Posts by somebodylovesme

the great tribulation just around the corner made it a bad idea to have children, they said.. today with just about "zero increase" having children is a way of ensuring future witnesses.

i didn't set foot in a kh in 2 years, but if i remember well, the only new faces i saw were children that became adults.. i wonder if they still discourage witnesses from having children...or do they see it as something good now, since not many are joining?

somebodylovesme

Don't know what the official word is, but the three young newlywed JW couples I know all plan on having children in the next couple years.

SLM

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Any ex-JWs from Tennesee? I met a JW whose family might use this board...

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let's see if i can explain this a little better.

i actually went to meeting two weeks ago (husband is an inactive dub, and we went to oblige his family while we were home visiting on a school break) -- the brother giving the talk is brand new to the area.

he is from tennesse, although i'm not sure where.

somebodylovesme

... Stinking computer! as I was saying...

Stephanus: You are right, he did not give out any URLs. I don't know about the other people, but it made me want to jump online right away. I would think that playing the Internet up as forbidden might make it even more appealing... but who knows...

SLM

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Any ex-JWs from Tennesee? I met a JW whose family might use this board...

by somebodylovesme in

jw
friends

let's see if i can explain this a little better.

i actually went to meeting two weeks ago (husband is an inactive dub, and we went to oblige his family while we were home visiting on a school break) -- the brother giving the talk is brand new to the area.

he is from tennesse, although i'm not sure where.

somebodylovesme

Stephanus:

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What are some Bible verses that contradict (or weaken) the DF policy?

by somebodylovesme in

.. let me say straight off that i am not that familiar with the bible (my husband is an inactive jw.. i never was in the religion).

but i thought i read once a bible story in which jesus went to visit someone who was seen as an immoral person, and said that they needed him the most?

are there any other verses/stories that carry this theme and would weaken the jw's policy of disfellowshipping?.

somebodylovesme

Wow, again, thanks everyone. Guest77, your letter looks like it was extraordinary.

I am saving all these for now, because I fear I might need to use them in the future...

SLM

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What are some Bible verses that contradict (or weaken) the DF policy?

by somebodylovesme in

.. let me say straight off that i am not that familiar with the bible (my husband is an inactive jw.. i never was in the religion).

but i thought i read once a bible story in which jesus went to visit someone who was seen as an immoral person, and said that they needed him the most?

are there any other verses/stories that carry this theme and would weaken the jw's policy of disfellowshipping?.

somebodylovesme

Thank you all so much!! This is very helpful. :)

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What are some Bible verses that contradict (or weaken) the DF policy?

by somebodylovesme in

.. let me say straight off that i am not that familiar with the bible (my husband is an inactive jw.. i never was in the religion).

but i thought i read once a bible story in which jesus went to visit someone who was seen as an immoral person, and said that they needed him the most?

are there any other verses/stories that carry this theme and would weaken the jw's policy of disfellowshipping?.

somebodylovesme

.. Let me say straight off that I am not that familiar with the Bible (my husband is an inactive JW.. I never was in the religion). But I thought I read once a Bible story in which Jesus went to visit someone who was seen as an immoral person, and said that they needed him the most? Or something like that? are there any other verses/stories that carry this theme and would weaken the JW's policy of disfellowshipping?

Thanks!!

SLM

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Any ex-JWs from Tennesee? I met a JW whose family might use this board...

by somebodylovesme in

jw
friends

let's see if i can explain this a little better.

i actually went to meeting two weeks ago (husband is an inactive dub, and we went to oblige his family while we were home visiting on a school break) -- the brother giving the talk is brand new to the area.

he is from tennesse, although i'm not sure where.

somebodylovesme

Let's see if I can explain this a little better. I actually went to meeting two weeks ago (husband is an inactive dub, and we went to oblige his family while we were home visiting on a school break) -- the brother giving the talk is brand new to the area. He is from Tennesse, although I'm not sure where. He went on a ten-minute tirade during the talk (topic: "bad associations") about the evils of the Internet...

He said that his mother, who was raised a Witness, was strong in her faith until she bought a laptop and got online. She then found a website that sounded like it would be an official JW site (which makes me think it is this site), started reading the rants of 'apostates', and abandoned the faith -- and that now, of course, he will not even open the mail she sends.

I don't know exactly why I'm posting this, except that I thought maybe somebody might be interested.

... I did think it was interesting that the Internet and websites like this were discussed at a meeting.

-- slm

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JWs do NOT try to be separate from the world - AND a rant on "government"..

by somebodylovesme in

if jws are trying to be separate from the world, then why do they do a lot of wordly things?

why do they watch tv?

isn't that "worldly" influence?

somebodylovesme

If JWs are trying to be separate from the world, then why do they do a lot of wordly things?

Why do they watch TV? Isn't that "Worldly" influence? Same with movies, secular music, video games, fictional books, etc. It's all propaganda of the SYSTEM, right?

Why do they socialize with worldly people? Okay, this one is probably more sanctioned than the first, but come on. I was never a Witness, but growing up, my two best friends were Witnesses. (Which, coincidentally, is how I met my now-husband, how is now an ex-JW) ... I was taken along on vacations with their families, for pete's sake. The Witness parents loved me. Me! A worldly girl! gasp! At least around here, it is very common for Witnesses to have wordly friends.

... and a little off the question, but it's hard to buy the whole "Government is evil" thing when they gladly buy into all the benefits of the government. Public education, public roads, utilities, public health care in SOME countries, social security, welfare (am I right on that one?)... lots of things you don't hear them complaining about. How do they suggest we live right now WITHOUT government? Can you fathom the chaos that would ensue without government? We cannot - and have not for millenia - existed without government of some kind. (Read some evolutionary biology texts if you want a look at theories of government in pre-civilized times.) Is their only argument that if EVERYONE were a Witness, the Watchtower could run the world? Well, then there would be no wicked ones to kill! So how would the world run if there were no government, as they seem to advocate?

sigh. Just my rants.

SLM