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  Need quick help- Have to ask wife a question

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  conversation came up this morning and i need to get into my wife's head.

  mother in law was talking and she said something her mother (who was not a jw) use to say.

  i laughed uncontrollably because it was really funny.

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  JWdaughter

  Whatever the eye roll was about it will likely be quickly forgotten. Don't delay the question since your response doesn't need to be instant. The truth of the eye roll will be soon forgotten if not articulated.
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  Anyone else have JW Business Cards?

  by Lemonp in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my cong has these business cards on the lit desk for maybe 2 months now, is this just something that they have done locally or is this a org wide thing?

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  there are two different types we have, this is the front and back of one of them..

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  JWdaughter

  My pioneer aunt has printed up some theocratic business cards. Not the same, has her info printed.
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  The new LDC / RBC Requirements

  by DwainBowman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the new ldc / rbc.

  requirements.

  there are many requirements, but when you get to the end of the form.

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  The saying about not pushing a loyal person too far. . .I think that is why the org will run out of people before they run out of money. This is one thing- but all the things are piling up. Shunning family members, alienating non JW family, blood insanity/hypocrisy, overlapping(!) Generations, the money and property grab. . .They are demanding too much. I honestly think they are happy to lose 95%+ of the people. Their assets will last forever if they do that. No work, enjoy the beach and ski resort properties.
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  I want to take them down

  by cookiemaster in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey guys!

  some of you might know about my latest clash with the elders.

  i see the pressure this cult is putting on my family.

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  My only idea if you want to get to the core is hit them where they live. The charitable tax exemption is abused by many organisations who don't do anything worthy of such status. Even the ones that do a lot of good still abuse it with overpaid leadership and questionable expenses. Work at changing those laws to reflect what charity should be and do.
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  Just another experience

  by bradford in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just wanted to add another piece to the puzzle that is the exile from the organization.

  a little background about myself first.

  i was not born into the religion, technically.

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  JWdaughter

  Bradford,

  This is just a belated welcome. I recognized a lot of my story in your story-except my mom never faded. My aunt did a few times and she is now pioneering and dragged her poor husband into the religion.

  Anyway, I welcome you and congratulate you on choosing a compatible spouse! All good things to you now that you have made your escape.
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  Heart-Warming Story.

  by Prefect in

  1. social
  2. humour

  in 1986, peter davies was on holiday in kenya after graduating from louisiana state university .. .

  on a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air.

  the elephant seemed distressed, so peter approached it very carefully.

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  You steal candy from little children and trip little old ladies, too, don't you Prefect, DON'T YOU!!!!
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  The Custom of having Congregation Meetings

  by Quarterback in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the wt study (feb study edition) for today stated "the jews had established a pattern.

  of worship.

  they regularly met together.

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  JWdaughter

  Plenty of Jews today do their fellowshipping in home meetings. The synagogs are for religion and education approved of by the 'authorities'. However, small groups would get together over coffee/food and discuss things in a deeper way, both religious and philosophical. I have had the privilege of attending both synagogs and groups of studious faithful who wanted to go deeper into the scripture and other writings. I have seen the same in Islam. The informal discussions usually have more politics woven in-philosophies of how religous and political issues mesh-or if they truly can and how much compromise is beneficial vs comproMISING.

  I have learned a lot more in those discussions-in all three faiths than ever in a synagog, mosque or church. If not always what I agreed with, it always gave me more to study about,think about and pray about-because they were honest conversations, rather than ones meant to please "authority" or follow the party line, so tospeak.
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  The shift: from follower to wanting to leave

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this week has been the week when my whole way of thinking shifted.

  i still cannot believe how this can happen so fast.

  over a period of seven days i went from not even imagining that i could ever not be a witness to wanting to get out of this organisation.. .

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  When I was a kid, I was a gung ho JW-that was the only acceptable kind of JW to be, of course. But some things just didn't make sense-even to an 8 year old. Soon, I came across an entire library of JW stuff going back to the beginning (aunt was storing it at our house) and I realized that there was a lot of whackadoodle stuff. Still believe that the basics (then taught) were true-ish. Then I started seeing things in the bible that really conflicted with what they were teaching-and I was more open to thinking for myself. By the time I was 15, my view of Jesus had nothing to do with WT teaching. I never was baptised-and don't let them suck you any further into this! You can hesitate all you want because there is no looming date and this is about your relationship with GOD not any religion or organization. Keep that in mind and you don't have to do anything drastic, one way or the other. Settle, get your equilibrium back and take some deep breaths. It's going to be ok, I promise.
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  WHAT IS YOUR "AFTER MEETING RITUAL? "

  by brandnew in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  me ?

  my after meeting ritual, is getting my suit off, and a beer in my hand....in less than 2 minutes from entering my door.

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  Run in the house and hope to see part of Happy Days or Laverne and Shirley, probably going to get just in time for Threes company though, and only able to watch it if mom wasn't paying attention. So immoral:)
  
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  what do you think about this type of die heart JW male?

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  raised in the borg, 45 year old and never been a ms or elder, but.

  yet he is a die heart jw.

  he criticize the elders but will defend the.

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  I think a JW can talk about individuals, but to say anything against the org is the issue. Few elders would want to draw attention to talk about them (probably true observations), but talking against the org is verboten!

  Is he married? He sure isn't marriage material, according to the WT.