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2 More Letters Arrived! (as of 2020-06-09)
by Atlantis in
1. jw
2. friends
2 letters arrived.. .

2020-06-04--directions relating to covid-19----6 page letter.

2020-06-04--announcement.
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Comparison of Jan 14 and 15 days texts
by helpmeout in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i couldn’t help but notice the juxtaposition of the day text for jan 14 and 15. the first is about following the disfellowshipping decree, the second is about showing compassion.

i ask you, “if an active jw were to miss following both of these texts, which one would they most likely be counseled on?”.
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"Thanks for the thought" - how the religion robs people of normal humanity
by stuckinarut2 in
1. jw
2. experiences
so as you all know, my wife and i are not officially df or da.. a small event happened this week that i have to share!.

a family that we were really close to (dinners and catch ups several times a month , go out socially often, play sport together, helped them through tough times, like uncle and aunty to their kids, etc).

the wife's father died.
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THEY act like the ones who are hurt??!!
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it really amazes me when jws act like we are hurting them!.

many of us have found that if we stop associating with them for valid reasons, they act all upset and hurt that we would be "so cruel as to limit our association or cut them off".

i know of friends here on the forum who have been told by parents that they "will shun them if they leave jehovah" , and yet when the shoe is on the other foot and our awake friends shun them first, the parents cry and bemoan the situation and say how "cruel it is to deprive them of their company".
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Lost my virginity a week before first public talk
by ElderEtta in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i had just turned 18 and was a young mover in our congregation, vac pioneering on summer vacation, instruction talks in the km school and at local circuit assembly, plans to serve where the need was greater in a different state.

i was also engaged to be married in the following spring to a girl in that distant state.. this was november and i had just registered for the draft having turned 18. my parents said i could make my move after registering.

i saw the stack of handbill invitations to my very first public talk although i can't remember its title.
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W5 Investigation
by Christian Gutierrez in
1. jw
2. friends
hey guys!

i just want you guys to know that today is a really great day.

there are so many jehovah's witnesses that saw this documentary and were disgusted by watchtowers policy.
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Male Martyrs can expect to find 72 virgin maidens, what can female suicide bombers expect???
by James Mixon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
female martyrs will be chief of 72 virgins the fairest of the women, and plus she will made beautiful , happy and without jealousy .."whoopee" their paradise is worst than jw's paradise..
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New light!.....DFed without being DFed
by Tight Pants Twinkle Toes in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it now appears that the wt can df you just by marking you.

this happened to my me and my wife a few week ago.

a marking talk was given at the mid-week meeting in which no names were mentioned yet a detailed description of the "offending bastards" was delivered so that there as no doubt who this "pond scum" might be.
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Anyone interested in phone chat?
by helpmeout in
1. jw
2. friends
i am a 50 something guy.

i'm a born in.

baptized at 15. ms at 20. elder at 28. pioneered.
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Be loyal when a relative is disfellowshipped
by UnshackleTheChains in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
well.....they showed that shunning video again.

you know...the one where goldilocks gets disfellowshipped- and the parents look across the hall at her with disdain.....yeah that video.. i was interested to see what kind of answers would be given during the discussion after the video and some of the reactions.

everyone sat there gormlessly staring at the video.