Gustv Cintrn

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  My neighbor is a return visit. Should I say something?

  by Zoos in

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  2. friends

  i stayed home sick from work the other day and noticed a car group pull up to my neighbor's house.

  she's a stay-at-home mom.

  i decided it was time to retrieve something from my truck to see if i could recognize the visiting sisters.

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  Zoos,

  While facing a mirror, repeat 3 times: "mind your own business!"

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  The frustration of talking to a person with a closed mind

  by TheStumbler in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  okay, this is going to be a bit of a general rant.

  i had a long conversation with a jw elder recently about shunning and evolution.

  i became qunite frustrated with the conversation and admitted this at the time.

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  TS,

  Try to just live your life and stop trying to have conversations with anyone that has their mind set on whatever it is.

  I am a JW in good standing, harbor a few disagreements about our practices. I don't argue or try to establish my point about it; just go about my life, living it on my terms.

  This has worked for me and many inside for decades. Otherwise, it would be frustrating.

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  The TRUE story of a Pedophile

  by Tech49 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this is a true experience that i thought i would share, one that occurred just a few years ago in my area.

  it is a real experience, nothing made up here.. a younger couple moved into our kh, into the joining congregation (so not ours, but the other one that shared our kh).

  they seemed nice enough, they had one boy that was about 8, and a baby on the way.

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  Hi,

  How about sending the info anonymously to all, and even surrounding congs. This is super serious stuff!

  Some years back a serious sinful practice was discovered by a brother. He then courageously gathered all the evidence and sent a copy to all families in mine and surrounding congs. Elders and many others were removed, some publicly reprimanded, etc. It took guts, but was worth it for the cleansing of the cong.

  Over the years it is like a big mystery who brought it all to light. A brave soul for sure.

  I subscribe to the fact that some things cannot be left up to God. He takes too damn long to settle scores. Child abuse is one of those things.

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  Because The Governing Body Is In Denial They Can Not Comprehend The Suffering They Impose Upon Jehovah's Witnesses With Their No Blood And Disfellowshiping Policies

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  denial works it horrors on the needless suffering they cause their members.

  denial about their god delusion, denial about their faulty policies, denial about children dying in vain over some stupid ban on blood.

  if it is one thing the governing body do best it's denial, and denial is a killer in their case and the death toll will keep rising until they can face the facts, instead of pushing them away with denial.. yes they hear but only with annoyance any facts about their biblical interpetation as being wrong and delusional, because the stakes are high; their position as corporation ceos, a better future for their followers, the future of the corporation they are running, i'm surprised that none of them hasn't attempted suicide over the dilemma they are in over this denial thing, surely some must see the 'writing on the wall' so to speak?.

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  Hi,

  Expulsion and the non-use of blood have both biblical support, in both Old and New Testament. The GB can stand firm on their resolve all they want.

  They have watered it down enough by allowing blood fractions to used by the weaklings. I am sure they are working out some sort of watered down version as well on the disfellowshipping doctrine.

  This is an ever evolving Org. I somewhat enjoy the roller coaster throughout the years. Gotta love it!

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  How many use iPads or tablets in your cong?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a question for those that still attend meetings.... how many use tablets or ipads in your hall?.

  i did roving microphones this week, and i counted 43 people (variety of ages) out of an audience of 98!.

  just curious....

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  Hi,

  About 1/2 the conv does now. Some have already started to use it for field service all the time, the younger ones anyway.

  Moving right along with technology.

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  I am curious from a comment made, were there any protests and any conventions this year?

  by nonjwspouse in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i don't recall reaading on here about any.. i just wondered if any actually happened?.

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  oops i misspelled "at" in the title.

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  There have been protesters at some big conventions, but they all as a group look terribly clothed, disheveled, and sooo mad!

  There was one a couple of years ago that dared go inside and cause a scene, but the brothers just formed a wall and started walking towards this individual, forcing him to walk outside where he was met by the cops and detained for public disruption. It was so comical the whole thing.

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  Question to any practicing JWs

  by Mr. Falcon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i ask you to consider this scenario:.

  a devoutly born-again christian man, who strives to live every facet of his life in accordance with what is written in the gospels, spends all of his time helping the poor, reading his bible cover-to-cover, living an austere life and genuinely feels that his life is motivated by his love of christ.

  a real christian in practice, both public and private.

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  I believe only God, who knows hearts and minds, can only answer that with accuracy. This is why is not good practice to discount or look down on anyone.

  We as JWs do our proselytism as we believe, but God shall provide answers to this and many other unanswered questions by mankind.

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  JW.ORG CAMPAIGN AN UTTER FAILURE!

  by Dis-Member in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are 7,782,346 active publishes in the world.. .

  jw.org has received an estimated 7,639,900 visits over the last 30 days.

  the number of visits differs from visitors (or unique visitors).

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  D-M,

  At least mine and surrounding congs all worked dilligently covering our assigned territory; that's how we assessed our success. But, oh well, thanks for your accurate and relevant review, though.

  We'll try harder next time, okay?!

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  Any Senior Citizens, Retirees here?

  by AlwaysBusy in

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  2. friends

  howdy....well, what do you think?

  of everything?

  is it all crazy?

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  Not fully retired yet, but very close to it.

  Super crazy stuff happening, and so much more even crazier still to come. However, if JWs are correct, then there's really nothing to worry about. God will take of it all in the end.

  Sleep sound and tight.....

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  Are JW's getting hard with all the Russia and ISIS news yet?

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i can only imagine the talk, "ooo the king of the north (russia) is back on track, and isis, and lots of problems, any minute now!

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  The world is in such turmoil that many JW 'submarines' are coming back to the Kingdom Hall! It's admirable, really.

  Just like it happened right after the 9/11 attacks; it was unreal the scores of JWs returning to the fold and the people in the territory that wanted us to visit them and would listen to us.

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