatened with disfellowshipping if they allowed their son to go to university. They left a 2-3 years later when they discovered that one of the Elders who had a go at them, was going to let his daughter go to university.
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  clarification on college

  by isaacaustin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  can i have a bit of clarification on this?

  i am assuming that going to college (or having kids doing so) does not disqualify an elder/ms.

  it is the publicly promoting it that does disqulaify one.

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  aniron

  Just posted this elsewhere so might as well here as well :

  Many years ago, even before this diktat, I recall a brother and his wife practically being threatened with disfellowshipping if they allowed their son to go to university. They left a 2-3 years later when they discovered that one of the Elders who had a go at them, was going to let his daughter go to university.
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  Big News or rumor!

  by Burger Time in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a friend just informed me that the c/o in his hall will be instructing the elders that anyone with a child in college will be stripped of privileges in the hall.

  i am not sure if this is true this is just what i was told.

  it could be that it is only a campaign directed at him as he has some ties to ex-jw's and some how got found out.

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  aniron

  Many years ago, even before this diktat, I recall a brother and his wife practically being threatened with disfellowshipping if they allowed their son to go to university. They left a 2-3 years later when they discovered that one of the Elders who had a go at them, was going to let his daughter go to university.
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  Hihlights (lowlights) of new Young People Ask book

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so this was released yesterday at the kansas city dc -by the way, for the first time in living memory no gb speaker.

  got one from patterson bethel instead.

  young people ask answers that work volume 2 - the first 5 chapters are on the opposite sex.. chaper 28 is how can i avoid homosexuality - contains phrases such as "bi-curious" etc.

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  aniron

  I recall staying at one hotel with my wife, for a convention and there was two young JW brothers late teens or early 20's, there also. Our rooms were on same floor. We were passing their room on the first evening there and they were just going in and they asked if we would like to have a coffee with them. We were there for about an hour chatting about the convention etc and general stuff. When my wife and I got to our room she ask did I notice anything about the guys room. I said not really , it just looked like ours. She said thats it - it had only one double bed! It took me a couple of minutes then I went "OH!" "Yeah now you see it" she said. (Why do women spot these things?) But the funny thing is that we both burst out laughing about it. After that we became quite friendly with the two guys over the next three days. Even used have dinner together in the restaurant. They were both pioneers so we treated them. Exchanged addresses if they ever came to our part of the District they could stay with us. We never said anything or hinted to them what we thought. Besides my wife and I were at this time starting to see through the WT and probably on our way out. About 6-9 months later they wrote to us telling us they had been disfellowshipped for being homosexual.
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  No CO's - Is It True?

  by aniron in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've just heard that they are going to do away with circuit overseers.. is this true or just a rumour?.

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  aniron

  I've just heard that they are going to do away with Circuit Overseers.

  Is this true or just a rumour?
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  More Evidence that Jehovah Is a Tyrant

  by WTWizard in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have observed that jehovah god is far from the loving father he portrays himself to be.

  stifling my sex drive, and then exploiting it by using it to get me into a cult, hardly qualifies god as being loving.

  and neither does continuing to stifle the sex drive after i am trying to leave the cult and quite likely using the hounders to reclaim me as their slave.. i found another web site that any theist should urgently look up before looking into any religion, whether jehovah's witnesses or any other "christian" or islam religion.

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  aniron

  Its a pity we don't show more concern about the HUMAN tyrants that do exist.

  Than about one which does not exist.
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  Is there any Religion WITHOUT a belief in an afterlife / reward?

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's been interesting to read the various discussions that go on here particularly between those who 'believe' in a 'god' and those who don't.

  in my opinion when all is said and done it seems to come down simply to.

  versus .

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  aniron

  Is there anything in life that we don't believe has a reward