Because there is no story in the bible about people being beheaded at birthday showers!
Tristram
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Why are baby showers acceptable and not birthdays
by insearchoftruth inmy wife is going to a jw baby shower today............
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what was the reaction to princess Di's death in your cong?
by highdose ini know it was over ten years but it occured today that it was the first time i was shocked by the reaction of the the dubs.
the general opinion seemed to be that yes it was "sad" ... but actauly it was very good news that she had been killed now, because that meant that she would get a resserection!
and of course seeing that she had led such an immoral life, she would never have survived armargeddon had she lived!.
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Tristram
A friend in England said they were actually advised not to go in service either on the day of the death or the funeral.
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Do you care about Independent Film Channel?
by asilentone inactually, i don't.
i think it is a retarded and vomit movie channel.
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Tristram
I love it, especially the Henry Rollins show. Is that still on?
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Do dubs intentionally mess up other people's holidays/birthdays?
by rebel8 inmine does.
goes way out of her way to stir up trouble, conflict, and manipulate the former and non-dub relatives into not having a nice holiday.
goes to extremes to do so, and is at it again, right on cue..
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Tristram
When I was a kid my family usually did a disappearing act around the holidays.
Yeah, I do that too. Figure I've put in enough time and appearances to take Thanksgiving off. I've heard of some halls rescheduling meetings to give the folks a much deserved night to themselves. Never experienced it myself though. Good for them. I'm sure if this gets kicked upstairs there will be a cease and desist letter coming down soon.
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Do dubs intentionally mess up other people's holidays/birthdays?
by rebel8 inmine does.
goes way out of her way to stir up trouble, conflict, and manipulate the former and non-dub relatives into not having a nice holiday.
goes to extremes to do so, and is at it again, right on cue..
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Tristram
They sure love knocking on doors bright and early holiday mornings.
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How Many Here Were Turned Down For "Privileges" Because You Weren't "Exemplary"?
by minimus inour odd body of elders would not allow the one person who wanted to mow the lawn at the kingdom hall to do this because he was not getting 10 hours in a month, he was only getting in 7. seriously.. were you ever told you couldn't have a "privilege" because you didn't measure up to their lofty standards?.
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Tristram
I was not allowed to carry the mikes because I was attending college...living at home, making the meetings and service, but attending nonetheless. Stupidly, I succumbed to the pressure from a pioneer at the time to quit school and pioneer. I quit college and told one of the elders. He smiled and said I would be "truly blessed" for my decision. Next meeting I was carrying mikes.
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Wow
by brainwashed-from-birth ini ran into an ex jw i used to babysitt when i was a teenager.
that really makes you feel old, you know :-) anyway i invited her over for some coffee and we got talking gossip of course.
she was in for several years after me and was filling me in on all the juicy stuff i shouldnt care about :-) .
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Tristram
I've been spiteful also against some others that I know have done wrong (according to the society's rules) yet hypocritically put on a facade of spirituality in the congregation. Especially when their conduct has been personally injurious to me and caused me pain. I go back and forth whether to turn them in just to make them squirm and feel the heat. At this point I'm thinking I won't do that, like it was said above, karma's a bitch and they have to live with themselves the rest of their lives.
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did you go on the ministry in bad weather?
by highdose ini can remember being in the freezing snow and so cold my fingers were numb, i desparatly wanted someone to invite me in, just to warm up even, but no one did.. i got soaked on countless occasions having been dropped off in some remote corner of the territory, trying to find shelter in a thunderstorm.. i got burnt to a crisp in just half an hour in a uk heatwave, of course no one was at home... they were all far more sensible and had gone to the beach!.
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Tristram
To be fair, it depended on who you were grouped with. Some were super cool and would just drive around, go to breakfast and get coffee. Others were Nazi's that apparently felt we should adopt the post office's motto.
These days, if its pouring rain or ridiculously cold to the point of possible physical detriment, I stay home.
On a related note, does anyone remember that Awake or WT picture a few years ago that showed a family in the door to door carrying umbrellas in the rain?
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How fast can you "prepare" a Watchtower lesson?
by Open mind inover the last 3 years i've gotten much faster at making a wt article look "studied".. .
how fast can you get one ready for inspection by snoopy elders and microphone handlers?.
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Tristram
30 minutes....during the public talk.
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Greetings
by AggieNostic infirst new topic for me.. i have observed this site for about 4 years.
haven't been to a meeting since oct 2005. definitely feel jws are a high control group that mirrors many of the definitions of a cult.. i was raised as a witness since age 5, left at age 38, now 43. happily married to a wonderful woman for 24 years, except for 1 year of separation when i was failing miserable in a search for my true self - hard to do when you were completely sucked into this religion.
yes, i was a true believer pretty much up into my late 30s.
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Tristram
Welcome Aggie.
There are so many parallels between our life stories that it's almost scary!