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  Wedding ceremonies outside the kingdom hall

  by Stealth in

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  2. friends

  i was talking with my sister jw this past week and she told me that in her congregation they now have a new rule that for a ms or elder to perform a marriage outside of the kingdom hall, like in someones private home or in a park it now requires the approval of the entire elder body.

  i can remember many marriages that were not allowed in the kh, yet you could always find an elder or ms who was related or easy going enough that would agree to perform the marriage out side of the kh.

  this was the case in my marriage since my soon to be spouse was not yet baptized they would not do it at the kh, so my bil ms performed the wedding at a local hotel.

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  What to tell the kid?

  by land walker in

  1. social
  2. family

  i have never been a a jw.

  my ex-wife is a fanatic newborn jw for the last 5 years.

  her fanatism was the main reason we got divorced.

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  Dateline Justifications by Dubs

  by SYN in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  ...and why they are wrong.

  post your favourite dateline justification/dodge/attack by a dub here!

  we should have a sizeable collection going in no time guys!

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  Columbus OH ex-jw's

  by DanTheMan in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've met a few in the area, but i thought i'd post to see if there are more -

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  HELP! NEED INPUT/EXPERIENCES

  by stevieb1 in

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  2. friends

  i have come to the conclusion that so many of the society's doctrines are not scriptural (both major and minor ones) that i can no longer cal it "the truth".

  i still go to congregation meetings, but i can't see myself going for much longer - a bit of a crisis of conscience.

  however, there seems to be one piece of seemingly logical advice from the elders that i cannot come to terms with despite what i have found.. even amongst the elders that have spoken to me there seems to be some who do not accept the entire body of doctrines of the society, yet because they see the fruitage of matthew 7:17, 20 being expressed within the congregation and not elsewhere they stay and advise me to stay too.

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  Anointed Experience #3 - He Just Can't Be!

  by Amazing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the society literature has given mixed messages, but older literature tended to lay the basis closer to the bible that those 'anointed' are not chosen according to position, age, or experience, but according to god's will.

  as the decades of the 40s and 50s passed, the subsequent decades brought in the view that those chosen to be 'anointed' would be chronologically older, many years as very active jws, likely serving in some position such as pioneer for sisters and elder for men.. the reason for the changed view: given that the society stated that the "general' call to heaven ended in 1935, then only a few replacements would be needed to fill vacancies by 'anointed' who died unfaithful to jehovah.

  to the society it stood to reason that jehovah would only call 'mature' individuals with much experience as very faithful jws ... but ... they never made this a hard and fast rule, so at times, some jws would feel they wanted to go to heaven, and managed somehow to overcome the cultural fear of being different by making such a profession of faith.. nevertheless, as jws of the other sheep aged in the 1980s and 1990s, the view toward younger, newer 'anointed' became more and more jaundiced.

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  Dreaded Ministry School Speakers!

  by TR in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm sure every hall has or had a "student" or speaker that they just dreaded to listen to.

  wether it was poor reading and pronunciation, or repetitive words, there are those grueling speakers that are murder to listen to.

  and they never got better.. in one hall i went to, this bro, actually a friend of mine, had the speach mannerism "you know".

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  Wouldn't It Be Great If We Could Only.......

  by Englishman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you remember feeling like that when you were a jw?.

  if only we were allowed to ........... (fill in the blanks stating what it was you really wanted to do, but couldn't because of your religion.

  ) i'll wait for someone else to start because my "if only" is a bit obvious.. englishman...

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  How long have we waited? DATELINE

  by biblexaminer in

  1. social
  2. current

  we have been hearing about dateline nbc since, what, last july?.

  anyone have any clue how long it's been?

  i mean, after a while, it seems pointless.. is dateline backing out?

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  Anyone here from Central Ohio?

  by Aunty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm now in ca, but grew up in central ohio.

  wanted to see if there's anyone i know on this board.

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