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  Did your witness family have a 'Thanksgiving' that wasn't on Thanksgiving?

  by SydBarrett in

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  my family had several elders, ministerial servants, auxillary pioneers etc, so it certainly wasn't one of those 'barely in' families.

  but in certain small ways, i think mine were slightly less hard line than some other families i've heard stories about over the years.

  one example was the 'fall dinner'.

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  Yup, but not on Thursday

  Turkey and all the fixings, but it wasn't because we we were doing a Thanksgiving tradition.

  It was because turkey was so available and you could get a good deal on it at that time of year, thats all !!! Plus everyone has off work!!

  We also had a "kids party", but not on 25th.

  All kind of gifts and dinner, but it wasn't that we were doing a Christmas tradition.

  It was because there are all kinds of good deals on toys that time of year, that's all!!l Plus everyone has off work!!
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  "We're in the last days!"

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not just jw's, but countless others (evangelicals etc.

  ) are claiming that we're in the "last days.".

  but........bible students/jw's have been spouting this fake message since the 19th century!!!!!!.

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  Well somebody had to do it. LOL

  https://youtu.be/DifUK8IRixA?si=ZooIPenOed-FH2P8
  
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  Pomo because of Proclaimers book, 1995 generation change and Daniel prophecy book

  by Gorb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  have some time thinking about my recent and less recent personal history because of the summer holiday.. the 90's crossed my mind.

  the years i became pimo.

  a friend, a room mate during the 1993 moscow international convention, went to university.

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  Pomo because of Proclaimers book, 1995 generation change and Daniel prophecy book

  by Gorb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  have some time thinking about my recent and less recent personal history because of the summer holiday.. the 90's crossed my mind.

  the years i became pimo.

  a friend, a room mate during the 1993 moscow international convention, went to university.

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  Longhairgal

  I didn't leave instantaneously,, but at that moment I allowed myself to start researching. Joined this site, started visiting "apostate" sites, bought about 10 books on cults, of course Raymond Franz's books. Faded over 4 years

  Proud to say our last meeting was the memorial 2000.

  Advice for any fence sitters out there,

  When you buy a car do you only research the car with the manufacturers information or do you seak out independent non bias sources?

  You can't make a rational choice of religion only using the information they provide.
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  Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

  by jwundubbed in

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  i found out recently that michelangelo's painting of adam on the sistine chapel depicts him without a belly button.

  i had never noticed this before and it makes sense that neither adam nor eve would have belly buttons, not having been born in the usual way.

  then i realized all the first animals were created rather than born, according to the religious views of the origin of life.

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  Pomo because of Proclaimers book, 1995 generation change and Daniel prophecy book

  by Gorb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  have some time thinking about my recent and less recent personal history because of the summer holiday.. the 90's crossed my mind.

  the years i became pimo.

  a friend, a room mate during the 1993 moscow international convention, went to university.

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  The generation that will never die always kept me hanging on.

  When that got blown up, my mind got opened up.

  I will never forget the Sunday Watchtower study on this .When we got to the paragraph about the subject, I looked around at all the people in the audience and there was nothing.

  Zoned out drones half asleep people waiting to go home.

  And then it was bye bye for me!
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  Where Adam and Eve Vegan/Vegetarian?

  by KerryKing in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jws seem to firmly believe that before the flood mankind eas vegan or at least vegetarian.. however, in gen 1:24,25 it says that god created livestock (domestic animals) and beasts of the eart (wild beasts).. why would adam and eve need livestock if they were vegan and naked?

  wouldn't need wool or hide for clothing, nor meat for food.

  possibly for dairy products only?

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  Animals also could be companions as comfort and support., apparently not enough so Eve was created.

  Everything else you mentioned happened after the sin.

  The male dominated birth rate could be a result of sin.

  Learning to kill animals - God showed the way because of clothes.

  No longer Vegan probably did happen after being thrown out of the garden,

  no longer having access to easy food production.
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  EXPLOSIVE NEW LEAKED VIDEO OF C.O. CHASTISING ELDERS

  by raymond frantz in

  1. jw
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  https://youtu.be/np05twylal8?si=wjcdevvpxmlwxb2p.

  shame is an ancient form of control.

  shame is the mechanism used to control behaviour.

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  Did someone pick that name for the horny elder on purpose?

  "Brother Johnson"

  https://youtu.be/CpiP_jN1Pv4
  
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  Holding a grudge

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i read something recently on reddit (not sure what thread) where a person related how some jw told them that ‘they hold a grudge’.. this reminded me of something an old jw acquaintance said to me some years back when i related my bad experience in the religion.. so, apparently, jehovah’s witnesses feel they should be forgiven for anything.

  people should forget all about it and act like nothing happened and be charitable towards them, etc… when i read in james and ephesians i got the sense ‘holding a grudge’ was referring to the things average people do to offend each other.. i don’t see it applying to a religion that claimed to speak for god and who engendered hateful and unchristian attitudes towards people.. i know because i experienced this.. in addition, some people’s lives were damaged by listening to faulty teachings and interference in things that were clearly none of anybody’s business.. one case in point: them knocking worldly careers and now there are thousands of destitute jws in senior years with nothing.. then in 2023 the religion does away with a century old teaching about counting hours in the ministry.

  meanwhile, i got judged over this.

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  Imitate Jehovah in regard to grudges. He is still pissed about that apple.

  Forgive if the person and or religion meets these requirements.
  

  Abandonment of wrong doing.

  Repent and apologize for past wrong doing.

  Asks for forgiveness.

  Compensation for the harm.
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  Thanking Jehovah God for Sports

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  serena william's thanks jehovah god for allowing her to participate in sports.

  how nice.

  my jw parents followed the rules and thought they were doing jehovahs will by denying me participation in sports.

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  Rattigan350 I read your post about 10 times and I still have no idea what you are saying. LOL