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  Did You Ever Learn Anything From The Meetings?

  by minimus in

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  i found the meetings to be especially boring from the late 1980s on.

  before that, we actually tried to make people want to listen.

  the meetings were pretty interesting.

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  Honesty

  I learned how to be a judgemental, brainwashed, deluded litlle Pharisee.
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  Why Is Alcoholism Deeply Embeded In JW Culture?

  by RottenRiley in

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  we get plenty of company men passing through our circuit, often filled with misinformation and lugging around a suitcase of guilt, they bring more guilt to the weak while praising the braggart pioneers and slapping the "righteous over much" elders.

  why are the wrong people getting praise in this distorted community?

  i know for a fact many of the elders i served with have issues with alcoholism, when "brother guilt" brought his emotional hurricane through our circuit, i had the chance to eat and help pay for his "seven shots of tequila", both him and his wife were not immune to over-indulgences.

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  Look at their father who gave them the name, "Jehovah's Witnesses" and you'll understand the phrase "Like father, like son."
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  Oh My God!!

  by ABibleStudent in

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  yesterday after an awesome workout at the gym i was walking to the front door and i saw my former friend who is a "spiritually strong" (non-thinking) jw walking towards me talking with a trainer.

  i thought she was either there on a job interview or was taking a tour of the facilities before joining.. i thought should i say hi, should i say nothing, would she acknowledge me, etc.

  i decided to say hi to make sure that she remembered that i am a member of this gym, so that she would not feel uncomfortable it she accepted a job there or joined it.. the gym is about 20 miles from where she lived when i was friends with her, but is in a convenient location between where she was living and where she works.. i said "hi n" about five feet before me, no response.. i said "hi n" a little louder about five feet after they passed me.

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  Her cognitive dissonance must have been driving her crazy for her to say, "Oh My God!"

  The poor JW's are conflicted when they run into a former JW because the human side of them wants to say Hi and talk but the cult side of warns them away becuase their sprituality might be damged if they are courteous.
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  Is this a prevalent attitude among Jehovah's Witness?

  by Honesty in

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  one jehovah's witness says that people deserve the evil rulers they have because god gives them the ruler they deserve.. okaaay.. jehovah's witnesses teach that 'true' christians refuse to vote, 'true' christians refuse to take up arms and revolt against oppressive governments but if a country gets an evil dictator it is the people's fault and they deserve it because god gives them what they deserve.. in other words, according to one jehovah's witness, god is the author of evil because the people of an entire country got what they deserve from him.. .

  http://www.topix.com/forum/religion/jehovahs-witness/tk40b884059sqm6vk.

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  Honesty

  Some of the posters who called them on it are getting flamed for it by JW's on some other threads.
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  Is this a prevalent attitude among Jehovah's Witness?

  by Honesty in

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  one jehovah's witness says that people deserve the evil rulers they have because god gives them the ruler they deserve.. okaaay.. jehovah's witnesses teach that 'true' christians refuse to vote, 'true' christians refuse to take up arms and revolt against oppressive governments but if a country gets an evil dictator it is the people's fault and they deserve it because god gives them what they deserve.. in other words, according to one jehovah's witness, god is the author of evil because the people of an entire country got what they deserve from him.. .

  http://www.topix.com/forum/religion/jehovahs-witness/tk40b884059sqm6vk.

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  Honesty

  One Jehovah's Witness says that people deserve the evil rulers they have because God gives them the ruler they deserve.

  Okaaay.

  Jehovah's Witnesses teach that 'TRUE' Christians refuse to vote, 'TRUE' Christians refuse to take up arms and revolt against oppressive governments but if a country gets an evil dictator it is the people's fault and they deserve it because God gives them what they deserve.

  In other words, according to one Jehovah's Witness, God is the author of evil because the people of an entire country got what they deserve from Him.

  http://www.topix.com/forum/religion/jehovahs-witness/TK40B884059SQM6VK

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  [QUOTE who="xxxxx xxxx"]Salvation comes from the word sozo

  And means being saved from anything..even oppression.

  Lots of countries their people are being oppressed , because God gives them the 'ruler' they deserve.

  See oppression is caused by refusing to have the true God as ruler in your life....many set up gods for themselves...and if they choose the wrong one they reap havoc

  for the principle is the same for a nation as for an individual ' you reap what you sow.'[/QUOTE]

  Read the comments from the Jehovah's Witness. Surely, they aren't taught stuff like that in the kingdom halls. are they?
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  Update from the land of Southern Africa

  by LouBelle in

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  well 2013 is behind me and i'm pleased that it is done and dusted.

  it was a hard one, filled with doubt, fear, pain and horribleness.

  i was very fortunate to get out of that horrid job and get back into advertising with the fever.

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  Honesty

  I take it that you have completely forsaken meetings at your local kingdom hall, too.

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  After years of Watchtower fighting the BAN in Russia.....

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  i apologize if this topic was already covered, i didn't have time to look thru several pages of posts.... after several years of fighting their ban in russia.

  russian court declares jw's literature extremist:.

  http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140113/186483571/russian-court-declares-jehovahs-witness-brochures-extremist.html?fb_action_ids=530487500391762&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%5b1377130229215916%5d&action_type_map=%5b%22og.recommends%22%5d&action_ref_map=%5b%5d.

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  Oh yes, the Watchtower...

  A kinder, gentler way of oppressing people.

  Just wait until the JW's new system gets here.

  Any person who wants freedom apart from the Watchtower will be stoned to death.
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  A message from Brother Russell

  by donny in

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  i was having an anointed moment last night when brother russell came to me in a dream.

  he was quite disturbed and agitated.. he said "brother reed, what in the miracle wheat eating jellyfish is going on with the organization i set up?

  the more of my beloved watchtower that i read the more they marginalize my dead ass.".

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  Thanks!!

  LOL
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  A message from Brother Russell

  by donny in

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  i was having an anointed moment last night when brother russell came to me in a dream.

  he was quite disturbed and agitated.. he said "brother reed, what in the miracle wheat eating jellyfish is going on with the organization i set up?

  the more of my beloved watchtower that i read the more they marginalize my dead ass.".

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  Honesty

  ROFL

  May I post this on another board which is infested with disobedient kool-aid sippin' Jehovah's Witnesses?
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  How Cold is it Where You Are?

  by PYRAMIDSCHEME in

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  with the polar vortex swirling further and further south and breaking records how cold is it where you are?.

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  here in gettysburg pa last night night we hit a low of -4 degrees but we were blessed with some wind that dropped the wind chill down to -22..

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  Honesty

  2 degrees F this morning near Gatlinburg, TN.