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  Encouraged NOT to have kids

  by JustTickledPink in

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  i was just thinking about the publisher stats and the birth rate, that was mentioned.. do you all remember in the 80's at the assemblies everyone was encouraged not to have children, to spend their time pioneering, because at armeggedon and in the time of the "tribulation" that it would be difficult with small kids.... to wait until the new system.. i remember a couple that pioneered and she really wanted kids, so her husband made her a deal that they had to pioneer for 5 more years and if the "end" hadn't come yet, they could have kids.

  i think they were reaching 30. i do remember 5 years went by and they had a son, that was probably 15 years ago.

  can you imagine the people that followed the advice and now are too old to have kids, but spent plenty of time pioneering?.

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  What? He's not in the truth???!!!!

  by gerbils in

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  2 1/2 years ago i met my non-jw boyfriend, and i received a shepherding call from two lovely elders who told me that i was mixing good with evil, and didn't i know the man i loved was going to die at armaggedon?

  they left me in tears...not as though i left my boyfriend of course.

  i've made sure that things like that don't get to me anymore.

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  Celebrating Wedding Anniversaries

  by steve2 in

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  does anyone know the history of celebrating wedding anniversaries within

  the watchtower society (i.e.

  in celebration of wedding anniversaries.

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  How many here grew up JW but had worldly friends?

  by Jez in

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  my best friend was worldly all through elementary to high school.

  we are still good friends.

  i wonder if that led to our being a tad bit more open minded and aided in our exit???

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  Famous JWs vs famous Mormons

  by undercover in

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  famous jws or influenced by jws:.

  michael jackson(used to be).

  prince(for now).

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  Non JW woman met JW man--confused & have questions

  by Jellybean in

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  ok. i have some questions, and thought this may be a place to get some answers.. i'm going to be honest here, so please don't bash me too much, as i was never a jw.. in july i was out at a drinking establishment in my home town.

  my husband and i have been having marital trouble, and we were trying a trial seperation.

  guys were hitting on me left and right--which i had absolutely no interest in.

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  Completly faded? Not Df'ed or Da'ed just for the one's that faded!

  by mkr32208 in

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  how did you know that you were completly faded?

  i finally realized the other day that i was completly out, i think for the first time i really had evidence that i was out.

  i was at a witness get together (wife still in so i'm allowed to tag along...) and a witness i didn't know from kentucky or tennessee or somewhere was talking to me and using the "terminalogy" and something i said must have cued him because he said "are you a jehovah's witness?

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  The system of privileges in WTS - any thoughts on how it works?

  by Pole in

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  wts has quite a few traits which are typical of totalitarian systems.

  many of them have been demonstrated on this board (labeling, shunning, monopoly on truth, propaganda, indoctrination, polarization of reality etc.)..

  there is one more aspect of the wts religion which can also be observed in most totalitarian systems and that is the system of granting privileges.

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  a little confused....

  by gerbils in

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  i've been brought up as a jw, and i am now 20 years old, am away from home at university and have an agnostic boyfriend.

  not your ideal jw girl by any means!

  all my jw mates are baptised now, and i've managed to hold off til now.

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  jw meetings and obedience to the society

  by boy@crossroads in

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  in what ways does each of the jw meetings play a part in instilling obedience to the mother organization?

  or maybe put another way, how does each weekly jw meeting contribute to the overall jw mindset?.

  this thought came to me whilst drifting in and out of the watchtower study this morning.. ministry school: helps jws strengthen their speaking skills for better defending their beliefs.

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