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  Slow motion pioneers

  by 1Averagejoe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  observing our local unemployed pioneers and how long they take to get to their first or next call, usually taking the longest route to get to one they know won't be there anyway.

  along the way it's gossipy this and that.

  pioneers?

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  purrpurr

  It mostly seems like a social club these days. More time is spent chatting, getting coffee and takeaways than actually knocking on doors.

  I know of several who have admitted to me that they inflate their hours "I'm sure I must have in the past forgotten to count my time when informal witnessing so I add it on when I'm short that month" yeah right (!)

  I also know of one brother who regular pioneered for years and never got his hours in! But strangely enough the elders never did anything about it.
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  How are the JW's reacting to the new USA gay marriage laws?

  by purrpurr in

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  2. friends

  personally i think this is wonderful.

  i have nothing against gay people and wish them only the best.. but of course i'm in a minority of one, the jw's around me are posting away on fb the most homophobic vitriol imaginable.

  a lot of them are even saying that it's the start to armageddon!!.

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  purrpurr

  Personally I think this is wonderful. I have nothing against gay people and wish them only the best.

  But of course I'm in a minority of one, the JW's around me are posting away on fb the most homophobic vitriol imaginable. A lot of them are even saying that it's the start to Armageddon!!

  Do they not realise how this appears to other people? Do they not realise they are breaking the law and could get into serious trouble?

  What reaction are you seeing?
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  Single Sisters

  by BashfulAshG in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  am i the only one who has single, desperate sisters in the congregation?

  they tend to be holier-than-thou, frumpty, but in private talk about getting married.

  but they don't understand why no brother will look at them.

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  Nobodies said this yet so I just have to....

  "All the single ladies! All the single ladies! Ah uh oh o ah o! Ah uh oh o ah o!

  😉
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  Why must sisters wear skirts?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  and or dresses?

  just what is wrong with a smart pair of trousers?

  i'm sure that the women would not start behaving like men or imagining that they have a dick!.

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  I notice that not fundamental style religions seem to have this rule. Still no idea why though
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  Why must sisters wear skirts?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  and or dresses?

  just what is wrong with a smart pair of trousers?

  i'm sure that the women would not start behaving like men or imagining that they have a dick!.

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  And or dresses? Just what is wrong with a smart pair of trousers? I'm sure that the women would not start behaving like men or imagining that they have a dick!

  Why? In my view it makes JW's look like backwards weridos and loonys
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  Is it necessary to prepare for the Watchtower or book study?

  by BashfulAshG in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  all of my years in the truth, i never understood why we had to study before each meeting.

  the contents are self-explanatory with the answers to the printed question within the first or the last sentence of the paragraph.

  then, commenting never made sense, especially comments and experiences that don't answer the printed question.

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  It's basically an excerise in comprehension
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  What are the current rules about vaping from the GB?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i mean e cigs and vaping.

  not even tobacco inhaling but inhaling other stuff like herbs etc.

  is this allowed?

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  I mean e cigs and vaping. Not even tobacco inhaling but inhaling other stuff like herbs etc. Is this allowed? A grey area? Or would it get someone DF'd?
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  Has there been new counsel about Facebook recently?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've noticed increasing amounts of jw's are coming off fb and deactivating completely.

  all with the same reason which they post about at lenght which is that they wwant to focus more on their spiritual life and not have the distraction of fb.. have i missed something or is this just a coincidence?.

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  I've noticed increasing amounts of jw's are coming off fb and deactivating completely. All with the same reason which they post about at lenght which is that they wwant to focus more on their spiritual life and not have the distraction of fb.

  Have I missed something or is this just a coincidence?
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  Has anyone had a jw hack into their email/tablet/phone etc to spy?

  by purrpurr in

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  2. friends

  i note stillin has had a recent problem with this.

  i also know of two cases were an elder went through a brothers phone to get dirt on him.

  and another were a sisters email was hacked into to get dirt on her.. in both cases apparently it was for their spiritual protection (!

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  That reminds me, I have heard also many times of elders sitting in cars outside houses spying on the occupants to get evidence.
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  Two creation stories in the bible, why have I never noticed this??

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm reading a very interesting book right now "your god is too small" by the atheist republic.

  it makes the point that there are two creation accounts in the bible!.

  in one humans are created after the animals in the second humans are created before the animals.

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  purrpurr

  I'm reading a very interesting book right now "your God is too small" by the atheist republic. It makes the point that there are two creation accounts in the bible!

  In one humans are created after the animals in the second humans are created before the animals. In one Adam and eve were created at the same time but in the second Adam was created first.

  Had anyone else noticed this?