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  Do Jehovah's Witnesses Shun?

  by lurkernomore in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just checked the faq on jw.org as i wanted to show a df'd friend of ours how dishonest they were being about thier shunning policy.. well don't you know they've only gone and got honest about shunning df'd ones:.

  'we do not automatically disfellowship someone who commits a serious sin.

  if, however, a baptized witness makes a practice of breaking the bibles moral code and does not repent, he or she will be shunned or disfellowshipped.

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  Great answer by a great intellect!

  by lurkernomore in

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  2. current

  i found his logic and succinct explanation of his position fantastic.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-suvkwnysqo.

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  Explaining away the increase in anointed

  by lurkernomore in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i was just informed by my wife that her grandmother (who's also out) has been told by a 'sister' from her old hall that during their most recent circuit visit the co said something along the lines of:.

  isn't it faith strengthening that the number of anointed is falling in relation to the increase in publishers?

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  Working on a Sunday morning!

  by lurkernomore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's coming up to 4 months since our last meeting.

  apart from three visits to the house in the first 4 weeks we've not heard a peep from anyone, except for two 'encouraging' cards from two older ladies in the local hall.. a couple self-righteous, not even exemplary witnesses, have taken it upon themselves to pre-emptively shun me on a couple occasions, which i found rather funny.. anyway my grandad needed some minor building work doing to the front of the house, which my brother and i happily agreed to do for him.

  his house is on a main road running up the hill to the kingdom hall.

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  Ministers to consult over mandatory abuse reporting

  by lurkernomore in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29811206.

  i wonder if this is put in force, whether the wtbs will comply or view this as more persecution?!

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  Cognitive Dissonance and my JW Mum!

  by lurkernomore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, my mum is a massively obedient little dub!

  i knew this before showing more negativity towards the borg.

  i recently fell into the trap of shooting my mouth off about all the things that i felt were wrong with the borg, after her ass kissing comments got the better of me.. my other half's grandmother has also learned ttatt over the past few months as has most of her immediate familly in fact.

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  Plastic Surgery and JW's

  by lurkernomore in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone ever seen any articles on the appropriateness of plastic surgery for wittos?

  just popped into my head at work and don't think i can ever recall this even being given a mention at the meetings or in the literature.

  i guess it would fall into the same sort of bracket as tattoos, but then again looking at some of the mutton in our circuit it looks like they've indulged in this at some point.

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  Publisher Statistics

  by lurkernomore in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was watching a couple videos on youtube earlier and always like to peruse the comments at the bottom of the page.. i'm no sure if this has been discussed recently, but one indivdual made the claim that the societies numbers are massively over inflated, as he/she believes that they include inactive, df'd and da'd in their figures.. does anyone have any information to confirm this or i this just another assumption made without evidence?.

  (also has anyone heard from witnessmyfury lately?

  i had a pm chat with him a few days ago but not had a reply to my latest msgs.

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  Strange concepts

  by lurkernomore in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't know why this popped in my head earlier today but here goes:.

  satan apparently blinds the eyes of un-believers towards the 'truth'.

  this point has been discussed both at meetings and during discussions with others in the congregation over the years.

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  Hello

  by lurkernomore in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i thought it was high time to introduce myself (without my name of course).

  as my name would suggest i have been reading your intriguing post, thoughts and discussions for some time now.

  around 3/4 months to be exact.. i guess to start with it would seem fitting to give a little background on my current situation.. i'm a born-in, but have over the last few years found that through a number of varying occurences, (some of which i may discuss in future posts) that my 'zeal' has gone from regular field service and meetings to no service in over a year and very sporadic meeting attendance.

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