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  Filling the parenting role - I need help

  by Garrett in

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  hey guys, .

  so, as you may know, i'm 21 and an older brother to an 12 year old boy.

  our father was a severe drug addict that tried to kill my family.

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  jwfacts

  You don't need to be his father, he will resent you. Be a role model.

  I was in a somewhat similar situation, in that I married a woman with a 10 year old boy when I was 28. I could not replace his father, and to try would have driven a wedge between us. I never hit him, and whilst I tried to guide him, I left the ultimate parenting to his mother. We have ended up as good friends as a result.

  Teenage boys usually become difficult, lazy and rebellious. I had to realise not to take it personally with my stepson, and you will need to do the same. When he is difficult with you, it is not because you are his brother, or a fill in father, it is simply a natural part of growing up.

  When he does stupid things, don't be too hard on him. That is how people learn.
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  Yet Another Putdown of Women! – KM March 2015

  by SAHS in

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  2. friends

  this weeks service meeting part (week starting march 23, 2015) in the our kingdom ministry under the heading meetings for field service that accomplish.

  their purpose includes a little sub-article entitled when a sister must conduct.

  the direct link is: http://www.jw.org/en/publications/kingdom-ministry/ click the little document download button under the one labeled km15 03-e us and then choose a format (pdf looks best)..

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  For example, a very young, perhaps preteen, baptized brother might attend when a sister is assigned to conduct, but the elders feel that he is not yet qualified to conduct the meeting.

  So a child may be considered the spiritual head of a woman.
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  Wife fully awake.

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i learned this past week that my wife is now awake.

  i just shared the pbs newshour segment with her with no comment other than something along the lines of, "jw story on pbs.".

  she is furious at the arrogance of these men.. thats what happens when you get a momma angry!.

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  That's awesome.
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  Awake! Quotes a Well-Known ex-JW Apostate in Support of Their Beliefs!?!

  by Oubliette in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  konceptual99, referenced this article on another thread: .

  was it designed?

  the inverted retina.

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  When I saw his name in that quote I thought it must be a different person but it is the same Dr Berman that is a well know apostate. http://creation.mobi/dr-jerry-bergman

  That is terribly poor research on the part of the Awake! Hilarious.
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  "Why I don't like people coming to my door, selling religion"

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  2. friends

  this is from a blog, "news from me" that i read fairly regularly.

  mark evanier is, among other things, a comic book writer (co-writer for "groo-the wanderer), a television writer, a great raconteur, and was a close person friend of jack kirby, one of the world's greatest comic book artists.he got an email from a jw trying to explain why they come to his door.evanier's answer is well thought out, and should explain to even the densest j-dub why people really don't like being bothered.

  maybe his correspondent will take it to heart, but probably not.

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  Excellent. Lot of great points. I particularly like this one.

  • You can mock me when it really occurs but I do not believe Armageddon is approaching…or if it is, that the people so prophesizing have any sort of inside track as to when. I think it's just something that religions have learned to say for the same reason that companies that sell Home Security Systems try to convince you that the burglary of your house is inevitable and imminent. The key difference is that some homes do get robbed, whereas the world does not end, no matter how often we are told it's about to.

  
  
  
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  3 Generations!!

  by kairos in

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  this really struck me.

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  Love it. It will be a nice addition the generation article at jwfacts.
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  Living in the era of "Generation Me"

  by campaign of hate in

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  2. friends

  this really got to me today at the wt study.. i am not ashamed to admit, i am part of that "generation".. you get one role of the dice in this life, you got to take what you can now, in order to have a good quality life later.. i agree, we need to help and show love to our fellow man.

  but, not when this becomes the priority above our own needs, wants and aspirations.. welcome to "generation me" wt, this is my time.. peace out..

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  As talesin said, it is nothing new. I was told by Watchtower that mine was the me generation. Watchtower controls through the use of guilt, the same old rehashed guilt decade after decade.
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  How many deaths does the Bible record?

  by LogCon in

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  2. beliefs

  num 11:1. .

  num 11:33. .

  num 14:35-45.

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  The figures are grossly understated if you include the flood. You have estimated 20,000,000. I have seen estimates that there would have been 1 billion people on earth at that stage. Remember that apparently humans were living to 1000 years old, having very large families, and not so affected by disease, and there is a 2200 year span between Noah and the flood. Population growth rates under these conditions would have rapidly reached the 1 bilion mark.
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  For God So Loves the Western World...

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ...that only people from those countries can lead 'his organization'.. a few years ago, one conversation stopper people would often bring up to jws in my country is: 'you guys are an american religion'.

  the standard answer we were formatted to give to shoot that down was that "god does not favor any nationality over others.

  however some countries do possess some advantages needed for the advancement of the divine work.

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  That is true of Christianity in general. "God so loved the world", but salvation comes from accepting Christ. Yet half the world know nothing of Christ.

  But I digress. Your comment is very valid. There are around 200,000 JWs in Asian countries such as Philippines and Japan, over 300,000 in Nigeria and almost 800,000 in Brazil. Why are those countries not represented on the GB?
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  NAILING DOWN the fraud of John 1:1 by demonstration

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  call me crazy, but i love to watch seminary classes when sharp teachers are in charge of the instruction.. in the following video, the teacher really nails jehovah's witnesses on john 1:1 with utter simplicity.. begin at 1 hour and 20 minutes in.. i've never seen or heard of this before.. .

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_5qkj7tmbg.

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  Once you admit it is "a god" in a qualitative sense, isn't the debate over? We are then saying the Word was everything Theos is in qualities/attributes.
  MMM

  Yes, JW's make a straw man by claiming the "a god" somehow solves their issues with this scripture. Admitting the Word is a God still makes their religion polytheistic, which is the issue that the Trinity sets out to solve.