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  Beards......the CO allowed this one!

  by punkofnice in

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  a minny man in a local congregation has a beard...he was bullied by the elders to remove it.. then the co came along and told the elders to allow him to keep his beard.

  (not as the result of any skin condition or anything).. i kid you not!!!.

  what do you make of that?.

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  TheListener

  I've seen it before. But only when the person with the beard has no congregation responsibilities.
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  Another cheery video for the kids on jw.dork

  by konceptual99 in

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  2. friends

  http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/kids-animated-videos/.

  enjoy..

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  Wow! Could they use the word Jehovah a few more times in these videos? What I got out of the video series is that instead of actually teaching your children different lessons just tell them that Jehovah will be mad at them or won't be their friend if they don't keep their room clean or whatever.

  These videos struck me as very high-control-religous like videos. Aimed at indoctrination not instruction.
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  Church of Scientology Phone Call

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  so my sister is in a nursing home with dibilitating disease.

  i forwarded her mail to my home when she went in.

  otwo: you don't need to know anything about me.

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  So great! I wish I could think that fast.
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  Conventions

  by free2beme in

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  2. friends

  as the conventions are in full swing, and my relatives who are still in make a point to tell me what their vacation will include.

  i am reminded of a couple of things about conventions i do not normally think about.. one, the people who would protest the conventions.

  some with bags on their head, others just holding signs.

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  I remember seeing protesters. I always thought they were mean, angry and hatefilled people with no respect for God.

  I was a total jackass! If I had been an actual christian perhaps I would have given them and their information more respect and saved myself years of heartache.
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  I Have A Problem With the Shepherding Kids article on Cedars Blog

  by SanLuisObispoTruthSeeker in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  go ahead and rip me to shredds, been in the elder's backroom sooo many times i'am use to it.. "cedar's blog" is usually really good, but i see a error being created here:.

  "this particular article overtly urges parents to gain access to the minds of their children in order to influence their life decisions.... frequently talking with your children gives you greater access to their thoughts and feelings.

  that, in turn, will help you to have a greater influence on the decisions they make in life.

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  Parenting is hard hard work.
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  Help please!!!

  by braincleaned in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my mom just hung up on me, convinced that the borg has never said that jesus was not the mediator between the sheep and him!.

  i know they have presumptuously took the place of jesus as mediators can someone pleeeeeeze give me the wt references of this?.

  she does not believe me..

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  I wish you the best of luck.
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  Why the Clean out of top Management

  by Poztate in

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  it has been commented here that "soon" the do's will be history.

  the co level will be "retired" at age 70 and the latest development was that the cobe can not serve after age 80. it would seem that there is a "cull" of top management.

  in secular companys that would signal a radical change of directions ???.

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  Perhaps the long term plan is to only have one elder in each congregation, sort of like going back to the days of the congregation servant. The newly unappointed elders would be assistants to the congregation servant - just like the old days before 1972.

  Since the over 80s elders won't be eligible for this position it would fall to a younger more zealous brother than a feisty old older one.

  This way the CO would only have to control one person, discipline or replace one elder per congregation if they didn't tow the line.
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  The List, by "Prominent Bethelite"

  by morloc in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i occasionally pop through here to catch up on the latest, but this time i'm going to pop my own post on here.. some of you internet oldsters may even remember this.

  my first experience on the internet regarding discussions about jehovah's witnesses and the watchtower took place on a now-obscure usenet group, before i eventually stumbled across hourglass2.. during those days, there was a poster who went by the name "prominent bethelite," an otherwise anonymous individual whom i remember most for an extensive, exhaustive compilation of date-oriented remarks, predictions, and expectations by the watchtower organization down through the decades of its history.. it became known as "the list" and it's definitely lengthy... but a fascination look at the abundance of errant statements made through the watchtower's history.. if you're curious, it's been available for a long time on hourglass2's site, and can be seen using the link provided below.. the list, compiled by prominent bethelite (1999).

  that's about it for this stop through here.

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  Excellent! Thank you.
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  I hope this is the right place for this...

  by moSIS in

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  2. beliefs

  please don't attack me if this is the wrong place!

  i know that i definitely shouldn't be on this website, but i am to embarassed to ask anyone at my hall!

  everyone would be so nice, but i just feel like i should know the answers already.

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  TheListener

  Hi moSIS. KateWild provided the correct information regarding your 2nd CO meeting. I didn't attend the meetings for the last CO visit but my wife did and she seemed to have enjoyed it. Feel free to post afterward how it went.

  I know some of us on JWN can come off as angry or intolerant but remember that there is a lot of emotional rawness here (since many of us come here to heal). The need to vent and warn others when given the slightest opening seems to be an unstoppable reaction.
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  An interesting encounter with some sisters today.

  by quellycatface in

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  2. friends

  when i got up to leave, i went over to their table and said "nice to see you", their faces were a picture.

  gemma obviously told them i was da'd.

  all i got were tight smiles, so i said to gemma "i like your hair like that" and left......

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  TheListener

  Galaxie, perhaps just being strong and kind in the face of shunning is enough for one day.