Posts by JWdaughter

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The Custom of having Congregation Meetings

by Quarterback in

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

of worship.

they regularly met together.

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

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.. .

JWdaughter

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

jw
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.

JWdaughter

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

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.

JWdaughter

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.

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Does The Music in This Songbook Sound Familiar?

by berrygerry in

heard/saw this 30-second commercial last year - they just started it up again this growing season.. pink songbook memories, anyone?.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocuojb1ripq.

JWdaughter

Pretty much any "kingdom" song that is at all catchy or recognizable was copied from a song popular in the culture. There are several that are based on church songs, Disney, and a couple of songs that I heard of from mid century old movies.

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'Clergy' and 'Ordained Ministers'

by OrphanCrow in

what i can't seem reconcile are the concepts of 'clergy' and 'ordained minister'.. the wts has consistently won legal battles, specifically in cases involving military exemption, by making the claim that each and every baptized jw is an 'ordained minister'.

and, they bolstered this label with the assertion that 'we do not have a clergy class'.

so, why is that different now in the sex abuse trials that happening right now?

JWdaughter

This has been an issue for me since the WT has been trying to downplay the minister role that they proclaim for one and all JWs, while denying it in court and on boards where folks are griping that everyone picks on JWs and always mentions their religion (not really correct), but the deal is----they go around telling everyone that they are ordained ministers and ministers have a higher perceived duty and responsiblity in our culture-just as teachers are held to higher standard and vilified more in child abuse cases as are cops, senators, ministers, rabbi's, imam's and school bus drivers,even. They are expected to be safer and better. Some of those are held to a higher standard legally-teachers can't even date legally adult students without being accused of predatory behavior, for example.

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TRUE STORY Christian Longo Movie

by JWdaughter in

has anyone seen this movie about christian longo and his adventures in id theft?

JWdaughter

The book was called True Story, too, I think.

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Thank you for redirecting me to the right organization!

by economy in

thank you, jw.net and cofty, for redirecting me to the right organization!.

when i posted why did god permit scriptures to be corrupted?

then i thought, if there is an organization that believes all scriptures are corrupted (which obviously makes it enemy of all religions), that organization is not ordinary, but gutsy, lionhearted, and worthy of close examination!

JWdaughter

ai yi yi

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Protect governing body with your life

by Zoos in

there was a quote in the literature some years back about protecting the governing body from secular authorities and insinuated that we should do whatever it took to insure their safety.. i seem to remember it was something about refusing to help the authorities locate the governing body.

i may be off track here.

if this is familiar to you could you please help me find the quote?.