MidwichCuckoo

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  “My Dream Has Come True” latest tower last page

  by therevealer in

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  "my dream has come true" i have a bullshite story in the latest watchtower..

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  MidwichCuckoo

  How many hours of time do JW's waste in helping people who DO NOT WANT THEIR HELP

  Good point popcorn - I'd never thought of it like that really. Such a waste really.
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  “My Dream Has Come True” latest tower last page

  by therevealer in

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  "my dream has come true" i have a bullshite story in the latest watchtower..

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  MidwichCuckoo

  One day less AND quite a generous pay rise to maintain the same salary. The problem with these fictional/inaccurate stories is that when JWs don't receive the same 'blessings', they probably believe they're not Spiritual enough or that God has different plans for them.

  Perhaps he cut her hours with a view to getting rid of her altogether.
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  When you really think about it, the WTS. indoctrinates people to be the organization's own sales Representatives.

  by thetrueone in

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  isn't this the case, when one reflects upon the whole scope of how the wts.

  publishing organization conducts and operates itself ?.

  the way they are to dress.

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  MidwichCuckoo

  'JW's ARE NOT REPRESENTATING THE ORGANISATION WHEN THEY ARE IN THEIR PERSONAL MINISTRY'

  What does that mean in reality..? Just another 'cop out' of any liability clause.
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  When you really think about it, the WTS. indoctrinates people to be the organization's own sales Representatives.

  by thetrueone in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  isn't this the case, when one reflects upon the whole scope of how the wts.

  publishing organization conducts and operates itself ?.

  the way they are to dress.

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  MidwichCuckoo

  It's a business with (jokingly) charity status. This always worried me (when I was a dub). Why would an Organisation backed by God rely on Worldly 'perks'? And I've said this on here before - AS it's a registered charity, then its volunteers should be allowed to claim expenses (eg, petrol expenses)
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  Was everyone surprised by how nice worldly people can be?

  by Inisc in

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  i, like most born ins grew up being taught that everyone who was not a jw was inherently wicked, that they were dishonest, unloving, selfish, bad parents who don't care about their children, and also sad empty people with no direction in life.. as i grew older i started to see that this wasn't always true with every one, that what i was taught wasn't equating with what i was seeing.. by high school i could see that my friends at school, (yes worldly friends eek!

  ) we're actually decent people with morals, they may have engaged in a little fornication here and there but not promiscuously, and they were good honest people, with goals and parents that cared for them.. but after high school i was phsycologicaly bullied into ceasing contact with my friends altogether, leaving me with little contact with outside world, and the cult mentality had more room to grow, not fully, but enough to unconsciously not fully trust 'worldly' people.. however, once i'd left the org and began to meet people again, i was amazed at actually how good, honest, loving, kind, and caring many people can be!

  who love their spouses and children and try their very best to be good parents and partners.

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  MidwichCuckoo

  I was 'shocked' to discover that 'Worldly' people are not all selfish, immoral, borderline criminals who actively despise JWs (rather than being indifferent towards them).

  In comparison, I now find 'Worldly' people better 'adjusted' than JWs.
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  My son was murdered today

  by truman in

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  i have been on this site daily, almost from its beginning, since i left the jws in 2001, but i have been more of a reader than a poster, as you can see from my post count.

  i know few here know me, although i know many of you through reading your posts.

  maybe it is not right to ask for support, when i generally stay quietly in the background of this forum, but i want only to speak a human misery of the deepest kind.

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  MidwichCuckoo

  Absolutely horrid. I am so sorry for your loss
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  Why is Britan's Got Talent So Much Better Than the American Version?

  by Diest in

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  every year they have a few people who come out and suprise me.

  rarely seems to happen with the american version.. .

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kdviedf9im&feature=relmfu.

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  MidwichCuckoo

  What Cantleave said

  It's a 'must watch' on a Saturday night here. And I just love David Walliams!
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  Memorial Experiences

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  hey, all who are or did attend the memorial..anything interesting happened?

  have you ever heard of anything peculiar happening at the memorial?.

  one of my friends gave me an experience where 4 out of the five elders partook of the emblems....daddy elder and his three son!!!

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  MidwichCuckoo

  TBH I think the wine was alcohol free.

  So basically grape juice...? Then the whole 'ritual' wasn't in keeping with Christ's commandments, lol.
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  Memorial Experiences

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  hey, all who are or did attend the memorial..anything interesting happened?

  have you ever heard of anything peculiar happening at the memorial?.

  one of my friends gave me an experience where 4 out of the five elders partook of the emblems....daddy elder and his three son!!!

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  MidwichCuckoo

  me partaking in 2010

  ...did you polish off the whole glass jookbeard..?
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  5/15 WT - WT Society Displays Condescending Attitude towards Marriage

  by flipper in

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  as most of us know the wt society has always claimed that it's dissapproved in god's sight to marry a non-jw .

  although they've never made it a disfellowshipping offense, any jw who marries outside the jw organization is looked at as " weak " or lacking " spirituality " and loses certain alleged " privileges " in the congregations.

  they use scriptures in the old testament as support for this.

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  MidwichCuckoo

  As others have pointed out - CULT. The Church of England doesn't impart all these ridiculous boundries on its members - but then again, it isn't a dangerous organisation which breaks up families. People who go to 'Church' do so because they (mostly) want to, not because they're afraid of the repurcussions.

  The danger of a JW marrying a non-believer is that the WT will lose a member due to them having some sense talked into them.