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AlwaysBusy
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Average Age of this Forum?
by Garrett inheyo!.
i'm quite interested in knowing the average age of those of us who use this forum.
i made a quick strawpoll that you can find at the following link: http://strawpoll.me/4340636 just pick an age and click "vote" if you wish to participate.. admins: if this breaks any rules, i apologize in advance..
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Did You Feel Bad For the JW Dishwasher-Cook Who Quit His Job (May JW Broadcasting)To Avoid Attending Later Meetings? He Pioneered on Welfare or Unemployment!
by RoyalFlushPhil indid you watch the story about the jw who was working as a burger boy at some diner and his boss wanted him to work on sunday during the time of his meeting?
this faithful jw decided he could not attend a later meeting (6 pm sunday meeting) and soon quit his job(or got fired to attend his sunday meeting) so he could attend the sunday meeting he was assigned to.
i think he was on welfare because this story states he won't work on sunday morning because that's when his meeting is!
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AlwaysBusy
First of all, I don't believe this is true, as stated previously, a short-order cook with 3 kids and a wife could not afford the lifestyle he was living. Secondly, no one in their right mind would quit a job for a meeting if there was another meeting he/she could attend, quite easily, in its place. It makes me very sad, the fake stories, the asking for millions of dollars, changing teachings without an apology, engaging in stupid antics "Have the Time of Your Life" so people will attend the conventions. Where's the bible, Jehovah and Jesus in all of this? A couple of elders came to my house a couple of months ago, and, somehow we started talking about 1975. One of the elders said, "The brothers (r&f) got carried away and looked forward to the end coming in 1975". I told him, "NO, it was the GB and the WT who told us that 1975 was the end....I know, because I was there." Neither elder said a word, how could they, it was the truth.
One time at a circuit assembly the speaker was talking about the ills of higher education. At that time, my daughter was in the university, was baptized and regular in service. I was and still am (she has her Phd in economics and works at the FDA in D.C.) super-proud of her. Anyway, after his talk I took my daughter and went to the speaker. I said, "Why must we always be told of the evils of education? My daughter is attending the university. She grew up with a group of 8 young people at our KH, the other kids had prominent parents (I was and still am a nobody). And do you know what? She is the only one left of that group still attending the meetings and going out in service." He looked at me as if I should die on the spot. Now, THAT'S a true story. I am just tired of the fakery....be honest, especially if you are supposed to be following Jesus.... Please don't tell lies, half-truths and make up stupid tales. I hate that. Please be accountable for your statements..... I have to be, why can't the GB do the same? I have been attending the KH for 61 years...there are a million true stories. Anyway, thanks for letting me go on and on.
Take Care,
AB
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I have never pushed the dislike button on purpose!!
by brandnew inso, if anybody ever got a dislike from me.....it was my fat thumbs trying to scroll down....sorry ; )
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AlwaysBusy
I won't click 'dislike' even if I do dislike the comment...but I think I accidentally clicked on a dislike yesterday, but couldn't get it to 'like',,,I'm not sure because there were so many 'dislikes'. I'm sorry for the 'dislike' for whatever I accidentally 'disliked', if, indeed, I did click 'dislike'. Can't remember which post it was.
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Can they disfellowship my father?
by cookiemaster inthis has nothing to do with my facebook endeavors.
when the elders visited us last week, they also discussed my father.
my mother called them about him.
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AlwaysBusy
If a person feels free to abuse and kill animals, he/she will have no problem, at some time, abusing or killing people. He needs help. Disfellowshipping is the least of your worries. Take care of your mom, find a way. He's sick. -
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It's beautiful!
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Active posters: What education have you had, what degrees do you possess?
by EndofMysteries infrom so many posts and conversations on here, you'd think over 1/2 the posters here possess doctorates in theology, physics, biology, etc.
i'm curious aside from the books and research people have done here, what degrees they have.
to start, i just got an aa and going straight through full time to an mba.
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AlwaysBusy
BS in Aquatic Biology. Returned to the univ recently and have 3 years in Arabic and Spanish, I don't know if I will continue at the univ or online. Went to New York Institute of Photography for 2 years.
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I have a serious problem
by My Name is of No Consequence ini have a serious problem that i cannot solve on my own.
i was born-in but am only in by a thread at this point.
i quit the tms a few weeks ago and wrote a post on it.
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Don't let your wife drop the kid off at his house......be careful with your children....My sons and I learned the hard way not to trust anyone. Please watch your son!!!!!!! -
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Why attack?
by newqatarjob inas someone brought up as a jw and been an elder and been disfellowshipped (twice!!!
) i find it difficult to understand why ex jws have to attack the religion, yes religion, not cult or sect.
i am no longer disfellowshipped just do not want to practice anymore.
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NewQatarJob .....Pain....that is the 'truth'. I loved and still do love the Witnesses...and I feel sorry for many of them because I know most of them are hurting in one way or the other. But the pain that was caused to me and my family has never gone away...and probably will never go away. My sons were molested by our trusted and beloved Elder 'family friend'. Their best buddy was drugged and raped by this same elder. He was removed as an elder but not df'd or reproved. I was DF'd for gossiping when I tried to warn parents in the Hall. This same elder worked with my husband and had smooth-talked and conned him so much, that my husband didn't believe my sons. I should hate them all, but I don't, because I still believe in Jehovah and Jesus and try to live by their example. I was a good person then, and I am a good person now, but according to the WT I am evil and already dead. Now....you tell me, after reading the posts, are the people here to attack the WT, or are they here to try to get help in making sense of everything that has happened to them. Sometimes I wish I had someone to talk to, but I don't. It's places like this, Silent Lambs and seeing a psychiatrist in the past that have helped me cope. You probably aren't reading this anyway though and that's ok. Have a good day, week, month and rest of your life.
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JW's caught laughing at Child rapist accusers"
by Newly Enlightened injwvictims has done an excellent but disturbing article on how jw's feel about the child abuse problem.. http://jwvictims.org/2013/11/23/jehovahs-witnesses-caught-laughing-at-child-rape-accusers/.
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AlwaysBusy
"Body of Faith"? Is this legit? I've never heard this term used by JWs before. -
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AlwaysBusy
I speak Arabic. :)