Well, I don't see it happening without a Great Schism but mine would go like this: 1. Full rejection of the blood-rules - personal choice, no disfellowshipping 2. Elimination of disfellowshipping as a form of psychological punishment 3. Coming clean on all wrongdoing - pedophiles prosecuted, taxes paid etc 4. Payment into a retirement fund for full-time "workers" 5. Personal choice on holidays, worldly association etc. - individual freedom 6. Elimination of door-to-door requirements and time-keeping 7. Children not to be singled out (and therefore ridicluded) at school. 7.
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Reformation
by RR inokay, serious hypo question.
if you could reform the watchtower, what would you do?
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You are EX-JWs because you want to live an immoral life!
by Sirona inmany jehovah's witnesses believe what they've been told about ex-witnesses.
they say that exjws simply want to live an immoral life.
they say that exjws cannot live up to "jehovah's standards".
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Glenmore
No, that was a side benefit. I had a war going on within me that was making me literally ill. When I found out out the cause I started to leave. Then it made no sense to follow ridiculous rules so I started to enjoy my life again. If that's immoral so be it. Killing people from ludicrous blood-rules is way more immoral than I could ever dream up.
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I'm in the UK from Sept 18-27, specifically Southend area in Essex....
by Glenmore in... to pick up my mum to come live with us.
any of you brits in essex and fancy a beer or seven?
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Yep, my Mum's a cockney - forty fahsahnd feavers on a frushes froat. She quite unintelligble in rural Oregon. Mouthy, I used to love going to Southend as a kid and eating a Rossi's ice cream with two Cadbury's flakes in it. I think it was called a "99". And I gross my wife out with jellied eels and whelks - nothing finer in my book! So, no Essex folks posting, huh? Glen
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I'm in the UK from Sept 18-27, specifically Southend area in Essex....
by Glenmore in... to pick up my mum to come live with us.
any of you brits in essex and fancy a beer or seven?
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... to pick up my Mum to come live with us. Any of you Brits in Essex and fancy a beer or seven?
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On The Day That I Finally Rejected My Faith...
by Englishman ini went to bed quite early.
i slept and slept and slept.. when i awoke, i felt invigorated, excited and slightly surprised that i was still alive.. is that how it was for you?.
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Hmmm. No, on that day you mention I felt quite alone. I was about 3 weeks ahead of my wife in leaving The Collective and I didn't know what was going to happen. At that point I knew I would never return. I knew it was inherently wrong and could never be "the truth". My wife wasn't there yet. I am happy to say those feelings passed quickly as my wife and children left for good in 1999. Glen
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What have you replaced the Sunday meetings with?
by Glenmore ini have got into the habit of checking this forum and then going out on the deck (which we call the church of flow, it's a perch about 30' up) and playing my guitar for an hour or so - particularly on nice days like today.
then i come back in, look a bit of tv, eat, read and stuff like that.
i consider my sunday's sacred, i won't go anywhere unless i have to.
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Ozzie, I came in 13th on #92, and I get nada for 1,2 and 3. Guess I should change my day afterall! Glen
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What have you replaced the Sunday meetings with?
by Glenmore ini have got into the habit of checking this forum and then going out on the deck (which we call the church of flow, it's a perch about 30' up) and playing my guitar for an hour or so - particularly on nice days like today.
then i come back in, look a bit of tv, eat, read and stuff like that.
i consider my sunday's sacred, i won't go anywhere unless i have to.
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It's great to be able to live in the here and now. My son used to get something like a sinus infection on Sundays. I thought he was allergic to the KH. Turns out he was, sorta. His Sunday's are a lot better too. I used to have a dub friend who was always depressed on Sundays, as the next day is Monday. Dubbery was always living in the future, not the now, all that waiting.
Englishman, I do miss country pubs, there's been attempts here with the microbrewery industry but not the same as rural Essex is.
Have a happy week y'all!
Glen
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What have you replaced the Sunday meetings with?
by Glenmore ini have got into the habit of checking this forum and then going out on the deck (which we call the church of flow, it's a perch about 30' up) and playing my guitar for an hour or so - particularly on nice days like today.
then i come back in, look a bit of tv, eat, read and stuff like that.
i consider my sunday's sacred, i won't go anywhere unless i have to.
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I have got into the habit of checking this Forum and then going out on the deck (which we call the Church of Flow, it's a perch about 30' up) and playing my guitar for an hour or so - particularly on nice days like today. Then I come back in, look a bit of TV, eat, read and stuff like that. I consider my Sunday's sacred, I won't go anywhere unless I have to. I have thought about "church" but I am so far gone from Chistianity I would feel a hypocrite, at best an imposter (as I did as a dub). I really like my Sunday's. How about you?
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Ozzie's Weekend Poll #106
by ozziepost inso how are things for you this weekend?
getting some rest from a busy week i hope.
that's how it's been for mrs ozzie and i. we managed to combine a week in the tropical north having a short break along with some business (investing in some hotels).
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Usually was on time. #5 if I got there in the middle of a meeting and waited until a change in performers.
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G'mo's Poll#2 - "What will make the "faithful" really think?"
by Glenmore inodrade - from the model jw family - has a brother who is a "lifer", a bright fellow as i recall.
it makes me wonder what would really make someone truly think, to step away from the cult and take a good hard look.
for the most part any form of "apostasy" would be shied away from, so hoping someone would listen to logic, archealogical evidence, common sense etc just wouldn't work.
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Odrade - from THE model JW family - has a brother who is a "lifer", a bright fellow as I recall. It makes me wonder what would really make someone truly think, to step away from the cult and take a good hard look. For the most part any form of "apostasy" would be shied away from, so hoping someone would listen to logic, archealogical evidence, common sense etc just wouldn't work. If the addage "when you are ready to be a student a teacher comes along" is true what would make someone be ready to learn the truth about Da Troof? Glen