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  Field service shit show

  by solomon in

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  i just got back from field service.

  i haven’t been out in a few months so now we don’t keep any written records and we don’t know which houses are do not calls.

  i also noticed i was the only one with a book bag.

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  @solomon keeping a record of do not calls is allowed still

  Not in the EU it isn't.

  Unless you've got lots of spare cash and don't mind paying enormous fines.
  
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  2020 WARWICK PROTEST.

  by RESPECTFUL OBSERVER in

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  2. friends

  details and more information on 2020 warwick protest.has your involvement with the jehovah's witnesses caused you harm?

  has your life been impaired because of the policies and false teachings of the watchtower organization?.

  many people have been "touched by the tentacles of the watchtower" not only baptized jehovah's witnesses but also friends, relatives ,spouses who never were jehovah's witnesses had to put up with their ill-advised foolishness.. for all of those who have been “touched by tentacles of the watchtower” you can now do something that can adversely disrupt this corrupt organization.. here is your chance to stand in front of the world headquarters of jehovah’s witnesses holding a sign bringing to light your grievances with the watchtower.

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  live streaming programs on the Six Screens Tele-Network.

  Pass.
  
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  Competition between The Watchtower and Awake!

  by dydeonwl in

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  2. friends

  although the watchtower and awake are companions, but in terms of readers they have strong competition.they are also popular among whole christian community.. check the stats.

  https://tingtopten.com/2020/02/top-10-most-read-christian-magazines-of-2020/.

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  They are also popular among whole Christian community.

  If by "whole Christian community" you mean "the backs of closets of Jehovah's Witnesses, stacked up in piles of 50s & 100s", then yes, I absolutely agree with you.
  
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  Clergy Penitent Privilege

  by lastmanstanding in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this privilege is not biblical.. neither is it supported is any jw teaching or publication.. the catholic church invented it, and its primary use is.... drum roll please.... to grant absolution.. do jehovah’s witness elders, who seek the same invented privilege, also grant absolution?.

  if a jw elder hears “a sacred confession” then he must also grant absolution, absolving the sinner of his crimes.... er... sin..

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  Not to mention, when a JW "penitent" "confesses" to a member of the JW "clergy" about child abuse, the intimate details are shared with

  -- All others on the local body of elders

  -- the CO

  -- An unknown number of members of Bethel's service department

  -- An unknown number of members of Bethel' legal department

  -- An unknown number of attorneys at any outside law firm the WTS may choose to enlist

  -- And last but not least, at least 50% of the wives of all of these "unknown numbers"

  I.e., JW "confessions" are potentially known and freely discussed by possibly dozens, possibly many dozens, of persons.
  
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  Algebra

  by HappyDad in

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  what the hell?

  it's after 4 am here in minnesota and my brain just won't shut down.

  of all things....in the middle of the night,algebra is bugging me.

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  Have you ever used algebra in your life?

  Constantly. What an odd question.
  
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  Will Armageddon Survivors Be Able to Marry?

  by Expanded-Mind in

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  2. friends

  hi blondie!.

  thirteen years ago you commented on an idea circulating among some jws prior to 1975, that there was a possibility that armageddon survivors might not be able to marry.. "these vows that honor god are used—not from the bible but the only ones sanctioned by the wts.. for as long as we both shall live together on earth according to god's marital arrangement.. when i was in my 20’s, many jws interpreted this to mean that at some point in the 'new system' marriage would end.

  since this was shortly before 1975, many jws rushed to get married worried that they would never have the chance (and never have the chance to have sex.

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  ”Is there sound reason for hoping that resurrected ones will be able to marry? Put simply, the answer is that we cannot say are too weaselly to say what we really think. If we say 'yes', that pisses off the old-time hardliners and they won't include us in their wills. If we say 'no', that pisses off the little old blue-haired widows, and they won't include us in their wills. So best to just shrug out shoulders and let you believe what you want.”

  Fixed it for ya.
  
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  Dumb things JWs believed

  by JimmyYoung in

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  2. experiences

  i am not talking about the usual crap from the cult writings, but rather things idiots believed on their own.

  maybe even helped on by the cult but not directly taught.

  i knew an old man now long gone kunde in michigan.

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  the purpose of dinos was to flatten the earth

  No, no, no - the JWs told me that the purpose of the dinosaurs was to reproduce in great numbers, then die, then get covered with dirt, then [insert magic box here] they get turned into petroleum for humans to use thousands of years later.
  
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  How the hell did Tony Morris get to be a GB member.

  by JimmyYoung in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this guy was not a born in and did not really work his way up from the very bottom.

  he kind of got some kind of fast track.

  its a bit strange.

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  How does anyone get to be a GB member?

  Same basic formula - the 30 year plan:
  

  -- Be an "organization man" through and through. The organization is by far more important to you than anything else in your life, including family. Sign up for every "privilege" possible - pioneering is just the first baby step. Get on the fact track to be a CO.
  

  -- Start partaking of the emblems at a relatively young age, and this next part is crucial - keep your head down for 10-15 years as you do so, to appear to be "humble" in the face of inevitable side-eyes and even outright criticism - don't rock the boat, but still maintain your stance as a "company man".
  

  -- Be noticed by someone already in power. One example of how to do this is handling a tough & infamous judicial (disfellowshipping) case with utter loyalty to organization norms (the crueler the decision the better you will be viewed).
  

  -- Get invited to Bethel, demonstrate again and again over many years that you put Organization ahead of all, literally, ALL, else. Make sure current GB members see you as "valuable".
  

  -- Wait for someone on the current GB to die.
  
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  Special meeting next month (February 2020)

  by Jofi_Wofo in

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  2. friends

  it was announced today that we will have a special weekend meeting next month.

  it will be 3 hours long and will include some streamed content.. no explanation was given as to what the meeting will be about, only that it will be exciting and we will not want to miss it..

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  I'm going to make a wild stab in the dark here....

  They need your money! And it will take them 3 hours to convince you of this.
  
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  The end is so close now....

  by punkofnice in

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  2. beliefs

  aren't they tiring out from saying this now?.

  a jobo pimi-lite i know has a terminal illness (no names, no pack drill), was told, 'hold on, the end is so close.

  the pimi-lite said they will need to hold on to their 'go bags(tm), then!.

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  I mean, after so many sad years of saying that the end is so close, haven't they got tired, worn out,
  fatigued at saying it?

  It has to be terrible for JW's mental health.

  On the one hand, you are expecting it "any moment now, soon, very soon, did we say soon? sooner than soon, the soonest" which is stressful.

  On the other hand, now matter how many times you hear at a meeting, an assembly, a broadcast "soon, soon, SOON", soon never comes. Which is depressing & disappointing.

  So you have constant cycle of psychological stress compounded by unending disappointment. Meanwhile, "Sister Iron Lung pioneered for decades while lying on her back, what's YOUR excuse? Why aren't YOU doing more?"

  No wonder JWs hit the bottle.