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  Sept. 21 watchtower-your disfellowshipped kids aren't your fault

  by joey jojo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  latest advice for jw parents: if your kids get disfellowshipped, fight the urge to blame yourself.

  yes, great advice.

  if your clueless, underage child is struggling in life, don't blame yourself, stop thinking about it and move on.

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  BluesBrother

  The article speaks as though leaving them, is the same as Leaving the family... Not the case, always.

  see this also

  ”Support the decision. Disfellowshipping is part of Jehovah’s arrangement. His loving correction is in the best interests of everyone, including the wrongdoer. (Read Hebrews 12:11.) Any negative comments about the way a disciplinary matter was handled by the elders have likely been initiated by someone who did not mention details that would put the wrongdoer in a bad light. We simply do not have all the facts. It is wise, then, to trust that the elders who took judicial action made every effort to follow Scriptural principles and to judge “for Jehovah.”​—2 Chron. 19:6”
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  Do You Love The Country You Are In or From?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  most people over the generations have taken pride in their heritage, nationality and country they are from.

  it’s not uncommon to hear of “proud” italians and proud irish people , as an example.

  are you proud of your country and your nationality or do you feel shame or indifference?.

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  BluesBrother

  I have never been nationalistic. That is hangover that I have from my J W days. It is not about the U K, or wherever you may be from. We are all citizens of the worlld , one human race. No one country is "the best" .

  Economically we are not equal , resources are not available equally some countries have bad governments but I believe all men are basically the same.

  Nationalism causes wars and dissent and I abhor it

  NB . I shall still watch England play football later today though!
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  You might be a Jehovah's Witness if.......

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you might be a jehovah's witness if, to not feel guilty on saturday morning, you ride in a car with a group of adults driving in circles around town taking turns to get out one at a time to knock on a door that you hoped no one would answer.. you might be a jw if going on vacation meant going to a summer regional or district assembly where you did not need to pack shorts, tennis shoes, or tank tops.

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  you might be a jw if for lunch at the summer convention you and your family ate breakfast food from the holiday inn where you are staying for the summer assembly.. you might be a jw if the first thing that you think about when waking up in the morning is that it is meeting night.. you might be a jw if you introduce a person to another jw, not by the person's name by as my bible study.. you might be a jw if you don't celebrate christmas but will take the money from your employer to not come to work so that you can celebrate it..

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  BluesBrother

  If........you spend Sunday mornings at home staring at your IPad with the Zoom app., dressed in your best clothes and wishing you were somewhere else.
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  Go Bag and Catastrophes

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i live with my parents in law and yesterday, my mother in-law was very nervous about an email she got from the brothers in her congregation.

  it was asking if she would be able to receive people over at our house should there be a catastrophe.

  so, she asked me if i would agree with this.

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  BluesBrother

  St George of England3 days ago

  “In some countries a "Go Bag" may be a good idea and in no way would I belittle any such preparation.However, I think a "Stay Bag" is a far more useful concept especially for those of us in countries such as the UK. “

  Yes I agree with that. A larder full of canned food is a good policy. Of course if your house is on a flood plain then a go bag would be a good thing. It is wrong though to apply the advice that suits California or “tornado alley” to the whole world.

  I did hear that they were reminded to check their go bags recently. NB when they first came in they were confused with Armageddon bags ....no such luck.
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  Strong female characters in film before the 'Woke Era'

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  since about 2015, hollywood has congratulated itself and circle-jerked over the 'strong women' characters they've written.

  i'd say this roughly began with rey in the force awakens (2015).

  what hollywood forgets is that strong characters have to have a personality, otherwise audiences don't really relate to them.. well, hollywood should really stop patting themselves on the back as if they've done something special.. strong female characters have been a staple for decades.. here's one: private vasquez, from aliens (1986).

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  BluesBrother

  Lady Macbeth...... circa 1600 a. d.
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  Letter asking for RV’s

  by wasser30 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hello, my elder cousin from brazil wouldn’t believe they asked for rv’s here in the us.

  i’ve been out for 20 years and i’m soft shunned by my family.

  now my mom got sick and they are all trying to talk me into going back(no way on earth) and they keep on telling me how close armageddon is 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ i was watching kim and mikey and they mentioned the rv’s for lodging the ramapo workers.

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  BluesBrother

  I am like you George.........darned Americanisms.!

  Is this legit ? It is not a Watchtower site....
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  Does the GB direct cult members to burn old books?

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was told but can not find anything concrete that the cult gb directs cult members to burn old cult books and literature.

  is this true.

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  BluesBrother

  My wife’s congregation got rid of its library at the direction of some bod from the Bethel. However some dubs took them home and keep them.

  The direction to get rid of old stocks of campaign literature is different
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  Describe life as a JW.

  by Overrated in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  under constant watch of other jw.

  being told how your life is run.

  everything you do under a microscope.

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  BluesBrother

  Like living in any highly controlled society, it can be ok if you are happy to obey the rules and have your thinking done for you. Some people are like that. They feel safe in controlled environment and become afraid to trust their own judgement.

  If you, and all your family and friends are in it then you have your own social world , quite a big one and you don't miss the birthdaysand Christmases because all that is alien to you.

  The trouble comes if you are a bit of a maverick and buck the rules or, worse still, you start to think and question things.. Then you see The Society in a different light.
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  Article: Trial scheduled for Jehovah’s Witnesses elders accused of failing to report sexual abuse

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/news/crime-brief/2021/05/27/trial-scheduled-for-jehovahs-witnesses-elders-accused-of-failing-to-report-sexual-abuse/.

  trial scheduled for jehovah’s witnesses elders accused of failing to report sexual abuse.

  judge denies request to bar testimony regarding statements made during religious confession.

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  BluesBrother

  Thanks Barbara for keeping us informed
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  Devout JW's Beat Their 12 Year Old Daughter to Death

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know this happened several years ago but.... holy christ!

  they beat the poor girl 160 times with a 3/4 inch cable!

  "in a slow, steady voice, assistant state's atty.

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  BluesBrother

  A shocking case and a total twisting of any Biblical, or WT direction on child discipline. I acccept that the WT books have upheld corporal punishment but never anything like that. The trouble is that if a man is by nature a controlling bully he can use it to justify his bullying.

  I have never known any as bad but some very controlling husbands and fathers.

  The more recent stuff on families has played down the “rod of discipline “ approach and been a lot softer.. going with the times, I guess