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  JW video Memes ...........Delusional humor

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. social
  2. humour

  https://instagram.com/jw_video_memes/.

  https://instagram.com/p/zlaylblgo5/?modal=true.

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  They should exercise soundness of mind and not use pictures from R rated films.
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  Memorial Question?

  by naazira in

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  2. friends

  over the years, i've come to notice that some of the friends will not touch the plate with the bread or the cup of wine ,when the emblems are being passed around.

  i remember a row of 3 people told the brother to skip over them.

  every year i have noticed this behavior.

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  I also find that passing the plate among the plate handlers is so weird. I've commented on it before but my wife just thinks I'm looking to make trouble. How can she not see that it's a weird tradition.
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  has anyone seen vidio on youtube about why they changed cover of songbook search youtube jw.org embarrassment

  by poopie in

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  any thoughts.

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  Wow! If that really is meant to just be a forearm with a hand at the end that artist is messed up. It looks like it starts as a forearm and ends as a penis. weird
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  Hot topic in congregations: having a beard/goatee

  by nevaagain in

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  2. friends

  i am starting this topic because i was wondering, i see many who leave "the truth" are glad because they can finally have a beard.

  is having a beard really a no go in congregations?

  how is / was it in your congregation?.

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  I've known brothers who have had beards and maintained their privileges and some others who were taken to the back room and basically told to shave or else. I've never known a current elder or ms to have a beard. I'm sure some on the board have more experience with that than I do.
  

  It all depends on the local elders and what the CO says when he comes around.

  In all the experiences I've had though I have noticed that those with beards are viewed as somewhat rebellious or pushing the edge. Even if they kept their privileges.
  
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  I just stumbled across this rabbit hole!

  by kairos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just wow!.

  some of the comments i read were hard to stomach.. https://www.facebook.com/myministryideaz?fref=photo.

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  20% off, blowout sale, discount prices. The syrup they pour on the more sales they make.
  
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  A coming out story to my mother.

  by JennyBoo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i actually came out to my mother a few days ago.

  told her how i really felt about being a jw (jehovah's witness) and how i wasn't straight.

  i wasn't surprised by the disapproving response i got because really, i wasn't expecting any more.

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  Good for you JennyBoo. I'm happy for you. Telling your mom because it was something you needed to do for yourself is really mature. I hope you have a happy and fulfilling life.
  
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  The difference between old school dubs and modern dubs - and the GB 2.0

  by TheListener in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  old school witnesses thrived on the fact they were different and persecuted for it.

  it was a point of pride.. i think the whole witness experience is much more social based for younger and newer witnesses.

  that may be why so many newer ones that come to this board cannot understand or accept some of the information we present here about how things "used to be".

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  Blackfalcon98 you give me hope for my own family members.
  
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  It's Over Johnny....The Demise of Jehovah's Witnesses

  by ctrwtf in

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  2. friends

  i think i've mentioned before that from time to time my commute on the bqe takes me past the old factory buildings and the soon to be former headquarters building.

  i was struck the other day with how shabby they've become.

  even 25 columbia heights, still currently occupied, its facade is filthy.

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  If they invest the capital that was generated with building sales and raiding the local KHs they should be set financially for a long time.
  
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  the Witch of Endor

  by Magnum in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  1sa 28:3-25 (nwt - not revised version).

  7 finally saul said to his servants: seek for me a woman who is a mistress of spirit mediumship, and i will go to her and consult her.

  then his servants said to him: look!

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  I think someone on this board did some research, which I can't find, that says the bible says it's wrong to communicate with the dead but it doesn't say it's impossible. Anyone else remember that?

  What about the transfiguration?
  
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  The difference between old school dubs and modern dubs - and the GB 2.0

  by TheListener in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  old school witnesses thrived on the fact they were different and persecuted for it.

  it was a point of pride.. i think the whole witness experience is much more social based for younger and newer witnesses.

  that may be why so many newer ones that come to this board cannot understand or accept some of the information we present here about how things "used to be".

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  Vidiot I've thought about your post and think you are correct. They are giving the appearance of freedom to the outside world and allowing a small token amount of self expression while actually remaining as controlling and restrictive as ever.

  Sort of like when I was a dub I would tell anyone who said I was in a cult that they were completely wrong. One of the reasons I used was that I could read any material or watch any program I chose too. I reasoned that people in cults have restrictions on those things. But at the same time I would never have read or watched anything that wasn't approved by the society! I was fooling myself and looked foolish doing it.