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  South Texas Introduction

  by artsteel in

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  wow, amazing to read all these experiences.. luckily, i walked away from them 20 some odd years ago because i wasn't making it financially and decided to pursue higher education.

  best decision i ever made.

  i was able to finish my degrees and i still shake my head at how these people really believe, really mind boggling.. most family members and friends i knew stopped talking to me, and up to this day i'm glad they did.. .

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  JWdaughter

  Galveston area, here! Welcome to the forum.

  
  
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  Sam's watch

  by Slidin Fast in

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  2. friends

  i just started to watch the february broadcast when i noticed a metallic rattle over the drone of sam's voice.

  (does that man speak with a mouth full of chowin' tobacco or is he choking on the rubbish he reads off the autocue?).

  yep it's his rolex.

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  JWdaughter

  Why would a person who is a GB minister and who labors for everything he gets and lives a monastic lifestyle NEED a dive watch? How many missionaries can afford that kind of hobby? Even if it is just a nice knock off, its kind of pretentious for someone who makes $100 mo plus room and board. They go on luxury vacations to warm scuba kind of places much?
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  WT were correct about snakes with legs all along!!

  by Splash in

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  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/6187320/snake-with-foot-found-in-china.html.

  what does this tells us about evolution?.

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  JWdaughter

  My momma always said, don't swallow without chewing and don't bite off more than you can chew.   Maybe if evolution was the answer, then snakes would have figured that out by now:)
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  Ony J.W.'s could do this and not question what is going on

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  at the meeting today several elders commented about the wonderful program that they attended yesterday on the new kingdom hall designs.

  they said that the new halls are going to be so beautiful with lots of windows and glass panels and that the lights will be kept on in the lobby 24/7 so that you can see into the hall at night and that thousands of these halls must be built.

  then five minutes later they are talking about how close the end is and that we will be meeting in basements in the near future.

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  JWdaughter

  weren't they basically told NOT to question what is going on?
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  Elephants and JWs never forget

  by Joziqueen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my mother in law lost her husband to cancer recently.

  so feeling lonely and been pushed by her sister (active witness) after not stepping in a hall for 20 years she went to a sunday meeting.

  one meeting where she had the surreal experience of having to watch a "special talk" on jw tv.

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  JWdaughter

  So, if an elder does something and doesn't get caught for 3 years, he can consider his sins washed away , but 30 years later, she is still bound by hers? I know I am missing something in that, but really, that is the gist of it, right?

  You might want to mention that to your sister. Wonder if elders are suppposed to dredge up "sins" of 30 years ago when asked if they are qualified?  
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  Serena Williams

  by New day in

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  2. friends

  i am a big tennis fan and today i watched serena williams win the australian open, one of the four tournaments which make up the pinnacle of achievement in the tennis world, the grand slam.

  in her victory speech the first thing she said was that she thanked her god jehovah for the victory.

  now i know that rumours have circulated for a long time as to whether she is a baptised witness or not, but she is definitely associated with witnesses .

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  JWdaughter

  I'm a believer(not JW) and that kind of attribution to God annoys me. Whether it is sports, war, or winning the pillsbury bakeoff. I guess I don't have the same way of believing that some do, but I think God is neutral about whether the Patriots or Seahawks win. As a person from Seattle, I could say we were robbed. . . but I really just left the tv on to say I watched it. I did see my first half-time show(not in re-runs or online). Kinda boring, though I think that Katy Perry girl is a cute entertainer.

  Man, I sound like my mom. I'm getting so old.
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  77-year-old Jehovah's Witness murdered by her bible study.(Japan)

  by jwstudy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  19-year-old girl arrested for killing 77-year-old woman in nagoya.

  crime jan. 28, 2015 - 03:00pm jst .

  nagoya .

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  JWdaughter

  That is sad. My mom is getting up there and is still going door to door. It worries me. Just the dogs that she meets up with in her semi-rural area scares me! Forget all the gun happy anarchists! 
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  Is the Watchtower "Be Happy@Bethel" music video a United Nations promotion?

  by OUTLAW in

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  2. scandals

  pharrell partners with un for 'international day of happiness'.

  still riding the success of his global hit "happy," is partnering with the united nations foundation to celebrate international day of happiness on march 20th.

  established in 2012 by the united nations general assembly, the day acknowledges that "the pursuit of happiness is a fundamental human goal" and recognizes "the need for a more inclusive, equitable and balanced approach to economic growth that promotes sustainable development, poverty eradication, happiness and the well-being of all peoples," according to the resolution.. pharrell williams gets 'happy' on 'despicable me 2' soundtrack - song premiere.

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  JWdaughter

  My mom loved the happy video that I sent her. She thought the first caleb video was a mockery/satire. I guess they are getting better? Or would it be worse? 

  My mom has been associated with JWs since she was in diapers.

  I haven't asked her or shown her any of the other Caleb-ish videos-I know the WT is clear about being the source now, so she accepts them (though she nearly disowned me for the first one! I had QUITE the bad attitude to send her that kind of cr*p don'tcha know!)
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  A few more random thoughts on the new Kingdom Hall design meeting

  by sir82 in

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  left completely unsaid at the meeting: who is going to be the owner of the property & building when all of these new khs are built?

  in the current arrangement, in most cases, a local trust is set up to hold ownership.

  of course, the most likely answer is "the watchtower (or whatever shell corporations they set up) will own the land & building".

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  JWdaughter

  PIstoff, JWs are complicit all the time with their own financial victimhood. Anyone with a brain could see where all this is going and they have accepted it all along and always will-even when the halls are sold off and they are meeting in basements or wharehouses. Of all the things that are wrong with the org. that DO hurt them, this is the least of it (that they will ever percieve as being a harm). They will acccept all this and will be annoyed at worst. Their children won't die. 

  Yes, it is a big affront, a huge scam and yet, they accept it all the time with the funny business regarding convention donations and everything else. Those who really question it leave, cause they have to or they have to shut up and accept it. There is no middle ground, there are no questions allowed (as we know from the talk that was all about not questioning or doubting them-ever.)
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  Have JW relatives disinherited you? (especially Canadian)

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  interesting court case whereby the entire will was declared void because the father was racist.. would that not also apply to jw's who disinherit their non-jw family?.

  http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/01/29/judge-rejects-ontario-mans-racist-will-that-disinherited-daughter-for-having-bastard-white-son/.

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  JWdaughter

  If a sister wants the inheritance to go to her sister equally, it is better for her if she finds another way to void the will because just giving it to her sister is a taxable gift, So, the estate gets taxed, then the gift itself is again taxed (to the giver) and if enough, to the recipient. So, some other way, if done legally, so that the normal recipients (two daughters) would share the actual estate equally.

  Just in the interests of taxes etc. (No, I'm not an accountant or lawyer, I have been involved in an estate in which a disinherited child figured into the picture-along with a wife who was illegally/unethically divorced, a live in GF who had helped the man in his last months(a verbal promise had been made) and 9 other kids(who had been gifted or not with parts of the estate at the last minute and whose claims were ?'d by court) and an ex wife that he tried to remarry right before his death so that she would get his SS benefits-yeah, it was a doozy). It was only $100,000 and really not worth the hassle.